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This group are environmentally aware and plant thousands of trees yearly, apply organic farming methods and encourage social awareness within the community. Radha Soami Satsang Beas encourages voluntary service to the community.
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The library is open to all seekers, researchers and scholars. Volunteers are from diverse ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.Ī Library has been constructed to house nearly 500,000 books on all the world religions, philosophies and mysticism. An annual eye clinic gives medical aid to people suffering eye-ailments, including the removal of cataracts ( Stopped since 2/3 years).
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Also has helped in relief efforts of victims of natural disasters.
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They include free accommodation of relatives of their patients. Beas Hospital, Sikanderpur Hospital and the Bhota Hospital provide free medical care for the rural community surrounding it and aid the needy. Three Charitable hospitals were built and run by RSSB. Today the Beas ashram, known as simply the 'Dera', maitains a Langar (free kitchen) and has lodgings for Sadhus, Sewadars, Satsangis and others. The teachings are available to anyone interested and no fees are charged for imparting the philosophy or Surat Shabd Yoga system. The Radha Soami Satsang Beas community and members are from diverse ethnic, social and religious backgrounds. The teachings are also referred to as Sant Mat, meaning 'Teachings of the Saints' (past and present). Members commit themselves to a way of life that supports spiritual growth while carrying out their responsibilities to family, friends and society. It is a solitary practice that is done in the quiet of one's own home for 2 1/2 hours each day. People are able to practice the Surat Shabd Yoga meditation, while still remaining a part of their community and religious customs. Also that they are able to adhere to the vegetarian diet and the lifestyle change of no alcohol or recreational drugs and are able to take time out to practice the meditation. This allows the seeker to be 100% intellectually satisfied that this is the right choice for them as individuals. The required lifestyle aids concentration, calming and centering the mind.īefore one decides to adopt the Surat Shabd Yoga meditation, one is strongly advised by the present master Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon, to research not only Radha Soami Satsang Beas philosophy and teachings, but any other mysticism teachings or yoga systems that may interest the seeker. The vegetarian diet encourages respect and empathy for all life and acknowledges that there is a debt to be paid for taking any life. To assist in the practice of the Surat Shabd Yoga, one must be a lacto vegetarian (no eggs, fish, fowl or meat), abstain from recreational drugs and alcohol, and confine sexuality to a legal marriage.
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It is through this union of the soul with the Audible Life Stream that gives this meditation practice its name - The Surat Shabd Yoga. The technique of the yoga/meditation is imparted under the instructions of a teacher (present day teacher: Baba Gurinder Singh), or his personally selected representitives. There are a number of other contemporary movements that use the name ‘Radha Soami’ but Radha Soami Satsang Beas is not associated with any of them. Satsang describes a group that seeks truth, and Beas refers to the town near which the main centre is located in northern India. The Radha Soami teachings lay down a method for Self Realization leading to God Realization, through the means of Surat Shabd Yoga. Hence Radhasoami can be translated into meaning Lord of the Soul. Radha Soami Beas satsang is a non-profit charitable society and is an autonomous body, which doesn't bear allegiance to any of the other Radhasoami/Sant Mat groups or satsangs. Today Radha Soami Satsang Beas is succeeded by Babaji Gurinder Singh, who was officially appointed by Maharaj Charan Singh (guru). Sant Seth Shiv Dayal Singh, was the first leader of Radhasoami Community, taught 'Surat Shabd Yoga,' often the teachings are referred to as Sant Mat, the 'Teachings of the Saints'. Today this site is called Dera Baba Jaimal Singh. Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) was founded by Baba Jaimal Singh Ji Maharaj in 1891 at a site on the East bank of the River Beas, in Beas, Punjab Northern India.