"Discipleship (Gursikhi)"

                                                      Dhan Nirankar Ji…..

 A story is there in the great tradition of Discipleship (Gursikhi), according to which one female dancer asks a disciple if his (devotee’s) beard is better than her dog’s tail? Devotee keeps silence in response. At the time of his demise, Devotee asked the surrounding people to call that female dancer . Upon such utterance, people started whispering that at this time of death, where the Saint’s mind is wandering? People started suspecting his patience, faith, devotion etc. At last his last wish was fulfilled. That dancer was called. Saint asked her,” You daily asked whether my beard is better or your dog’s tail? Today I can say that my beard is a Million time better than your dog’s tail because I have been able to endure myself with my Lord Master. Sacred Bani says:

Paani bharan panihariyaan ranga rang ghade,

Bhareya usda janiye, jisda tod chadhe.

Here, the pitcher has been praised, that only that girl’s pitcher can be said as full of water , whose pitcher reaches the destination safely. The pitcher which gets damaged during the path way, is termed as a finished one. Pitcher and water both comes to an end. Even the hardwork or labour of filling water also goes rewardless.

Body is a pitcher. Water is filled in it, in the form of our belief, cognitions, deeds and actions. The destination is across death. The balance or equilibrium of Belief, cognitions and actions are required to be maintained. Attention should be towards God so that the water of belief, cognitions, deeds and actions remains pure until death. If this purity is maintained then the beard can be said as extreme beautiful. Beard has become a symbol of devotion obligation. The process of living in devotion and continuously proceeding in this way is called Discipleship (Gursikhi). A marvelous example can be taken of Shri Guru Amardas Sahib. Even after attaining old age, he used to bring water from a river for his Lord Master to bath. He used to wash his (Lord Master’s) clothes. It was a magnificent service by Guru Amarnath Ji. Once Lord Master ordered Him at midnight that it is morning now and go for washing clothes. Alike a dedicated disciple, Guru Ji left for washing the clothes. Later on Lord Master said that day has broken now, it was midnight then. Why did you go out to wash clothes at that time?

As a disciple Guru Ji replied, “O my Lord Master, if you point out a night as a morning, then it is morning for me. And if you utter a morning as a night, then it means a night for me.

Some people can term it as a superstition or a blind faith but it is a sign of endless faith. This kind of faith is built not on any external situation, but on a deep trust or faith. This kind of faith emerges after determination of Lord Master. Lord Master is determined by God knowledge.

Devotion does not change in accordance to situation. Situation is either externally favorable or opposite, devotee’s mind is always attached to Almighty God, due to which the tide of favorable-contrary never influence Disciple and he always accept God’s will. The desires created by mind, never tastes sweet until and unless mind is attached to Almighty God. A devotee’s mind never creates hurdles for him to achieve the target because God always remains in his mind.

Upon analyzing the word Disciple ‘Gursikh’ , we find two gists:

1. Extreme faith in Lord Master.

2. Gist of always learning.

For a Disciple (Gursikh), existence of Lord Master is required. It is almost impossible for building up of Discipleship's (Gursikhi’s) base without surrendering before Lord Master. Lord Master’s orders and preaching are the base of a Disciple (Gursikh). It is Lord Master who teaches the way of being ineffected while passing out of illusory world of senses even after leading a worldly life. If the mind survives the effect of illusory world of senses, only then one can escape from the concept of arrogance otherwise arrogance delicately alike mouse will surely cut and chop the devotee’s devotional senses. Devotional senses provide the capability to learn. A small child can appear like a preacher.

A king after being defeated, was hidden in a cave. His aim was to save his life, empire was already lost. He saw that few ants were climbing on the cave’s wall. As the wall was not smooth, they were unable to climb properly. They fell down often but kept on trying again and again. Finally they all managed to reach the top of the wall. King learnt a lesson to not to lose hope upon failures. One should never give up hope and should try again and again. “If ants doesn’t give up upon certain failures, then being a man why should I give up “, thought the King. Now king’s aim and objectives were clear. Ant became a teacher here because of absence of any pride or arrogance in Kingdom.

If arrogance is absent under a circumstance, it can arise in another situation. To overcome arrogance, one has to be calm under the water Nirankar – the formless. One who lives in water , dirt runs away. In the same manner one who lives under the shadow of Nirankar, God keeps the evils away from him (Devotee).

Discipleship (Gursikhi) is a name of few qualities- Patience, Gratitude, Tolerance, Faith etc. It is not so easy to adopt these qualities, but it is also not impossible. Just as a housewife while cooking pulses (Dal), distinct small pebble of stones out of Dal, in the same way a Gursikh (Devotee) picks the stones of impatience, Intolerance, Narrowness out. When such stones are picked out, whatever remains in life is called summary.

Summary is always handled with care, preserved. Lord Master (Satguru) always preserves, saves the Disciples (Gursikhs) that is why their names are still alive. They have got themselves placed in the heart of people, not because of their statues over roads but due to their mature deeds.

Now the question arises that Discipleship (Gursikhi) is found in Sacred scriptures, Is it possible currently? After thinking and confessing, we find that the path of devotion is as easy as difficult. If Sajjan Thagg, Korha rakshas, Bhumiya chor, Ganika vaishya etc can be transformed into a Gursikh, then anyone can do so. Opportunities are available- just solid determination is required as them.  

