Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji : Message of the six guru’s (Part-7)

42. Message of the six guru’s (Part-7)

Guru Ramdas ji Continue.....

Guru Ram Das ji brought a piece of land in Sultan Wind and laid the foundation of the city of Amritsar Sahib on June 13, 1577. Under his own supervision, he invited men of different trades, skills and castes and settled them on the East side of the city and thus took a revolutionary step(It was customary to have trades-people and untouchable castes on the west of any settlement). He gave a practical shape to the words of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji.

As on page 15 :

Nanak seeks the company of the lowest of the low class, the very lowest of the low. Why should he try to compete with the great ? In that place where the lowly are cared for-there, the Blessings of Your Glance of Grace rain down.

In spite of getting all the boons of both worlds, Sri Guru Ram Das ji always remained humble and polite. As on page 167 in Gauri Mahala 4th :

My condition, O my True Guru - that condition, O Lord, is known only to You. I was rolling around in the dirt, and no one cared for me at all. In the Company of the Guru, the True Guru, I, the worm, have been raised up and exalted. Blessed, blessed is the Guru of servant Nanak; meeting Him, all my sorrows and troubles have come to an end. ||4||5||11||49||

The Great Guru had an extreme degree of humility. He did not merely preach, but actually put his words into practice. Baba Sri Chand ji ( Elder son of Guru Nanak Dev ji) once arrived in Amritsar after hearing the praise and greatness of Guru Ram Das ji. Guru Ji went to receive him personally and gave him much honor and affection. After seeing the long beard of the Great Guru Baba Sri Chand Ji said,” O man! Why have you grown your beard so long and beautiful ?” The embodiment of humility and politeness, Great Guru Ram Das ji replied,” In order to dust off the Holy feet of Great men like you.” Guru ji moved forward to dust off Baba Sri Chand Ji ‘s feet. Baba Sri Chand Ji hugged him warmly and said,” Guru Angad Dev ji got Guruship due to humble service and you got it due to politeness. You already have a great deal of Grandeur. Even if a sinner takes a dip in your Sarovar(Holy tank) they will obtain salvation. As mentioned in Guru.

Khalsa Seeing the humility of Guru ji Sri Chand was pleased Angad took the guru ship through service you did so through humble love In this way through service he looted my house Whatever else remains with me You have snatched through humility (Tawareekh Guru Khalsa)

Guru Ram Das ji was very generous, forgiving and the image of patience. Some people, because of their evil nature and obstinacy, opposed and indulged in backbiting Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji , Sri Guru Angad Dev ji and Sri Guru Amar Das ji. The Great Guru Amar Das ji forgave them and tried to bring them into the congregation but they remained unlucky and unrepentant. But now the fourth Nanak of Sodhi dynasty ( Guru Ram Das Ji) generously liberated them all. Such was the Greatness and benevolence of Guru Ram Das ji. As on page 307 :

Those who were condemned by Guru Nanak were declared counterfeit by Guru Angad as well. The Guru of the third generation thought, "What lies in the hands of these poor people ?" The Guru of the fourth generation saved all these slanderers and evil-doers.

Guru Ram Das ji did not have even a bit of attachment to money or worldly riches. When Akbar, the Mughal King came to have a glimpse of the Great Guru at Amritsar, he offered 101 gold coins as a sign of respect and devotion to Guru ji. However, the great guru distributed the money among the needy and the poor right there and then. Then the king wanted to give ownership of land from the surrounding 12 villages to Guru ji, but the great guru humbly refused to accept it by saying,” All the land around here belongs to the saints already.” The teachings of Great Guru ji produced some Gursikhs of high caliber spirituality, who then went on to preach Sikhism all around. They are Bhai Adli Ji (who changed the life of Bhai Bidhi Chand ji), Bhai Sangtia , Bhai Kalyana, Bhai Harbans Tapa, Bhai Piraga, Bhai Samana, Bhai Jagta, Bhai Darsa, Bhai Pooran, Bahi Kalaa, Bhai Kantha, Bhai Bairaga, Bhai Kirpa, Bhai Karma, Bhai Gura, Bhai Bhagwan, Bhai Mangal, Bhai Mohan, Bhai Nachhtra and others. These Gursikhs brought marvelous changes in their own lives and in the lives of the people surrounding them. Guru Ram Das ji emphasized the importance of Naam meditation ( pray) in Gurbani. He ordered that recitation of Naam removes all evils, obstacles, unpredicted dangers, cursed conditions of this world as well as leading a mortal across this disturbed sea of human life. As on page 670 :

Wherever anyone remembers the Lord in meditation, disaster runs away from that place. By great good fortune, we meditate on the Lord.

So we shouldn’t become lazy and keep postponing meditating on Naam(pray). Who knows whether the next breath may or may not come. Life is too short. As on page 540 :

Do not hesitate for an instant - meditate on the Lord, O my soul; who knows whether he shall draw another breath ?

