Shiv Dayal Singh
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Seth Shiv Dayal Singh was born on the 25th august. At the age of five, he was sent to school where he learnt Hindi
, Urdu
, Persian
and Gurumukhi. He also acquired a working knowledge of Arabic and Sanskrit
. The recitation of the Sikh scriptures was an article of faith in his family. His father, Sardar Dilwali Singh Sethi was a Sahejdhari Khatri Sikh, belonging to the order of Nanak Panthis. His family including his father, mother, mother-in-law, sister and his wife Radha Ji Naraini Devi were the followers of Param Sant Tulsi Sahib from Hathras, India
. Sant Tulsi Sahib ji initiated him at the age of six.
He was married at an early age to Naraini Devi, daughter of Izzat Rai of Faridabad
. She was of a generous disposition and was very devoted to her husband. Shiv Dayalji was selected direct from school to act as a Persian expert to a government officer in Banda. As the job did not suit him, he gave it up and took another job as a teacher of Persian with a talukdar of Ballabhgarh
estate. His spiritual cravings, however, were so intense that worldly attainments no longer attracted him and he gave up even this lucrative job. He returned home for devoting his entire time to religious pursuits.
After the death of Tusli Saheb he practiced Surat Shabd Yoga
for 15 years in almost total seclusion in a room within a room. He started holding satsang publicly on Vasant Panchami
(a spring festival) in 1861. This schedule continued for 17 years.
He was the first Satguru to use the appellation of Radha Soami
for the Supreme Being in his teachings. Swami ji originally referred to the Supreme Being with the names "Satnaam" and "Anaami". The movement became known as Radha Soami, (Radha meaning "Soul" and Soami meaning "Lord", hence "Lord of the Soul") after Rai Saligram
came to him as a disciple. The yoga system taught by Swami Ji is known as Surat Shabd Yoga
.
Swami ji has described the secret of divine and true 'Naam'.
His bani (poetical compositions) and sayings from satsang were published in two books after his demise. Both are called Sar Bachan or Saar Vachan (meaning 'essential utterances') :
Saar Vachan Vartik is in two parts: part one being an introduction written by Rai Saligram
and part two compiled of notes taken from the discourses of Swami ji Maharaj, which he delivered in satsang up to 1878. They cover important teachings of the faith.
His poems in Saar Vachan Chhand Band are replete with emotional appeal - a successful blending of popular poetic expressions from different languages of north India such as, Khari-Boli, Awadhi, Brijbhasha, Rajasthani
and Gurumukhi.
He departed from this world on June 15, 1878 in Agra
, India
.
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
, Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
, Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
and Gurumukhi. He also acquired a working knowledge of Arabic and Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
. The recitation of the Sikh scriptures was an article of faith in his family. His father, Sardar Dilwali Singh Sethi was a Sahejdhari Khatri Sikh, belonging to the order of Nanak Panthis. His family including his father, mother, mother-in-law, sister and his wife Radha Ji Naraini Devi were the followers of Param Sant Tulsi Sahib from Hathras, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Sant Tulsi Sahib ji initiated him at the age of six.
He was married at an early age to Naraini Devi, daughter of Izzat Rai of Faridabad
Faridabad
Faridabad is a city in the south-east of Haryana state in northern India, in Faridabad district. It lies at 28º 25' 16" N Latitude and 77º 18' 28" E Longitude. The district shares its boundaries with the National Capital and Union Territory of Delhi to its north, Gurgaon district to the west and...
. She was of a generous disposition and was very devoted to her husband. Shiv Dayalji was selected direct from school to act as a Persian expert to a government officer in Banda. As the job did not suit him, he gave it up and took another job as a teacher of Persian with a talukdar of Ballabhgarh
Ballabhgarh
Ballabhgarh is a town and a tehsil in Faridabad District of Haryana, India, and is part of the National Capital Region...
estate. His spiritual cravings, however, were so intense that worldly attainments no longer attracted him and he gave up even this lucrative job. He returned home for devoting his entire time to religious pursuits.
After the death of Tusli Saheb he practiced Surat Shabd Yoga
Surat Shabd Yoga
Surat Shabd Yoga or Surat Shabda Yoga is a form of spiritual practice that is followed in the Sant Mat and many other related spiritual traditions...
for 15 years in almost total seclusion in a room within a room. He started holding satsang publicly on Vasant Panchami
Vasant Panchami
Vasant Panchami , sometimes referred to as Vasant Panchami or Shree Panchami , is a Hindu festival celebrating Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music and art. It is celebrated every year on the fifth day of the Indian month Magh , the first day of spring...
(a spring festival) in 1861. This schedule continued for 17 years.
