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Baba Sri Chand

 



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"Baba Sri Chand, also referred to as Baba Sri Chand was the founder of the ascetic sect of Udasin and was the elder son of Guru Nanak, first Guru and founder of Sikhism."
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"Sri Chand wrote Aarta, his most important writing, in praise of his father, Guru Nanak, and presented it to him after one of the Udasins. This writing had major influence on people of that time who did not know about Guru Nanak yet."
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"Sri Chand (1494 to 1643), also called Baba Sri Chand is the elder son of Guru Nanak and the founder of the ascetic sect of Udasis. He was born to Mata Sulakhani on Bhadon sudi 9, 1551 Bk / 9 September 1494 at Sultanpur Lodhi, now in Kapurthala district of the Punjab. This type of arrangement where the child is born at the mother's parental (????? s ?"Nanakay" meaning 'maternal grandparents') home was a quite common and accepted custom at that time.?Sri Chand mastered the techniques of yoga at a very young age. He remained devoted to his father, Baba Nanak and established the Udasi order. He travelled far and wide and spread awareness of Guru Nanak.?Baba Sri Chand was held in great esteem by the ensuing Sikh Gurus."
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"Guru Hargobind sent his son Baba Gurditta to Sri Chand. He became Sri Chand's successor and is regarded as a patriarch of the Udasi Sampardai (order). Baba Gurditta was the father of Guru Har Rai, the grandfather of Guru Harkrishan, the older brother of Guru Tegh Bahadur and the uncle of Guru Gobind Singh.?After his father, Guru Nanak left Nankana Sahib, Sri Chand stayed in Dera Baba Nanak and maintained Guru Nanak Dev Ji's temple. Later he established the Udasi order."

"Baba Siri Chand stayed on at Pakkhoke Randhave for some time. He gathered around him a band of his own disciples who, like him, shunned the householder`s life and practiced austerities. With his disciples he traveled throughout the length and breadth of India, initiating many as Udasin or Udasi (lit. indifferent, stoic) sect who functioned as itinerant teachers and established missionary centres at different places in the country and beyond.?Through these Udasin Guru Nanak`s word was also carried to far corners of the land. Baba Siri Chand`s own main centre was at Barath, eight kilometres southwest of Pathankot in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. Baba Siri Chand also kept in touch with successive Gurus during his long life of well over a hundred years. The Gurus held him in high esteem. In 1626, when at the behest of Guru Hargobind, his eldest son, Baba Gurditta, proceeded to found the town of Kiratpur in the lower Sivalik hills, he had the ground broken by Baba Siri Chand Ji."
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"Virsa Singh Gobind Sadan :

'Baba Siri Chand was a renunciate; i.e., self-denying, celibate, and dedicated to meditation; but he was also a farmer. His father asked him not to leave the world but to take responsibility for the community farm at Kartarpur while he, Guru Nanak, was away. When Guru Nanak returned from his travels, the whole village happily told him that they had learned from Baba Siri Chand how to combine hard work on the farm and meditation. Baba Siri Chand had an extensive and dedicated following. When the Emperor Jehangir asked Mian Mir, his own darvesh (Muslim term for a powerful, truthful, God-intoxicated holy person), "Who is the greatest darvesh today?" Mian Mir replied, "At this time the elder son of Guru Nanak is the king of the darveshes."'"

