Biography of Huzur Maharaj

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Biography of Huzur Maharaj
By Sant Das Maheshwari M. Sc.
Personal Assistant to Babuji Maharaj
Radhasoami Faith - Soami Bagh, Agra, India

Radhasoami Satsang, Soami Bagh, Agra, India.
Biography of Huzur Maharaj
Copyright © 1971 by Sant Das Maheshwari
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or
transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of
the author.
The Biography of Huzur Maaraj was brought out in Hindi by the
uvnodluemrseig onne dth ien a1n9Rn6ia6vd,eh rianssa torwya moo ifv Fotahliueth md -ee Spso acarotmumir epB raoigsf hiSn, goA ag7mr5ai0,j iIpn Madgiaaehsa, rtahje, tfhires t
August Founder of the Radhasoami Faith, and the second on the day of
the annual Bhandara of Babuji Maharaj, the firth Sant Sat Guru of the
Faith. The Biography in English is now being presented on the
auspicious day of Gurupurnima in 1971.
Contents
CHAPTERS.
INTRODUCTORY ............................................................................... 1
SALUTATION ................................................................................... 15
TIME AND PLACE OF THE ADVENT OF THE SUPREME ......... 17
HOROSCOPES................................................................................... 25
THE FIRST MEMORABLE MEETING WITH SOAMIJI ............... 33
BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD .............................................................. 39
FAMILY HISTORY ........................................................................... 41
HINO GUOSEVHEORNLDRMa ELdhNIFaTsEo .Sa..Em..R.i .F.V.a..Ii.tC.h.. E.-. ..S....o....a..m......i.. ..B....a....g....h..,.. ..A....g....r..a....,.. ..I..n....d....ia................................................ 4437
ESTABLISHMENT OF GENERAL SATSANG .............................. 57
IN THE SATSANG OF SOAMIJI MAHARAJ ................................. 65
SEWAS (SERVICES) PERFORMED IN THE DARBAR OF SM ... 69
HUZUR MAHARJ‟S LETTERS TO SOAMIJI MAHARAJ ............ 79
SOAMIJI MAHARAJ‟S LETTERS TO HUZUR MAHARAJ ......... 93
ARTI SHABDS COMPOSED BY SOAMIJI FOR HM .................... 99
SOAMIJI MAHARAJ‟S DEPARTURE TO NIJ DHAM ................ 107
SAMADH OF SOAMIJI MAHRAJ AND HIS BHANDARA ........ 111
RADHAJI MAHARAJ ..................................................................... 115
SAR BACHAN RADHASOAMI POETRY .................................... 121
PREFACE TO SAR BACHAN RADHASOAMI POETRY ........... 133
HIDAYATNAMA (ESOTERIC INSTRUCTIONS) ....................... 141
SAR BACHAN RADHASOAMI PROSE ....................................... 149
HUZUR MAHARAJ‟S SATSANG ................................................. 157
HUZUR MAHARAJ‟S DEPARTURE TO NIJ DHAM .................. 185
HUZUR MAHARAJ'S WORKS. ..................................................... 193
EXTRACTS FROM HM'S LETTERS TO SATSANGIS ................ 215
HISTORIC LETTER WRITTEN BY HM TO SETH SAHEB ........ 249
ESOXMTREA ACNTESC FDROORTMaEd hSHa OMsoF'aS mG LiR EFAaTitCThEE - R,S MSoa ETmROi CB MaYgS,h P,A ARNgOrDaT, E I nBCdMiTaI O...N... .............. 225737
SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME DEVOTEES . 297
APPENDIX 'A' ............................................................................... 339
APPENDIX B ................................................................................. 347
BIOGRAPHY OF HUZUR MAHARAJ
1

INTRODUCTORY
1. R Á D H Á S O Á M I is the true, real and Dhwanyátmak1
Name of the Supreme Being, resounding in splendid refulgence in
higher spheres. This Name was given out by the Supreme Being
Himself, when He made His advent in this world as Sant Sat Guru, the
true supreme guide and preceptor in human form.

2. According to Radhasoami Faith, the entire creation is com-
prised of three grand divisions; (i) Spiritual, (ii) Spiritual-material and
(iii) Material-spiritual.

