Children Of God

A blessed GurSikh was
once asking me to
imagine that I was with my
dad and someone grabbed
dad by the throat then
started verbally abusing him, what would I do?.
Obviously I'd defend him.
In the same way whenever
someone says something
wrong or against
Waheguru jee or SatGuru jee then that person must
be corrected there and
then by the children of
God - the Bhagats. Now I understand why this
blessed GurSikh always
stands and corrects
anyone who says
something wrong, wereas
I would just let them get away with it and ignore it. For example the other
day, a man at the
Gurdwara was saying 'O
God does everything, he
makes one person do bad
things and another person do good deeds. Even a
leaf can't move unless
God wants it to.' Then he
said, `thinking of these
things makes my mind go
bad!' (Meaning he'd prefer to carry on talking about
worldly things rather than
God, and blame God for
him not being that
religiously inclined!). The
blessed Gursikh said, `God loves every single
creature and wants the
best for each of them. God
is Good and wants
everyone to be good. So
how can someone who is good ever make anyone
do something bad?' He continued, `It's
impossible. But man is
such a fool that he doesn't
accept that his bad actions
are his own doing, but
blames God. Blaming God, insulting God,
refusing to believe in God
etc he puts up a barrier
between himself and
Waheguru ji. This barrier
blocks out the love and virtues which are
continuously pouring over
us. Guru Nanak Dev jee
taught us to sing praises
of Waheguru ji so the
blessings carry on showering down.' It is the duty of the
children of God to always
defend the Truth.

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http://punjabijanta.com/religion-faith-spirituality/sikh-and-vaheguru-an-agreement/msg427348/#msg427348

This is a translation from a very famous book of Bhai Raghbir Singh jee. Please read this true incident that took place about 40 years ago in Calcutta, Bengal, India. It may change your life:

*******TRANSLATION BEGINS********

THE AGREEMENT OF A SIKH AND VAHEGURU

A well educated Giani jee came to visit me at Calcutta and told me that he has read Bandagi Nama (a book by Bhai Raghbir Singh jee) and had a strong urge to meet me. I asked him the reason he was visiting Calcutta. He responded by saying that during the second world war, he served on the border of Hindustan in the capacity of his government service and upon the end of the world war, he had been asked by the government to see a senior engineer at Calcutta (with regard of his job). This meeting had occurred a day ago and even though the senior engineer had not submitted his report in writing, he had told Giani jee orally that Giani jee was not the kind of employee they needed to work on their machines because he did not have any experience working on these machines. For this reason he was not going to get this job.

From the face of Giani jee one could easily see sadness and dejectedness. For this reason I asked Giani jee, “Do you want to get that job?” Giani jee responded by saying that even though whatever Vaheguru does is only good but he had a lot of expectations on getting this job and he was going back to Punjab with great regrets.

I asked Giani jee to wait a couple of days more as the senior engineer had not yet submitted his written report about his decision not to hire Giani jee. Giani jee responded by saying that since the senior engineer had already given him his decision orally, it would be futile to wait for his written report. Later, before leaving he said to me that though he did not get job in Calcutta but he that he was very pleased to meet me. At that time I remembered a shabad of Siri Guru Arjun Dev jee and as per inspiration from that shabad, I humbly addressed Giani jee as follows:

“Giani jeeo, did you give Vaheguru a chance to help you in this matter?”

In response to this, Giani jee said, “Before coming to Calcutta I did ardaas. I did not do anything else. What do you mean by giving Vaheguru a chance to help me? Do you mean, Vaheguru is looking for a chance or an opportunity to help out and when he gets a chance he helps out? I have always been under the impression that everything happens in the hukam of Vaheguru. Under the hukam of Vaheguru, I would have received “yes” as an answer and under his hukam alone I received “no” as an answer from the engineer.

In response to this, I asked Giani jee, “ if you are so willing to accept the hukam (will) of Vaheguru then you should have stayed stable after listening to the negative answer from the senior management but the fact is that you became so despondent that you did not bother to wait for the written response from the management and wanted to leave right away. Do you consider your spiritual and mental state to be at a level where you would be willing to accept the will of Vaheguru? I think you would have been happy if you had got this job and now as you did not get this job, you are trying to decrease your despondency by saying that it is will of Vaheguru”.

