Sant Charandas
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" Remarkable saints and teachers of spirituality have appeared regularly on the Indian subcontinent over the last many centuries. With this book, Sant Charandas, we present the teachings of a saint who holds a place of high regard in that illustrious gathering. First published in Punjabi and Hindi by Radha Soami Satsang Beas in 1992, this new work presents, for the first time in English, the life and teachings of Sant Charandas along with a selection from the vast amount of poetry he wrote. We present transliterations of the original Hindi poetry along with its English translation to give readers familiar with both languages an opportunity to enjoy the saint's compositions in their original version as well as in translation. The format we hope will prove useful to anyone wishing to use the book as a primary source for further study of the saint and his writings. What we learn from historians about a particular place and time often causes us to reflect on our own present circumstances. So it is with eighteenth-century Delhi, the city in and around which Sant Charandas spent most of his days and accomplished the majority of his life's work. Wars, moral decay, violence and political power struggles were the order of the day. As contemporary citizens of a tumultuous world, we can identify with what it would have been like for an ordinary person struggling to survive in that troubled environment and to have been thrown a lifeline of hope in that sea of despair. The message Sant Charandas gave to the multitudes who heard him - primarily common people but also kings and nobles - was simple. He taught that the Lord has given us a way out of the miseries of the endless cycle of death and rebirth; he has placed Shabd, the power. " Hardback has orange paper covered boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Condition is very good with clean pages throughout and securely bound. Dust jacket has two tiny scratches to the rear cover, otherwise clean and intact. Published in 2014, first edition.
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