NYC India from Lord Ganesh Press

Doctor exemplified his teachings by his own transformed and beautifully lived life. He was a fountainhead of energy and wisdom; a teacher after which we need no other teacher.

Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind

On October 3, 1892 he was born into a Sikh community of the state of Punjab, India. He was educated at Khalsa College, Amritsar, and nurtured in the best tradition of the Sikh religion, the Spiritual Science founded by Guru Nanak in the fifteenth century.

As a youth, Dr. Thind sought companionship and spiritual guidance from the pundits of his community. He also sought to learn the philosophies and religions of the world.

Upon reading the works of Emerson, Whitman, and Thoreau, he became inspired to travel to America to fulfill his destiny as a Spiritual Teacher.

With the encouragement of an understanding father, he left India, stayed briefly in Manila, and within days before his twentieth birthday, arrived in Seattle, Washington on July 4, 1913.

Throughout his time away, Dr. Thind never forgot his debt to his motherland. India at that time was under strict and often oppressive British rule.

In the years to follow he served as a pioneer for India's Independence and helped many East Indians gain their American citizenship - a title he was denied until 1936.

In 1918, he served in the United States Army during World War I, being one of the few East Indians to do so at the time. His successful military career led to an Honorable Discharge on December 18, 1918.

For 52 years, Dr. Thind lectured throughout the United States. He possessed a sharp wit and direct manner of speaking, inspiring an audience of an estimated five-million. Thousands were initiated as disciples into the Inner Life and the discovery of the power of the Holy NAM.

"No dogmas, no creeds, no limitations, no secret keys, no mystical fuss, no exotic formulas; we put order in your kingdom of chaos," was the words underlining his printed programs of lectures.

In honor of his legacy, his alma mater Khalsa College of Amritsar, India offers a "Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind Scholarship Fund", which aids students in need of financial assistance.