To show the importance of Guru, he repeatedly persuades us to act as described on page 594 :

Blessed, blessed is the True Being, my True Guru; meeting Him, I have found peace. Blessed, blessed is the True Being, my True Guru; meeting Him, I have attained the Lord's devotional worship. Blessed, blessed is the Lord's devotee, my True Guru; serving Him, I have come to enshrine love for the Name of the Lord.

Guru ji has asked us to take the shelter of One and pray to the One Almighty.

As on page 590 :

Serve the One Lord, the Great Giver; meditate on the One Lord. Beg from the One Lord, the Great Giver, and you shall obtain your heart's desires.

To obtain the spiritual heights, the Great Guru has ordered us to worship one God, one Bani, one Shabad. As on page 646 :

There is One Bani; there is One Guru; there is one Shabad to contemplate.

By showing the reality of worldly friends and relations, the Great Guru emphasizes our union with the True friend Waheguru (God is Great). As on page 860 :

The relatives, friends and siblings of the world that you see, O my mind, all meet with you for their own purposes. And that day, when their self-interests are not served, on that day, they shall not come near you.

The analytical and deep insight of Sat Guru Ram Das ji had already selected Guru Arjun Dev ji as an heir to the Guruship because Guru Amar Das ji in his life time had predicted the coming of a magnificent Guru. “ Dohta Bani ka Bohitha meaning the grandson will be the ship of gurbani” Guru Ram Das ji made Guru Arjun Dev ji follow the footsteps of unconditional obedience and submission to the will of Almighty. Only when all the devotees and Gursikhs were satisfied, he handed over the responsibility of Guruship to Sri Guru Arjun Dev ji on 9-1-1581. For two days Guru Ram Das ji stayed at Amritsar. On third day, he along with Guru Arjun Dev ji and the congregation came to Goindwal Sahib. Early in the morning Guru Ram Das ji took a bath in Bauli Sahib( Holy tank), listened to the Kirtan of Aasa Di Vaar, addressed the congregation with patience and contentment and left for his heavenly abode on September 1, 1581. The Throne and Canopy of Guruship was blessed to Sri Guru Arjun Dev ji and Guru Ram Das ji himself was blessed by Almighty to go sit in a stable and permanent Page 1409 :

When it was the Will of the Transcendent Lord Himself, Guru Raam Daas went to the City of God. The Lord offered Him His Royal Throne, and seated the Guru upon it. The angels and gods were delighted; they proclaimed and celebrated Your victory, O Guru. The demons ran away; their sins made them shake and tremble inside. Those people who found Guru Raam Daas were rid of their sins. He gave the Royal Canopy and Throne to Guru Arjun, and came home.





