Radha Soami Spiritualism Santmat 9

Soami Shiv Dayal Singh ji has so many followers/disciples but Jaimal Singh ji was one of his most popular disciples. Baba Jaimal Singh Ji (1839–1903), also known as "Babaji Maharaj," was the first Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) until his death in 1903.  Baba Sawan Singh succeeded him as the second RSSB Satguru.
Jaimal Singh ji was born in village Lath Ghuman (Ghoman) near Batala, Distt. Gurdaspur, Punjab, India, in July, 1839. His father was Sardar Jodh Singh ji a farmer by trade, and his mother was Sardarni Daya Kaur ji. She was a devotee of Bhagat Namdev, and from the age of four Baba ji started visiting the local shrine dedicated to the memory of this Sant Mat Sant.
At the age of five he started his education with Baba Khem Singh ji, a Vedanti sage. Within two years he became a good reader of Guru Granth Sahib and read Dasam Granth also.
At the age of 12–13 years his studying of the Guru Granth Sahib brought him to the understanding that this scripture rejects Pranayama, Vairagya, Hatha yoga, Japa, places of pilgrimage, fasting and rituals as means to finding the absolute God described by Nanak and the other sikh gurus. He reached the conclusion that to follow its method of realising God, he must first find a perfect Master, a Satguru who practices Anhad Shabad, the meditation on the inner sound principle.
In particular he understood his search must be for a master who could explain the reference in the Granth Sahib to the Five Sounds (Panch Shabda). For example a key phrase for him was the following quote from Guru Nanak "Ghar meh ghar daykhaa-ay day-ay so satgur purakh sujaan. Panch sabad Dhunikaar Dhun tah baajai sabad neesaan." Which can be translated into English as "The True Guru, the All-knowing, Primal Being shows us our true home within the home of the self. The Five Primal Sounds resonate and resound within; the insignia of the Primal Sound is revealed there, vibrating gloriously."
Some time after the death of his father when Jaimal Singh was fourteen he started the search for a Perfect Master of Panch Shabdi Naam as per the description in the Guru Granth Sahib. After temporarily returning home he again took up the search, undergoing a long and arduous journey around northern India from age fifteen to seventeen. Finally, after rigorous search, in Swami ji Shiv Dayal Singh of Agra, he found the one whom he accepted as his Satguru and was initiated by him in 1856.
After taking initiation he asked his guru Shiv Dayal Singh if he could become a sadhu and devote his attentions fulltime to abhyas. But his guru told him that the Sant Mat tradition was for followers to earn their own living by honest means. Jaimal Singh told Shiv Dayal Singh that his family tradition was farming but that would involve marrying which he said felt no inclination to do. Therefore Shiv Dayal Singh advised the teenage Jaimal singh to join the local regiment of the British Indian Army, which he did in 1856.
In Oct 1877, Shiv Dayal Singh ordered Baba Jaimal Singh ji to start initiating "true seekers" in Punjab Swami ji advised him not to interfere with the religious choice of a devotee, and to "steer clear of sects and creeds."                                        P 9  contd…

Radha Soami Spiritualism Santmat 8

His marriage to Nārāini Devi (later known as Radha Ji), daughter of Izzat Rai of Faridabad was arranged at an early age. She was of a generous disposition and was very devoted to her husband. Shivdayāl  Singh was 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  casting of the mortal frame of Parm Sant Tulsi, Shivdayāl  singh  practiced Surat Shabd Yoga for 15 years in almost total seclusion in a room/cavern. He started holding satsang publicly on Vasant Panchami (a spring festival) in 1861, and continued for 17 years. Shivdayāl originally referred to the Supreme Being with the names "Sat Nām" (True Name) and "Anāmi" (Nameless). The term Rādhā Swāmi ("Rādhā"="Soul" and "Swāmi"="Lord", hence "Lord of the Soul") was used after Salig Rām became a disciple. The yoga system taught by Shivdayāl singh is known as Surat Shabd Yoga.

           Shivdayāl Singh has described the secret of divine and True Name (Sat Nam).

                          SOAMI JI  25-08-1818  TO  15-06-1878

His bani (poetical compositions) and sayings from satsang were published in two books after his demise. Both are called Sār Bachan or Sār Vachan (meaning 'essential  utterances}                Sār Vachan Vartik (Sar Bachan in prose)   

                                     Sār Vachan Chhand Band (Sar Bachan in verse)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Sār 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 Shivdayāl Singh which he delivered in satang up to 1878. They cover important teachings of the faith.     P 8 contd

Radha soami spiritualism santmat 7

Once upon a time there was rainy days,Tulsi Sahib suppose to visit Agra at seth’s house the prepration was with full swing for reception of Tulsi Sahib,suddenly the rain starts on the commencement of his Guru Tulsi Sahib , seth sahib spread the new unused fabric of silk under the path of Tulsi Sahib which leads to dais ,then Tulsi Sahib came with muddy footed and walked upon the silky fabric which go dirty, after sitting on stage by putting off his shoes,Tulsi Sahib exclaimed oh! Your costly cloth/fabric got     dirty unintentionally with my muddy feet . On this expression both mr. & mrs  seth expressed their happiness that “Sahib!--,even before it was dirty, even now these cloth get cleaned and likely to use” be felt happy by this view Tulsi Sahib asked seth ? We are pleased much and very happy on your such a clean thought, demand what you require in your life. Then both stood before Tulsi Shib, by folding both hands & expressed- Sahib, every thing you blessed  we have in our life, if you are gracious kind enough then bless with a son-- like you!! Tulsi Sahib expressed we are pleased, you demaded all and every thing, -- ok! --You are blessed with a Son.

 So with the kind blessings of Tulsi Sahib, -- [Shiv dayal singh] “Soami Ji”    

 

              Born on 25 August 1818 in Agra Utter Pradesh India

Incarnated in this world.  The recitation of the Sikh scriptures was an article of faith in his family. His father, Sardār Dilwali Singh Seth 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 Nārāini Devi (called "Rādhāji" by followers and devotees) were followers of Param Sant Tulsi Sahib from Hathras, India. Parm Sant Tulsi Sahib initiated him at the age of six.                                                                                                                                     P 7  contd..