(i) Pure spirit, uncontaminated with matter, exists in the
first grand division. Here the Supreme Being reigns
ofthoverem rS ueoRpnfa rtlideirhmfeeale.ys oI Btas phmeiiairn siFg tanu. ioatThl o h-lt eiShf eeojo.ra ymdTseih sB—iisar eg i thsbh, uetA htg vetreo arp ,yl uIo nrvedexeisa itsa tnpedon scsseei rb—vlee
of this purely spiritual life are derived from the Su-
preme Being, who is the Ocean of spirituality, love and
joy. Nothing relating to this division is known or has
been known to the founders of any other religious
creeds. It comprises of six sub-divisions and is called
the Dayal Desh or the region of mercy.

(ii) The second or Spiritual-material grand division, as
its name indicates, consists both of spirit and matter.
But matter here is comparatively speaking pure and is
subject to, and under the control of, spirit. Life here is

1 See 'Varnatmak' at page 269 of the Glossary of Radhasoami
Faith.

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very pure and, though clothed in pure material forms,
spirit predominates. This division also comprises of six
sub-divisions and is called the Brahmand or the region
of Universal Mind and pure matter.

(iii) In the third or Material-spiritual grand division, the
matter predominates over spirit. Life is composed of
spirits wholly clothed in coarse matter. Having entirely
forgotten the higher abode, from which they originally
sprang, the spirits here have acquired carnal desires and
passions. This division also comprises of six sub-
divisions and is called the Pind or the region of Individ-
ual Mind and coarse matter.

3. The six Chakras or centres or ganglia of Pind or the material-
spiritual division are:—

F Siercsot n d Radhaiinnso ttahhmee i rrFeeacpitrtuhom d- uS cotaivmei oBraggahn, Agra, India

Third in the navel

Fourth in the solar plexus (heart centre)

Fifth in the throat

Sixth in the pineal gland, also known as the Tisra Til
or the third Til. It is the seat of spirit.

4. The six Chakras or centres of Brahmand or the spiritual-material
division are:—

First Shiva Lok or the sphere of Shiva

Second Brahma ká Lok or the sphere of Brahma

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Third Vishnu Lok or the sphere of Vishnu

Fourth Sahas-dal-kanwal, the sphere of Jyoti Niranjan

Fifth Trikutí, the sphere of Omkár

Sixth Sunn, the sphere of Rárangh

5. The six centres of the purely spiritual division, known as Dayal
Desh or Sat Desh, are:—

First Bhanwarguphá the sphere of Sohang

Second Satlok or Sachkhand the sphere of Sat Nám Sat
Purush

Third Anámí
FourthR adhasoa A mli aFkahit h - Soami Bagh, Agra, India
Fifth Agam

Sixth Rádhásoamí

6. RADHASOAMI is the highest. There is no region above Radha-
soami Dham2. This is the beginning and source of all.

7. All the old revealed religions have for their goal one sphere or
the other comprised in the second grand division or the spiritual-
material regions, which are subject to decay and dissolution, because
matter is invariably changing, and the regions subject to its influence,
however subtle they may be, sooner or later must and do undergo
change.

2 Abode. Region. Sphere.
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8. The deliverance of spirit from the bondages of mind and matter,
the body and senses, and its gradual ascension and eventual entrance
into the First or Highest Division, by the practice of Surat Shabd Yoga,
is perfect salvation.

9. The Supreme Being, Radhasoami Dayal, is a boundless ocean of
spirituality, love and bliss. The spirit entity is a drop from this ocean or
a ray of the Supreme Sun and in essence is the same as the Supreme
Father. Having descended from the Highest or First Region, the Surat
(spirit) has in its present state become encased in material coverings
and, in a manner, intermingled with matter and is in the Third Region,
subject to the forces resulting from such admixture. It has thereby lost
its innate powers of discrimination and intelligence, and has become
subject to carnal desires and passions. As long as it remains in the
second and third divisions where mind and matter exist, it cannot be
free from future births in the lower or higher regions. It is only in the
First or the Highest Division where mind and matter do not exist that
tbhleisrs e. is no re-birRtha.d hTahseoraem ii sF aeivthe r-l Sasotainmgi Bcaognhs,c Aioguras, Isntdaitae of love and
10. The seat of the spirit in the human body is at the top of Pind,
viz., the sixth ganglion, reckoned from the rectum, and that of the heart
is in the fourth ganglion. The main feature of internal practices (Surat
Shabd Yoga) prescribed by Radhasoami religion is the concentration
of the sensory current diffused in the body, at the seat of spirit and its
subsequent exaltation to higher spheres in the manner, and according
to the secret modes of practices, given out at the time of initiation.
Concentration is effected by repetition mentally of the Holy Name
RADHASOAMI and the contemplation of the image of the living Sant
Sat Guru at the seat of the spirit, the sixth Chakra (ganglion) or the
third Til (eye). Spirit is raised by hearing internally and intently the
sound current of higher spheres. By concentrating at a particular point
or aperture of Brahmand or Dayal Desh in brain and raising the spirit,
communion is established with the sphere (macrocosm) which corres-
ponds with that point or aperture in the body (microcosm).

