Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji : Message of the 11 Bhatts (bards) part-6

76. Message of the 11 Bhatts (bards) part-6

Bhatt Jaalap ji

The concept of eating by sharing is very unique and special in the Sikh religion as compared to other religions of the world. God has blessed us with materialistic and spiritual things to share with the entire creation. Sri Guru Arjun Dev ji ordered in Barah Maha that,”O Seekers of the knowledge! go to the congregation, recite naam and donate money. The reward for doing all that is mentioned on page 135 as :

In this way, the filth of lifetimes of karma shall be removed, and egotistical pride shall vanish from your mind.

Ascetics and yogis have been reciting hymns and meditating deeply but they were confined to their own personal world. They had no relationship with this materialistic world. Neither were they doing any social service nor were they having any spiritual association with people of the mundane world. So the whole system of society had decayed. Bhai Gurdas ji mentions the circumstances in his vaar 1st, pauri 29 as :

In such circumstances, when siddhs, the adepts, by (becoming repudiators) have taken refuge in the mountains, how the world could get redeemed. Yogis also bereft of knowledge and simply applying ashes to their bodies are lying down unconcerned. Without Guru the world is getting drowned.

Satguru Nanak Dev ji has ordained his pious Sikhs to share their materialistic and spiritual achievements with the other people. To achieve this goal Bhikha ji brought his four sons into the shelter of Guru ji so that they may better their lives by following the teachings of Guru ji. Now the whole world is enjoying the fruits of Bhikha ji’s ultimate action because if Jaalap ji had not gone to Guru ji’s shelter by the inspiration of his father, his knowledge and experience would never had reached us. While having patronage of Guru ji, Jaalap ji got insight that Guru Amar Das ji meditated on One God only, dwelt in his mind on One, worshipped only one, preached only One, perceived only One god. He remained beyond discrimination. He saw this divine light in each and every person, sang praises of only One God. He knew that there is only one Master in this world and the next one. He had dreams of only One. He believed that in reality there is also only One god. “O Guru Amar Das ji ! you have seen the omnipresent God in every one and in all the elements, at every time. Almighty God who could not be perceived by countless persons before you, is described by you as only One. Guru Amar Das ji, my inner judgment says that you don’t visualize anything but the one Lord. You believe only the One Lord is true and you love only one. As stated on page 1394 as :

You read about the One Lord, and enshrine Him in Your mind; You realize the One and Only Lord. With Your eyes and the words You speak, You dwell upon the One Lord; You do not know any other place of rest. You know the One Lord while dreaming, and the One Lord while awake. You are absorbed in the One. At the age of seventy-one, You began to march towards the Indestructible Lord. The One Lord, who takes hundreds of thousands of forms, cannot be seen. He can only be described as One. So speaks Jaalap: O Guru Amar Daas, You long for the One Lord, and believe in the One Lord alone.

What a unique image of Sri Guru Amar Das ji has been shown by Bhatt Jaalap. May God grace us too with this benefit. As stated on page 44 :

The One appears to be my Companion; the One is my Brother and Friend. The elements and the components are all made by the One; they are held in their order by the One. When the mind accepts, and is satisfied with the One, then the consciousness becomes steady and stable.Then, one's food is the True Name, one's garments are the True Name, and one's Support, O Nanak, is the True Name.

Bhatt Jaalap ji has illustrated the inner and outer state of mind of Sri Guru Amar Das ji. He has made a significant attempt to help us perceive the divine light of guru ji. While inspiring us in his Swayia’s, he has shown us the way to destroy our sins and unite with God. O worldly people! By having blissful contact with Sri Guru Amar Das ji, all sins are washed away. We should touch the holy feet of Sri Guru Amar Das ji because even the ascetic’s and hermits desire to pay respect to him. If you pay respect you can be in tune with God. If you become his humble and devoted followers, you can get rid of cycle of birth and death. When you touch the feet of Sri Guru Amar Das ji, you can attain the fearless Lord and you become carefree and independent. When you have graceful contact with Sri Guru Amar Das ji , your discriminating nature comes to an end and you feel the omnipresence of God everywhere. When you have vision of Sri Guru Amar Das ji and listen to his teachings, you receive countless things. As stated on page 1394 as:

Meeting with Guru Amardas, the earth is purged of its sin. The Siddhas and seekers long to meet with Guru Amar Daas. Meeting with Guru Amar Daas, the mortal meditates on the Lord, and his journey comes to its end. Meeting with Guru Amar Daas, the Fearless Lord is obtained, and the cycle of reincarnation is brought to an end.

We should take shelter of Guru Amar Das ji’s holy feet in order to get relief from sufferings ,to contemplate God, to be liberated from the cycle of birth and death, to be self-reliant and to put an end to discrimination. We should act upon his teachings. From where can we get his teachings and how can we know where he resides? We can see and hear our guru in the form of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. If we bow before Sri Guru Granth Sahib with great devotion, practice his teachings with determination, only then can we say that our existence in this world is successful. If we don’t take shelter in Guru’s holy feet and we don’t imbibe the lessons of our guru, then as Guru ji commands, we will live a meaningless life. The real purpose of being a human being will not be served and we will roam as no better than animals. Gauri 5^thGuru page 251 :

Coming to this world and not discovering our source we are like animals.





