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The so-called "His Royal Highness Yogiraj Param Hans Sadgurudev Shri Hans
ji Maharaj" (1900 - July 16, 1966) was a guru in India within the Sant Mat
tradition. There is a Wikipedia biography. He claimed to be the Satguru or
Perfect Master of his time though he was not accepted by the majority of his
Master's other followers. He married twice, the second time to Jagat Janani Mata
Shri Rajeshwari Devi, also known as "Mata Ji" and they had four sons and he
had a daughter with his first wife. He was certainly not reticent in describing
himself as God incarnate in human form and attacked his competitors
unmercifully. In 1953 he called the gurus of the Hare Krishna movement the
biggest frauds in what was meant to be a Parliament of Religions.
In 2009,
Words of
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Peace Global
released a
video
detailing
Rawat's
Perfect
Master
lineage in
which he
discussed his
father's career and told a story about his father's orders to the young Bal
Bhagwan Ji. A story which supposedly confirmed his own claim to have
inherited his father's spiritual authority and divinity.
According to his followers, Shri Hans was early in his life an egalitarian
iconoclast, and an opponent of the Hindu caste system. He was originally a
member of the Arya Samaj, but left that movement after he met a guru of the
Sant Mat tradition, Sri Swarupanand Ji Maharaj. Swarupanand initiated him into
the four techniques of Knowledge or kriyas, which are the centrepiece of his
religion. In the 1930s following the death of his guru, he began to travel in Sind
and Lahore and later to Delhi.
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One of Hans' methods of gaining publicity and possibly new followers was
performing 'yatras' basically a combination march and procession.
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Shri Hans wanted his "Knowledge" to be proselytised in the West. He was naive
enough to have letters sent to President John F. Kennedy and Bertrand Russell.
He was assertive to the point of megalomania in his claims to divinity in his
teaching. He proclaimed that using his methods of meditation and under his
guidance world peace could be achieved but "it is absolutely necessary that the
politicians of the world be counselled and if necessary obliged to realise Divine
Light by personal contacts with living Realised Soul and then the humanity will
be saved from ruination without much efforts." The major source of teachings,
doctrines, etc of Prem Rawat's father are his speeches that have been translated
into English and were published in official Divine Light Mission magazines in
the 1970's and on the web site of his eldest son. These are mainly
extemperaneous, contain many quotes from the Sant Mat religious tradition,
attacks on other Hindu sects and beliefs and are very repetitious to an English
reader. On July 19th, 1966 Shri Hans Ji Maharaj died at the age of 66.
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Some of his speeches (or "satsangs") are published on this site, including:
Satsang and the Thief (excerpt) August 7, 1952 in Gandhi Ground, Delhi
My Holy Abode Delhi on August 7, 1952.
Indestructible, Ambrosial, Holy and True 8th February 1953, Gitabhavan,
Karnla Nagar, Delhi
God's Fascination is Endless August 28th, 1953
The Meaning of Religion 27 March, 1954, Parliament of Religions;
Constitution Club, New Delhi
The Real Shrine May 9, 1954, Company Bagh, Delhi, India, Divine Light
magazine
The Real Shrine May 9, 1954, Company Bagh, Delhi, India, Divine Times
magazine
The Divine Light Illuminates the Heart Delhi, March 21, 1955, India
The Goal of Human Life June, 1961, Prem Nagar, India
Antidote To Nuclear Bombs "Congregation of Saints of the Country", 18th
November, 1961, Gandhi Ground, Delhi, India
The Highest Seat September, 1963
The Gateway to Liberation Delhi, India, November, 1963
Infallible Technique For Improving Human Behaviour Delhi, India, 18th
November, 1963
Permanent peace lies within Excerpt: New Delhi India, 18th November
1963
The Practice of Devotion February, 1964
Supreme Peace February, 1964 in Delhi, India
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A series of his satsangs were formerly published on the Manav Dharam website
from 2007. They are reasonably short and presumably edited to nearly identical
lengths.
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Hans Rawat was certainly not a shy person nor a dull dresser. He dressed as
Krishna (as his son did out of the public eye) and in his later years was up and
dancing and singing on stage at the drop of a mala.
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Further Information:
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These clips are from Elan Vital videos and come with commentary promoting
the youngest son, Prem Rawat. No doubt, the eldest son, Satpal Rawat, has
similar commentary in his videos, as he stresses his inheritance through his
father and mother, though they would be in Hindi.
"Maharaji does not teach a religion, dogma or doctrine nor is he the first
person to impart this message. Many people have done so before him
including his own father. Shri Hans Ji Maharaj, who was of Royal Indian
descent, formerly conveyed this message throughout India. Taking the
initiative of travelling to his audiences Shri Hans Ji Maharaj was able to reach
people who could not come to him."
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By the 1990's Prem Rawat had begun to reminisce about his childhood in a new
way where his father needed his help to draw crowds. He claimed that he was
the one who attracted the crowds for his father, His Royal Highness Param Hans
Ji Maharaj, whose organisation apparently couldn't raise a crowd advertising
their "Perfect Master". The days when he spoke of his father not needing anyone
to attract followers were gone but that is what he had claimed in the And It Is
Divine, Volume 3, Issue 4
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