The Sadhu
| Title | The Sadhu
a study in mysticism and practical religion |
|---|---|
| Author | by B. H. Streeter & A. J. Appasamy |
| Publication | Macmillan |
| Size | XV, 264p |
| Language |  ENG |
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| Topics |
Biography--Spiritual persons Biography--Religion--Christianity Sadhus Sadhu Sundar Singh (Indian mystic, 1889-1929) Mysticism--India Mysticism--Christianity Biography--India |
| Notes | Sadhu Sundar Singh was an Indian Christian missionary. Sundar felt that his religious pursuits in Sikhism and the questioning of Christian and Hindu priests left him without ultimate meaning. Sundar resolved to kill himself by throwing himself upon a railroad track. He asked that whosoever is the 'True God' would appear before him, or else he would kill himself; that very night he had a vision of Jesus who opened Sundar's soul to the truth. Sundar announced to his father, Sher Singh, that henceforth he would follow Christ. His father denounced him, and his brother Rajender Singh attempted to poison him. In October 1906, he set out on his journey as a new Christian, wearing a turban and the yellow robe of a Hindu sadhu, an ascetic devoted to spiritual practice. Singh viewed himself as a sadhu, albeit one within Christianity rather than Hinduism, because he realised Christianity could not penetrate India unless it was in an Indian way. [wikipedia] |
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