Sant Thakar Singh

Sant Thakar Singh was born into a spiritual family in rural Northern India in 1929. He spent the greater part of his early life striving to solve the Mystery of Life and to find God. After trying many spiritual practices, investigating various religions and scriptures, he concluded that man could not know God. Discouraged and disappointed, he turned his attention to Sikhism, his native religion. 

Reading the Adi Granth, the scripture of the Sikhs, over 300 times, he became respected among his peers as an authority in the text. The Sikh scriptures recognize only one perfected spiritual teacher, Nanak – who lived centuries ago. Putting his faith in the written word of the scripture, Thakar Singh could not accept the concept of a living Master. Eventually he even became president of an organization that worked against living spiritual Masters.

However, Thakar Singh had a cousin who was a student of Kirpal Singh (1894-1974), a Sant Mat Master or adept. After repeated urging by his cousin, Thakar Singh relented, and agreed to attend a talk given by Kirpal Singh. With a skeptic’s caution, he decided to test Kirpal Singh knowledge and competency.

Himself an authority on Eastern scripture, Thakar Singh wrote a series of questions to ask the Master. To his amazement, half of the questions were answered during the public talk, prior to Kirpal Singh ever having seen the list. And, they were answered to a degree of clarity and depth Thakar Singh never thought possible.

After the talk he met with Kirpal Singh. When the Master had answered his remaining questions, Thakar Singh was satisfied. At last he had found a competent spiritual guide. He soon learned the Sant Mat method from Kirpal Singh, and diligently practiced the meditation.

On his many cross-cultural tours of the past, Sant Thakar Singh provided audiences with practical instruction in meditation and the development of inner peace and awareness through connection with the inner Light and inner Sound. Sant Thakar Singh did not come to make followers, but to offer hope to all for a better existence through this connection with one’s own higher Self. In his latter years Sant Thakar Singh largely concentrated on intensive meditation. Sant Thakar Singh reduced his touring and authorized representatives in many parts of the world to speak on his behalf and to convey the instructions for the holy meditation.

His wish was that this connection with the inner Light and Sound and its benefits be made available to all humanity.

Sant Thakar Singh was himself a living example of love and simplicity. He helped millions throughout the world begin the process of self-introspection and inner growth through meditation.