It is be­yond ­question ­that ­the ­life his­to­ry of ­great ­men ­can on­ly ­give ­hints ­about ­their ­real per­son­al­i­ty – ­what to ­say ­about ­the ­life of a ­Saint.
We ­have cho­sen ­the ­form of a doc­u­men­ta­tion, com­piled ­from dif­fer­ent sourc­es ­and ­eye-wit­ness ac­counts ­from ­His dis­ci­ples. ­The pic­tures ­may ­speak ­for them­selves.

On­ly by go­ing ­through ­many ­books, pub­li­ca­tions ­and re­cord­ed ­talks, we ­could ­find au­to­bi­o­graph­ic com­ments of ­Sant Kir­pal ­Singh. He ­did ­not of­ten ­tell about Him­self; if He ­did so, He want­ed to ­give guid­ance ­for han­dling var­i­ous sit­u­a­tions in ­life. In ­all ­spheres He ­set an en­cour­ag­ing ex­am­ple ­for lead­ing a spir­i­tu­al ­life ­even in ­our mod­ern ­world ­and ­got ­soon pop­u­lar, ­since He ­lived ac­cord­ing to ­His teach­ing. ­His ­words ­were ­charged ­with ­the pow­er of re­al­i­za­tion.

­Sant Kir­pal ­Singh ­was ­born in 1894 in Sayy­ad Kas­ran, Dis­trict Raw­al­pin­di (­now in Pa­ki­stan). Ac­cord­ing to ­the In­di­an tra­di­tion He ­was mar­ried at an ear­ly ­age ­and ­had ­three chil­dren. Hold­ing a ­high ­post in ­the ser­vice of ­the In­di­an Gov­ern­ment He per­fect­ly ful­filled ­His du­ties as As­sist­ant Con­trol­ler in Mil­i­tary Ac­count. At ­the ­same ­time He ­was serv­ing ­the ­sick ­and ­the ­poor, ­thus prac­tis­ing ­what He lat­er ­gave as max­im to ­His dis­ci­ples, "Ser­vice to ­God is ser­vice to hu­man­i­ty, ­and ser­vice to hu­man­i­ty is ser­vice to ­God."

In chron­o­log­i­cal or­der ­the ­book ­gives a re­port of ­His ear­ly ­years, ­the ­time of dis­ci­ple­ship at ­the ­feet of ­His Mas­ter Ba­ba Saw­an ­Singh ­and ­the ­main ac­tiv­i­ties dur­ing ­His ten­ure ­from 1948 ­till 1974 in­clud­ing ­His ­three ­world ­tours.

Ex­tracts ­from ­His speech­es ­sum up ba­sic ­points of ­His teach­ing – ­the her­i­tage ­from Ka­bir ­and Gu­ru Na­nak ­and ­all com­pe­tent Mas­ters ­who ev­er ­dwelt on earth. The ­last chap­ters ­take up ­the un­der­ly­ing rea­sons of ­His phys­i­cal de­par­ture ­and ­His in­struc­tions ­for ­His fur­ther Mis­sion.

­The deep­est im­pres­sions we ­owe to Dr. Harb­ha­jan ­Singh ­and ­His ­wife Biji Su­rind­er ­Kaur to ­whom ­Sant Kir­pal ­Singh en­trust­ed ­His fur­ther ­work. ­They ­have been shar­ing ­with us ­their pre­cious ex­pe­ri­enc­es ­from ­their ­time ­with Mas­ter, prov­ing ­that ­one ­who real­ly ­knows ­Him nev­er ­claims a po­si­tion. ­With ­their per­mis­sion var­i­ous in­ci­denc­es show­ing ­the com­pe­ten­cy of ­Sant Kir­pal ­Singh ­have could be pub­lished ­for ­the ­first ­time.
A sec­ond vol­ume ­will fol­low in ­due ­course.