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				42. Message of the six guru’s (Part-7) Guru Ramdas ji Continue..... Guru Ram Das ji brought a piece of land in Sultan Wind and laid the foundation of the city of Amritsar Sahib on June 13, 1577. Under his own supervision, he invited men of different trades, skills and castes and settled them on the East side of the city and thus took a revolutionary step(It was customary to have trades-people and untouchable castes on the west of any settlement). He gave a practical shape to the words of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji. As on page 15 : Nanak seeks the company of the lowest of the low class, the very lowest of the low. Why should he try to compete with the great ? In that place where the lowly are cared for-there, the Blessings of Your Glance of Grace rain down. In spite of getting all the boons of both worlds, Sri Guru Ram Das ji always remained humble and polite. As on page 167 in Gauri Mahala 4th : My condition, O my True Guru - that condition, O Lord, is known only to You. I was rolling around in the dirt, and no one cared for me at all. In the Company of the Guru, the True Guru, I, the worm, have been raised up and exalted. Blessed, blessed is the Guru of servant Nanak; meeting Him, all my sorrows and troubles have come to an end. \|\|4\|\|5\|\|11\|\|49\|\| The Great Guru had an extreme degree of humility. He did not merely preach, but actually put his words into practice. Baba Sri Chand ji ( Elder son of Guru Nanak Dev ji) once arrived in Amritsar after hearing the praise and greatness of Guru Ram Das ji. Guru Ji went to receive him personally and gave him much honor and affection. After seeing the long beard of the Great Guru Baba Sri Chand Ji said,” O man! Why have you grown your beard so long and beautiful ?” The embodiment of humility and politeness, Great Guru Ram Das ji replied,” In order to dust off the Holy feet of Great men like you.” Guru ji moved forward to dust off Baba Sri Chand Ji ‘s feet. Baba Sri Chand Ji hugged him warmly and said,” Guru Angad Dev ji got Guruship due to humble service and you got it due to politeness. You already have a great deal of Grandeur. Even if a sinner takes a dip in your Sarovar(Holy tank) they will obtain salvation. As mentioned in Guru. Khalsa Seeing the humility of Guru ji Sri Chand was pleased Angad took the guru ship through service you did so through humble love In this way through service he looted my house Whatever else remains with me You have snatched through humility (Tawareekh Guru Khalsa) Guru Ram Das ji was very generous, forgiving and the image of patience. Some people, because of their evil nature and obstinacy, opposed and indulged in backbiting Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji , Sri Guru Angad Dev ji and Sri Guru Amar Das ji. The Great Guru Amar Das ji forgave them and tried to bring them into the congregation but they remained unlucky and unrepentant. But now the fourth Nanak of Sodhi dynasty ( Guru Ram Das Ji) generously liberated them all. Such was the Greatness and benevolence of Guru Ram Das ji. As on page 307 : Those who were condemned by Guru Nanak were declared counterfeit by Guru Angad as well. The Guru of the third generation thought, "What lies in the hands of these poor people ?" The Guru of the fourth generation saved all these slanderers and evil-doers. Guru Ram Das ji did not have even a bit of attachment to money or worldly riches. When Akbar, the Mughal King came to have a glimpse of the Great Guru at Amritsar, he offered 101 gold coins as a sign of respect and devotion to Guru ji. However, the great guru distributed the money among the needy and the poor right there and then. Then the king wanted to give ownership of land from the surrounding 12 villages to Guru ji, but the great guru humbly refused to accept it by saying,” All the land around here belongs to the saints already.” The teachings of Great Guru ji produced some Gursikhs of high caliber spirituality, who then went on to preach Sikhism all around. They are Bhai Adli Ji (who changed the life of Bhai Bidhi Chand ji), Bhai Sangtia , Bhai Kalyana, Bhai Harbans Tapa, Bhai Piraga, Bhai Samana, Bhai Jagta, Bhai Darsa, Bhai Pooran, Bahi Kalaa, Bhai Kantha, Bhai Bairaga, Bhai Kirpa, Bhai Karma, Bhai Gura, Bhai Bhagwan, Bhai Mangal, Bhai Mohan, Bhai Nachhtra and others. These Gursikhs brought marvelous changes in their own lives and in the lives of the people surrounding them. Guru Ram Das ji emphasized the importance of Naam meditation ( pray) in Gurbani. He ordered that recitation of Naam removes all evils, obstacles, unpredicted dangers, cursed conditions of this world as well as leading a mortal across this disturbed sea of human life. As on page 670 : Wherever anyone remembers the Lord in meditation, disaster runs away from that place. By great good fortune, we meditate on the Lord. So we shouldn’t become lazy and keep postponing meditating on Naam(pray). Who knows whether the next breath may or may not come. Life is too short. As on page 540 : Do not hesitate for an instant - meditate on the Lord, O my soul; who knows whether he shall draw another breath ? To show the importance of Guru, he repeatedly persuades us to act as described on page 594 : Blessed, blessed is the True Being, my True Guru; meeting Him, I have found peace. Blessed, blessed is the True Being, my True Guru; meeting Him, I have attained the Lord's devotional worship. Blessed, blessed is the Lord's devotee, my True Guru; serving Him, I have come to enshrine love for the Name of the Lord. Guru ji has asked us to take the shelter of One and pray to the One Almighty. As on page 590 : Serve the One Lord, the Great Giver; meditate on the One Lord. Beg from the One Lord, the Great Giver, and you shall obtain your heart's desires. To obtain the spiritual heights, the Great Guru has ordered us to worship one God, one Bani, one Shabad. As on page 646 : There is One Bani; there is One Guru; there is one Shabad to contemplate. By showing the reality of worldly friends and relations, the Great Guru emphasizes our union with the True friend Waheguru (God is Great). As on page 860 : The relatives, friends and siblings of the world that you see, O my mind, all meet with you for their own purposes. And that day, when their self-interests are not served, on that day, they shall not come near you. The analytical and deep insight of Sat Guru Ram Das ji had already selected Guru Arjun Dev ji as an heir to the Guruship because Guru Amar Das ji in his life time had predicted the coming of a magnificent Guru. “ Dohta Bani ka Bohitha meaning the grandson will be the ship of gurbani” Guru Ram Das ji made Guru Arjun Dev ji follow the footsteps of unconditional obedience and submission to the will of Almighty. Only when all the devotees and Gursikhs were satisfied, he handed over the responsibility of Guruship to Sri Guru Arjun Dev ji on 9-1-1581. For two days Guru Ram Das ji stayed at Amritsar. On third day, he along with Guru Arjun Dev ji and the congregation came to Goindwal Sahib. Early in the morning Guru Ram Das ji took a bath in Bauli Sahib( Holy tank), listened to the Kirtan of Aasa Di Vaar, addressed the congregation with patience and contentment and left for his heavenly abode on September 1, 1581. The Throne and Canopy of Guruship was blessed to Sri Guru Arjun Dev ji and Guru Ram Das ji himself was blessed by Almighty to go sit in a stable and permanent Page 1409 : When it was the Will of the Transcendent Lord Himself, Guru Raam Daas went to the City of God. The Lord offered Him His Royal Throne, and seated the Guru upon it. The angels and gods were delighted; they proclaimed and celebrated Your victory, O Guru. The demons ran away; their sins made them shake and tremble inside. Those people who found Guru Raam Daas were rid of their sins. He gave the Royal Canopy and Throne to Guru Arjun, and came home.

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