After hearing my response, Giani jee started thinking and in a short while addressed me as follows:

“After hearing you, I agree that you are right. The truth is that I wanted this job and this is why I came to Calcutta and would have been happy if I had got this job, but since I did not get this job and since I feel helpless in this situation, I called this bad happening a “bhaana” (will) of Vaheguru”

I interrupted Giani jee at this point and said, “you should have given Vaheguru a chance to help you. According to the teachings of Siri Guru Granth Sahib jee, one thing that Vaheguru does not know how to do is to not keep honour of one who comes to his protection”.

JO SHARAN AAVAI, TIS KANTH LAAVAI; IH BIRAD SUAAMI SANDAA||

And

KAURA BOL NAA JAANAI, POORAN BHAGVAANAI, AUGUN KO NAA CHITAARE||

After listening to me, Giani jee asked me what I meant by “giving Vaheguru a chance to help” and what I meant by coming to his protection (sharan). .

I responded by saying that according to the teachings of Siri Guru Granth Sahib jee, one comes to the protection of Vaheguru when one’s state of mind is as stated in the following Gurbani pankiti:

SAGAL DUAAR KO CHHAAD KE, GAHIYO TUHAARO DUYAAR||
BAAHEN GAHE KEE LAAJ AS, GOBIND DAAS TUHAAR||

When ones’ state of mind is as stated in the great saying of Guru Gobind Singh jee, then we can call such person as coming to the sharan of Vaheguru. This is how one can give Vaheguru a chance to help us.

After listening to me, Giani jee was filled with love for Vaheguru and very humbly he said, “I have never come to the sharan of Vaheguru like this and nor I have ever given Vaheguru a chance to help me”.

I said, “Vaheguru does not have any reservations that you have never sought his sharan. You can try going to his sharan right now, and you can give Vaheguru a chance to fix your problems right now”.

Giani jee asked me, “Please explain how I can give Vaheguru a chance now to help me. What should I do now?

In response I said that he should do that agreement (contract) with Vaheguru that Guru Arjun Dev jee wants all his Sikhs to do but only fortunate ones do it.

Giani jee eagerly asked me, “What agreement or contract is that?”

I responded, “the details of this agreement with Vaheguru have been listed in Raag Gauri, by Guru Arjun Dev jee. The first and the most difficult condition of this agreement is that a Sikh should come to the sharan of Vaheguru with true heart and full humility.

The second condition that pertains to Vaheguru is that in return to the first condition that if a Sikh comes to the sharan of Vaheguru with true heart and humility then Vaheguru does all work for the Sikh and sorts out all problems for him. All his sorrows, worries, and pain get destroyed by Vaheguru and he fulfills all needs of his Sikh. That Sikh gets respect everywhere he goes and always is victorious in all situations. All the people of the world bow in front of his Sikh, out of respect and love”.

“The third condition of this agreement with Vaheguru is that when Vaheguru begins to fix the problems of the Sikh, then the Sikh of Vaheguru should shed all fear and japp (recite) Naam of Vaheguru. As a result of this Naam japp, the Sikh will get great bliss.

“he fourth condition of this agreement is that the Sikh of Vaheguru after receiving all these gifts from Vaheguru should share it with the world with open heart”.

Hearing this, Giani jee asked me, “Why does Vaheguru do all this for his Sikh, just for coming in his sharan?”

In response to this, I said, “Vaheguru who is the king of all kings does not expect any favour in return from a Sikh. He knows of the true situation of his Sikh’s mind and so long as a Sikh does not seek his sharan with true heart, he does not consider it appropriate to help his Sikh but as soon as Vaheguru realizes that his Sikh has complete faith in him and has shed other hopes, Vaheguru gets very pleased with his Sikh. At that point his grace is invoked and it fixes all problems of his Sikh. In the end of the shabad, Guru Arjun Dev jee states that he himself has done this agreement with Vaheguru and advise all his Sikhs to do the same”.

Giani jee eagerly asked me, “What shabad is that where such great and profitable agreement is written?”.


