Alert! Slander Of Dasam Bani And Taksal!

[PSD]

[Matheen]

AFAIK, Sant Isher Singh Ji did not take Amrit from the Dal Panth. They were initiated by Sant Attar Singh Ji Rerusahib wale - and given the name 'Isher Singh'. Before that, they were called Gulab Singh.

Much of their parchaar regarding Simran and Spiritual development was from direct experience - 'hadd beethian' galan.

[HARKIRAT]

next program should be at edward street :D

[khalistan_zindabaad]

Sant Gurbachan Singh Jee

Respected Panthic diamond, treasure-trove of knowledge, Brahm Giani, complete in the practices of the Khalsa, Sant Giani Gurbachan Singh Jee Khalsa Bhindra(n) Vale was born on Wednesday 12 February 1902 at Amrit Vela (Ambrosial Hours). After his birth he was bathed and taken to the Gurdwara into the presence of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee, the Birth Ceremony was performed and Amrit was given to Sant Jee. Karah Parshad was prepared, Ardas performed and a Hukamnama taken. Sant Jee was named from the first letter of the Hukamnama, per Sikh tradition.

His parents were devout Sikhs and due to the religious outlook of the household, from a young age Sant Jee started placing a Rumala over a stool and doing Chaur over it with peacock feathers as a child. In childhood he learnt the correct pronunciations of the following – Panj Granthi, 21 Vars, Bhagat Bani & Das Granthi, and memorised the 5 morning Nitnem Prayers. Upon listening to Kirtan, Sant jee’s spirit would get uplifted to some inexplicable inner spiritual state of enjoining at the feet of Satguru jee. Due to the guidance of his paternal uncle at the age of 7 years, Sant Jee was an Akhand Pathee of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee.

At the age of 13 years he also mastered the Sanskrit language, he read Ramayan, Mahabharat, Yoga Vishest and other Vedic Granths, after understanding and pondering on the teachings of these, Sant Jee read the Faridkoth Teeka of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee, authored by 52 Nirmala intellectuals, he gained much knowledge from this. But the spiritual taste/elixir he was searching for was not discovered.

In 1920 Sant Sundar Singh Jee arrived at Village Akhare on their preaching tour, it was here upon meeting Sant Sundar Singh Jee that the young Sant Gurbachan Singh gained the inner peace that he was searching for. The Jaap/mediation of Vaheguru Gurmantar began intrinsically. By listening to the Katha and Kirtan of Sant Sundar Singh Jee, Sant Gurbachan Singh’s heart was finally filled with peace and bliss. It was at this point that he felt he should become a part of the Khalsa Panth and he took Amrit. He became such a true Khalsa that he made his life a continuous penance, such a blissful repetition of Simran began which he enjoyed to his last moments, a non-stop invigorating meditation. Mind, body and wealth were all sacrificed at the feet of the Guru. After seeing the Nanakana Sahib Shaheedi Episode:

qnu mnu kwit kwit sBu ArpI ivic AgnI Awpu jlweI ]4]

I would cut my mind and body into pieces, and offer them to You;I would burn myself in fire. ||4||(Ang 757)

They imbued the spirit of this quote into their lifestyle. On the top floor of Sri Harimander Sahib (Amritsar) they meditated on Gurmantar and Moolmantar for 3 months.

jqu pwhwrw DIrju suinAwru ]

Let self-control be the furnace, and patience the goldsmith. (Ang 8)

They attained the great living of the above quote and gained much spirituality through their meditations and prayers.

In 1921 they went to Bindra Kala(n) Gurdwara and met the respected Sant Sundar Singh Jee and humbly asked for the blessing of Brahm Vidiya – Knowledge of God. As a jeweller can recognise the value of a gem, in the same manner Sant Sundar Singh Jee recognised the greatness of Sant Gurbachan Singh Jee at this young age (19), he embraced him with affection and kept a watchful eye upon him. He started to live in the Jatha on a permanent basis. Sant Gurbachan Singh jee started doping seva of Sangat and Sant Sundar Singh Jee, and were always praying to be accepted in the house of Guru Nanak.

Daily he would rise at 1am, after doing ishnaan – they would do simran for 45 minutes. His daily duty was to do the ishnaan of the Gurdwara Sahib, to perform Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee’s Parkash and to recite Sri Japji Sahib and Sri Sukhmani Sahib and to start the Kirtan. He performed his duty with much affection, purity, dedication, commitment and discipline. He listened to Sant Sundar Singh Jee narrate the Katha of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee a total of 4 times and was educated in the following by Sant Jee – Bhai Gurdas Jee’s Vaars & Kabit Svayas, Bhai Nand Lal Jee’s writings, Sri Dasam Granth Sahib, Sri Guru Panth Parkash, Sri Gur Bilaas – 6th & 10th Guru and many other accepted writings. By reading, meditating, listening, accepting and practising Gurbani, the true mystical meanings of Gurbani were realised by him. He got educated in other faiths to further his knowledge, he studied Yoga Vedant, Panj Dasee, Moksh Panth & other Granths along with which he studied Sikh History. He read 125,000 Japji Sahib’s and performed 3,060,000 meditations of Mool Mantar and countless meditations of Vaheguru simran were performed during this period.

