Wisdom of the Sadhu
Sundar Singh · Teachings of Sundar Singh, edited by Kim Comer
About this book
Wisdom of the Sadhu: Teachings of Sundar Singh gathers parables, meditations, and short sayings drawn from the teaching of the Indian Christian evangelist Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 – disappeared 1929), edited and introduced by Kim Comer and published by Plough Publishing House in 2000. According to the publisher, the book is arranged in two parts — "Scenes" and "Conversations" — presenting Sundar Singh's teaching through brief parables and dialogues that often draw on Sanskrit terms such as dharma, maya, karma, and moksha, translated and set alongside the language of the Gospels. This reflects Sundar Singh's characteristic style: explaining the Christian gospel through images, stories, and vocabulary already familiar to Indian listeners rather than through Western theological categories.
- 2000 First published
- 208 pages (x, 208 p.)
- Christian Teaching & Meditations
- English
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Content of this edition
Per the publisher's own description, Wisdom of the Sadhu is organized into two main sections — "Scenes" and "Conversations" — made up of short parables, meditations, and dialogues in Sundar Singh's characteristic teaching style. Recurring Sanskrit terms (for example dharma, maya, karma, and moksha) appear alongside their English sense, reflecting how Sundar Singh explained Christian faith to Indian audiences using concepts already familiar to them. UECF.NET summarizes this structure from publicly available publisher and bookseller descriptions; it does not reproduce the book's text.
About the editor — Kim Comer
Kim Comer is an editor and translator who has worked with Plough Publishing House, the publishing house of the Bruderhof communities, translating and editing devotional and theological titles. He edited and introduced this 2000 collection of Sundar Singh's teachings for Plough.
UECF.NET has limited independent biographical information on Kim Comer beyond his editorial credit on this and other Plough titles, and welcomes corrections or additional detail at info@uecf.net.
About Sadhu Sundar Singh
Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889 – disappeared 1929) was an Indian Christian evangelist and ascetic. Born into a Sikh family in Punjab, he experienced a vision of Christ as a teenager that led to his conversion, after which he adopted the saffron robe of a Hindu "sadhu" (holy man) as a sign that following Christ did not require abandoning his Indian identity. He travelled widely as an itinerant preacher across India, Tibet, and other parts of Asia and the West, becoming known for his simple, story-based style of teaching and for a contemplative approach to prayer that drew on both Christian and Indian devotional traditions. He set out on a journey into Tibet in 1929 and was never seen again; he is presumed to have died on that journey. In the decades since, publishers have continued to gather and re-present his teaching in collections such as this one.
This summary states widely documented, publicly available facts about Sundar Singh's life. UECF.NET has not independently verified every detail and welcomes corrections at info@uecf.net.
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Publication details
- Title: Wisdom of the Sadhu: Teachings of Sundar Singh
- Author: Sundar Singh
- Editor: Kim Comer
- Publisher: Plough Publishing House, Farmington, PA
- First published: 2000
- Language: English
- Pages: 208 (x, 208 p.; 22 cm)
- ISBN: 0-87486-998-6 / 978-0-87486-998-9
- LCCN: 00010387
- OCLC: 874967836
- UECF.NET classification: English Christian Book · Teaching & Meditations · Indian Christianity
- Source record: Internet Archive — wisdomofsadhutea0000sing
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