Pita-Poot: The Father & The Son A Biography of the Two Great Masters: Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj & Param Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj “It could be called a bouquet of beautiful memories.” By Harish Chandra Chadha Ruhani Satsang Translated from Hindi First Hindi Edition: 1970 First Edition: 2017; present version 2018 -i- DEDICATION In the Name of the Almighty God Power, the Creator and raison d’etre for everything in existence, which is the Master-soul in human incarnation come as the Father and the Son, that pens its story by itself— that which has been coming, and shall continue to come for ever and ever, in order to repeat it. -ii- Index About this book: page vii Page 1. Chapter 1 AN AUSPICIOUS ARRIVAL 1. The Saintly Child 2. Family Traits 3. Student Life 4. The Squanderer of Spiritual Wealth 5. The Soul is Immortal 5. Shahi-Bagh, The Royal Garden Behind the Eyes 5. Meeting With Baba Kahna 6. Preparation for the Great Life Ahead 7. Diary ̶ Importance of Day-to-Day Introspection 7. The Love of Humanity 8. Ideal Life― Honest Earnings 8. An Ideal Civil Servant 10. Inclination Towards Service Unto Others 11. I Belong to Everyone 11. The Arena of Service Unto Others 11. Paralysis or Samadhi? 12. The Salvation of a Dacoit 12. Mother’s Love and the Family Situation Page 14. Chapter 2 SEARCH FOR THE BELOVED LORD 14. The Ideals: 1. Humanity (Man-making) 15. 2. Man-service 15. 3. Land-service 15.. God First, and Everything Else Next 16. Behold Us, O! the Departing 18. Meeting With Saints and Mystics 18. Meeting With a Muslim Wizard 18. Father’s Blessings 19. Radiant-form of the Master Within 19. Meeting With Hazur Maharaj at Dera Beas 20. Story of the Master and His True Disciple 21. What Does Writing of a Biography Mean? -iii- Page 22 Chapter 3 THE RAIN-BEARING CLOUDS OF SAWAN 23. The Need of the Times 25. Showers of Mercy 26. The Horoscope of Hazur 26. Hazur’s Childhood 28. Meeting With Baba Kahna 28. Meeting With Baba Ji 30. The Founding of Dera Baba Jaimal Singh 30. Affairs of the Small Court 30. The Dera as a Gurdwara 31. The Akali Wave 31. The Devotion of Hazur 31. The Gift of Mastership 33. Last Days of Baba Ji 33. Period of Government Service 34. The Master and the Disciple Page 35 Chapter 4 THE STORY OF THE FATHER & THE SON 38. The Earnings of Naam 39. Those, Whose Nights are Blessed 39. Come and Join In 39. The Fragrance of Meditation 40. Complaint Against Powers of Attraction 40. Hazur is Sufficient for Me 41. Initiation Up to the Stars 41. Preaching Without Practice 42. Loving Devotion 43. Two Questions 44. A Heart to Heart Connection 44. Progress of Satsang in the Dera 45. Obeying Master’s Commandments 47. The Ideal of Service 47. The Ideal of a Common Platform 48. Flowers of Stone 49. Resistance in Rawalpindi 50. Resistance in Lahore 51. Resistance in Saiyyad Kasran 53. Opposition for the Seat 53. The Conspiracy of Letters of Grievance 54. Orders for Not Visiting Others’ Homes 55. Testing Times 56. Ill-Effects of Copying 56. Preaching Abroad 58. Literary Writing and Publications Work -iv- 59. Mararshi Shivbratlal’s books 60. The Publication of “Gurmat Sidhant” (“Philosophy of the Masters”) 61. Writing by the Invisible Hand 62. Read Again Kirpal Singh! 62. The Religion of the Coming Times 62. Dispute Regarding the Author’s Name 63. No Need to Send Preachers Anymore 63. The Essence of Religion 64. Letters of Devotion 65. The Highest Ideal of Life 66. The Study of Christianity 66. The Demise of Lala Rajaram 67. Protection of the Perfect Master 68. Demise of Elder Brothers 69. Demise of Children 70. Pension From Service and the Vow to Serve God 70. Matters Related to the Master and the True Disciple 71. Gift of the Overcoat and Mat 71. A Glimpse of the Future 72. I Will Give Him My Place 72. A Deluge of Prasad 72. Hazur’s Fragrance 73. Great Lessons From the Life of Hazur 73. 1. Chastity 73. 2. Family Life 74. 3. Quest for Knowledge 75. 4. Humility and Sweet-Tongued Speech 75. 5. Keeeping a Busy Schedule 76. 6. The Spirit of Equality 79. Influence of Hazur’s Glorious Personality 85. The Attraction of Hazur’s Personality 89. Glimpses of the Glory and Grace of Hazur 91. The competent Master 93. A Saint’s Court is an Altar of Mercy 100. The Anecdote of Granting Eyesight 100. Unending Store of Bread 101. Mercy and Grace Upon an Incurable Patient 101. Welfare of the Entire Family 102. What is a Miracle? 