When I read out the below listed shabad, Giani jee got very surprised and said that he reads this shabad everyday but had never pondered upon this shabad so deeply”

THIR GHAR BAISO HARJAN PYAARE||
SATGUR TUMRE KAAJ SAVAARE|| 1 || RAHAO ||
DUSHT DOOT PARMESHAR MAARE||
JAN KEE PAIJ RAKHEE KARTAARE||1||
BADSHAAH SHAAH SABH VAS KAR DEENE||
AMRIT NAAM MAHA RASS PEENE||2||
NIRBHAU HOYE BHAJO BHAGVAAN||
SAADH SANGAT MIL KEENO DAAN||3||
SHARAN PARE PRABH ANTARJAAMI||
NANAK, OT PAKREE PRABH SUAAMI||4||

Next day Giani jee phoned me and said, “My heart is filled with many kind of emotions at this time and this is why I could come in person to meet you. I got the job I wanted and that same senior engineer who rejected me two days ago, gave me this job. I cannot comprehend this great happening and the only explanation I can give is that Vaheguru himself has fulfilled my wish. Please give me asees (best wish) that I may follow that agreement that I agreed to follow yesterday, in front of you, all my life”.

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A lot can be learned from this article by Bhai Raghbir Singh jee. It is imperative to have Vaheguru on our side and the only way to do that is to seek his sharan and then do naam abhyaas.

Daas,
Kulbir Singh

thnk you :)

 :rabb:

WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH

Satguru Sri Guru Tegh Bahadhur Sahib Ji spent some time at Bakala communicating divine instructions to his beloved Sikhs. In the month of Magh, Sambat 1722, Satguru Ji went to Amritsar to bathe in the sacred tank, and behold the paradisal temple of Satguru Sri Guru Ram Das Ji Maharaj, the king of kings and the saint of saints.

Maharaj bathed, but the ministrants of the sacred edifice closed the doors of Sri Darbar Sahib against him. The miistrants turned away the ninth Nanak from his own House. Satguru saluted it however from without, then went beyond the precincts, and rested on a spot where now a stone platform dedicated to him.
It was hear that Maharaj said it was they who were rotten within, who had through greed of offerings entered the temple. Guru Sahib then went and sat on a common near the spot where now is a cattle-market, and on which a damdama, or resting-place, has been built in his honour.

When the inhabitants of Amritsar heard what had occurred, they went in a body to him, and with great humility all bowed before their beloved Guru Sahib. They then in one voice begged Guru Sahib to return and revoke his prophetic curse, because it was his holy ancestors who had founded the edifice.

Maharaj smiled at his beloved sons and daughters and denied that his words bore the significance of a curse. He had merely stated the condition in which the ministrants then were, and in which they should remain.

Meanwhile a company of Sikhs came from the village of Walla, and with great humility begged their dear Guru Sahib to go and live with them and bless their village, a prayer to which the King of kings graciously acceded. When Guru Sahib's children come before his with complete faith and devotion, how can such a Guru how loves his children so much, say no to them?

On leaving Amritsar Guru Ji was escorted by the women of the city. On seeing their devotion he said, 'Waheguru's love and devotion shall ever abide among you.' In commemoration of Satguru Sri Guru Tegh Bahadhur Sahib Ji's visit a fair called the Kothe da Mela is held yearly at Walla on the day of the full moon in the month of Magh.

Having communicated religious instruction to the inhabitants of Walla, Guru Sahib then returned to his favourite Bakala. Here too he was not allowed to abide in peace, for the old jealousy and enmity of the Sodhis had revived.

WAHEGURU JI KA KHALSA WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH

Advice on Bhagti From Guru Angad Dev Jee
Taken from Kudrati Noor by Pr. Satbir Singh


Guru Anagd Dev jee spoke very little. He would come to Sangat and give advice or explain bani and succinctly express Gurmat in short saloks.

