Brief Life Sketch

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Kirpal Singh was born on 6th February, 1894 in Sayyad Kasran, a part of the Punjab which now belongs to Pakistan.

Since His early youth, He has been confronted with nationalism, religious intolerance, and bigotry. After a profound study of the basic scriptures of the Sikhs, Christians, Moslems, Buddhists, Zoroastrians etc., He found that they all witness the same basic truth – the birthright of man to attain self-knowledge and God-Knowledge.

Out of this Kirpal Singh decided:

God first, world next.

At the feet of His Master Baba Sawan Singh He experienced practically what is described in the scriptures. He dedicated His whole life to the ideal of Unity: the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God.

His Master Satguru Baba Sawan Singh appeared within to Kirpal Singh seven years before They both met physically. During this time Kirpal Singh already enjoyed His presence, protection and guidance.

The following hymn was dedicated to Sawan Singh by Kirpal:

Gods, men and angels – other than these was He, my Emperor was superior in both the worlds. When the Eye was opened, in this man-body God appeared.

And oh Lord, my idea of Him was changed – He was found to be something else. In all Glory was God there in Him, and in all finality He appeared in God. My Master was not separate from Him. He was not different from my Master.

Saturated in Oneness, through the Great Love, God was enchanted with Him, and so was He with God. He is the permanence in the body, mind and world. Throughout this dissolving sphere He remains the Unchangeable Permanence.

Come whilst at Satsang let us drink in the Oneness through His eyes, who knows when the Doomsday may come, with the consequences thereof.

Kirpal Singh

Hazur Sawan SinghIn 1939, under the Inner Dictation of His Master He wrote the monumental Spiritual Work of the ‘Gurumat Sidhant’ and out of gratitude towards His Master He first published it under the name of Baba Sawan Singh.

Due to His universal view He could create mutual understanding among the different religions. So Kirpal Singh was invited in 1956 to address a fundamental speech at the general assembly of the UNESCO. His speech was about World Peace in the Atomic Age.

During fourteen years He was repeatedly elected President of the World Fellowship of Religions which came into being in 1957.

On His three world tours in 1955, 1963 and 1972 He visited major cities of the Western hemisphere, where He met religious leaders, politicians, and personalities of public life. Everywhere He conveyed the importance of self-knowledge and God-Knowledge and emphasised the need of selfless service.