*Will post more about Hazrat Mian Mir

Perhaps a Guru Nanak - Baba Sri Chand lineage -

Sri Ramakrishna :
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"In Benares I saw a young sannyasi who belonged to the sect of Nanak. He was the same age as you. He used to refer to me as the 'loving monk'. His sect had a monastery in Benares. I was invited there one day. I found that the mohant was like a housewife. I asked him, 'What is the way ?' 'For the Kaliyuga,' he said, 'the path of devotion as enjoined by Narada.' He was reading a book. When the reading was over, he recited : 'Vishnu is in water, Vishnu is on land, Vishnu is on the mountain top; the whole world is pervaded by Vishnu.' At the end he said, 'Peace ! Peace ! Abiding Peace !' One day he was reading the Gita. He was so strict about his monastic rules that he would not read a holy book looking at a worldly man. So he turned his face toward me and his back on Mathur, who was also present. It was this holy man who told me of Narada's path of devotion as suited to the people of the Kaliyuga. Sadhus of his class are followers of the Vedanta, but they also accept the path of devotion."
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Guru Nanak / Guru Granth Sahib :
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"Narada and Saraswati are Your servants."
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Guesswork not "history" here on my part. I have always wondered whether the Kashi Pandit who visited Soamij Maharaj in Agra; who was wonderstruck by Soamiji Maharaj's elucidation of Granth Saheb hymns; and who then received initiation from Soamiji Maharaj ?- whether he was perhaps a Pandit of Baba Sri Chand's Udasin lineage, which itself may very well be the Kashi/Benares "sect of Nanak" mentioned by Sri Ramakrishna (see original post in this thread). Highly unlikely an orthodox Brahman Kashi Pandit would have known Gurmukhi; Soamiji Maharaj did ask the Pandit to elucidate the Granth Saheb hymns. In fact, it is highly improbable that an orthodox Brahman Kashi Pandit would even visit Soamiji Maharaj in Agra, and have a seven-day seven-day night discussion with Him.

Sar Bachan Radhasoami : Prose :

"So, out of mercy and grace, Sat Purush Radhasoami was pleased to explain the whole secret lucidly in the vernacular. He also initiated the people. But such were the deceptions created all round by the Brahmans that it was difficult for the teachings of Sants to be readily accepted."

Sant Das Maheshwari :
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"After the demise of his father, Babuji Maharaj came under the guardianship of his father's uncle Sri Shiva Prasad who was an important person in his community, society and religion. His orthodoxy verged on bigotry. He would not take his meals without bathing in the holy Ganges and visiting temples."

"When Babuji Maharaj, after his initiation by and prolonged association with the Satsang of Soamiji Maharaj, returned home to Benares, Soamiji Maharaj sent one of His devoted Sadhus with Babuji Maharaj to keep his company and help him in the performance of Surat Shabd Yoga, which he did in a secluded and partly neglected and therefore unfrequented garden about a mile and a half from his house. There he repaired with the Sadhu, obviously to take health walk but in fact to perform spiritual practices every morning without publicity and possible opposition from his people; more particularly from his grand uncle and guardian Sri Shiva Prasad, who was a bigoted Hindu of the type very common in those days in Benares."
 
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"Sri Chand (8 September 1494–13 January 1629, Gurmukhi: ???? ???), also referred to as Baba Sri Chandra or Bhagwan Sri Chandra, was the founder of the Udasi sect of ascetic Sadhus."
"Sri Chand wrote Aarta, his most important writing, in praise of his father, Guru Nanak, and presented it to him after one of the Udasins. This writing had major influence on people of that time who did not know about Guru Nanak yet."

