Anurag Sagar Sant Mat

Anurag Sagar Sant Mat

"'Hazur [Baba Sawan Singh] one day told Seth Vasdev, whose car is always at Hazur’s disposal, that he should read Kabir Sahib’s Anurag Sagar (The Ocean of Intense Love). Hazur said that without studying it, one cannot fully understand the difference between Kal (the negative power) and Dayal Mat (the Path of the true and Merciful God), nor can one fully grasp the teachings of Sant Mat.’” (Rai Sahib Munshi Ram, “With the Three Masters”, Vol. 2, p.187, cited in the Introduction to, The Anurag Sagar, 1982, Sant Bani Ashram, Sanbornton, NH https://archive.org/stream/AnuragSagarOfKabir/Anurag-Sagar-Complete#page/n5/mode/1up  )  

Sawan's characterization of the Anurag Sagar, a Dharamdasi scripture, as essential reading in order to "fully grasp the teachings of Sant Mat" points towards a closer connection with the Dharam Das branch of Sant Mat than to the Sikh line. Of course finding all five of the five names (Panch Naam) present in Dharmdasi sources provides more evidence suggesting a connection, as they are the only known group to have been using the five names prior to the time of Tulsi Sahib. Professor Mark Juergensmeyer in, Radhasoami Reality, wrote about how, out of all the other spiritual groups in India, the one that seems closest to Sant Mat and Radhasoami is the Dharam Das group.

A couple of other Anurag Sagar-ish books available in English and online:

An anthology of the writings of Dariya Sahib of Bihar including his Dariya Sagar:

https://issuu.com/santmat/docs/dariyadas 

Some additional material from Sant Dariya are at this website:

http://www.santdariya.org/Sakhi.aspx  

Kabir Poem: See Your Beloved Lord In The Temple Of Your Own Body in two translations, in several ebook formats: 

https://archive.org/details/KabirSeeYourBelovedLordInTheTempleOfYourOwnBody/page/n1

List of the Gurus of the Sant Dharam Das Kabir Lineage:

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This list of "42" gurus, plus a couple of others (Sant Dharam Das and his son Chauramani Nam) and Kabir is associated with the Anurag Sagar, listed at the beginning of the text. Each acharya/guru at the time of their appointment to serve as a successor is given the next name on the list. The current one, highlighted on the chart, is Adh Nam, seen here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fMgG4mPfqQ  

On the same chart, guru # 15, was Prakash Nam, from a few generations back. There are a couple of books by him, including: The Prakash Mani Gita, A manual about Surat Shabd Yoga: https://archive.org/details/PrakashManiGita/page/n1

Also see: The Origins of Sant Mat, The Five Names, and the Identity of Tulsi Sahib’s Guru, by James Bean:

https://medium.com/sant-mat-meditation-and-spirituality/the-origins-of-sant-mat-the-five-names-and-the-identity-of-tulsi-sahib-s-guru-by-james-bean-eaa516deccf9

List of the Gurus of the Sant Dharam Das Kabir Lineage

List of the Gurus of the Sant Dharam Das Kabir Lineage

The Path to the Hidden Treasure of Spirituality Within -- Bijak of Guru Kabir, Ramaini # 37:

"The first clever person (non-dualist) is not clever because non-dualism and dualism have relative existence with each other.

The second clever person is preoccupied with the theory of maya (illusion - maya vadi) and is lost in maya.

The third clever person has been eaten by cleverness (ignorance covers the soul).

The fourth clever person took the people with him (the people who believe in different gods -- wandered in many heavens and hells of their own beliefs).

Who will know the fifth clever person? He enjoys the pleasures of the senses and gets lost. 

All become puzzled with the sixth clever person who got lost in imagining the mind to be the soul.

O brother! If you know the seventh cleverness show it to me in the Vedas or the behaviour of the people."

Sakhi of Kabir:

"Just as a coded document shows the way to a hidden treasure, just so this bijak shows the way to realize the soul;

It teaches such words to the soul but there is seldom anyone to understand them."

