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Dyal Singh, founder of the Radha Swamis

RADHASAMIS are not SIKHS

Radha Soami "Radhasoami" (also Radhasoami Satsang and Radha Swami) is a sect & spiritual movement, founded in 1861 by Shiv Dayal Singh Seth. It boasts a following of over two million people worldwide. He related the human soul to Radha whose goal was to merge with eternal reality (Soami), thus the name Radha Soami. As do the Hindus he preached vegetarianism and abstinance from intoxication.

Shiv Dyal Singh was never big on spreading his teaching or increasing his flock of devotees. He established his Satsang in Agra. In 1855 Dayal Singh had only a handful of followers. At the time of his death in 1878, it is thought that his following had grown to several thousand.

At his death he caused the same problems to his followers that Mohamet had caused the Muslims by naming no succesor. After infighting among the members of the Satsang his followers split into several camps. The split remains today with each group having slightly different teachings.

Jaimal Singh, the son of a Punjabi Sikh family was one of Soamiji's disciples. He established his satsang in 1891 on the banks of the River Beas. Today this Satsang is the largest and most sucessful of the Radhasoami satsangs. Known as Dera Baba Jaimal Singh it is the center of the Radhasoami sect in the Punjab. The group has centers around the world with one in Calfornia, US.

Jaimal Singh, second guru of the Radha Swamis

After Sawan Singh the sect divided into two Groups on successer issue. The new sect formed by Kirpal Singh is known as Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission. It is spread worldwide having branches in many countries.

The sect is faithful in using the Holy Book of the Sikh's the Guru Granth Sahib, but they have never tried to alter the proceedings or tenants of mainstream Sikhs and do not portray their leaders as sucessors to the 10 Gurus of the Sikhs. Today the Beas ashram maitains a Langar (free kitchen) and has lodgings for Sadhus, Sewadars, Satsangis and others.

The MSS Charitable hospital provides free medical care for the group's members and the needy and includes a serai(inn) for the free accommodation of relatives of their patients. An annual eye clinic gives medical aid to people suffering eye-ailments, including the removal of cataracts.

Radhaswami Lineage

Radhaswami Beas

  1. Seth Shiv Dayal Singh also known as Swami Ji. It was succeeded by
  2. Baba Jaimal Singh The founder of Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Ministry lasted from 1884 to 1903.
  3. Sawan Singh, also known as The Great Master, Ministry from 1903 to 1948.
  4. Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh . Ministry lasted from 1948 to 1951.
  5. Huzur Maharaj Charan Singh, full name Charan Singh Grewal. Ministry lasted from 1951 to 1990.
  6. Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon- Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Ministry began 1990 to present day

Radha Swami Satsang, Dinod

  1. 1st Guru: Param Sant Shiv Dayal Singh ji (Swami ji Maharaj)
  2. 2nd Guru: Param Sant Rai Bahadur Saligram Sahib ji (Hazur Maharaj ji)
  3. 3rd Guru: Param Sant Shiv Brat Lal Verman ji (Data Dayal Maharishi ji)
  4. 4th Guru: Param Sant Master Ram Singh ji Arman (Arman Saheb ji)
  5. 5th Guru: Param Sant Tarachand ji (Bade Maharaj ji)
  6. 6th Guru: Param Sant Kanwar Singh ji (Haal Hazur Maharaj ji)

Radhaswamis are not Sikhs

  1. Radhaswami Never preaches Khalsa Tradition and Do not believe in philosphy of Khalsa.
  2. Radhaswami Give a secret name to people which they have to recite and that name should not tell to anyone which is opposite to Sikh philosphy. Think If Guru Nanak do So? As we all know that the organization has gurus which give naam to the people and people beg before them for naam. These gurus have more significance to such dera followers who call them sikhs and following the human guru.
  3. The Radha Soami dogma is one such prominently known way of life. The Sikh Gurus have conferred the gift of Gur Mantar and Mool Mantar to their Sikhs and have clearly ruled the following command:
ਆਪਿ ਜਪਹ੝ ਅਵਰਹ ਨਾਮ੝ ਜਪਾਵਹ੝ ॥
Chant the Naam yourself, and inspire others to chant it.

But yet many so-called 'Sikhs' can be seen begging for the 'Gupt-Mantar' at the door of Human 'Gurus'.

  1. Radhaswamis copies the content of different religions to attract people of different religions.
  2. Radhaswamis have their own meanings for Gurbani. they are great gurbani players.
  3. Radhaswamis have huge followers due to this governement also lick their feet just for votes.
  4. I met many radhaswami followers and maximum followers do not know who their guru is?

Book Called Janamsakhi

  • In their attempt to copy the Sikh history, these people have published the biography of Baba Teja Singh under the title of 'Janam Sakhi'. While many doctrines enlisted in this book are against the principals of Gurmat, the author has also published many statements in favor of the Radha Soami faith which are comparable to a Punjabi idiom that translates in English: "To throw an axe at your own foot". This faith promotes the Jain belief of adhering to total peace; but the Sikh Gurus rejected such tenets because they were not in line with their proposed life full of morale and esteem.

On page 62 of the Janam Sakhi published by 'Baba Teja Singh Radha Soami Trust', meanings of Gurbani are presented in a wrongful manner to prtray falseness. The page states that 'Hazoor Satguru' Teja Singh preached to Sangat that one can identify a person living in accordance with Gurbani if he eats and sleeps less, but and the biggest sign comes from that a person's excreta, instead of having a fecal odor woul have a fragrance! For the stool and urine to be free of odor is the biggest sign of an enlightened person. This teaching is further confirmed in Teja Singh's 'Janam Sakhi' through this passage: "… after that Bhagat Chanan Singh and Gyanni Ji secretly smelled Baba Teja Singh Ji's excreta (page 61-62). The bodily waste of Baba Teja Singh Ji had fragrance instead of odor and they accepted Baba Teja Singh as Puran Guru."

It is distressing to see Sikhs of Guru Nanak Dev Ji's "Nirmal Panth" following the fake human gurus. Such Sikhs who merely carry the image of the Sikh identity and use Singhs and Kaurs as their last name and turn their backs on Guru Sahib by joining faiths as the Radha Soami, are not worthy of being labeled as Sikhs of the Gurus.

Views of Different people

  • Giani Sant Singh Maskeen, a well known theologist, said many time in his preachings that "In 9 Realms of earth Guru nanak sowed the seed of sikhi but people today leaving his court moving towards deras like Radhaswami, Nirankari, Namdharis and he said the patit persons visit there deras regularly and this is shameful that such type of deras are in punjab where the sikhi seed was sowed firstly. Giani Sant Singh Maskeen call the Deras as " Manmat Dae addae".
  • (Lucky 15:53, 2 October 2009 (UTC)) : If you are a sikh and a true sikh then you will not go to any fake baba for any name you will only touch the feet of guru granth sahib. These babas are same like when baba makhan shah labana went and tried to find gurutegh bahadur in bakala and 22 manjis were before him. he moved toward gurus leaving those manjis behind, and when find guru he cried guru ladho re. and today guru is before you and people like maskeen ji, pinder pal singh etc are crying guru ladho re. but people are moving towards those manjis. so how can be you a sikh?