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				76. Message of the 11 Bhatts (bards) part-6 Bhatt Jaalap ji The concept of eating by sharing is very unique and special in the Sikh religion as compared to other religions of the world. God has blessed us with materialistic and spiritual things to share with the entire creation. Sri Guru Arjun Dev ji ordered in Barah Maha that,”O Seekers of the knowledge! go to the congregation, recite naam and donate money. The reward for doing all that is mentioned on page 135 as : In this way, the filth of lifetimes of karma shall be removed, and egotistical pride shall vanish from your mind. Ascetics and yogis have been reciting hymns and meditating deeply but they were confined to their own personal world. They had no relationship with this materialistic world. Neither were they doing any social service nor were they having any spiritual association with people of the mundane world. So the whole system of society had decayed. Bhai Gurdas ji mentions the circumstances in his vaar 1st, pauri 29 as : In such circumstances, when siddhs, the adepts, by (becoming repudiators) have taken refuge in the mountains, how the world could get redeemed. Yogis also bereft of knowledge and simply applying ashes to their bodies are lying down unconcerned. Without Guru the world is getting drowned. Satguru Nanak Dev ji has ordained his pious Sikhs to share their materialistic and spiritual achievements with the other people. To achieve this goal Bhikha ji brought his four sons into the shelter of Guru ji so that they may better their lives by following the teachings of Guru ji. Now the whole world is enjoying the fruits of Bhikha ji’s ultimate action because if Jaalap ji had not gone to Guru ji’s shelter by the inspiration of his father, his knowledge and experience would never had reached us. While having patronage of Guru ji, Jaalap ji got insight that Guru Amar Das ji meditated on One God only, dwelt in his mind on One, worshipped only one, preached only One, perceived only One god. He remained beyond discrimination. He saw this divine light in each and every person, sang praises of only One God. He knew that there is only one Master in this world and the next one. He had dreams of only One. He believed that in reality there is also only One god. “O Guru Amar Das ji ! you have seen the omnipresent God in every one and in all the elements, at every time. Almighty God who could not be perceived by countless persons before you, is described by you as only One. Guru Amar Das ji, my inner judgment says that you don’t visualize anything but the one Lord. You believe only the One Lord is true and you love only one. As stated on page 1394 as : You read about the One Lord, and enshrine Him in Your mind; You realize the One and Only Lord. With Your eyes and the words You speak, You dwell upon the One Lord; You do not know any other place of rest. You know the One Lord while dreaming, and the One Lord while awake. You are absorbed in the One. At the age of seventy-one, You began to march towards the Indestructible Lord. The One Lord, who takes hundreds of thousands of forms, cannot be seen. He can only be described as One. So speaks Jaalap: O Guru Amar Daas, You long for the One Lord, and believe in the One Lord alone. What a unique image of Sri Guru Amar Das ji has been shown by Bhatt Jaalap. May God grace us too with this benefit. As stated on page 44 : The One appears to be my Companion; the One is my Brother and Friend. The elements and the components are all made by the One; they are held in their order by the One. When the mind accepts, and is satisfied with the One, then the consciousness becomes steady and stable.Then, one's food is the True Name, one's garments are the True Name, and one's Support, O Nanak, is the True Name. Bhatt Jaalap ji has illustrated the inner and outer state of mind of Sri Guru Amar Das ji. He has made a significant attempt to help us perceive the divine light of guru ji. While inspiring us in his Swayia’s, he has shown us the way to destroy our sins and unite with God. O worldly people! By having blissful contact with Sri Guru Amar Das ji, all sins are washed away. We should touch the holy feet of Sri Guru Amar Das ji because even the ascetic’s and hermits desire to pay respect to him. If you pay respect you can be in tune with God. If you become his humble and devoted followers, you can get rid of cycle of birth and death. When you touch the feet of Sri Guru Amar Das ji, you can attain the fearless Lord and you become carefree and independent. When you have graceful contact with Sri Guru Amar Das ji , your discriminating nature comes to an end and you feel the omnipresence of God everywhere. When you have vision of Sri Guru Amar Das ji and listen to his teachings, you receive countless things. As stated on page 1394 as: Meeting with Guru Amardas, the earth is purged of its sin. The Siddhas and seekers long to meet with Guru Amar Daas. Meeting with Guru Amar Daas, the mortal meditates on the Lord, and his journey comes to its end. Meeting with Guru Amar Daas, the Fearless Lord is obtained, and the cycle of reincarnation is brought to an end. We should take shelter of Guru Amar Das ji’s holy feet in order to get relief from sufferings ,to contemplate God, to be liberated from the cycle of birth and death, to be self-reliant and to put an end to discrimination. We should act upon his teachings. From where can we get his teachings and how can we know where he resides? We can see and hear our guru in the form of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. If we bow before Sri Guru Granth Sahib with great devotion, practice his teachings with determination, only then can we say that our existence in this world is successful. If we don’t take shelter in Guru’s holy feet and we don’t imbibe the lessons of our guru, then as Guru ji commands, we will live a meaningless life. The real purpose of being a human being will not be served and we will roam as no better than animals. Gauri 5^thGuru page 251 : Coming to this world and not discovering our source we are like animals.

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