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34 GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART - II
fellow brothers. The masses were uneducated. Ifthere was any good relihTious
head, he propagated renunciation and solitude. That also, in a way, meant
selfishness. Everybody was eating and drinking but living lifelessly.
The Hindu preachers were in rituals only and there was no love anywhere.
The sadhus, faqirs and recluses, instead of preaching good character,
good deeds and the life-hTiving Lord's Name had become beggars only. They
were making money by performing empty rituals or by hTiving fear of curses
or by hTiving false hopes through amulets, threads, ash, etc.
Some sadhus had made places to stay in mango gardens, or near banks
ofrivers or some scenic mountain, wherever they were able to get a place and
food. They spent their time there.
The Pathan sword ruled this fallen, weak, poor, trampled, demoralized,
drooping, powerless population.
There were some Hindu chiefs but they were under the control of the
Muslim rulers. They acted according to the direction of the rulers, and in line
with the mood of the rulers. They had no feeling for the Hindu population.
Like, when a monitor is appointed for the slaves from amongst the slaves,
then the monitor is cruel to his own brethren, rather than the owner of the
slaves. Similarly, these chiefs caused more suffering for their own Hindu
population. On one side was the absence of education. On the other side was
oppression and brutality.
In this miserable condition, in this sick population, one godly soul arrived
from somewhere.
That handsome, lustrous, godly, loving soul was Guru Nanak. He was
handsome soft and loving but firm and strong. He was stronger than a diamond
and softer than silk. Yes, this delicate yet powerful figure lit a lamp of divine
knowledge for this demoralized population. He gave them spiritual knowledge
in a simple, understandable language. He gave them a life-giving sensation
and elevated their minds. He laid the foundation to become a saint in a simple
understandable language. He blessed them with the Lord's Name.
He promoted the idea of a gurdwara, where the divine music was sung
and meaning ofthe divine scripture explained to the holy congregation, where
people got into 'love of the Lord', where by listening to the meaning of the
scripture, the mind got elevated, where true relihTion and brotherly sympathy
was taught, where the mind was turned towards the Lord who is the source of
all happiness and love, where the holy congregation assembled morning and
evening or in the day, where brotherly affection and sympathy with each
other developed, where, with love, all were united.
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