The origins of sant mat the five names and the identity of tulsi sahib s guru by james bean everyone in contemporary sant mat has a clear idea about their own recent history of masters at least dating back a few generations.
Sant mat meaning of 5 names.
This living school of spirituality called sant mat is also known as.
Through association and seeking truth by following sants and their teachings a movement was formed.
In one of the jewish gnostic paths of antiquity a group known as the sethians there was also a five named or panch naam mantra approach only.
In common terms it refers to a wise or knowledgeable person who has a good understanding of dharam or religion.
Today i explore the origin of five names of sant mat panch naam mantra or simran words and the connection to the sant dharam das kabir line of masters the people of the anurag sagar.
Sant mat literally school of the sants was a loosely associated group of teachers that assumed prominence in the northern part of the indian sub continent from about the 13th century their teachings are distinguished theologically by inward loving devotion to a divine principle and socially by an egalitarianism opposed to the qualitative distinctions of the indian caste hierarchy and to.
These five sufi or islamic names have the same essential meaning as the five indian names used in some forms of sant mat and as with the indian names also correspond to five basic inner regions.
The origins of sant mat the five names and the identity of tulsi sahib s guru by james bean.
Sant is a sanskrit origin word which describes someone who has achieved divine truth or a realized soul.
Theologically the teachings are distinguished by inward loving devotion by the individual soul to the divine principal god parmatma.
It may also refer to the following.
The origins of sant mat the five names and the identity of tulsi sahib s guru by james bean on the usage of the term sant mat and the tulsi sahib connection very much like buddhism or sufism are terms used by many to refer to any number of organizations or spiritual paths sant mat is a fairly widely used general term for a certain.
The way of the saints and poet mystics radhasoami and the path of the masters.
Which he called sant mat simply meaning a sant faith andrea diem.