                              Dhan Nirankar Ji…..

 

 

"kavi Darbar - Dharam nu kayam rakhna hai te, manavta di raah apnayiye"

                                                              Dhan Nirankar Ji...

Saal vekho jaldi eh beeta, daas ne pher likhi eh kavita

Pher santon mileya eh mauka, sangat vich apna pyar vadhaiye

Aao asi ral-mil sare, aisa ik sur-taal vajaiye

Dharam nu kayam rakhna hai te, manavta di raah apnayiye

Kavita likhni okhi nahin, uste chalna okha eh

Okha chalna sokha ho jaye, aisa koi zariya banaiye

Dharam nu kayam rakhna hai te, manavta di raah apnayiye

Dusherah gaya, diwali gayi, lange kinne tyohar kayi

Samagam vi ik tyohar hai santon, change karman naal guru rijhayiye

Asi te manande hi han, sansariyan nu vi shamil karvayiye

Har koi vekho jaande eh India, rehmat lain di shubh ghadi aayiye

Je ja rahe ho, kujh sikh ke aaiye

Dharam nu kayam rakhna hai te, manavta di raah apnayiye

Mera dil vi karda hai, har saal samagam te jayiye

Hun te Soor sahab kehdo mainu "tuhanun vi flight te chadhaiye"

Saare kam ho jaande ne, je guru nun apni ban fadayiye

Dharam nu kayam rakhna hai te, manavta di raah apnayiye

Guru jis tarahn kehnda eh, us tarahn apna dhyan banayiye

Saare paase sansaar de vich, nirankar da gyan vadhayiye

Sewa, sumiran, satsang karke, ais dar te apni todh nibhayiye

Dharam nu kayam rakhna hai te, manavta di raah apnayiye

                                                                 Dhan Nirankar Ji...

"Thought's determine one's attitude"

Dhan Nirankar Ji...

Saints our mind is a factory of thoughts, ideas of others, the raw material and ourself, the production manager. Thoughts are the essence of the actions and the actions are the result of the thoughts. If a person thinks positively, his actions tend to be positive. However, actions performed under the influence of evil such as anger, greed, lust, jealousy, etc. will have an bad impact.

Thoughts emerge from the mind, which is a high-speed thinking machine. The machine if not properly handled, tends to skip tracks. Just as a CD player would, if we turn it upside down. As a result negative thoughts and uncontrolled actions would spring up.

But how can thoughts be controlled? There are many opinions about this. Some say, if a thought is suppressed at its peak, it can be controlled. But this is just a short-term solution, with terrible consequences, because a suppressed thought re-emerges and strikes back with tremendous force and becomes rather uncontrollable. So, suppression of thought is not controlling of thought. Then how to control or manage thoughts? The simplest way to control and manage a thought is to handle them rationally and with wisdom. Whenever a negative thought emerges, it should be channeled into some positive or creative activity. In other words, the mind should be diverted.

Positive thoughts and positive actions are like the credit balance in the Godly Account. In other words, positive thinking is the path to a noble and prominent life.

It is rightly said that thoughts determine one's attitude. A person absorbing positive thoughts will have a positive attitude towards life as also in his relationships with others.

In short, thoughts can be controlled and managed. For this one must always be on guard and manage the mind-generator, the source of thoughts. The mind- generator can be managed by being associated with the saints and devotees, remembering God and rendering selfless service for human improvement. Now is the time to start paying attention to our thoughts and our actions, today, and from now on. Our future depends upon the way you think. So think positively and act positively. Dhan Nirankar Ji...

"Love Begets Love"

Dhan Nirankar Ji...

In our childhood, we used to read a story which showed how even a ferocious lion can love his
rescuer. In contrast, we see how a man today is ready even to harm, abuse and even kill
his mentor/guide/relations and friends for personal gain or greed!

The story goes like this. Once a slave, tired of servitude, ran away from the palace of a
king. He reached a forest where he saw a lion roaring with pain. He felt pity on him,
went near him, noticed a big thorn pierced into the lions paw. He gently removed it and
caressed him offering him relief. The lion walked away. A few days later, the slave was
caught by the king’s soldiers and brought back to the palace. The king ordered him to be
thrown in front of a hungry lion in the presence of all his subjects and slaves so that no
one would dare to flee in the future. As the lion approached the slave, roaring, contrary
to expectation, instead of pouncing on the slave or attacking him, he started licking the
hands & feet of the slave while wagging his own tail to express pleasure on meeting the
slave again. No surprises for guessing that it was the same lion that the slave had helped
earlier. The slave too started to fondle the lion. The greatly surprised king on hearing of
the whole incident freed both the slave & the lion. If a lion can recognize and
acknowledge the language of love and kindness & also reciprocate the same, how much
more relevant does it become to us human beings who live on a much higher
intellectual plane!

Dhan Nirankar Ji...

"Satisfaction and happiness glitters in blessing"

Dhan Nirankar Ji...

What a strange coincidence that the first alphabet of Aadhyatmikta (spiritualism) and Aashirwad (blessing) starts with ‘Aa’. It proves that blessing has occupied an important place in Spiritualism.

It has often been seen that in houses, schools or any other place whenever children wish or touch feet of elders, elders utter words which are full of blessings. The words which are being used since ancient times like ‘ayushman bhav’ or ‘chiranjeev bhav’ etc are

"एक प्राथना "

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