Radha Soami Satsang Beas Book List - part 1
Michael Turner
CATALOGUE OF BOOKS:
RADHA SOAMI SATSANG BEAS
This catalogue is published by:
Sewa Singh, Secretary
Radha Soami Satsang Beas
P.O. Dera Baba Jaimal Singh
Beas (Dist. Amritsar)
Punjab - 143204, India
The Radha Soami Satsang Beas publishes books concerning
the purpose of human life and the path to God-realization.
These books demonstrate the universal nature of the true
spiritual teachings of all saints and mystics, irrespective of
religion, nationality, caste, color, or creed.
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SUMMARY OF THE SANT MAT TEACHINGS I
"Sant Mat," meaning "teachings of the saints," is a
path of self-realization and God-realization. All saints and
spiritual Masters have taught that there is only one God,
and our soul is of His essence. We can escape the pain
and suffering of life and death and achieve eternal bliss and
happiness only when we merge back into Him. The Masters,
who are realized souls, are sent by the Lord into the world
for only one purpose: to collect those souls marked for
spiritual liberation, teach them the method of God-realization,
and guide them on their inner spiritual journey. It is only
from a perfect living Master that the seeker can receive
initiation and guidance on the inner spiritual path.
The spiritual practice taught by all true saints is a
form of inner meditation designed to merge the individual
souls into God through his Word or "Shabd," which
reverberates within all human beings in the form of spiritual
sound and light. In the Bible, this divine essence is called the
"Word," "Name," "Logos," "Voice of God," and "Wisdom."
Indian mystics have called it "Shabd," "Hukam" ("Command"),
"Nam." It is the "Tao" of the Chinese mystics, the
"Kalma-I-Ilahi" of the Koran. It is the audible life stream,
the sound current, the dynamic reality of God which both
projects the creation into being and carries it back to its
source. This divine Word is God's love manifesting itself in
the creation; the perfect spiritual Master is an embodiment
of that love.
The path of Sant Mat is also called the path of Surat
Shabd Yoga, meaning the "yoga of the Sound Current," the
science of uniting the soul with the Lord. This path requires
a serious commitment from the disciple. Those desiring
initiation must be prepared to live by four principles, without
any compromise or modification whatsoever. These principles
serve as the foundation for the spiritual life of a disciple.
They are: adherence to a lacto-vegetarian diet; abstinence
from alcoholic drinks and narcotics; living a clean and moral
life; and meditation for 2 ½ hours a day according to the
Master's instructions. Sant Mat is not a religion and therefore
does not require its followers to change their religion or to
perform any rituals. It reveals the universal mystic path
hidden within all people, regardless of their religion, nationality,
caste, color, or creed.
The present living Master of the Radha Soami Satsang
Beas is Maharaj Gurinder Singh. He was born in 1954 and
is an initiate of Maharaj Charan Singh. He teaches the same
method of self- and God-realization through inner meditation
on the Word or Shabda as taught by all true saints throughout
history.
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Bhajan: Worship; meditation; listening to the
Shabd within.
Bhakti: Devotion; devotion to the Master.
Dera: Refers to the colony, Dera Baba Jaimal
Singh, in Punjab, India.
Dharma: Right action; right conduct.
Guru: Master; teacher; spiritual mentor or guide.
Karma: Action; law of cause and effect; result
of good and bad deeds.
Master: Guru; spiritual teacher; saint.
Nam: Name; Shabd, Logos, Word; the
divine creative power; the
Holy Ghost.
Negative Power: Kal, Satan; the lord of death; the
power that governs the perishable
worlds of mind and matter.
Radha Soami: Lord (Soami) of the soul (Radha),
i.e.,the Supreme Being, God.
Reincarnation: The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
of the soul into the physical
world.
Sant Mat: The teachings (Mat) of the saints (Sant).
Saint: One who has attained God-realization.
Satguru: A true or perfect Master; spiritual
teacher of the highest order.
Satsang: True company; association with the
True; spiritual discourse given
by a true Master.
Satsangi: One who associates with the True;
initiate of a perfect Master.
Seva: Voluntary service.
Sevadar: One who performs voluntary service.
Shabd: Word; spiritual Sound; the audible life
stream; the sound current; the
Word of God; the inner music;
the divine creative power; same
as Nam. Also can refer to a
spiritual poem or hymn.
Simran: Repetition; repetition of names given
by a Master and part of the meditation
practice.
Surat Shabd Yoga: The practice of joining ("yoga") the
soul ("surat") with the sound
("Shabd"); the highest form of
yoga or spiritual practice.
Yoga: Union; spiritually, a system of practices
which unite the soul with God.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE BOOKS
All the books in this catalogue are available in English.