On Wealth

Guru Sahib used to say that one who has recognised that the world is only temporary will not spend all his effort on gathering wealth.

ijnI clxu jwixAw sy ikau krih ivQwr ]
clx swr n jwxnI kwj svwrxhwr ]1]

Guru Sahib told his Sikhs that a truly successful person was not one with the most wealth. If they can see that a human comes with nothing and leaves with nothing, why would they spend all their time on collecting money? Such money-hungry people are driven by worldly praise and seek wealth to get it. Guru Sahib told his Sikhs to forget all worldly praise and greatness.

nwnk dunIAw kIAW vifAweIAW AgI syqI jwil ]
eynI jlIeIN nwmu ivswirAw iek n clIAw nwil ]2]

Guru Sahib used to tell the Sangat not to be influenced by the rich as well. To please them, it is not necessary to humble or lower yourself. Doing this increases fear and powerlessness. Vahiguru showers his blessings on all. The rich and powerful are also just ordinary humans. When the call of death comes, their wealth will not help them stay here or extend their life.

ijn@w cIrI clxw hiQ iqn@w ikCu nwih ]
swihb kw Purmwxu hoie auTI krlY pwih ]

Work is important but when doing this, it is important to not let ego enter the mind. It is important to do simran and sing shabads when working. With simran, the individual becomes so calm and stable that no worldly problem can shake him.

There is no greater education than being immersed in Naam. Leaving this and looking towards any other support or sustenance brings only pain. Those who mock the path of Bhagti are showing their own ignorance and idiocy.

Helping Others a Great Virtue

Guru Angad Dev jee used to say that helping others is a great virtue. There are three ways this can be done:

1) Whatever wealth or possessions you have should be shared with others. Do not waste what you have on pointless things like showing off to others. Share what you have with the poor and those engaged in Bhagti.

2) It is also a virtue to use your body to help others. Serving others prevents ego. Helping others with humility and sweetness.

3) To use the tongue to give knowledge and encouragement about the Guru and Naam is the third important way of helping others.

Guru Angad Dev Jee’s Advice on Bhagti

Guru Angad Dev jee explained that at first when one begins bhagti, it may be very difficult because it feels as if the relationship is very one-sided. We may not feel the love of Vahiguru. During this stage, there are nine things one should do:

1) Listen to Bani with faith

2) Do kirtan ones’ self

3) Not to waste time without naam. Do simran with every breath. Do not spend time on fruitless activity.

4) Put one’s consciousness at the feet of the Guru. Serve the Sangat with dedication

5) Have a giving attitude and forsake the desire to take and seize. Give what you have and feel good about it. Desire Good for others.

6) Go to the Dharamshala (Gurdwara) to listen and also to do humble seva.

7) Consider yourself to be a slave of Vahiguru. Consider everything you have as his and his gift to you.

8) Know Vahiguru to be your friend. Believe that your friend will never want to harm you. Whatever He does will be for your benefit.

9) Submit your everything to Vahiguru. Even make yourself a sacrifice and have no attachment to anything.

When these become a part of your life, you will feel Divine Love. Everything will seem like it is bloom. You will fee waves of love. You will be in the world but rise above it like the lotus.

The Bhagat’s face will glow red by drinking the nectar and will feel Vahiguru’s blessings constantly fall to him.

Vahiguru himself will complete the Bhagat’s tasks so that he is not distracted from the true goal.

I saw some video on youtube... sikhs are  fighting in gurudwara front of shri guru granth sahib ji and i think thats disgusting..... that happen in canada.... i think..

some kahlistani people are against the normal sikh also against the Hindu's... i dont know wat ppl think.....  but i thinks that is not good....................................................................

hanji veer ji oh vali story bahut dharm pothia vich shapayi ... ah story mae apnae school vich manu jadh nai kardae grade vich pardayi c par sada ik subject hunda c diffrent odae vich asi bas gurbani  barae phardae hundae c sakhiyan hor etc....

Introduction


In the time of Guru Arjan Dev jee, there was a powerful and rich Jat by the name of Teeratha. Teeratha was a follower of the Muslim sect of Sakhee Sarvar. He was the local leader of this sect and had hundreds of followers who all respected him. Teeratha would regularly lead the members of this sect on a pilgrimage to the main Sakhee Sarvar shrine now in Pakistan.

Meeting the Guru

Once when passing through Amritsar, Teeratha decided to visit Guru Arjan. He had heard that there was a great Guru who had a large following and this Guru was spiritually enlightened. He was curious to know who this Guru was and what he would say. He decided to stop off and see the Darbar of Guru Arjan. When he saw the Darbar, he saw that people of many different backgrounds, and castes were all sitting together and living in harmony. He also heard the keertan in the darbaar and the keertan left a permanent mark on him. He heard of the great gift of naam and the thirst to have this gift rose within him. He was the leader of hundreds of Sakhee Sarvar followers but he could no longer follow that path. He realised that Sikhee was the path he must follow.