In this manner, his mind was always attuned to Gurbani. At night whilst asleep he would even start uttering Gurbani in his sleep. His voice was very sweet, his pronunciation of Gurbani was always correct (Shudh), due to his immense love with Gurbani Sant Sundar Singh Jee appointed him his Paathi (reciter of Gurbani) for Katha. Khalsa Jee’s waking of Amrit Vela (1am in this case), daily recitals, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee’s seva and his joy and respect in performing this seva, sweet and gentle character, understanding of mystical meanings of Gurbani, his achievements and love of Sikh discipline, all these qualities are of the few Gurmukhs that have existed. When reciting Paath for Katha, Khalsa Jee would raise his living/spiritual experience to the stages being narrated.

Sant Sundar Singh Jee narrated the complete Katha of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee at Boporai, Khalsa Jee was the Paathee throughout the Katha and on the day of the Bhog (close) of the Katha, he honoured Khalsa Jee (Sant Gurbachan Singh Jee) with a Siropa (robe of honour) and he said to the sangat, “With us (in the Jatha) we have countless Gurmukhs who have got educated, some have gone on to full-time employment, many have gone on to get entangled in the demands of a householders life (Grahist), but the teachings that were taught to me by Sant Bishan Singh Jee Murale Vale, it is only Khalsa Jee who has met all the teachings of Sant Bishan Singh Jee. Sant Bishan Singh Jee honoured me with many gifts and today I place all these gifts in the keep of Khalsa Jee. The Jathedari of Damdami Taksal started by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee is being given to Khalsa Jee – with this Siropa.

On 15 February 1930 Sant Baba Sundar Singh Jee ascended to Sach Kand and Khalsa Jee stayed at Boporai and completed the Katha of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee 3 times and after about 3 and half years along with 16 lucky Gurmukhs they started doing Parchaar on a touring basis. Gurbani Kirtan, Katha, preaching, educating Singhs – making them astute in all aspects of Gurmat and initiating others into the Khalsa Panth were the foremost aims of Khalsa Jee.

On many occasions they would walk many miles along with the Jatha Singhs. Punjab, Kashmir, Peshawar, Benares, Patna Sahib, Jagannath Puri, Rameshwaran, Sri Hazur Sahib, Calcutta, Bombay were all visited and Parchar done. In India there are only a few areas/cities where Khalsa Jee did not visit in their life, to grow the tree of the Sikh Nation and bless people with Amrit/initiation into the Khalsa Panth. Khalsa Jee’s dedication to Khalsa discipline and promotion of solely Gurmat was truly a heart-felt passion.

Just as a lotus flower stays detached/floating along water, in the same manner Khalsa Jee was forever detached from Maya (worldly illusion). Thousands were initiated into the Sikh-fold being enlightened by Khalsa Jee, thousands were taught the correct pronunciations of Gurbani and countless Gianis were moulded. In literature Khalsa Jee has immensely contributed by writing various tracts/pothis about Gurbani and Sikh History and Sikh discipline. He did the construction seva of many Gurdwaras. His katha was so inspirational that if one heard it the once, they never forgot it and they would listen to it repeatedly to further their lifestyle to higher morality and spirituality.

Whilst doing Katha/Kirtan Parchar – the Sangat invited him to Village Mehta, Khalsa Jee accepted the invite and went to Mehta. On 28 June 1961 at Mehta on Thursday at 2.10am their breathing started slowing down and whilst doing Vaheguru Simran, Khalsa Jee merged back into the light that he had come from (back to God). Taking Khalsa Jee to Amritsar Sahib water was taken from the Amrit Sarovar and Khalsa Jee’s ishnaan was performed outside the Gurdwara complex. According to Khalsa Jee’s wishes he’s body was cremated at Patalpuri – Sri Kiratpur Sahib.

On three occasions prior to ascending to Sachkand, Khalsa Jee had commented on Sant Kartar Singh Jee becoming the next Jathedar of Damdami Taksal, Sant Kartar Singh Jee was a great scholar, a Gursikh, complete in Khalsa discipline, forever reciting Gurbani and of high morals and spirituality. All the Sikh world will forever be indebted to Sant Giani Gurbachan Singh Jee Khalsa, who for the benefit of humanity, for approximately 40 years dedicated their life to Gurmat Parchar and gave thousands direction in improving their characters/lifestyle. However much we talk about their sacrifice, it is still little and we cannot express true gratitude or complete praise of their inexplicable seva.

damdamitaksaal.org

P.S it is not Taksaal nor Rara Sahib Maryada to do Amrit Sanchaar in hazoori of Sri Dasm Granth, Only in Hazoori of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee

[humkire]