Many are also available in other languages. At the end
of the summary of each book is a list of the languages
in which that book is currently available. Please note
that the Indian languages are listed first, followed by the
non-Indian languages. The following is a key to the
abbreviations used for each language.
Indian Languages:
Hindi - Hin
Punjabi - Pun
Sindhi - Sin
Urdu - Ur
Some books and pamphlets are also available in:
Bengali Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi Tamil and Telugu.
Foreign Languages (non-Indian):
Arabic - Ar Japanese - Jap
Afrikaans - Afr Nepali - Nep
Chinese - Chin Norwegian - Nor
Czech - Cz Persian - Per
Danish - Dan Polish - Pol
Dutch - Du Portuguese - Port
French - Fr Romanian - Rom
German - Ger Russian - Rus
Greek - Grk Sinhalese - Sinh
Hebrew - Heb Slovenian - Slov
Hungarian -Hung Spanish - Sp
Indonesian - Indo Swedish - Swed
Italian - Ital Thai - Thai
As books are continuously being translated worldwide, the
information in this catalogue may be incomplete. For the most
up-to-date information, please contact the appropriate country
representative listed as follows:
ORDERING INFORMATION
Worldwide distribution center for books in English and
Indian languages:
Mr Krishin Babani
Buona Casa Building, 2nd Floor,
Sir P. M. Road
Fort, Bombay - 400 001
INDIA
English and local language books are also available from
the following centers:
Mrs Janet Bland Mr Hansjorg Hammerer
P.O. Box 3 Sezenweingasse 10
Oaklands Park A-5020, Salzburg
SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5046 AUSTRIA
Mr Don Coulombe Mr Valdimir Skaisky
do Manners Uraiska 9
120 Beaconsfield Ave. CS-I 60 00 Prague 6
Toronto, Ontario CZECH REPUBLIC
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CANADA
Ms Inge Gregersen Count Pierre de Proyart
Askevenget- 15 7 Quai Voltaire
2830 Virum, 75007 Paris
DENMARK FRANCE
Mr Rudolf Walberg Mr Jacob Hofstra
P.O. Box 1544 Geulwijk 6
D-65800 Bad Soden/Taunus 3831 L M Leusden
GERMANY HOLLAND
Mrs Cami Moss Mr. G. L. .Nanwani
Viewpoint Yayasan
7 Bowen Road, Block A Radha Soami Satsang Beas
Ground Floor No.1 Jl. Kelinci Raya No.32 A
HONG KONG Jakarta-Pusat
INDONESIA
Mrs H. Mandelbaum Mr Ted Goodman
P.O. Box 22121 Via Garigliano
Tel Aviv-61221 Rome 00198
ISRAEL ITALY
Mr L. H. Parwani Mr Jorge Angel Santana
Radha Soami Satsang Beas Cameta 2821
2-18 Nakajimadori, 1 -Chome Jardines Del Bosque
Aotani, Chuo-ku Guadalajara, Jalisco-44520
Kobe- 651 MEXICO
JAPAN
Mr Tony Waddicor Mr Nanik N. Balani
10 Maxine Place G.P.O. Box 10407
Tauranga Marina
NEW ZEALAND Lagos
NIGERIA
Mr Alberto C. Ferreira Mr Bhojraj T. Mirwani
Rua Joao Antonio Pereira 121 do Kawashi Intl.
1st Floor 77 High Street
Estoril 2765 10-04 High Street Plaza
PORTUGAL SINGAPORE 0617
Mr Marko Bedina R.S. Books
Brezje PRJ, Trzicu 68 P.0. Box 311
64290 Trzic Johannesburg - 2000
SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA
Mr H. W. Balani Mr Lennart Zachen
Balani '5 International Norra Sonnarpsvagen 29
Compas de la Victoria 3 S-286 72, Orkell Junga
P.O. Box 486 SWEDEN
Malaga 29012
SPAIN
Mr Olivier de Coulon Mr Harmahinder Singh Sethi
Rue de Center, CH-1131 Sawan Textiles Ltd.
Tolochenaz, Sawan Textiles Ltd.
SWITZERLAND 154 Serm Sin Kha,
Sampheng
Bangkok-10100
THAILAND
Ms Hilda Blackburn Mr Ricardo L. Iglesias G.