Commentary by Dr. Jagessar Das:

This ramaini is a condensed but critical examination of the theories of the various schools of thought. These are various schools of philosophy and other belief systems which are present in India and in varying forms in all other countries. There are the Dualists and Non-Dualists as described in the previous ramaini. There is the Maya-Vadi school of thought. Kabir does not mention the names of each school but he has given several belief systems to which people adhere and accordingly lead their followers.

The various systems of belief comprise only external, philosophical knowledge. They contain beliefs in various doctrines and dogmas, rituals and ceremonies, theories about heaven and hell, belief in the mind and the soul being the same, belief that pleasure is the highest good in life, etc. None of these belief systems gives one knowledge of God which is an inner, intuitive realization of the Supreme Being as the Eternal Truth, Supreme Consciousness and the only Reality which exists without a cause. This Reality dwells within. The Saints and Satgurus do not pay attention to the wrangling and hair splitting of philosophical thoughts whether practical or theoretical. They dive directly into the Source and experience God for themselves. Thus whatever they say, becomes scripture. They do not teach philosophy, doctrine or dogma but they teach the Reality of God as the Ever-present Master dwelling within. They have no confusion about whether the mind is the soul or whether the body is the soul, or whether pleasure is the highest good in life. They have no confusion about heaven and hell. They have no confusion about maya and Reality. As long as people are preoccupied with these, they will not obtain Self Realization.

Bijak means a coded document which leads to a hidden treasure. In this Bijak Guru Kabir explains the path to that hidden treasure which is within and not visible by the objective senses. He teaches everyone to give up cleverness and argumentation, and to become humble and accept the Divine Lord dwelling within.

-- The Complete Bijak of Guru Kabir, Kabir's Mystical Teachings on God-realization, translation and commentary by Dr. Jagessar Das

ek sayan sayan na hoi, dusar sayan na jane koi;

tisar sayan sayanahi khai, chouthe sayan tahan lai jai;

panchaye sayan jo janeu koi, chhathaye man sab gayal bigoi,

sataye sayan jo janahu bhai, lok ved mo dehu dekhai

Sakhi: bijak bitt batawai, jo bitt gupta hoi,

aise shabd batawai jiw ko, bujhai birla koi.

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Spiritual Awakening Radio Playlist: Ambient and World Music (Sikh, Kabir, Indian Influences), John of the Cross, Mool Mantra of Guru Nanak, & Podcast on the Sukhmani

Spiritual Awakening Radio Playlist: Ambient and World Music (Sikh, Kabir, Indian Influences), John of the Cross, Mool Mantra of Guru Nanak, & Podcast on the Sukhmani

IMAGE: The EK, the AUM-kaar symbol, a kind of visual representation of the Mool Mantra of Guru Nanak

Below is the Mool Mantra in English, also part of a mystic poem of Saint John of the Cross: the Dark Night of the Soul, a podcast featuring readings from the Sukhmani of Guru Arjan Dev, and a musical playlist of ambient music, Sikh music, and a hymn of Kabir, all material I'm using for an up-coming radio show on a community station here in Maine, a kind of Sunday morning satsang of the airwaves! Enjoy.

"...In the luck of night

In secret places where no other spied

I went without my sight

Without a light to guide

Except the heart that lit me from inside.

"It guided me and shone

Surer than noonday sunlight over me,

And led me to the one

Whom only I could see

Deep in a place where only we could be."

(excerpted from Saint John of the Cross's mystic poem: The Dark Night of the Soul)

Philip Wesley - Dark Night of the Soul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSymJl1czYs&ab_channel=CapeTranquillity

Alam Khan - Durgeshwari Alap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq68xbB_Ujg&ab_channel=AlamKhan-Topic

Craig Pruess - Into the Void

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c2VfcqACwM&ab_channel=CraigPruess-Topic

Hans Christian - Between Dusk and Dawn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDFcgUmVsrQ&ab_channel=HansChristian-Topic

Spiritual Quote:

The Mool Mantra of Guru Nanak at the Beginning of the Japji (Morning Prayer):

"Ek Ong Kaar: The One, Universal Creator

Sat Naam: Truth is His Name

Kartaa Purakh: The Primal Creative Being

Nirbhau Nirvair: Beyond Fear, Beyond Vengeance

Akaal Moorat: The Image of the Undying

Ajoonee Saibhang: Beyond Birth, Self-Existent

Gur Prasaad: By the Guru’s Grace

Jap!: Meditate!

