Radha Soami Satsang Beas

Radha Soami Satsang (RSS) was founded by Soami Shiv Diyal and Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj in 1891 at a site called Dera Baba Jaimal Singh on the East bank of the River Beas

Radha Soami’ means ‘lord of the soul’, and ‘satsang’ describes a group that seeks truth. There are a number of other contemporary movements that utilize the phrase ‘Radha Soami’. Radha Soami Satsang Beas is not affiliated with these other movements

RSSB is dedicated to a science of inner development under the guidance of a spiritual teacher. Its key principles are that the individual soul is of the same essence as the Creator and that this oneness can be experienced through meditation as taught by an adept in this science. Fundamental to the teachings are adherence to a vegetarian diet, abstinence from intoxicants, a moral way of life, and the practice of daily solitary meditation.

The Radha Soami Satsang Beas is a spiritual organization centred around Surat- Shabd Yoga( the union of individuated human consciousness with cosmic word or audible life current ). Emphasis is on the need for an embodied spiritual perceptor( Satguru) who initiates disciples into the meditational technique and is their guide in the inward journey. Initiation is a milestone in the life of the devotee as the Guru plants the seeds of spirituality in him or her then. The requirements from the disciple are two and a half hours daily meditation, ethical behaviour, abstinence from adultery and forsaking animal food and intoxicants of all kind. Surat shabd yoga has close parallels with laya-yoga( the yoga of immersion) within the broad spectrum of raja-yoga. Final salvation by immersing the individuated self in God is the aim of the organization and nothing short of it is aspired for.

SURAT SHABDA YOGA MEDITATION:

*Simran is the spiritual practice of repeating God's Name.
*Dhyan is contemplating upon the Radiant Form of the Master and seeing the Light along the various inner stages or heavens within.
*Bhajan is the art of listening to the Sound Current in meditation with love and devotion, becoming one with IT, letting IT take us back Home again.
All of these holy spiritual practices are to be done with an attitude of love and devotion for the Supreme Being, the Ocean of Love and Compassion -- the Lord of All Souls.

The RSSB lineage of spiritual leaders with the dates of their births, deaths, and tenures is as follows:
Baba Jaimal Singh (1836 - 1903): 1893 - 1903
Baba Sawan Singh (1858 - 1948): 1903 - 1948
Sardar Bahadur Jagat Singh (1886 - 1951): 1948 - 1951
Maharaj Ji Charan Singh Grewal (1918 - 1990): 1951 - 1990
Baba Gurinder Singh (1954 - ): 1990 - present

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