Radha Soami

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Dyal Singh, founder of the Radha Swamis

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.

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.

Sect Chiefs

  1. Baba Jaimal Singh
  2. Baba Sawan Singh
  3. Baba Charan Singh
  4. Baba Gurinder Singh

Sikhi & Radhaswami

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.

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'.

Giani Sant Singh Maskeen said many time in his vachan that in 9 Realms of earth Guru nanak sowed the seed of sikhi but people today lefting 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".

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.