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Loll, nice to see u too.... I'm not staying, i don't really have time for forums. However, the admins are really loving my name at this moment in time, so i have to sort it out...''

dont go away kumi .we are all one family .sometimes we quarrel over complex matters ,and sometimes we agree on other matters .thats life in a family or society or online community etc .everyone is needed here .dont go bcos someone makes you feel unneeded or unloved or casts doubts over you .stay because u inspire others .we all inspire each other in many different ways .somtimes i have read your posts and had a good laugh ,or felt touched and loved ,or very inspired so stay and contribute .remember lots of things have grey areas no matter how stubbornl our beliefs can be .a lot of stuff we all argue about on here will get resolved in time ,so why fall out with one another over them .we all have to work together to eradicate differences between us ,to cleanse khalsa panth of hero worship ,and to place gurmat on sound ,common ground ,verified,orderly ,scholarly footing ,so that the panth is not fractured into little splinters each with their own parochial loyalties and beliefs .

so stay on and keep inspiring and contributing constructively please .you are needed .

[kam1825]

i have seen no nirmala samparda other then taksal ever do prakash of Sri Dasam Granth along with the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The Nirmala tend to keep their complete focus on Sri GUru Granth Sahib Ji. Thats the reason why you wont find the prakash of Dasam Granth at places like Rara Sahib

[Khaalis]

"i have seen no nirmala samparda other then taksal ever do prakash of Sri Dasam Granth along with the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The Nirmala tend to keep their complete focus on Sri GUru Granth Sahib Ji. Thats the reason why you wont find the prakash of Dasam Granth at places like Rara Sahib"

Correct. As nirmala samprada is bhagti focused, they have no need for majority of Dasam Bani.

Although there were excellent exceptions like Baba Sahib Singh Ji, Baba Maharaj Singh Ji etc.

[valli singh]

Khaalis,

The only thing I would like to point out about your post is that it is a common misconception that Baba Sahib Singh Bedi was a Nirmala, (this false notion has been spread on Niddar Singh's site and elsewhere).

For many generations me and my family have been devout followers of the Laxman Das Sampardai, which is actually the oldest, unbroken Sant/Satguru lineage in Sikh history as it was given by Guru Nanak to his son Baba Laxman Das ji as a grishti lineage that would never end until Sat Yug.

This lineage of brahmgianis flourished as a Sehajdhari gaddi in which the Gurdev wore the same clothing as Baba Nanak (seli topi and robes) until Guru Gobind Singh gave a boon to Baba Kaladhari Bedi that his sipahi jyot would blaze this samparda into prominence, Baba Ajit Singh Bedi, the next in line took Amrit from Buddha Dal and gave brahmgyan to his son Baba Sahib Singh Bedi, who in turn gave brahmgyan to Baba Bikaram Singh.

So my point is, this sant lineage far pre-existed the Daya Singh Sampardai, Sobha Singh was not Sahib Singh Bedi's guru, but Baba Sahib Singh Bedi gave brahmgian to Baba Bhag Singh and also to the great Bir Singh who did seva at Una Sahib for only a short time before becoming god-conscious by Baba Sahib Singh's grace who also gave the boon that Baba Hotimardan Wale would be born. So yes he is technically part of that lineage and he granted it many boons, but he was not a Nirmala--he was a Nihang of Budha Dal and he had his own pre-existing lineage with a Bedi predecessor and successor.

This lineage still exits to this day in Panjab under Baba Karam Singh (Banur Sahib), though the Bedi family head is the famous Sarbjot Singh who is a well-known politicial figure.

[kam1825]

Baba Sahib Singh Ji Bedi were the mahaan hasti which many sampardas try to associate with. Really they are of the Bedi Samparda as Valli Singh has pointed out but you can find alot of information about them through the nirmalas and sewapanthis.

The Sri Bir Mrigesh and the Tatsar Granths mention Baba Sahib Singh Ji. Giani Ishar SIngh Nara has written alot about this samparda. The Sri Sant Rattan Mala about the Sewapanthis also has alot written about Baba Sahib Singh Ji Bedi.

Sobha Ram has also written a granth in Kaav about baba Sahib Singh Ji Bedi.

[AK-47]

I hope all the singhs and kaurs who have been involved in this and other threads concerning dasam bani are actually reading the chaupai sahib from sri dasam granth sahib ji for the chardi kala of the panth (www.chaupaisahib.org).

After all theres no better parchar then actually living it.

Can we all make an attempt to contribute something positive to the panth via the paath and the ardasa, nobody should be able to argue on this bani, so please can we start that and perhaps leave this argument behind now?

o and ps nobody seems to have actually looked at the videos and either agreed with or disagreed with the views on them! But we started fighting about something else!

best way to do parchar of dasam granth sahib ji - is to do the parchar within dasam granth sahib ji!

We cant force anyone to accept the bani, or to accept the parkash or anything else until they know what maharajh is saying. And the sad fact is not many of know. So lets focus on learning the bani/santhia/katha etc of it shall we?