Various Lines Of Sant Mat Gurus

Some current and past well known gurus of sant mat have had the practice of initiating indian and western disciples with the five familiar names and muslim disciples with a different group of five.

Various lines of sant mat gurus.

Terminology can get a little confusing because the heritage goes back to the 13th century with many gurus. Unlike the sant tradition which has a type of apostolic succession a stable line of masters going back hundreds of years in this new westernized sant mat so far anyway there hasn t been a single example of a guru appointing a successor. Contemporary sant mat movements are esoteric philosophy movements active in the united states europe latin america and especially india these movements assert that sant mat shares a lineage with sikhism and contains elements of thought found in hinduism such as karma and reincarnation they further assert that sant mat also contains elements found in sufism and has inspired and influenced a. The sat guru a competent qualified genuine enlightened teacher this sant mat satsang podcast youtube is for the benefit of spiritual seekers and satsangis everywhere.

Kabir s legacy continues to be carried forward by the kabir panth path of kabir a religious community that recognises him as its founder and is one of the sant mat sects. Notes about today s podcast. This community was founded centuries after kabir died in various parts of india over the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. There have been arrangements self proclamations schisms and even coup d etats but never any smooth.