Brief Life Sketch – Kirpal Singh
Service of Humanity
After 36 year of meritorious service, He retired in March, 1947, as Deputy Assistant Controller of Military Accounts. He refused an offer of extension and devoted Himself whole heartedly to the Divine Mission entrusted by His Satguru, Who cast of His earthly frame on the 2nd April, 1948. He retired to the Himalayan mountains where He spent all the time in almost continuous Samadhi or absorption on God. Under the directions of His Master, He returned to the world and took up the mission of His Master to impart Spirituality to the sincere seekers after Truth. On the behest of His Master He founded the Ruhani Satsang, in 1948, and built the Sawan Ashram, Delhi, in 1951, as a Spiritual Sanctuary where seekers of Truth can get the benefit of first-handed experience of Spirituality without any distinction of caste, creed nationality, colour or sex.
In 1955, He undertook an extensive tour of USA, U.K., Germany etc. to quench the thirst of those seeking souls who yearned for God. This was followed after eight years by another world tour in the year 1963 for the same purpose but intended to benefit bigger lots in hundreds and thousands. In this tour a sizeable number of religious heads, political and social leaders, high government officials and dignitaries and people at large benefited spiritually and availed of the opportunity of His presence to have heart talks.
His yet third tour came about in the year 1972 to fulfil His call to duty regardless of His physical body revolting, to benefit thousands who had been anxiously awaiting for the water of life and personal Divine Radiation. This was whirlwind tour covering more than 50,000 km in a short span of over four months to Europe, USA, Canada, Mexico, Panama, some South American countries and Lebanon. His simple, practical and yet forceful and penetrating teaching were related to all and sundry through open public meetings, talks in universities, symposiums, television, press interviews etc. This attracted large audience particularly the younger generation who apparently were groping for satisfaction in life in dope and such like things and found that this oldest albeit ever fresh and peace giving science of Soul that the Master gave out in the practical way, was the one that they actually needed and strived for.
He had undertaken three world tours, in 1955, 1963–64, and the last in 1972–73. Despite His old age He undergoes such like physical hardship for the Spiritual Welfare of the suffering humanity. Thousands of sincere souls seeking Spiritual Enlightenment have benefited immensely from His August presence in the West. There has emerged a general awakening among the masses and yearning hearts pining for Union with the Beloved have been put on the Way back to God. He has His own unassuming and natural way of manifesting Divine Truth in simple and lucid terms. As a matter of fact it is His unique charming countenance which has attracted thousands upon thousands like moths to the flame. He is the very Light House of Divinity radiating God’s Grace, and to see Him is to be as witness of God.
Honours have come to Him unsought, from all over the world, cutting across barriers of caste, nationality and colour. The conferment of the Order of the Grand Commander of the Sovereign Orders of Satguru, Jehn of Jerusalme, Knights of Malta, opened to Him the doors of churches of all demominations during his second world tour in 1963 and paved the way for inter-religious communication and concord. At national level Sant Ji has rendered commendable services in strengthening the forces of integration to save India from disunity and disintegration.
His world tour raised the prestige of India in the eyes of the world and helped the people of different countries who listened to Him to settle and more ethical and stabilised way of living.
He had unanimously been elected President of the world Fellowship of Religions, convened in 1957 (Delhi), 1960 (Calcutta), 1963 (Delhi) and 1970 (Delhi). These conferences have a good work in bringing heads and people of different religions together to understand each other in a spirit of toleration. But much remained to be done to bring about sustained Unity in the world at the level of man. For this cause He established Manav Kendra in the year 1969 which is a projection of Ruhani Satsang for man-making with additions of man-service and land-service on international level.
A pamphlet giving details of Manav Kendra aims and objects has been published separately.