103. Hazur’s Lightheartedness 106. Simple, Brief and Comprehensive Discourse -v- Page 109 Chapter 5 NOW, STOUTLY HOLD YOUR HEART 110. Satsang Property Belongs to the Sangat 110. The Security of the Muslim Brethren 111. Maharaj Kirpal Singh Ji is Called 111. Entrusting Initiation Duty to Maharaj Kirpal Singh Ji 112. Secret Decision About the Operation 113. I Have Already Accomplished Half of Your Work 113. Confidential Matters 115. Final Decision in Inner Regions 115. The Sun of Spirituality Sets 117. Unbearable Agony Page 117 Chapter 6 WITHOUT YOU LIFE HAS BECOME A HEAVY BURDEN 120. Return From the Dera Page 121 Chapter 7 SOLITUDE IN THE FORESTS OF RISHIKESH 122. Darshan of Mother Ganga 122. At Swarg Ashram 124. The Roar of a Lion 125. Meeting With Jayadayal Goenka 125. Discussions, Consultations With Sadhus/Mahatmas 126. Only to Whom He May Grant the Inner-eye 126. Meeting With Raghavacharya Ji 127. The Background to Solitude 127. Initiation of the Seekers 127. Return to Delhi From Rishikesh Page 128 Chapter 8 A RAY OF HOPE IN THE DARK 130. Beginning of the Initiation Process 131. Spreading of the Mission in India and Abroad 131. The Mishap at Dasna Canal 132. Beginning of the Common Platform 133. Work of the Master Power 134. A Glimpse of the Global Mission 134. Maharaj Kirpal Singh Ji’s Satsang 136. The Grant of Inner Experience 138. I Am a Follower of Master Sawan 139. Satguru Is the Protector 140. The Founding of Sawan Ashram -vi- 140. A Singular Spectacle of Sewa 141. Common Ground of Sawan Ashram 142. What Is Ruhani Satsang? 142. A New Center for Self-Realization 143. Early Days of Sawan Ashram 144. Serpent in the Satsang 144. The Accident of Falling of the Peepal Tree 144. The Great Rush of Spiritual Seekers 145. Unique Experience of a Korean Member 146. Shower of Grace Upon Opponents 146. Writing and Publication Work 146. Satsang Transcripts in the Newspapers 147. The Publication of “Sat Sandesh” Page 147 Chapter 9 Prominent Events in the Life of Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Page 148… Chapter10 Prominent Events in the Life of Sant Kirpal Singh Ji Maharaj -vii- About This Book ‘Pita-Poot’ is the life-story of two divine Master Souls—Shri Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj and his spiritual disciple son, Maharaj Shri Kirpal Singh Ji—as it could possibly be presented in written-descriptive form. The greatest teaching that saints present through their own lives is that one can obtain the ultimate aim of human existence, viz. self-knowledge and God-realization, even while living in this world and performing one’s worldly duties. This is why a great majority of saints, masters, teachers, spiritual leaders, Paigambers, incarnations of God (Avatars) came into this world to guide us, were house-holders, very few being recluses. The Sants have said and have displayed through their own life conduct that the communion of the human with the divine, the merger of the droplet with the ocean and becoming integral with it, is no impossibility, accident, anecdote or fable. Indeed, this is the ultimate destiny of the human life! The human form is considered to be most superior because only in this form can the being unveil the very secret of life and can get to know its own self and experience God. Not only have the Sants stated as much, they have provided its first-hand experience to seekers that came in contact with them as well. In this gross Kali-yuga era, Shri Hazur Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj and his most obedient spiritual son, Maharaj Kirpal Singh Ji have rejuvenated these dormant spiritual teachings. They presented the divine truth in accordance with the tastes and mindsets of people and have doled out the priceless gift of spirituality with both hands i.e. by making the people sit beside them, making them rise beyond the realm of mind-matter and outer faculties through their grace, and granting them the wealth of self-knowledge and God-realization in the very first sitting itself, all of which has little parallel in history. ‘Pita-Poot’ is a story of the merciful God-power that manifests, and shall indeed continue to manifest, in the human form during every age and at all times, connecting and merging people with Itself. The world has never been, and shall never be, devoid of such competent, gracious Masters. This is like the immutable divine law of demand and supply—where there is hunger there is food, where there is thirst there is water—which none can alter. It would not be out of place to describe here the circumstances and manner in which this book came to be written, the need for which was being strongly felt. When Hazur Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj gave up his mortal coil, he anointed Maharaj Kirpal Singh Ji as his spiritual successor, who then, upon the instructions of, and through the mercy and grace of his Satguru, took up the task of the salvation of beings.