Aad Sach: True in the primal beginning

Jugaad Sach: True throughout the ages

Hai Bhee Sach: True here and now

Nanak Hosee Bhee Sach: O Nanak, forever and ever True"

The Sukhmani of Guru Arjan Dev, the Fifth Sikh Guru -- Spiritual Awakening Radio PODCAST:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHMiOoS9ZG4&ab_channel=SantMatRadhasoami

White Sun - Aisa Naam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RMqeIjU918&ab_channel=WhiteSun-Topic

Mool Mantra - Sikh Prayer (Ekongkaar Sat Naam):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJrDz2bC-xM&ab_channel=RajKaregaKhalsanet

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi - Beet Gaye Din Bhajan Bina Re (hymn of Kabir):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-aNFlxV99o&list=PL9B1AF14F9E5BD556&index=190&ab_channel=saqibtahir

The Late Mahant Shri Guru Saran Das of the Shri Tulsi Sahib Hathras Ashram

The Late Mahant Shri Guru Saran Das of the Shri Tulsi Sahib Hathras Ashram

Photo IMAGE: Mahant Shri Guru Saran Das of the Shri Tulsi Sahib Hathras Ashram 

Just got word from a Dayalbagh friend, sad news, that Mahant Shri Guru Saran Das ji, guru at the Shri Tulsi Sahib Hathras Mandir (ashram) in Hathras passed on the other day (Sept. 8th). 

Below is an updated collection of Tulsi Sahibi links and includes a couple of satsangs with Mahant Shri Saran Das. The first video is fairly high res. and provides a tour of the Hathras ashram! even showing several samadhs (tombs, resting places) of the various gurus. I notice they also have a special place for a book or collection of writings. I'm guessing that must be the Ghat Ramayan, or perhaps all of the Sant Tulsi Sahib books.

As they say in Hathras:  

Satnam Sahib,

James

Mandir Tulsi Saheb Full Overview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASYzBLm-xv0&ab_channel=MandirTulsiSaheb

Mahant shri Guru Saran Das (satsang Punjab): 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1BKiYpXRsI&ab_channel=Mahantshrigurusarandasji

Video showing icons of various gurus: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-orRDiam1mU&ab_channel=PramodKumar

Mandir Shri Tulsi Sahib Hathras: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvO0M5dIR8U

Activities, Celebrations:  

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLj9DTUyUM0KTZ4B1Ap6mfg/videos?ab_channel=TulsiSahib

Sant Tulsi Sahib Dwara Rachit Gazal: 

https://youtu.be/Y1E5BtnnNd4

Hymn: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlJP1hkgxT0&ab_channel=SatnamTulsisahab

Hymn: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ugCrvOOEdA&t=147s&ab_channel=RadhaSoamiSatsangBeas-Official

Lucknow Tulsi Saheb Satsang: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96QkDKPBY2k&ab_channel=CrazeAllInOne

Arti of Shree Girdhari Sahib Lucknow: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHt-PJeGW_8&ab_channel=TulsiSahib

Hathras Satsang: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLyZE3Xp6t0&ab_channel=TulsiSahib

PODCAST: Sant Darshan Singh: NEW BOOK: Love's Last Madness

PODCAST: Sant Darshan Singh: NEW BOOK: Love's Last Madness

PODCAST: Sant Darshan Singh: NEW BOOK: Love's Last Madness (Mystic Poetry) -- Spiritual Awakening Radio With James Bean @ Youtube: https://youtu.be/QCxlOpONpl8

OR Listen and/or DOWNLOAD the Podcast MP3 @ The Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/DarshanSinghLovesLastMadness

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https://www.instagram.com/tv/B2ULJdmFYJX

Below Are NOTES About Today's PODCAST (9-14-19):

"What can I say of the grace he showers as I gaze within! 

Darshan, the moment I close my eyes, the Beloved's Light begins."

A Banquet from Darshan's Garden today on Spiritual Awakening Radio. 

On this day we remember Master Darshan with some selections from the new (2nd) expanded edition of the book, Love's Last Madness: Poems On A Spiritual Path, translated by Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi. 

