Ishwar Puri · Birth Centenary
A journey to
finding your SELF.
Remembering Ishwar Puri, and the quiet invitation to discover the Self within.
26 November 1926 – 26 November 2026
Explore his life and teachings ↓A Perfect Living Master · 1926 – 2020
The journey within,
preserved as a
living archive.
Talks, photographs and teachings of Ishwar C. Puri — a lifetime spent pointing seekers back to the one place the search ends: inside themselves.
A life turned inward
Ishwar Chander Puri was born in Lahore in 1926 and initiated at the age of eight by the great master Hazur Baba Sawan Singh at Dera Baba Jaimal Singh. He served a distinguished career in the Indian Administrative Service before making his home in the United States.
For over five decades he spoke — in living rooms, community halls and conference centers across the world — never charging, never founding a religion, always returning to the same simple insistence: that the truth a seeker looks for is already seated within.
"The spiritual path is not a journey to a distant place. It is a shift of awareness — you are already there."
Moments from the satsang
Words that remain
The listening archive
Recorded across five decades — from Minneapolis in the 1970s to community meetings in Illinois in his final years. One talk is available to stream here; the full archive lives on the main site.
- 01Mysticism and Reason Minneapolis · 1975–1980
- 02The Journey WithinMinneapolis · 1975–1980
- 03Glimpses of Higher PlanesPalatine, IL · 2019
- 04Accepting, not ExpectingGrayslake, IL · 2019
Full catalogue of talks → plmishwarpuri.com
The land he loved
Begin where you are
The door opens inward.
Explore the complete archive of talks, writings and photographs at the main site.
Visit the archive