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

GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II 233
love of the Lord has made me detached from desires. I am always hungry to
have a glimpse of the Lord. This is the cup in my hand. At the door of the
Lord, with a cup in hand I always ask for His grace. I do not do the circular
movement of head for ecstatic state that you do. I have a pang to meet the
Lord. I am always in this ecstasy. I am in your love 0 Lord, at your door. 0
Lord, shower your l:,JTace.
Guru (looking towards the pill:,JTim): 0 holy man you have asked whether
I am a Hindu or Muslim? You have asked what sect I belong to? Listen:
Everybody uses saffron, flowers and musk. Nobody asks about the species.
Their appreciation is because of their speciality. Similarly, the speciality of a
saint is devotional love. Caste or sect is immaterial. Then you see, the
sandalwood hrives its fral:,JTance to all. Similarly, the devotional love that a saint
has in him, he hrives to all. Butter-oil comes from udder and silk comes from
silk worm but nobody says that butter-oil or silk is bad. Similarly, for love of
the Lord one may be of any relihrion, faith or sect but if he is in recitation of
Name and humility, he is a beloved of the Lord. 0 holy man I wish to be
blessed by such saints. Now, you can imal:,rine my caste and relihrion.
Israelis were the forefathers of Muslims and Christians. They consider
themselves as superior men of God. The Christians there do not consider
anybody as the rightful person for reaching the heaven unless he has full faith
in Christ.
The Muslims after them consider only themselves as the rightful persons
for reaching the heavens and they look towards people of other relil:,rions with
scorn and hatred. That holy man was also born with the same prejudice. He
was quite astonished to hear the Guru's love of the Lord. The truth was
impressive anq it did influence his mind but a mind brought up in prejudice
does not change qUickly. After pondering much he said: 0 saint, you are a
recluse and I am a householder family man. A recluse can live in the love of
the Lord but a family man cannot do that.
Then the Guru said: This world is perishable. To love this world is to love
the perishable. For material gains of this perishable world people indulge in
wickedness and they do not recognize the rights of other people. They remain
in the forgetfulness of the Lord. They are like animals. What will be their
end? Whatever deeds they do, they will get the fruits according to that. If one
remembers the Lord and lives in the presence of the Lord, one may be a
family man but one should be honest and kind. If one remembers the Lord,
then even a family man is a saint.
In these conversations, one day, they started the journey. On the way, the
sun became very hot but after a while it became cloudy and they walked in
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