NOTE: Darshan Singh Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository:

https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darshan_Singh.jpg

"Love’s Last Madness, a translation of 88 poems in the Sufi tradition selected from Darshan Singh’s magnum opus 'Matā‘-e Nūr' (Treasure-House of Light), sings of the torments and ecstasies the lover of God experiences on the journey to Divine Realization." -- The Love's Last Madness Website: https://LovesLastMadness.com

My earlier four-part series of radio interviews with Barry Lerner and Harbans Singh Bedi recorded many years ago discussing and reading (poetry recitation in both Urdu with English translation) from the first edition of the book, Love's Last Madness: Poems On A Spiritual Path, exploring the mystical poetry of Sant Darshan Singh: 

Part 1: 

https://archive.org/details/ArtistSpiritualAwakeningProgram443

Part 2: 

https://archive.org/details/ArtistSpiritualAwakeningProgram444

Part 3: https://archive.org/details/SpiritualAwakeningProgram445

Part 4: https://archive.org/details/SpiritualAwakeningProgram446

For Information on Other Darshan Singh Books, See: The Sant Darshan Singh Website: https://www.SantDarshanSingh.org

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In Divine Love, Light and Sound, Jai Sat Naam, Jai Guru, Radhasoami, Bandagi Saheb, Peace Be to You,

James

Spiritual Awakening Radio

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PODCAST: The Sukhmani of Guru Arjan Dev, the Fifth Sikh Guru (Greatest Saints, Mystics, and Sacred Texts of the Ages Series) -- Today on Spiritual Awakening Radio

PODCAST: The Sukhmani of Guru Arjan Dev, the Fifth Sikh Guru (Greatest Saints, Mystics, and Sacred Texts of the Ages Series) -- Today on Spiritual Awakening Radio

PODCAST: The Sukhmani of Guru Arjan Dev, the Fifth Sikh Guru (Greatest Saints, Mystics, and Sacred Texts of the Ages Series) -- Today on Spiritual Awakening Radio With James Bean @ Youtube: 

https://youtu.be/CHMiOoS9ZG4

OR Listen and DOWNLOAD the Podcast MP3 @ The Internet Archive: 

https://archive.org/details/SukhmaniPodcast

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Below Are NOTES About Today's PODCAST (9-7-19):

The Sukhmani of Guru Arjan Dev explores Simran (the repetition of names of God and meditation that leads to merging with God), meditation on the Sound Current, the greatness of Saints and Satsang, bhakti: love & devotion, ethics, good deeds, the nature of the mind, knowledge of the Divine, oneness with the Formless Supreme Being, the afterlife, etc...

"Of all the places, the best one is where the Name (Naam) of the Lord resides." (Guru Arjan Dev, Book of Sukhmani) 

Sikh Scriptures: Guru Nanak, Sikh Gurus, Adi Granth, Bhai Gurdas Vaaran, Janamsakhis, Dasam Granth -- Online E Books Relating to Guru Nanak, The Ten Sikh Gurus, Guru Granth, Bhai Gurdas Vaaran, Janamsakhis, Dasam Granth, Bhai Sahib Bhai Nand Lal's Kalaam-e-Goya, and Other Texts -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Sikh Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/sikh-scriptures-sant-mat-radhasoami.html

Sant Mat Radhasoami Books — The E Library: Main Page — Portal—Contents — Index — Sections:

https://santmatradhasoami.blogspot.com/2019/01/sant-mat-radhasoami-books-main-page-e.html

* Questions? Seeking information on how to be initiated into the meditation practice (the Inner Light and Sound of God), or trying to locate a satsang meetup in your area of the world? Email me here: 

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* An Introduction to Sant Mat Spirituality and Meditation:

https://SantMatRadhasoami.blogspot.com/2019/01/introduction-to-sant-mat-and-radhasoami.html

In Divine Love, Light and Sound, Ekongkaar Sat Naam, Jai Sat Naam, Jai Guru, Radhasoami, Bandagi Saheb, Peace Be to You,

James

Spiritual Awakening Radio

God is the Ocean of Love, and Souls are Drops from this Ocean.

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