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11. There can be no worship of the Impersonal Being as the imper-
sonal and formless cannot be contemplated or conceived of. The
contemplation of the Supreme Being as an infinite expanse is mea-
ningless and impossible. The form of the Sant Sat Guru assumed by
the Supreme Being reflects pure spirituality of Dayal Desh, and its
contemplation is the contemplation of that pure spirituality. It is only
that form that can effect purification, concentration and ascension of
spirit. The Sant Sat Guru, being the personification of the Supreme
Being, is Radhasoami Dayal to the devotee. Thus it is the worship and
service of the Sant Sat Guru alone which is prescribed and recognized
by the Radhasoami religion. To a devotee there is no Deity or Imper-
sonal Being other than Sant Sat Guru. It is apparent that no service of
Impersonal Supreme Being can be done by body, mind and wealth or
by anything material. It is with the object of enabling a human being,
whose form is material, to establish contact with the Supreme Being
who is purely spiritual, that He assumed the material form of Sant Sat
Guru.
expe 1d2i.e "nTt ot hpaaRtv aaed htphaaesr otwiaaaml yir Fefovareit hltah -te iSo ionna cmsahri onBuaatlgidoh n,b A eog fmr aaa, DdIneed iiitany , aitd visa nsocme, eatinmd eas
spirit evolved out of the essence of the Deity, who is His son or a
denizen of His sphere, is empowered and sent to this earth for the
above purpose. Not only the secrets of the regions of the second grand
division of creation, which is known as Brahmánd, but also those of
the purely spiritual regions, have been made known in the manner
explained above. The Saints or the adepts of the purely spiritual
regions, of different classes, who were the sons of the presiding deities
of the different spheres of the first grand division of creation, thus
made their advent. Kabír Sáheb was the first to come. His stay here is
said to be between 1399 and 1519. Some of His holy pieces, in the
most clear terms, point out that He had come from the highest sphere,
the one beyond Alakh and Agam, which is knowm as the sphere of
Radhasoami. He was the son of the true Almighty, Supreme Creator,
Radhasoami, and had come in advance to communicate the august
commands of the true Supreme Father. This is alluded to in the follow-
ing verse of Kabir Saheb:—

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Translation:—Saith Kabir, the knower of the secrets of the highest
mansion, that He has brought the commands of the
Omnipresent."

13. Other Saints as well as other adepts of a slightly lower order
came at short intervals. They were Guru Nának, Jagjívan Saheb, Paltú
Dás, Tulsí Saheb of Háthras, Garíb Dás, Dúlan Dás, Charan Dás,
Nábhájí, Daryá Saheb, Raidás, Súrdás, Shams Tabrez, Mansúr, Sar-
mad, Moinuddin Chishtí and others.

14. When the ground for true spiritual regeneration was thus made
fit for further development by the Saints and other adepts referred to,
the incarnation of the presiding Deity of the highest spiritual sphere,
viz., RADHASOARaMdhI,a tsoooakm pi Flaaciteh. - Soami Bagh, Agra, India
15. Last of the series was Tulsí Saheb of Háthras, a place about 32
miles or 50 kilometres north east of Ágrá, who left the world probably
in 1843 A. D. He was the Guru of Soamiji Maharaj's parents. They
used go to Him for darshan and Satsang, and He also visited Soamiji
Maharaj's perents at Agra, off and on. Shortly after the birth of Soami-
ji, Tulsi Saheb told Soamiji Maharaj's parents that thence¬forward
they need not come to Him at Háthras, as the Almighty Supreme
Creator has Himself incarnated in their family, and that they should
look upon the child as such, and not treat Him as their son.

16. The work of preparation of the ground started by Kabir Saheb
and carried on by other Sants and Sádhs was completed by Tulsi
Saheb. And the way was paved for the revelation of RAHDASOAMI
Nám and the promulgation of the Radhasoami Faith by Soámíjí
Maharaj.

17. Man, with his limited knowledge and understanding, is incapa-
ble of taking a correct view of the gracious object of the manifestation
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