Charan Singh, a Twentieth-Century Spiritual Leader (Mellen Lives, 12)

When the spiritual teacher Charan Singh died in 1990, he had a world-wide following of over one million disciples. He taught that there exists a direct connection to God within every individual. The connecting link is a current of sound - the Biblical Word, the Tao, the Logos, the Holy Spirit, the unstruck melody, the music of the spheres and so on. He further taught the method of meditation by which his disciples could connect with that link and experience God. He devoted his life to teaching the essential truth and unity underlying every religion and mystical practice. Through a study of his writings and discourses this work examines the spiritual ideas of Charan Singh. His teaching is referred to as Sant Mat, the Science of the Soul, or the Radha Soami teachings.