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THE
LIFE OF
DR. BHAGAT SINGH THIND
By his Loving Wife and Disciple
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Doctor exemplified his teachings by his own transformed and beautifully - lived life; he was a fountainhead of energy and wisdom; a teacher after which we need no teacher. |
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On October 3, 1892 he was born into a Sikh community of the state of Punjab, India. He was educated at Khalsa College, Amritsar, and nurtured in the best tradition of the Sikh religion, the Spiritual Science founded by Guru Nanak in the fifteenth century.
As a youth he sought companionship and spiritual guidance form the pundits (learned men) of his community. He also sought the philosophies and religions of the rest of the world. |
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Upon reading Emerson, Whitman, and Thoreau, he became inspired to travel to America to fulfill
his destiny as a spiritual Teacher.
With the encouragement of a understanding and blessed father, he left India, stayed briefly in
Manila, and arrived in Seattle, Washington, in August of
1912, just before his twentieth birthday. |
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He never forgot his debt
to his
motherland. India
at that time was under British
rule.
In the years to follow he made outstanding sacrifices as a pioneer in India's Independence movement and in helping East Indians gain their citizenship in this country - denied until 1946. Many Indian students in America completed their education with his financial assistance. Some returned to India and became members of Parliament, Chief Ministers, doctors and
scientists.
He also served America being one of
the very few East Indians in the
United States Army during World War
One. |
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Doctor
sponsored more
than seventy
students
through various
Universities
and Colleges
in the United
States, Europe
and
India. |
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For 52 years, Doctor lectured in America, reaching an audience of at least five million. Thousands were initiated as disciples into the Inner Life, and the discovery of the power of the Holy
Năm. He possessed a sharp wit and direct manner of speaking.
"No dogmas, no creeds, no proselytism, no limitations, no secret keys , no mystical fuss, no exotic formulas; we put order in your kingdom of chaos," were the words underlining his printed programs of lectures.
Currently
there is
a
"Dr.
Bhagat
Singh
Thind
Scholarship
Fund"
at
Khalsa
College,
Amritsar,
India,
which
aids
students
in need
of
financial
assistance.
He was a man of indomitable will, invincible spirit, and unshakable faith;
A knower of God, who lived the life of truth and Divine Purpose giving these principles first place above all else
in his
life.
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to see an
Enlargement of
this photo of
Dr. Singh
Thind and
Friends.... 
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In March of 1940 we married, and although his lecture tours separated us much of the time, we wrote to each other daily.
He was my Guru in every way: A noble husband,
he was a devoted father to our son and daughter, and a respectful loving son-in-law to my parents, whose home has always been with us. |
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When, without warning, (for he was in excellent health) he left us at 4:15 pm., September 15, 1967, our loss seemed
inconsolable, We discovered gratefully, however, that his very teachings had prepared us well for that loss.
It is in the same spirit of gratitude for our beloved Teacher that we will continue to publish and republish all of Doctors books, manuscripts, and teachings in
perpetuity.
We know his completed writings will live on and on as a spiritual guide - to his devoted disciples, and for those who are ready to free themselves of conditioned orthodox religious thinking. |
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to see an
Enlargement.
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His writings are for all who yearn for fellowship with the
Author of their
Being, instead of looking for him externally.
Always, in His Service
Vivian Thind
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Letters from
Vivian Thind to
Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind's
Disciples...
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Also
See...Dr. Thind's
1939 Letter
to the President of the United States
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TO TOP
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Copyright David Thind MMIII
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