Guru Nanak Chamatkar (Part 2)-Bhai Vir Singh English ... - Vidhia.com

GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II
Mardana: 0 Master, how is that?
Guru: Yes, selfish is a person who is in desires all the time. Even if he
meets a saint, and bows down at his feet, he will meet him for fulfillment ofhis
desires. 0 Mardana, there is hardly anyone who wishes to meet a saint to
seek salvation. People go and meet saints for fulfillment oftheir worldly desires.
They think that the saints have supernatural powers and if they are blessed
they will become wealthy. Some people go to a saint for curing some disease
or they do service to the saint for some other want.
To seek spiritual hruidance from a saint are rare. A seeker of the Lord
should not keep company ofselfish people. In their companythe mind becomes
greedy. A saint should also remain watchful that the selfish people who are at
his service are not serving him to seek spiritual hruidance. They love their
desires. They are not seekers of the Lord. They are not \seekers of the true
path. But for that life, for which they tell lies and deceive, they do not know
when it is going to end. They think that this life is forever but it is not so.
Death is certain.
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From Sialkot the Guru came to Talwandi. From Talwandi the benevolent
Guru came to Katas. He was here on the Baisakhi festival. This place is about
ten kilometers from Pind Dadan Khan. Here' is a spring of nice cool water.
Hindus consider this place as Shiva's place, like Pushkar.
Sadhus of all faiths and lots of pilhJTims throng here on the Baisakhi
festival. With this point in view that this was the best time to put the people on
the true path of recitation ofthe Lord's Name with love, the benevolent Guru
chose this time to visit here.
On listening to his Name and his unique tradition of 'recitation of the
Lord's Name with love' and his praise allover, the Heads of different relihrious
sects came to have discussions with him. Family men and all people swarmed
around.
The benevolent Guru knew the declining character of the sadhus who
were propagating empty rituals. He also knew that some sadhus had good
character but their minds were still in worldly gains or worldly fame. They
had not reined their minds. He knew that without detachment ofmind, without
proper guidance from a true man of God and without 'recitation of the Lord's
name with love' renouncing the family and house and becoming a recluse
was worthless. So, he made the sadhus and the people rid of their mistaken
beliefs and put them on the true path of 'recitation of the Lord's Name with
love.'
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