AN INTERESTING VISITOR FROM INDIA

His Holiness, Kirpal Singh, of New Delhi, India, world spiritual leader of the Ruhani-Satsang (science of the soul) movement, is here for a month’s stay as guest of his Washington Congregation, which meets Sun-day afternoons at the Friends’ Meeting House.

Last Sunday night, he conducted a service at the Sylvan Theatre, Washington Monument Grounds. At this writing, he is scheduled to addess the International Crossroads Breakfast Group at the Y.M.C.A.; the Forum Class of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, and o-ther organizations, he also appeared on Mark Evans’ programme on WTOP-TV June 13.

A man of striking appearance and rich spiritual in-sight, Kirpal Singh stands over six feet tall, has a long gray beard and dark, friendly eyes. Now 60, he once was Assistant Deputy Controller of Military Ac-counts of the Indian Government, a position he relin-quished to follow the teachings of Sant-Mat (the path of the saints). He was born in the District of Rawal-pindi-Punjab (now a part of Pakistan) as member of a prominent family and educated in the Edwards Mission School of Peshawar.

In an interview with this writer, Kirpal Singh ex-plained that spiritual self-analysis is the foundation of Sant-Mat. A man with a deep respect for all reli-gious beliefs, he always carries a book on „The Sayings of Jesus,“ and frequently quotes from the Bi-ble and the Koran. He is a Sikh.