Mangal Singh Dhillon was born on November 1, 1935, in Sargodha, Punjab, India (now part of Pakistan). He loved the sea and became a ship captain for India’s fleet. He was passionate about traveling and seeing the world. He married Gurnam Dhillon in 1961 and they had three sons, Karam, Param and Amar, and an adopted daughter, Joti.
Mr. Dhillon moved to the United States in 1975 initially to New York, then to California, where he first met Shri Mataji at a public program. She told him that he would not have had his Self-realization if he had remained in India. She advised him to move to Texas and start Sahaja Yoga there, and for his livelihood to start a business with the help of the local Indian community.
He moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 1983 and started to give Self-realization to the seekers he met by inviting them to his house. He later on started providing tapes of Shri Mataji to local Public Access Channel TV stations, which had contact information at the end, and through which many more seekers received their Realization.
He and his family continued to be the backbone of the Sahaja Yoga collective in the Dallas/Fort Worth area after 1996 when more Sahaja Yogis began to arrive in the metroplex. He was a very deep Sahaja Yogi and a true gentleman in every sense of the word. He traveled to many Sahaj events around the world and met many Yogis. Everyone who made his acquaintance, as well as the many members of his large family, could see and appreciate his wisdom, poise and kindness, punctuated by a gentle and yet astute sense of humor. No one could befool him, as he could see clearly through every person and situation. His advice was always a pearl of wisdom that went to the heart of the matter with humility, simplicity, innocence and love.
He passed away peacefully on March 14, 2019 in Fort Worth ,and is survived by his wife, their three sons and daughter, and their families. He will be remembered dearly by all those who had the privilege to know him, in the DFW area, in the United States, and all over the world.