May 26, 2022
My guest today is Mark
Juergensmeyer. Our conversation explores: the spirit of Sant Mat
"ecumenism" and dialogue of the historic Spircon conference, the
International Seminar on the Religion of Sants -- Radhasoami Faith
-- Spiritual Consciousness Studies; also some Sant Mat history
speculation on the origins of the Radhasoami Faith: the ashram of
the Tulsi Sahib group in Hathras, "the People of the Anurag Sagar"
or the "Esoteric Santism" of Sant Dariya Sahib and the Dharamdasi
Branch of Kabir Panth.
Mark Juergensmeyer is director of the Orfalea Center for
Global and International Studies, professor of sociology, and
affiliate professor of religious studies at the University of
California, Santa Barbara. He is an expert on religious violence,
conflict resolution and South Asian religion and politics, and has
published more than two hundred articles and twenty books,
including, "Radhasoami Reality, The Logic of A Modern Faith",
Princeton University Press; "Songs of the Saints of India" (Mystic
Poetry of Kabir, Guru Nanak, Ravidas, Mirabai, Sur Das, and Tulsi
Das), Oxford University Press; contributed chapters to, "The Sants
- Studies in A Devotional Tradition of India", Motilal Banarsidas
Books of Delhi.
I've always been supportive of the goals of, The Murar
Declaration, which lead to the Spircon event: the universal
principles of peace, affection, harmony and cooperation as outlined
at the Sant Mat conclave known as Spircon 2010, a historic
gathering convened in Agra attended by the leadership and
representatives of several branches of Sant Mat and Radhasoami
lineages:
"We are all pilgrims treading the same path and desirous of
reaching the same destination ultimately. Satsang movement has been
started to spread the true religion and peace and tranquility in
the world and to draw people towards the Holy Feet of Huzur
Radhasoami Dayal. This object can be better served by maintaining
mutual affection and brotherly relations among different Centres of
Radhasoami Faith and working in cooperation to attain the common
goal 'as the object of worship of everyone is the same (i.e.
Merciful Radhasoami) and the Original Home of everyone is the same
(i.e. the Abode of Radhasoami) and the real teachers of everyone
are the same Bani and Discourses of Merciful Radhasoami, obviously
then, all should have amity and heart-felt love and affection for
each other.'" (Huzur Maharaj Rai Saligram Bahadur, Prem Patra
Radhasoami)
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