7 Friars Walk Calle Panama
Abbey Wood Residencias La Mansion
London 5E2 OPR Torre B, No.21
UNITED KINGDOM Colinas De Club Hipico
Caracas 1080-A
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BOOKS BY SOAMI JI MAHARAJ (SHIV DAYAL SINGH)
Soami Ji Maharaj was born in Agra in 1818, and Tulsi Sahib
of Hathras was his spiritual guide and mentor. He began
holding public satsangs after devoting seventeen years to
intensive meditation. Soami Ji taught the same spiritual
truths as taught by all true saints regardless of time or place:
the importance of the living spiritual Master, meditation on
the inner light and sound (Shabd), and that God-realization
must be achieved during one's lifetime. Shortly before he
passed from the physical plane in 1878, he instructed Baba
Jaimal Singh to hold satsang and give initiation in Punjab.
"SAR BACHAN (Prose)"
- Soami Ji Maharaj
"Sar Bachan," literally meaning "words of truth,"
contains the fundamental teachings of the saints as explained
by Soami Ji Maharaj. The text is a translation of notes taken
during Soami Ji's discourses and talks over a period of many
years. Soami Ji explains that this is not a new teaching, but
the same mystic principles taught by all true saints throughout
history. He gives details of the inner spiritual regions and the
process of the creation. Also included is a collection of brief
spiritual sayings by Soami Ji, presented as a series of axioms.
Hardcover, 212 pages
Hin, Pun, Sin, Ur/Grk, Sp
BOOKS BY BABA JAIMAL SINGH MAHARAJ
Baba Jaimal Singh Maharaj, born in July 1839, was a
seeker of spirituality from childhood. He was well-versed in
the sacred writings of the Adi Granth in which he read of the
five melodies that can be heard resounding within each
individual. While still very young, Babaji traveled throughout
northern India in search of someone who could teach him
about these five sounds. Finally, he arrived at the feet of
Soami Ji in Agra and, in 1856, was initiated by him into
Surat Shabd Yoga, the path of the five sounds. On Soami Ji's
instructions Baba Ji enlisted in the army. He spent 34 years in
the service and retired in 1891, building a small hut at the
edge of the river Beas. There he taught the practice of Surat
Shabd Yoga, or Sant Mat, until his death in 1903, naming
Maharaj Sawan Singh to succeed him.
"SPIRITUAL LETTERS"
- Baba Jaimal Singh Maharaj
A rare look into the spiritual grooming of one great
saint by another. This book contains translations of letters
written by Baba Jaimal Singh Maharaj to his disciple and
successor, Maharaj Sawan Singh. Covering the period 1896-
1903, when Maharaj Sawan Singh was still in government
service, these letters contain personal advice as well as
specific instructions and encouragement in matters of
meditation and the spiritual way of life, from which all
disciples and spiritual seekers can benefit.
Hardcover, 208 pages
Hin, Pun, Sin, Ur
"WORDS DIVINE"
- Baba Jaimal Singh Maharaj
A pocket-sized collection of inspirational quotations
taken from the letters of Baba Jaimal Singh Maharaj. The
quotations center around the true spiritual way of life, right
attitude, the grace of the Master, and the importance of
simran and bhajan.
Soft cover, 64 page
Hin, Pun, Sin, Ur / Indo
BOOKS BY MAHARAJ SAWAN SINGH
Maharaj Sawan Singh, born in Punjab in 1858, was
the spiritual Master of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas from
1903 until his passing in 1948. A military engineer by
profession, he was initiated in 1894 into the path of Sant
Mat by Baba Jaimal Singh Maharaj He traveled extensively,
giving satsang throughout Punjab and nearby provinces;
attracting many followers. Affectionately known as the Great
Master, he initiated over 125,000 souls into the path of Surat
Shabd Yoga during his 45 years of mastership. Under his
guidance the Dera grew from a tiny ashram to a small town,
where thousands of his disciples would come to sit in his
presence and hear his discourses. He named Maharaj Jagat
Singh to succeed him.
"THE DAWN OF LIGHT"
- Maharaj Sawan Singh
Consisting mainly of letters written between 1911 and
1934 by Maharaj Sawan Singh (the Great Master) to his first
American disciples, this volume also contains a brief history
of Sant Mat in America, as well as a concise summary of the
Sant Mat teachings. The Master's letters were written at a
time when there were no Sant Mat books to provide guidance
and inspiration for those early disciples, very few of whom
had the opportunity to meet their Master in person. Full of
affection and practical wisdom, the letters explain all aspects
of the teachings and give detailed descriptions of the inner
journey and the way of life required of the devotee.
Hardcover, 242 pages
Hin, Pun, Sin, Ur / Fr
"DISCOURSES ON SANT MAT"
- Maharaj Sawan Singh
A translation of twelve different satsangs given by
Maharaj Sawan Singh over a period of 45 years, and selected
by Maharaj Charan Singh soon after he was appointed as his
successor. Each satsang is based upon a shabd (spiritual hymn)
by a different saint, including Soami Ji, Guru Nanak, Guru
Ravidas, Dadu Dayal, Kabir, Paltu and Hafiz. A translation
of the complete hymn begins each satsang, followed by the
Master's clear and detailed explanations of the deep spiritual
truth found within.