He came to Guru Arjan Dev jee and introduced himself. Guru jee saw how rich and powerful Teeratha was and when Teeratha begged for naam and to be initiated into the Sikh faith, Guru jee replied, "Being a Sikh is no easy thing. The path is finer than a hair and sharper than the khanda. The primary principle of Sikhee is humility." Teeratha again repeated his request. Guru Arjan Dev jee then said, "Why do you want to be a Sikh? You are a rich and powerful man with hundreds of followers. You can continue on the easy path of Sakhee Sarvar, because the Sikh path is very hard. If you become a Sikh, you will lose your followers and all their respect and you will lose your wealth as well. You may even have to pay for this decision with your life. What use is there in becoming a Sikh for you?" But Teeratha was insistent he begged that nothing mattered. If he lost everything it would not matter, he needed naam. With tears in his eyes he begged for naam. Guru Arjan Dev jee accepted his request and initiated him into Sikhee and gave him Naam.

Teeratha decided to not return home and took leave of his followers. He decided to stay with the Guru for some time. The Sikhs knew that Teeratha was from the Manjh clan and began to call him Bhai Manjh. Bhai Manjh did seva in the darbaar and one day Guru Arjan Dev jee called him and asked him to return to his village and preach Sikhee to his old followers.


Return to the Village and Disaster

Bhai Manjh returned to his village and began the work of preaching Sikhee to the followers of Sakhee Sarvar. In his home, there was a shrine to Sakhee Sarvar which was revered by all the local followers. Bhai Manjh reached home and immediately had it demolished. Many of his old followers who had considered him a Guru heard Bhai Manjh's message that Guru Arjan was the true Satguru and the source of all happiness. They too decided to become Sikhs and began to recite baaNee. Bhai Manjh and the new devotees of the Guru decided to build a Dharamshaala (Sikh place of gathering) in the village where they could daily meet and do sangat.

While the construction of the Dharamshala was still going on, some Sakhee Sarvar leaders came to the village and saw that so many followers had become Sikhs. They spoke to Bhai Manjh and asked him to renounce Sikhee or face a terrible price. They said that he was powerful and a high official in the Sakhee Sarvar sect and he would lose all this if he did not come to his senses. Bhai Manjh sent them away and was insistent that he would remain a Sikh. The Sakhee Sarvar leaders left the village but heaped countless curses on Bhai Manjh and vowed that he would regret his decision.

Within a few days of this event, one night, all of Bhai Manjh's cattle died. It was unexplainable how all cattle could die in one night. In the following nights, cattle began to die in neighbouring houses as well. The villagers began to believe that perhaps the curse of Sakhee Sarvar was responsible and by becoming Sikhs and destroying the shrine, they had made a serious mistake. More and more cattle began to die each night and the villagers decided to break off from Bhai Manjh. They declared that they had nothing to do with Bhai Manjh and his new religion. They removed him from his position as village head. Bhai Manjh now began to lose his wealth as well and soon poverty entered his home.

Poverty

Before, poor and needy people used to come to Bhai Manjh to request for help and money. People would still come now but he himself was living in abject poverty. Bhai Manjh had absolutely no extra wealth to give to anybody. Bhai Manjh was in a desperate situation and he decided to visit the new village head. Bhai Manjh offered his home to be rented out for some money so he could feed his family. The village head agreed to the proposal but added the condition that Bhai Manjh's wife would become his housemaid. His wife would be paid for her labour as well.

Bhai Manjh returned home absolutely shattered. He was once the most powerful man in the village and today he was being forced to make his wife a maid. When Bhai Manjh's wife asked him what the village head had said. Bhai Manjh haltingly explained the offer he was given. Bhai Manjh's wife listned and then said that in such hard times she too was willing to make sacrifices and if they had to lower their dignity by doing a job such as that of maid, then so be it. They had to marry off their young daughter and needed money to raise their family. Bhai Manjh's wife agreed to go work for the village head.

