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

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

26.07.2013 Views

380 GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II disciples. You put the saffron dot denoting Guru-ship on the forehead of Guru Angad. Bhai Budha got up and put the saffron dot with extreme love and then fell at the Guru's feet. Then the Guru asked the entire congregation and family members to bow down to Guru Angad. Everybody bowed down but the sons did not. V After a few days the Guru asked Guru Angad to go and stay at Khadur. It was very difficult for Guru Angad to separate from Guru Nanak but as ordered he ahJTeed. While going he asked: When can I come for your glimpse? Then the Guru said: I will come to you. You need not come. Guru Angad, now, as ordered went to Khadur. He reached Khadur. In pangs of separation, Guru Angad spent time like this: The whole day he would sit in meditation. In the evening, he ate something and then went out of the town and sat there immersed in the love of the Lord in meditation. Early morning he would take a bath and come and sit in Mai Virai's house in a room. Eight months passed like this in pangs of separation of Guru Nanak. Now, Guru Nanak felt the pangs ofhis beloved Guru Angad and accompanied by Dhiru and Sadhama he came to Khadur. Guru Angad was sitting in meditation in love of Guru Nanak. Guru Nanak shook him in his meditation. Guru Angad opened his eyes and saw the radiant face of Guru Nanak. On seeing Guru Nanak he was overwhelmed. He had tears of love in his eyes and impatiently clamped his feet. Guru Nanak hugged and embraced him. For a long time both ofthem sat together in immense delight. o hJTeat Guru Nanak. a hJTeat Guru Angad. For full two months Guru Nanak stayed there. The whole day the conhJTegation assembled and singing of hymns went on. On listening about the extreme meditation of Guru Angad, Guru Nanak said: I have blessed you immense spiritual strength. Why do you meditate for long periods? But Guru Angad sat in meditation enhJTossed in love of Guru Nanak. How could he come out of the rapturous enhJTOssment? Guru Nanak is the image of the Lord. Bhai Lehna, in this way remained enbJTossed in the love of the Lord. This enhJTossment is life. Without this it is lifelessness. Page 390 www.sikhbookclub.com

GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART - " 391 knowledge. Secondly, they have said: When our mind feels some wondrousness, then it becomes tranquil for some moments i.e. it stops thinking, knowing and perceiving. At that timewe feel ecstasy. We feel the presence of the Infinite, Inaccessible and Limitless Lord. Butthis happens for a few moments only. It doesn't stay incessantly. Thirdly, our intellectual mind cannot perceive the Lord till the mind is bound by time and space because the Lord is above time and space. The intellectual mind has jurisdiction up to time and space. Hence it cannot feel the Lord. Now let us come to Guru Nanak's doctrine where he gave knowledge of the Lord and the practical way to meet the Lord. It appears he possessed all awareness of philosophy. But it was through real spirituality and perceptual knowledge. According to Guru Nanak the Lord reveals Himself in His Name and in nature and recitation of His Name with love or sinf:,>ing His praises with or without music or seeing the wondrous scenes of nature one feels super consciousness or elevation of mind. The Guru called it ecstatic sensation. The mind rises above time and space. In the Holy Scripture Guru Granth Sahib and the writings ofBhai Gurdas different stages of this ecstasy or rapture are mentioned. Here we need not delve upon those. We might just say that super consciousness is a higher sense or so to say the sixth sense wherein our human soul gets a sensation of the presence of the Lord or so to say gets a touch of the Supreme soul. In these five hundred years Guru Nanak is the only prophet whose soul was fully immersed in the Supreme soul. He had the incessant sensation of the presence of the Lord in his mind, heart and body and he described it to the world. He did not go into argumentation of specifics of time and space. But the practical way ofmeeting the Lord that he told us is to rise above the sphere of time and space of philosophy and immerse the human soul with the Supreme soul. Philosophy tells us that we can get the incessant sensation ofthe presence of the Lord, if our mind can rise above the sphere of time and space or if the mind becomes tranquil, then our human soul will meet the Supreme soul. See, Guru Nanak's three marvels on these three aspects of the mind. Time: Time is passing in moments, past, present and future. Present becomes past and the future becomes present. Page 391 www.sikhbookclub.com

380 GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II<br />

disciples. You put the saffron dot denoting <strong>Guru</strong>-ship on the forehead of<br />

<strong>Guru</strong> Angad.<br />

<strong>Bhai</strong> Budha got up and put the saffron dot with extreme love and then<br />

fell at the <strong>Guru</strong>'s feet.<br />

Then the <strong>Guru</strong> asked the entire congregation and family members to<br />

bow down to <strong>Guru</strong> Angad. Everybody bowed down but the sons did not.<br />

V<br />

After a few days the <strong>Guru</strong> asked <strong>Guru</strong> Angad to go and stay at Khadur.<br />

It was very difficult for <strong>Guru</strong> Angad to separate from <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong> but as<br />

ordered he ahJTeed.<br />

While going he asked: When can I <strong>com</strong>e for your glimpse?<br />

Then the <strong>Guru</strong> said: I will <strong>com</strong>e to you. You need not <strong>com</strong>e.<br />

<strong>Guru</strong> Angad, now, as ordered went to Khadur. He reached Khadur. In<br />

pangs of separation, <strong>Guru</strong> Angad spent time like this: The whole day he<br />

would sit in meditation. In the evening, he ate something and then went out of<br />

the town and sat there immersed in the love of the Lord in meditation. Early<br />

morning he would take a bath and <strong>com</strong>e and sit in Mai <strong>Vir</strong>ai's house in a<br />

room.<br />

Eight months passed like this in pangs of separation of <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong>.<br />

Now, <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong> felt the pangs ofhis beloved <strong>Guru</strong> Angad and ac<strong>com</strong>panied<br />

by Dhiru and Sadhama he came to Khadur. <strong>Guru</strong> Angad was sitting in<br />

meditation in love of <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong>. <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong> shook him in his meditation.<br />

<strong>Guru</strong> Angad opened his eyes and saw the radiant face of <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong>.<br />

On seeing <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong> he was overwhelmed. He had tears of love in his<br />

eyes and impatiently clamped his feet. <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong> hugged and embraced<br />

him.<br />

For a long time both ofthem sat together in immense delight.<br />

o hJTeat <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong>. a hJTeat <strong>Guru</strong> Angad.<br />

For full two months <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong> stayed there. The whole day the<br />

conhJTegation assembled and singing of hymns went on.<br />

On listening about the extreme meditation of <strong>Guru</strong> Angad, <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong><br />

said: I have blessed you immense spiritual strength. Why do you meditate for<br />

long periods?<br />

But <strong>Guru</strong> Angad sat in meditation enhJTossed in love of <strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong>.<br />

How could he <strong>com</strong>e out of the rapturous enhJTOssment?<br />

<strong>Guru</strong> <strong>Nanak</strong> is the image of the Lord. <strong>Bhai</strong> Lehna, in this way remained<br />

enbJTossed in the love of the Lord.<br />

This enhJTossment is life. Without this it is lifelessness.<br />

Page 390 www.sikhbookclub.<strong>com</strong>

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!