page_title: Thakar Singh
hierarchical_section_title: Thakar Singh
caption_attribution_description: English: Sant Thakar Singh smiling, in full frontal pose with head slightly tilted
context_page_description: Sant Thakar Singh was a spiritual teacher in the Sant Mat lineage of Sikh religious leaders.
  Initiated by Sant Kirpal Singh in 1965, he began work as a Satguru himself in 1976, following the death of Kirpal Singh. Thakar Singh distributed what he paraphrased from Kirpal Singh as, "a practical form of spirituality which is not connected to any particular religion, sect, or thought."
  While he was born into Sikhism, and wore the traditional Sikh garb all his life, he gave up its traditional outer practices soon after initiation and devoted himself wholly to the Sant Mat spiritual practices known as Surat Shabd Yoga and Naam. Continuing Kirpal Singh's emphasis on the unity of all religions, Thakar Singh frequently referred to the Bible when addressing Westerners, the Adi Granth, Ramayana and other Indian scriptures in India, and the Qur'an when addressing Muslim people. He gave thousands of talks in his 30 years as a Master, his message being one of transcendence of the material and devotion to God, the "unchangeable permanence behind all things".
context_section_description: Sant Thakar Singh (26 March 1929 – 6 March 2005) was a spiritual teacher in the Sant Mat lineage of Sikh religious leaders.
  Initiated by Sant Kirpal Singh in 1965, he began work as a Satguru himself in 1976, following the death of Kirpal Singh.  Thakar Singh distributed what he paraphrased from Kirpal Singh as, "a practical form of spirituality which is not connected to any particular religion, sect, or thought." 
  While he was born into Sikhism, and wore the traditional Sikh garb all his life, he gave up its traditional outer practices soon after initiation and devoted himself wholly to the Sant Mat spiritual practices known as Surat Shabd Yoga and Naam.  Continuing Kirpal Singh's emphasis on the unity of all religions, Thakar Singh frequently referred to the Bible when addressing Westerners, the Adi Granth, Ramayana and other Indian scriptures in India, and the Qur'an when addressing Muslim people.  He gave thousands of talks in his 30 years as a Master, his message being one of transcendence of the material and devotion to God, the "unchangeable permanence behind all things".
caption: Sant Thakar Singh
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