page_title: Shiv Dayal Singh
section_title: Teachings
hierarchical_section_title: Shiv Dayal Singh / Teachings
caption_attribution_description: English: Dayal Bagh in Agra. Photo by Ian Sewell.
context_page_description: Shiv Dayāl Singh Seth, called by the honorific "Param Purushh Puran Dhani Huzur Soamiji Maharaj" by his disciples and devotees, was born on 24 August 1818 in Agra in the colonial era British India, and died on 15 June 1878 in the same city. His parents were followers of a spiritual guru Tulsi Saheb. Shiv Dayal Singh founded the Radhasoami movement – a 19th-century spiritual faith.
context_section_description: Shiv Dayāl Singh originally referred to the Supreme Being with the names "Sat Nām" (True Name) and "Anāmi" (Nameless). The term Rādhāsoāmi ("Rādhā"="Soul" and "Soami"="Lord", hence "Lord of the Soul") was used after Salig Rām became a disciple. On the request of Salig Ram, Shiv Dayāl Singh declared Satsang open on Basant Panchami Day on 1861. The yoga system taught by Shiv Dayāl Singh is known as Surat Shabd Yoga.
  Shiv Dayāl Singh described the secret of the True Name (Sat Nam).
  His bani (poetical compositions) and sayings from satsang were published in two books after he died. Both are called Sār Bachan or Sār Vachan (meaning 'essential utterances') :
  Sār Vachan Vartik (Sar Bachan in prose)
  Sār Vachan Chhand Band (Sar Bachan in verse)
  Sār Vachan Vartik is in two parts: part one being an introduction written by Salig Ram and part two compiled of notes taken from the discourses of Shiv Dayāl, which he delivered in satsang up to 1878. They cover important teachings of the faith.
  His poems in Sār Vachan Chhand Band are replete with emotional appeal - a successful blending of popular poetic expressions from different languages of north India such as, Khari-Boli, Awadhi, Brijbhasha, Rajasthani and Gurumukhi.
caption: Soami Bagh - Soamiji's Samadh
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