Over the last 90 years of its journey, the Sant Nirankari Satsang Bhawan Mission has become a synonym of Oneness, love, peace, tolerance, selfless service and compassion. Though these virtues are frequently quoted by many, the Mission helps achieve them in our life through Practical Spirituality. It has been distinctly mentioned in various spiritual realms that knowing the Universal Truth is an infallible remedy to reduce stress, illusion, fear and ego; and that knowing this truth does not require a tedious journey, rather a mere seeking from the core of our consciousness. Sant Nirankari Satsang Bhawan pure quest for bliss becomes a catalyst to receive guidance and grace of the Satguru (The True Master) in the form of Brahmgyan (God-Knowledge) in no time. Millions of Nirankari devotees are a living testimony to the transformation that their life has experienced after receiving the spiritual bliss and awareness from Satguru. The Mission has also been instrumental in social upliftment in numerous ways, without any prejudice, living up to its basic ethos of One World-One Family. The Sant Nirankari Mission started spreading the message of Love and Brotherhood across the world with the efforts and vision of Shahenshah Baba Avtar Singh Ji. This vision was taken forward by Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji, along with Nirankari Rajmata Ji, with branches of the Mission being setup in UK, US, Canada, Middle East, Australia and other parts of the world. The baton of Truth was taken ahead with even more momentum by Baba Hardev Singh Ji and Mata Savinder Ji, who embraced the world with their compassion and care. The Mission spread to more than 3000 branches in India and many hundreds in over 70 countries across the world. Many social initiatives have been taken in the last many decades in these centres including Blood Donation Camps, Food Drives, Social Awareness Programs, Cleanliness Drives, Tree Plantation Drives, Help and Support during Natural Calamities etc. These contributions have been acknowledged and honoured with numerous awards and recognitions over the years. The Mission has also been granted the general consultative status by the United Nations Organization. Ideology is the fundamental idea that forms the bedrock of thoughts, words and actions of the individuals of a community. The idea of being a nirankari is very simple, yet profound. A nirankari is a ‘Sant’, trying to lead a simple saintly life at all times, in all places and among all relationships. Here, saintly does not mean dressing up in a specific way, rather embellishing our deeds with truth, love, tolerance, compassion and selfless service. A nirankari is guided towards selfless service by the mission’s first doctrine of Sewa, which does not mean helping or doing a favour; rather meeting out our responsibility being a human to serve others without seeking anything in return; it is indeed a blessing of god to have given us the intent, strength and intelligence to be able to serve others. We thus, thank the one who gives us an opportunity to serve. The mission and its devotees have been reaching out to the society through numerous such efforts and initiatives like blood donation camps, mass marriages, value-based centers of education, relief and rehabilitation of our brothers and sisters during natural calamities, tree plantation, cleanliness and social awareness drives etc. Even during the current Covid-19 crisis, the Mission contributed in numerous ways, all of which has been detailed in the Community Service section of the website. We are ‘Nirankari’, which means we have been endowed with the spiritual truth and awareness of the eternal, formless, all-pervading almighty God by the grace of our Satguru; and with this one God, who may be addressed as Allah, Ishwar, Vitthal or Nirankar, our relationship is that of mindful remembrance. This one Nirankar becomes the source of our strength in times of weakness, our foundation of peace in times of turmoil, our fragrance of love in times of hatred and our key to moderation in times of ego and attachment. Our connect to Nirankar is effortless and smooth. All one has to do is recite the three lines of Simran and be aware of the Gyan (God-Realization) as bestowed by the Satguru. Here are the three magical lines that lead a soul to the sphere of nothingness: “Tu Hi Nirankar†(Only YOU are the Formless Almighty God) “Main Teri Sharan Haan†(I completely surrender unto YOU) “Mainu Baksh Lo†(Forgive all my sins) We are an all-embracing socio-spiritual dynamic and practical Mission, rather a movement dedicated to establish and maintain love, peace, equality, oneness and a world without walls, without any prejudice or discrimination. We strive to achieve this, first in our own lives and then in the lives of other brothers and sisters of the common humankind. This, we understand is possible only once we realize our true self by knowing god in the true and absolute manifestation through a living master, called Satguru (The dispeller of all darkness and the benefactor of eternal light). It becomes even more uncomplicated and manifest to experience, share and elevate the blissful state of mind, when we get to connect with other enlightened souls at the regularly organised Satsangs (Congregations) and Samagams (Large gatherings of devotees).