He was the first Satguru to use the appellation of Radha Soami
Radha Soami
Radhasoami is a philosophical organization originating in 19th century India, and considered by adherents as a true way to attain God realization...
for the Supreme Being in his teachings. Swami ji originally referred to the Supreme Being with the names "Satnaam" and "Anaami". The movement became known as Radha Soami, (Radha meaning "Soul" and Soami meaning "Lord", hence "Lord of the Soul") after Rai Saligram
Rai Saligram
Rai Bahadur Saligram ji, popularly known as Huzur Maharaj ji, was born in a Kayastha family of Peepal Mandi, Agra, on 14 March 1829. He served as chief inspector of post offices in India, and in 1881, promoted as the Postmaster General of the North-Western Provinces with headquarters at Allahabad...
came to him as a disciple. The yoga system taught by Swami Ji is known as Surat Shabd Yoga
Surat Shabd Yoga
Surat Shabd Yoga or Surat Shabda Yoga is a form of spiritual practice that is followed in the Sant Mat and many other related spiritual traditions...
.
Swami ji has described the secret of divine and true 'Naam'.
His bani (poetical compositions) and sayings from satsang were published in two books after his demise. Both are called Sar Bachan or Saar Vachan (meaning 'essential utterances') :
- Saar Vachan Vartik (Sar Bachan in prose)
- Saar Vachan Chhand Band (Sar Bachan in verse)
Saar Vachan Vartik is in two parts: part one being an introduction written by Rai Saligram
Rai Saligram
Rai Bahadur Saligram ji, popularly known as Huzur Maharaj ji, was born in a Kayastha family of Peepal Mandi, Agra, on 14 March 1829. He served as chief inspector of post offices in India, and in 1881, promoted as the Postmaster General of the North-Western Provinces with headquarters at Allahabad...
and part two compiled of notes taken from the discourses of Swami ji Maharaj, which he delivered in satsang up to 1878. They cover important teachings of the faith.
His poems in Saar Vachan Chhand Band are replete with emotional appeal - a successful blending of popular poetic expressions from different languages of north India such as, Khari-Boli, Awadhi, Brijbhasha, Rajasthani
Rajasthani language
Rajasthani Rajasthani Rajasthani (Devanagari: , Perso-Arabic: is a language of the Indo-Aryan languages family. It is spoken by 50 million people in Rajasthan and other states of India and in some areas of Pakistan. The number of speakers may be up to 80 million worldwide...
and Gurumukhi.
He departed from this world on June 15, 1878 in Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
See also
- Contemporary Sant Mat movementsContemporary Sant Mat movementsContemporary Sant Mat Movements are esoteric philosophy movements active in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and especially India. These movements assert that Sant Mat shares a lineage with Sikhism and contains elements of thought found in Hinduism, such as karma and reincarnation...
- DayalbaghDayalbaghDayalbagh is a suburb of Agra in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Dayalbagh is the headquarters of the Radhasoami Faith religion. The city is also home to Dayalbagh Educational Institute. It comprises various Colleges, prominently among them being Dayalbagh Engineering College.-Demographics:As of...
- Radha Soami Satsang BeasRadha Soami Satsang BeasRadha Soami Satsang Beas is a spiritual society founded by Jaimal Singh in 1891 at a site called Dera Baba Jaimal Singh on the West bank of the Beas River, Punjab, India....
- Radha Swami Satsang, DinodRadha Swami Satsang, DinodThe Radha Swami faith was started by Param Sant Shiv Dayal Singh ji on Basant-Panchami day in January 1861. He manifested himself in a respectable family of Khatris at Agra on August 24, 1818. Radha Swami faith is built on the preachings of perfect Saint or true Guide and Preceptor Param Sant Shiv...
- Sant MatSant MatSant Mat was a loosely associated group of teachers that became prominent in the northern part of the Indian sub-continent from about the 13th century...
- Baba Faqir ChandBaba Faqir ChandBaba Faqir Chand, was an Indian master of Surat Shabd Yoga, or consciously controlled near death experience. He was the first Sant Mat guru to speak of overwhelming experience of certainty and the subjective projection of sacred forms without the conscious knowledge of the person at the center of...
- Bhagat Munshi RamBhagat Munshi RamBhagat Munshi Ram was born in the village Sundernagar, tehsil and district Sialkot, Punjab in the year 1906. He was assigned specific work of Guru in the year 1977 by putting a religious mark on the forehead, presenting 'turban' , Rs.5 and a coconut by Param Dayal Baba Faqir Chand ji Maharaj...
- SikhismSikhismSikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...
External links
- http://www.radhaswamidinod.org/faith.htm
- http://www.aors-dbbs.org/index.html
- http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/movements/radhasoamis/The%20radhasoamis.htm
- http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/chakras-SantMat.htm
- http://www.seekersway.org/seekers_guide/radhasoami_1_g.html
- http://www.radhasoami-faith.info/Books_Frame.shtml
- http://www.reference.com/search?db=web&q=Radha%20Soami&start=31
- Radha Soami Satsang Beas
- Science of the Soul
- Sant Mat - Surat Shabd Yoga: Contemporary Guru Lines & Branches