Bhai Manjh fell asleep that night in deep sadness. The next morning his wife would leave to begin her new job. He thought of Guru Arjan and wondered why the Guru would put his Sikh through such pain. How could the Guru allow him to see such days? Then understanding dawned: this must be the Guru's test. The Guru had said that he would have to sacrifice his all for Naam. Bhai Manjh was determined not to fail this test. He felt shame that he had ever questioned the will of the Guru.


Serving the Guru

The next morning Bhai Manjh's wife gathered her clothes and left for the village head's home. Bhai Manjh decided to also leave the village. He left for Amritsar with his daughter and decided to spend his time doing seva. Bhai Manjh began to take the seva of bringing wood for the langar, cleaning the dishes, serving the visiting sangat and any other seva he could find. The Guru too heard of Bhai Manjh's sevaa. He called Bhai Manjh to come see him.

Bhai Manjh and his daughter appeared before the Guru and bowed. They stood before Satguru Arjan and waited for him to speak. Guru Arjan asked, "Bhai Manjh, where do you eat?" Bhai Manjh replied, "Satguru, I eat from your langar…"

Guru Arjan jee then said, "well then, what you do is nothing but wage-labour isn't it?"

The sangat was stunned. They knew Bhai Manjh had sacrificed his entire wealth and prestige to become a Sikh and now did more seva than anyone else in the Darbaar. How could Guru jee have humiliated him like this in front of everyone? After all, the Langar was open to everyone, why would Guru jee say such a thing?

Bhai Manjh was once a powerful and proud aristocrat with hundreds of followers. He now hung his head and then said, "Satguru, you are wise. Please give me the wisdom to understand and accept your Hukam." Guru jee did not reply. Bhai Manjh then bowed and took his leave with his daughter.

Bhai Manjh now decided to no longer eat in the langar. He decided to collect two bundles of wood from now on and he would give one to the langar and sell the other to earn his living and use it to purchase his food. Bhai Manjh's daughter asked her father why the Guru was so merciless to him. Bhai Manjh immediately replied, "No no! The Guru is merciful. He is testing our faith. We can not fail."



The Final Test

Bhai Manjh would rise early and begin to collect wood for seva and also to sell. After giving the first bundle and selling the second, the two would return to the Darbaar and do seva all day. He would put all his extra money into the Golak. Guru jee once came to Bhai Manjh and asked why he still stayed despite being so poor and having lost everything. Guru jee said he should go home. Bhai Manjh replied, "Mahaaraaj, please never speak of having to leave your feet. Sachay Patshah, worldly wealth is a dream and so it comes and goes. Nothing is lost. I have lost my worldly wealth and found your true treasure of Naam. No thief will take this treasure from me and no King will seize it. " Guru jee gave his blessings to Bhai Manjh and moved on.

One day early in the morning when Bhai Manjh was going to the langar to give wood, such a dust storm arose that he could see nothing. Bhai Manjh stumbled and fell into a well. Day broke and Bhai Manjh still had not returned and everyone understood he must be in trouble. The Sikhs began to search for him and heard him call out from the well. One Sikh ran to Guru Arjan to tell him what had happened and Guru jee immediately dashed bare foot to the well. They threw a rope into the well and asked Bhai Manjh to pull himself out. Bhia Manjh jee called from the depth of the well, "Please, first pull the wood out for the langar! If they become wet, they will be of no use and not burn. If I am wet, nothing will happen." Bhai jee tied the wood bundle to the rope and had it pulled out. Only then did Bhai Manjh pull himself out.



When Bhai Manjh climbed out of the well, Guru Arjan was standing before him. Bhai Manjh fell at Guru jee's feet. Guru Arjan asked, "Bhai Manjh! What have you gained by following me? You have lost your wealth, your status, and even your wife. You have lost everything!"

Bhai Manjh held Guru jee's feet even tighter and with tears in his eyes replied, "No Satguru! I have not lost anything. I have only gained. Please don't push me away, this is my only request of you…"

Guru Arjan Dev jee then said, "Bhai Manjh, your sevaa has borne fruit. Ask for anything you want."