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On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 09:48 AM, Vajrasrijnana wrote:
When the Emperor Jehangir asked Mian Mir, his own darvesh (Muslim term for a powerful, truthful, God-intoxicated holy person), "Who is the greatest darvesh today?" Mian Mir replied, "At this time the elder son of Guru Nanak is the king of the darveshes.
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Absolutely no question, no doubt that way back when, what Soamiji Maharaj and his Radhasoami Satsang Agra were offering and presenting, was far more profound than, much deeper than, much loftier than, far more exalted than and superior to the diverse siddhantas of the various 19th-century Nirmala-walas and Udasi-walas -?
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Madhav Prasad Sinha Babuji Maharaj :
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"Soamiji Maharaj used to recite Japji and other holy books of Nanak Saheb, and initiate people in SAT NAM."
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Nice JAPJI SAHIB translation and commentary by Maneshwar Singh Chahal -?
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Gurmukh nada gurmukh veda
gurmukh rahiya samayi.
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"Viewed thus, these lines mean that the word of the Guru is that mystical 'Word' - the Divine Sound, the music of the spheres. The 'Word' is also the sum of all knowledge. Nad is literally musical sound and?Ved is derived from?Vidya (knowledge). Ved here is not used for the scriptural four Vedas of Hinduism, but for all knowledge. The 'Word' is thus the divine music, the sum of all knowledge and it pervades all creation. Rahiya samayi?means 'permeates everything'.... Mayi can mean 'mother'. Some scholars however split up Mayi into?Ma?meaning Lakshmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu and i? meaning Saraswati, the consort of Lord Brahma. Thus in this construction the reference covers all the main goddesses together. However, even construed thus the reference is again to the Female Divine Principle and the sense of these lines does not change."
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Radhasoami Maharaj Sri Nij Sant Darshan Singh :
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"Sufi. Sant. Rishi. Muni."
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Anyway, as Sri Harbhajan Kaur used to often say, "What to do !" Well, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji knew exactly what to do when it came to dealing with you-can't-buy-class KAL-wala thieving punks, liars, frauds, etc. -?
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 12:08 PM, Vajrasrijnana wrote:
Absolutely no question, no doubt that way back when, what Soamiji Maharaj and his Radhasoami Satsang Agra were offering and presenting, was far more profound than, much deeper than, much loftier than, far more exalted than and superior to the diverse siddhantas of the various 19th-century Nirmala-walas and Udasi-walas -?
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Sant Das Maheshwari :
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"Soamiji Maharaj and Huzur Maharaj used to compose Shabds of Arti for Satsangis who recited the same before Soamiji Maharaj and Huzur Maharaj. All such Shabds have been incorporated in Sar Bachan Radhasoami Poetry and Prem Bani Radhasoami. Soamiji Maharaj had composed 10 Shabds for Huzur Maharaj; 4 Shabds for Chachaji Saheb; 2 Shabds for Chachaji Saheb's son Suchet Singh; 1 Shabd for Chachaji Saheb's son Sujan Singh; 2 Shabds for Chachaji Saheb's son Sudarshan Singh; 1 Shabd for Huzur Maharaj's son Lalaji Saheb; 2 Shabds for Shibboji; 3 Shabds for Bukkiji; 2 Shabds for Lala Jiwan Lal Ji; 1 Shabd for Lala Jai Narain Ji; 1 Shabd for Bishnoji; 1 Shabd for Bahin; 1 Shabd for Bimal Das; 1 Shabd for Sant Das; 1 Shabd for Dona; 1 Shabd for Lado; 1 Shabd for Bhola."
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"Radhaji Maharaj originally belonged to Faridabad. In Her family, the only Satsangi now is Babu Multan Singh. He has given the following account : 'When I was a little boy, it so happened that one day as recitation from the holy books was going on in Bhajan Ghar, I was sitting by the side of Bhai Saheb Seth Sudarshan Singh. The Shabd, "Today, I am performing a grand Arti, my support is Sumiran of RADHASOAMI" came to be recited at that time. Bhai Saheb, while twisting my ears, said, "This is the Arti of your grandmother Kashmiroji."' In the second edition of my Hindi book Artiyan, I shall include this Shabd as one of the Artis of Kashmiroji."
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"First Shabd or hymn of Sar Bachan Radhasoami Poetry of Soamiji Maharaj is Huzur Maharaj's Arti."
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Radhasoami Faith : A Historical Study / Agam Prasad Mathur :
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"Arti is a common practice in Hinduism and was conducted in the same way during Soamiji's time."
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Souvenir in Commemoration of the First Centenary of the Radhasoami Satsang (1861-1961) Radhasoami Satsang Sabha Dayalbagh Agra (1961) :
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"The method of performing Arati during the time of Soamiji Maharaj was the traditional one. The disciple held the tray with the lighted candle in his hands and moved it up and down in front of Soamiji Maharaj. Shabds of Arati were recited by some other person."
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Sar Bachan Radhasoami : Poetry :
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"Complete the Arti and be drenched in bliss."
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"Perform Arti of Sat Guru and win His pleasure."
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"Radhasoami is pleased to cast a merciful glance on me and bids me to hold the platter in my hands and perform the ceremony of Arti."

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