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Hello, Sat Sri Akal, Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh, Namastae, Salaam, ਜੀ ਆਇਆਂ ਨੂੰ: Vishal.Singh Ji! A very warm welcome from SikhiWiki and many thanks for your contribution so far to the article Only those who have loved shall attain the Lord. I hope you will bookmark this Sikhi website and keep visiting it on a regular basis.
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With Waheguru's kirpa, may you always remain in Chardi kala. Many thanks, Hari Singhtalk, 21:33, 2 October 2011 (EDT)
Great Sakhis
Veer ji, Sat Sri Akal
Marvellous work on these sakhis. I have transferred them to 2 new pages - Sakhi: The Guru always blesses all and Sakhi: The Sikh and the word of the Guru. I hope you like them in the new format.
Many thanks for your excellent input. Please do continue to add more if possible as this will help the Guru's cyber-sangat understand the Guru's work in more depth.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected]. Kind regards, 19:45, 6 October 2011 (EDT)
A Sikh always obeys every hukam of the Guru
Amongst many other sakhis during this time, this sakhi is from the time when Bhai Lehna Ji was trying to follow and obey each one of his Guru's, Guru Nanak Dev Ji's, hukam (order) in order to become a true Sikh of his true Guru. A few years later from this time, Bhai Lehna Ji received Guruship from Guru Nanak Dev Ji and got named as Guru Angad Dev Ji.
One day Guru Nanak Dev Ji asked the sangat (followers) to follow him walking to a place unknown to the sangat. After walking for a while, they all reached a place surrounded with bushes and trees. There seemed to lay a human dead body covered with a white cloth over it. Guru Ji looked towards the sangat and asked everyone that if they consider themselves as his Sikhs, they should start eating the dead body immediately without any questions or delay.
Each one of the followers got scared or afraid of the thought of it, many ran away, many hid themselves behind the bushes.
Here we should note that many people cannot even bear just the sight of a dead body - the thought of eating a dead body is out of question. Many amongst us with a faint heart would start vomiting even at the sight of two drops of blood.
So in reaction to Guru Ji's order, many followers said that they were Guru's Sikhs, but what kind of hukam (order) was that? Upon noticing this reaction, Guru Ji said that on one hand they were claiming to be his Sikhs, and on the other hand they do not obey his hukum (order). In conclusion no one stayed - they either hid themselves or ran away.
In the end, there was just one peron who stayed - he was Bhai Lehna Ji. Bhai Lehna Ji did Parikrama of the dead body, i.e., walked all around dead body with his hands folded. Seeing this, Guru Ji questioned Bhai Lehna Ji as to why he was doing the Parikrama, and why didn't he start eating the dead body? Bhai Lenha Ji asked Guru Ji that from which side of the dead body should he start eating it - from its feet side or from its head side? Guru Ji said that he should start from the feet.
The moment Bhai Lehna Ji lifted the white cloth off the dead body, he noticed that it was not a dead body under the cloth, but there lay Kadaah-Prasad spread in the shape of a human body.
The moral of the story that we should receive is that if the Guru points his Sikhs to any direction to walk, the Sikhs should start walking in that direction even with their eyes closed. If, as Sikhs, we consider Guru Nanak Ji our true Guru, or a swaroop of God himself, and consider our Guru to be capable of any possibility which is impossible otherwise, then we should not have any kind of doubt in our minds.
Finally, Guru Ji gave his blessings to Bhai Lehna Ji.
Based on Vaar by Kavi Santokh Singh Ji, narrated at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurudwara, Model Town Extension, Ludhiana on Oct 1st, 2011.
(I ask forgiveness of the readers/sangat for any inadvertent inaccuracy - Bhool Chook Maaf Ji)
Our Guru always blesses us
Amongst many other sakhis during this time, this sakhi is from the time when Bhai Lehna Ji was trying to follow and obey each one of his Guru's, Guru Nanak Dev Ji's, hukam (order) in order to become a true Sikh of his true Guru. A few years later from this time, Bhai Lehna Ji received Guruship from Guru Nanak Dev Ji and got named as Guru Angad Dev Ji.
One day Guru Nanak Dev Ji was seating in his samadhi with his eyes closed at the place where the sangat (followers) used to meet him to receive his teachings in Kartarpur city. When Guru Ji open his eyes, he noticed Bhai Lehna Ji sitting in the sangat as well. Guru Ji said to Bhai Lehna Ji that he was pleased by the kind of service that Bhai Lenha Ji had been offering. Guru Ji said that there is nothing in this world that Guru Ji would not offer to Bhai Lenha Ji. In other words, anything and everything that Guru Nanak Dev Ji possessed, he would offer it to Bhai Lehna Ji and still always find his services to be of much more value.
In reaction, Bhai Lehna Ji did not feel any ego/pride. We should note that generally in our day to day happennings, even if we complete 10% of a job, and someone complements us on its progress, ego starts building up in our minds. Unfortunately many of us, while completing the rest of that job, just forget the good and honest progress we had made before we received the complement, and do not perform as well.
But Bhai Lehna Ji remained still, folded his hands in honor, bowed himself in respect, touching his head on Guru's feet, and requested Guru Ji for his own darshan.