Bhai Manjh replied, "Guru jee, bless me that I may never want anything. May I always be content"

Guru jee replied, "It will happen as you request. But still, request something Bhai Manjh…"

Bhai Manjh then said, "If you are happy with me, then have this mercy. It is Kaljug. Please do not scold and test so harshly. May your Sikhs not have to bear such hardships."

Guru Maharaj again said, "This too will happen, but still request something Bhai Manjh." Bhai Manjh finally replied, "May my consciousness remain at your feet and may I never forget the meditation of your Naam. If you wish to bless me, then bless me with gift of limitless faith."

Guru Arjan heard these words and then said, "Manjh is the beloved of the Guru and the Guru is beloved of Manjh. Manjh is the ferry of the Guru who will ferry across the world ocean."

Guru Arjan sent Bhai Manjh home and told him all had been returned. Bhai Manjh did not understand how this would be possible, but had complete faith in the Guru.

Everything Restored

Bhai Manjh's wife had been working in the house of the village head and she made such an impression on him that he decided to make her his sister. He requested that she take the responsibility of raising his only son. He also gave back Bhai Manjh's home where she could raise the boy. Bhai Manjh returned home and was informed of all that had happened and was stunned.

Bhai Manjh never left the support of the Guru. Even at the darkest time he had faith it was all a test and if he stayed firm in his faith, nothing would happen to him. Bhai Manjh was appointed the entire Doaba area to preach Sikhee and he opened a Dharamshaalaa in his home. The langar that Bhai jee opened was famous all around. Many people became Sikhs because of his parchaar. When Guru Arjan Dev jee came to visit the Doaba area in 1596, he made a point of specially visiting Bhai Manjh and praised him for his parchaar.

Bhai Manjh jee is the embodiment of faith and perseverance. Nothing in life could turn him away from the Guru and in the end, the Guru kept and protected his Sikh.


When Bhai Manjh climbed out of the well, Guru Arjan was standing before him. Bhai Manjh fell at Guru jee's feet. Guru Arjan asked, "Bhai Manjh! What have you gained by following me? You have lost your wealth, your status, and even your wife. You have lost everything!"

Bhai Manjh held Guru jee's feet even tighter and with tears in his eyes replied, "No Satguru! I have not lost anything. I have only gained. Please don't push me away, this is my only request of you…"

Guru Arjan Dev jee then said, "Bhai Manjh, your sevaa has borne fruit. Ask for anything you want."

Bhai Manjh replied, "Guru jee, bless me that I may never want anything. May I always be content"

Guru jee replied, "It will happen as you request. But still, request something Bhai Manjh…"

Bhai Manjh then said, "If you are happy with me, then have this mercy. It is Kaljug. Please do not scold and test so harshly. May your Sikhs not have to bear such hardships."

Guru Maharaj again said, "This too will happen, but still request something Bhai Manjh." Bhai Manjh finally replied, "May my consciousness remain at your feet and may I never forget the meditation of your Naam. If you wish to bless me, then bless me with gift of limitless faith."

Guru Arjan heard these words and then said, "Manjh is the beloved of the Guru and the Guru is beloved of Manjh. Manjh is the ferry of the Guru who will ferry across the world ocean."

Guru Arjan sent Bhai Manjh home and told him all had been returned. Bhai Manjh did not understand how this would be possible, but had complete faith in the Guru.


Everything Restored


Bhai Manjh's wife had been working in the house of the village head and she made such an impression on him that he decided to make her his sister. He requested that she take the responsibility of raising his only son. He also gave back Bhai Manjh's home where she could raise the boy. Bhai Manjh returned home and was informed of all that had happened and was stunned.

Bhai Manjh never left the support of the Guru. Even at the darkest time he had faith it was all a test and if he stayed firm in his faith, nothing would happen to him. Bhai Manjh was appointed the entire Doaba area to preach Sikhee and he opened a Dharamshaalaa in his home. The langar that Bhai jee opened was famous all around. Many people became Sikhs because of his parchaar. When Guru Arjan Dev jee came to visit the Doaba area in 1596, he made a point of specially visiting Bhai Manjh and praised him for his parchaar.

Bhai Manjh jee is the embodiment of faith and perseverance. Nothing in life could turn him away from the Guru and in the end, the Guru kept and protected his Sikh.