Sant Nirankari Mission
His Holiness Satguru Baba Hardev Singh Ji
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Satguru
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God-Realisation
Universal Brotherhood
Five Principles
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Sant Nirankari Mission is not a religion or a sect but a spiritual movement. It is a way of leading a virtuous householder’s life while remaining devoted to the Formless God. This mission endeavor to establish Universal Brotherhood by inculcating love, understanding and non-violence through spiritual awakening based on God-Realisation. It is one vast human family of people from different castes, communities and religions. The master firmly believes in the fundamental truth that Formless God is the Creator, Sustainer and Liquidator of the universe. Formless God, the sustainer of the whole creation, is one though manifests in all. The Nirankari Mission firmly believes that God is Formless and His Realisation is attainable only in human life through the grace of God-realised soul. The Mission endorses the established truth that God-Realisation is the cherished goal of human life and its bestower is known as Satguru.
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Satguru:
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But for the grace of Satguru in form, Formless is impossible to realise. The
Nirankaris do revere and regard the Gurus and Saints of the past and consider
them a source of inspiration, but they hold that only a living Satguru of the time
is the bestower of God-Realisation and worthy of devotion.
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Devotion:
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The Mission believes that God-Realisation is not an end but means to devotion.
Generally, devotion is aimed at God-Realisation, Sant Nirankari Mission
reiterates the fundamental truth: First know, then worship. Only after
God-Realisation we truly imbibe saintly traits. Only after perception of One in
all, can the sense of duality be transformed into unity and oneness. Then only
one shall overcome ego and imbibe the feeling of love, respect, service and
humility. Knowledge of the Great Giver bestows contentment, and realisation of
the Great Doer teaches one to submit to the Divine Will. In short, total surrender
to the Divine Will shall totally immerse the life in the blissful ocean of devotion.
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God-Realisation:
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God-Realisation is the panacea for all ills. It inculcates brotherhood, eliminates
hatred and breeds love. Just as children of diverse natures live together as one
family because of their father, similarly different people live as one vast human
family because of the Supreme Father. Sant Nirankari Mission believes that
except God-Realisation there is no other means to achieve the cherished goal of
Universal Brotherhood, and it is striving to establish Universal Brotherhood
through Fatherhood of God.
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Universal Brotherhood:
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The feeling of Universal Brotherhood goes a long way to eliminate the
possibilities of confrontation between different approaches aimed at the
human-welfare. Any effort that is directed at Human Welfare and Upliftment, is
always welcome. For this reason, scientific advancement is no deterrent to
spirituality, rather the former is complement to the latter. But for the spiritual
foundation, the gigantic structure of scientific progress cannot stand.
If science and spirituality are wedded together, human being can derive lasting
happiness and bliss. Material possessions that are generally taken as the source
of happiness, are nothing but an illusion. They are, in fact, a momentary transit
in our flight on the wings of greed.
The lasting happiness can be had only by being one with the everlasting God
who is the reservoir of all bliss.
The aforesaid spiritual tenets of Sant Nirankari Mission have greatly influenced
different cross-sections of society. Those who believe that God is one and that
He can be realised through the grace of Satguru in form, are coming into the
fold of Sant Nirankari Mission. The Mission is not paying mere lip service to the
ideal of Universal Brotherhood but it is practically devoted to this noble cause
by bringing together people from different cultures, belief’s, castes, colors and
creeds, without any discrimination.
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Five Principles:
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Sant Nirankari Mission has indoctrinated five basic tenets ostensibly to bring
about religious harmony and Universal Brotherhood.
Every seeker of Divine-Knowledge is called upon to take the following five
pledges:
1. Body, mind and material possessions are a gift of God. They are always to
be treated as belonging to God and are not to become a cause of pride.
2. All ego about religion, caste or status is to be abandoned and one has to feel
himself as one with human race and love the whole mankind.
3. Not to look down upon anybody because of his mode of dress, diet and
living.
4. Not to renounce worldly life to become a vagrant Sadhu, Faqir but to lead
family life according to normal social norms and sustain family by honest
livelihood.
5. Not to divulge the Divine Knowledge bestowed by Satguru to others without
His permission. Never to be possessed by pride because of enlightenment.
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