Was Bhagat Dhanna Idolator?
ਧੰਨੈ ਧਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਧਰਣੀਧਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਜਨ ਸੰਤ ਸਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੪॥੧॥
Was Bhagat Dhanna Idolator!!!! is about a story which people have attached with Bhagat dhanna but have no relations with Gurmat.
Story
A Story which people and few historical books has related to Bhagat Dhanna that, Bhagat Dhanna found god in an Idol. Here's story in brief:
Once Dhanna met Pundit and Pundit give him idol saying it's Thakur(God) and you have to worship it and give him food then you take the food. Dhanna prepared food and kept before stone. He waited for god to come out of stone. He haven't took food for three days, he became week. Watching all this Waheguru came out of Stone and ate food with Dhanna and blessed him.
How Dhanna Attained God
- Dhanna attain God through Spiritual Wisdom in company of Holy Saints. Dhanna clear it himself:
ਗਿਆਨ ਪਰਵੇਸ ਗਰਹਿ ਧਨ ਦੀਆ ਧਿਆਨ ਮਾਨ ਮਨ ਝਕ ਮਝ ॥
The Guru has given the wealth of spiritual wisdom; practicing meditation, the mind becomes one with Him.
ਧੰਨੈ ਧਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਧਰਣੀਧਰ ਮਿਲਿ ਜਨ ਸੰਤ ਸਮਾਨਿਆ ॥੪॥੧॥
Dhanna has obtained the Lord, the Sustainer of the World, as his wealth; meeting the humble Saints, he merges in the Lord. ||4||1||
If Dhanna really found god in some Idol or by forcefully leaving food for many days then he should mention this in Gurbani.
Guru Ram Das also claims that Dhanna worshiped god after attaining spiritual wisdom but not Idols.
ਜੋ ਜੋ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਾਧੂ ਜਨ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਧਨ ਧੰਨਾ ਜਟ ਸੈਣ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਦਈਆ ॥੭॥
blessed Dhanna and Sain; all those who joined the humble Saadh Sangat, met the Merciful Lord. ||7||
(Guru Ram Dass)
Questions of Wisdom
- No Guru Supported Idol Worship. Even other Bhagats rejected it. How could Fifth Guru keep Bani of Such Bhagat who is a idolator. Guru Arjun Dev Ji read and found Gurmat in this bani and put it in Granth.
- If he found god thorough idol, is there any other Bhagat who claim that they found God through idol. If this practice is so great that one can attain god then anyone can leave his food and wait for god. Anyone who claims that he found god in idol but not in heart?
- Idol is Maya, Worldly, created by Man itself. Self Realisation is realisation of god. If a person remain stick to idols he is nothing but BLIND.