Now, how can one have his own darshans? Was it that Bhai Lehna Ji wanted to see himself in a mirror? Bhai Lehna Ji further said that we watch everything and everyone in this world as visible in front of our two eyes, but we fail to notice ourselves. We spend our entire life noticing, guessing and judging other people, like: this person does not have good thinking, that person has very good thinking; this person does not have a good appearance, that person that a very good appearance; this person is beautiful, that person is ugly; this is a good person and that is a bad person. So while we keep on noticing and mentioning good and bad qualities of others, seldom do we introspect ourselves. Seldom do we notice as to where we stand; how much love we have for Baani; how much devoted are we for the Nitnem; whether we spend time in back biting or not?
Further Bhai Lehna Ji said that he does not know of himself; who was he and for what purpose did he come to this world; and that he is always stuck in dukh (bad timies) and sukh (good times).
Now, many times in our lives, when we have dukh (bad times), our moral level goes so much down as if someone has dug up a pit and we fall in it. As time passes by, the dukh goes away and sukh comes back, we start feeling as if we are flying in the air in happiness. A real person is the one who feels the same in dukh and sukh. Same is the state that Bhai Lehna Ji is reaching towards step-by-step. Guru Nanak Dev Ji is cleaning up the vessel day-by-day that in some day in future, Guru Ji is going to give the greatest blessing (i.e., Guruship). Guru Ji is testing Bhai Lehna Ji everyday so that when Guru Ji gives him the greatest blessing, Bhai Lehna Ji is capable of receiving it.
Many times when we see material things belonging to others, whether we are in need of those things or not, we become envious; no matter how beautiful our house is, but when we see a bigger house of our neighbor being built, we start thinking as to what does he need it for? From where did he get all the money?
So Bhai Lehna Ji asked Guru Nanak Dev Ji of some remedy to such issues; like we do not become demoralized in our dukh (bad times). Bhai Lehna Ji expressed his faith in Guru Ji by saying that like on all other topics that he follows his Guru, he would obey his Guru on this one too.
Upon hearing repeated requests from Bhai Lehna Ji, a smile appeared on Guru Nanak Dev Ji's face. Guru Ji said that as and when God gives us material possessions, we should just use them. It is in human nature to cling on to material things even if those were given to us by God for some time and not for ever. (For example, a house for a couple of years.) Our state of mind upon losing a material possession is exactly the opposite compared to our state of mind when we had requested and received it from God.
Guru Ji said that when you achieve that state of mind which is neutral to sukh and dukh, at that time you'll experience introspection. You'll be happy in your sukh or your dukh. Such people do not get into the cycles of reincarnation. Consider this world as a dream; one comes in and goes back after playing his role. Be neutral to all material possessions, and do not cling on to them.
Guru Ji started thinking that there'll be a time when no one will be able to tolerate the happenings during that time that only Bhai Lehna Ji will be able to tolerate by achieving that state of mind. And that Bhai Lehna Ji will be able to teach his sangat (followers) the same and show them the path to God. And that Bhai Lehna Ji was progressing to the state of being capable of Guruship.
As per the Sakhi, the sangat noticing the dialogues between Guru Ji and Bhai Lehna Ji started to feel the same as well; that Bhai Lehna Ji has become very close to Guru Ji; and in near future Guru Ji will bless Bhai Lehna Ji with the Guruship. Even both of Guru Ji's sons - Sri Chand Ji and Lakhmi Das Ji, knew that Guru Ji is going to give the Guruship to Bhai Lehna Ji and not to any of the two.
One day Guru Ji was present in the sangat, along with his two sons as well as Bhai Lehna Ji. Guru Ji said that when he tested the Sikhee of the sangat as to who all have attained that state of mind; he found everyone except for Bhai Lehna Ji to be incapable of the test. Guru Ji futher clarified that no one should consider Bhai Lehna Ji to be a miracle; he possessed the same kind of human body and power as any other being in the sangat; the onle difference being that Bhai Lehna Ji has the feeling of seva (selfless service) compared to people who like to be called as a Sikh but do not have the willingness for any seva. Such people have the state of mind much lower than that of Bhai Lehna Ji.
When Mata Sulakhani Ji, Guru Ji's wife, got the word that Guru Ji is going to offer Guruship to Bhai Lehna Ji and not to his own sons, she went to Guru Ji. She said that both of his sons are sitting his front of him; and when she heared the news, she quickly came to Guru Ji. Guru Ji kept his cool, kept of listening and did not utter any word yet. Mata Sulakhani Ji complaint that Guru Ji has started his own trend.
Consider that many times when we desire and expect something from our Guru; if we do not receive it, we become sad; not realizing whether that thing is good for us or not? Please excuse me from saying this that occasionally we loose our trust. But our Satguru is fully aware of it - which thing is going to be useful to us and which is going to be harmful to us. Our Guru blesses us with just the right thing.
Based on Vaar by Kavi Santokh Singh Ji, narrated at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurudwara, Model Town Extension, Ludhiana on Oct 2nd, 2011.
(I ask forgiveness of the readers/sangat for any inadvertent inaccuracy - Bhool Chook Maaf Ji)