Hardcover, 336 pages
Hin, Pun, Sin, Ur / Sp
"MY SUBMISSION"
- Maharaj Sawan Singh
Originally written by the Great Master as the
introduction to his encyclopedic two volume Punjabi-
language work "Gurmat Siddhant" (later published in English
translation as "Philosophy of the Masters" in 5 volumes), this
short work gives an overview of the main spiritual truths that
are discussed at greater length in the complete text. The
Great Master's prose is clear, concise, and forceful - imbued
with the love and conviction that come from direct personal
experience of the spiritual reality.
Soft-cover, 202 pages
Hin, Pun, Sin, Ur / Du, Sp
"PHILOSOPHY OF THE MASTERS, Series I-V"
- Maharaj Sawan Singh
A comprehensive treatise in 5 volumes, containing
a profound and detailed study of the Sant Mat principles.
These 5 volumes are a translation of the original 2-volume
Punjabi work Gurmat Siddhant. The text includes many
supporting quotations from the Adi Granth, the Bible, the
Vedas, Persian mystics, and other sources. Each volume
contains part of Great Master's original introductory overview
called "My Submission."
ABBREVIATED TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Volume I - 224 pages
Aspects of spiritual discipline, including satsang, seva,
and meditation; the law of karma.
Volume II - 322 pages
Spiritual love, devotion, and detachment.
Volume III - 336 pages
True worship, austerities, cleanliness, awe and
affection, prayer, humility, dharma.
Volume IV - 360 pages
The Lord, the Lord's will, truth, the negative power,
sound current, name of God, divine
ambrosia, inner nectar
Volume V - 334 pages
Inner divine music, initiation, practice of Surat Shabda
Yoga, the perfect master
Hardcover
Hin, Pun / Du
"PHILOSOPHY OF THE MASTERS, (Abridged)"
- Maharaj Sawan Singh
A one-volume condensation of the complete five-
volume series, containing extracts and summaries of all the
sections included in the original.
Hardcover, 365 pages
Ger, Indo, Port, Sp
"SPIRITUAL GEMS"
- Maharaj Sawan Singh
A collection of letters written by the Great Master to
his disciples in Europe and America between 1919 and 1948.
These letters were the main source of guidance for these early
disciples, very few of whom had the opportunity to meet their
Master in person. The letters discuss all the aspects of the Sant
Mat teachings, giving guidance on meditation and living in the
will of the Lord while discharging one's worldly obligations.
Not limited by time or place, by national or cultural
differences, the Master's practical advice and loving words are
equally relevant to modem devotees on the spiritual path.
Hardcover, 448 pages
Hin, Pun, Sin, Ur / Du, Port, Sp
"TALES OF THE MYSTIC EAST"
- Maharaj Sawan Singh
A collection of stories, or parables, narrated by
Maharaj Sawan Singh in his satsangs. Drawn from the mystic
literature of India, Iran, Arabia, and other nearby countries,
each story illustrates a particular spiritual truth or example of
conduct. Some of the stories are humorous, relating to our
follies in life; others relate to the karmic implications of our
actions, to the purity of the saints and the benefit of their
company.
Hardcover, 26 pages
Hin, Pun, Sin, Ur / Fr
BOOKS BY MAHARAJ JAGAT SINGH
Maharaj Jagat Singh was Master at the Dera from
1948 to 1951. He was an example of perfect discipleship in
his total obedience and one-pointed devotion to his Master,
Maharaj Sawan Singh. A chemistry professor by profession,
he used a scientific approach in explaining the spiritual truths
of the Sant Mat teachings His loving and noble manner
inspired all who had the good fortune to stand in his presence.
He passed away in 1951, appointing Maharaj Charan Singh
to succeed him.
"THE SCIENCE OF THE SOUL"
- Maharaj Jagat Singh
This book presents the Sant Mat teachings in the
words of Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh. A chemistry
professor by profession, Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Ji's spiritual
discourses were succinct, scientific, and forthright. Seven of
these are presented in their entirety along with excerpts from
18 others. Also included are his selected letters to foreign
disciples, "axioms of spirituality," and notes from his
conversations collected under the heading "spiritual bouquet."
The Master's words reveal his great love and compassion as
well as his insistence on the highest level of spiritual purity.
He speaks vividly of who the Masters are, of the downfall of
the soul, and how the soul can return to its home.
Hardcover, 322 pages
Hin, Pun, Sin, Ur / Du, Grk, Jap, Sp
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