First dictated in Urdu at the request of David Lane, this is the controversial autobiography of the late sage, Baba Faqir Chand, a well regarded Master in the Shabd Yoga tradition. Also presents selections from his radical teachings regarding the unknowingness of gurus and mystics. Includes a rare interview with Faqir conducted by Professor Mark Juergensmeyer as well as introductory essays about Faqir's teachings and meditational techniques.

Faqir Chand (1886-1981) was a remarkable Indian sage who spent over seventy-five years practicing an ancient meditation technique, popularly known today as surat shabd yoga, which attempts to induce a consciously controlled near-death experience. This book contains Faqir Chand's unique autobiography which was dictated shortly before his death in Urdu and translated during his lifetime into English at the personal request of Professor David Christopher Lane. It also includes a seasoned selection of Faqir Chand's radical teachings as well as several introductory essays and pertinent interviews.

This book presents a pictorial glimpse into the fascinating life and work of Baba Faqir Chand, the famous "unknowing" sage of India. Faqir explains in vivid details how gurus do not know about the miracles and visions attributed to them. He also explains the secrets behind surat shabd yoga practice and provides a detailed description of how to transcend visionary phenomena.

This remarkable text by the renowned shabd yoga sage, Baba Faqir Chand, describes the journey of the soul after death. This is volume one which contains three parts. Part four will be published as a separate volume. From the Introduction by Professor Bhagat Ram Kamal: This book entitled, Garud Puran (a mystical doctrine) was written by his holiness after listening to the traditional Garud Puran from the pandits during the religious performances as per rituals of Sanatan Dharam for the first time. I had read this book earlier too, but I never thought to translate it into English. After completing four books of his holiness in English entitled, Unique Being, Marvelous Pearl, Call of a Saint and Bay Fikri that is "a carefree life," I decided to translate this book too. Because it covers all the aspects of human life and throws an abundant light upon what happens with us after death. This book does not have chapters in the beginning, but it is divided into four parts with many subtitles dealing with the entire human life. If I write that this book is complete mirror to the human life while he is alive and after death it would not be untrue. Hereunder, I reproduce the four chapters with their subtitles for the convenience of the readers, so that they may choose any part or subtitle to quench their thirst of knowing what in fact human life is. Part One. This part contains the views of Sri Devi Charan Mittal about the late Mata Ji. Second section is written by his holiness himself upon the life of Bhagwati Ji as a true-life partner. Part Two. This part contains questions and answers between learned pandits of Sanatan Dharam and Baba Ji Maharaj, such as: Baitarani stream, Jam Raj, Dharam Raj, hell and heaven religious performances, place of Dharam Raj, Dharam Raj and Trikuti, rebirth, the cycle of 84 and liberation, transmigration, Radhaswami Mat and path of beatitude, emancipation, and the importance of guru. Part Three. With introduction by Sri Devi Charan Mittal; first satsang at Hanam Kunda covering following aspects of life: time of telling and listening of Garud Puran, Sat guru Garud Puran and Radhaswami mat, Yam Raj abd condition after death, freedom from that conditions, coming of thoughts, Dharam, Yam Pur, Yamdoot and Chittar Gupt, dreams, and religious performances.

I have been fortunate to be able to publish Baba Faqir Chand's satsangs as presented to Harjit Singh Sandhu and skillfully translated by Pulkit Bose. First as a series in Sach Khand: The Journal of Radhasoami Studies, and now in book form. These talks that were given in London, England in 1980 are genuinely remarkable for their utmost clarity and penetrating insights into the nature of spirituality. Baba Faqir Chand is unique amongst masters, since he (unlike so many other gurus) was exceptionally honest about his experiences and what he learned from them over the course of his long life. Perhaps Faqir's most fundamental realization was that inner visions are a projection of one's own mind and not due to the religious leaders that we attribute to them. As Faqir said so pointedly on many occasions, "Now, you see no Jesus Christ comes from without in anybody's visions. No Rama, no Krishna, no Buddha, and no Baba Faqir comes from without to anybody. The visions are only because of the impressions and suggestions that a disciple has already accepted in his mind. These impressions and suggestions appear to him like a dream. No body comes from without. This is the plain truth." I have had the privilege of knowing Baba Faqir Chand personally and have read almost everything available by him in English. He has provided us with an amazing cornucopia of wisdom on such subjects as karma, meditation, and ethical living. Yet, I must confess, that I find the satsangs that he gave to Harjit Singh Sandhu and Simret Kaur Sandhu in London, England, in 1980, to be unique. They are extraordinarily powerful in their import and reveal in a nutshell the very essence of Faqir Chand's radical thinking. I have read through these satsangs several times and in each instance I discover something new in them. Faqir's satsangs are akin to a multifaceted jewel, shining forth with crystalline illuminations. I want to express my deepest thanks to Harjit Singh Sandhu for allowing these satsangs to be made publicly available and to Pulkit Bose for his superb translation work. Alongside these wonderful satsangs, I have included a short introduction to my own understanding of Faqir Chand's revelations, which were first presented at an invited lecture at California State University, Fullerton. Regardless of one's religious persuasion (or lack thereof), I believe that interested seekers and scholars will be richly rewarded by knowing more about this great, "unknowing" sage of Hoshiarpur.