Bhagat Puran Singh Ji

[simmal tree]

[Baldeep Singh]

Vahegurooo Ji ka Khalsaaah, Vaheguroooo Ji Ka Fateeeeh!

Awesome Damalla

Who needs the award when you get the greatest prize of all when the soul-bride returns to the loving embrace of its husband

Vaheguroooo Ji Ka Khalsaaah, Vaheguroooo Ji Ka Fateeeeeh!

[GuruManeyoGranth]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

Dhan Dhan Bhagat Puran Singh Jee

Dhan Guru Dhan Guru Pyare

[The flying SikhMan]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

He got some reward or something for his work from the Indian goverment but after operation bluestar he gave it back said he didnt want something from them!!

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

[Khalsa Fauji]

Gurfateh!!

This is the website, which shows his sewa continuing:

http://www.pingalwaraonline.org/

[Jujharoo]

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Ji

Khalsa Ji,

Bhagat Puran Singh Ji Khalsa's contributions to the PANTH and all of humanity are remarkable. Simply amazing. Unfortunately, Bhagat Ji does not get any recognition. Nobody knows exactly how much seva they did.

Yes, Bhagat Ji was nominated for a nobel prize, but they did not win simply because the prize is controlled by MEDIA. whoever is more "well known" will win and its all actually biased. If certain countries' governments make donations and stuff, their citizens or representatives are more likely to win.

we have all read that Mother Teresa did a lot of humanitarian seva. I dont meant to take anything away from her seva, but let me add she only helped those people that were Christians.

Bhagat Puran Singh Ji Khalsa helped everybody, regardless of religion, caste, race, creed, color of skin, etc. There was absolutely no discrimination. Bhagat Ji helped countless people. Bhagat Ji felt the brotherhood of all human beings. They felt pain for everybody without any discrimination. That is what Bhai Kinehiya Ji taught us as well. Something we can learn from.

I was thinking....a real Sikh should treat everybody with great respect and Pyaar, regardless of religion, skin color etc. but a lot of Sikhs do not do that. We are showing differences amongst our own Panth. Such as Jathay. We treat members of other Jathay differently. Thats not very "KHALSA" like (pure). Not all Sikhs are like this...but a lot of ppl do show difference.

If we haven't realized how to LOVE other GurSikhs....then.....we haven't realized how to LOVE the GURU. Sorry im going off topic h

ere...but we should not just look at a picture or read the Jeevan of such Mahaan GurSikhs like Bhagat Puran Singh Ji....we should copy their qualities too. After all, we are "Sikhs"....students...until we die....so we should be learning.....at all times....til we die.

bhul chuk maaf karo Ji....

[Jujharoo]

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

here is some info on the life & times of Bhagat Puran Singh Ji.

from http://www.sikhcybermuseum.org

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Puran Singh, Bhagat

Great Saint and helper of the disabled (1904-1992)

Bhagat Puran Singh Ji is undoubtedly the single Sikh Hero of this century who worked totally selflessly all his life to provide the last hope to the mentally and terminally ill patients. Whenever he use to see a deserted dead body (human or animal) immediately he would prepare (by his own hand) a grave and give the human or animal a deserving respect of death. He was to Sikhism, what Mother Teresa is to Catholicism.

Against the backdrop of violence and poverty in 1947 he established a premier institute which takes care of sick, disabled and forlorn persons. Whatever money and financial resources he could gathered he used it to establish this institute. It is also believed that he was almost nominated to receive Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 but by not giving him prize it was the loss of sick and disabled persons as well as Nobel Prize committee. His life story is a saga of grit, determination, faith in the almighty and unending love for the suffering humanity. A very brief sketch of Bhagat Ji's life is given below.

Bhagat Puran Singh, born at Rajewal, Distt. Ludhiana on June 4 1904., at the house of Chaudhari Chibu Mal and Mehtab Kaur. In an interview to Patwant Singh Bhagat Puran Singh discloses how he became a Sikh ,in his early lif

e he use to travel a lot from village to village and would stay at a Hindu Temple. One day when he was staying at a Temple Brahmins told him to clean the temple and then when he was done they sat in front of him and ate the food without offering him., Incidentally next time he had to stay at a Gurdwara and Bhai ji of Gurdwara not only gave him good food but also a cot and a glass of milk afterwards., without asking for any sewa for Gurdwara. After this Bhagat Puran Singh didn't even thought twice and became a Khalsa.

He set out in life for the service of the suffering humanity- the greatest religion. He founded Pingalwara in 1947 with a few discarded patients. He was also a writer as well as publisher and an environmentalist. Pingalwara is a very big home of human service. Bhagat Ji's contribution in spreading awareness about the global dangers of environment pollution, increasing soil erosion etc are also commendable. His dedication was awarded with heaps of honours by many quarters. Prestigious among these was the Padamshri award in 1979, which he surrendered in the wake of the army attack on the Golden Temple in 1984. He left for his heavenly abode on August 5, 1992.

As a sturdy youth of moderate means about 70 years ago, Bhagat Puran Singh saw a little boy who couldn’t walk. He decided to be the boy’s carrier "Until the latter could use his own legs".

The boy never did and Bhagat Puran Singh carried him on his shoulders until the time he himself became too frail to walk. And he decided to collect humans who did not have the abilit to help themselves. His Pingalwara became a home for orphans, mentally retarded persons and, the totaly deprived sections of society. It was a primitive place and neither society nor the State helped. The media winked a lot, took occasional notice and lapsed back to winking. But Bhagat Puran Singh carried on.

He remained an avid collector ever since. He collected "human pebbles" from the streets and housed them in Pingalwara. He collected funds

, in driblets rather than droves, to run it. And he collected all the purposeful articles in the newspapers and magazines writings on the economy, environment, public health, population, etc. -- published booklets of these and distributed them free to interested people. The front page of newspapers never interested him. It was amazing to see how his eyes went straight to reports and write-ups dealing with human problems and welfare. He lived all his life for others and packed 72 hours of activity in a normal day.

At this time Pingalwara is run by Dr Inder Jit Kaur, she is also President of All India Pingalwara Charitable Society(Regd). She has embarked upon a mission to produce a movie on the life of Bhai Puran Singh Ji. Please spread this information.

[Guest JSS]

jujharooo

are you NUTS???!!!!

how can you make comments like "mother theresa only helped christians?"

have you been to her freaking centre in calcutta???? PLEASE RELAX ON THE CURSING

she helped everyone and ANYONE she saw who needed it...

yes bhagat pooran singh ji was a great gurmukh piyaraa...and we should recognize all the seva they did...but that's no reason to put other amazing souls down......

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[Jujharoo]

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

Dear JSS Ji,

im terribly sorry that i said something wrong. it breaks my heart that i offended somebody. that truly was not my intention.

i think i should be more careful about posting such things about great souls such as Mother Teresa. However I'm not basing this on something that i heard or something. There was a documentary on her after her passing. It talked about her and her life.

I heard in there and other sources about her humanitarian work towards "Christians." She is respected soo much also because she was one of the first Parcharaks of Christianity. I had also heard that she helped some ppl who were not religious, but she helped them if they went to the center in Calcutta, if they showed interest towards Christianity.

My point is, Im not making this stuff up....i did hear this on tv. I would never dare make up such stuff about great religious souls.

if i am wrong, i humbly apologize on the spot. I ask Akaal Purkh and Mother Teresa for forgiveness if im wrong.

maaf kario Jee _/\_