Talk:Baba Buddha

This page has blended two versions of the story of Miri and Piri. I have often read that Guru Hargobind asked for a sword, rather than the traditional seli of Guru Nanak. and the story of the accidental hanging by Bhai Buddha, of a sword on the wrong side - explained by Baba Buddha having never used a sword and being unfamiliar with where it went.

Someone wrote, taking offense to this story, saying that having been around Sikh warriors he would have known where to hang a sword -- and that Miri and Piri was no accident!

This still tells of the accident, of the Guru's asking for a second sword and naming them Miri and Piri, but then it goes on to say that Guru Hargobind was later (that same day?) installed, giving the date, without the accident, with both swords as if the first incident was only practice.

Does anyone have the actual text from which this story is told? Did the accident ever happen, were swords something that Sikhs in Guru Arjan's days were carrying? Thanks for any help Allenwalla 06:17, 12 July 2009 (UTC)