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<blockquote data-quote="cjsingh" data-source="post: 185556" data-attributes="member: 19581"><p>Thnks paji....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Here is brief about Who was Baba Virsa singh?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ef0000"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ef0000"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #ef0000"><p style="text-align: left">Baba Ji and His Work</p><p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"><p style="text-align: left">Baba Virsa Singh ji is a holy person of Biblical proportions whose powerful spirituality was first</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">recognized when he was a child. Born on 20 February 1934 in the rural village of Raja Jung outside</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">of Lahore, he was uprooted in 1947 by Partition and moved with his family to Sarawan Bodla, a</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">mud-brick village in Punjab, India. He spent his days plowing and working on the family farm, until</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">one day in his late teens he experienced great anguish while cutting fodder for the animals. As the</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">sap poured out, Babaji was consumed with the feeling that he had committed a great sin and prayed</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">to be released from that duty. At once, sores appeared on the soles of his feet, so painful that he</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">could not work. From that time, he began meditating day and night under the Beri tree in the</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">courtyard, calling out to the One whose presence he could feel to “Please come – please show</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">yourself.” Babaji became so thin that his father took him to a local doctor. He still laughs when he</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">remembers that time, as the doctor could not find anything wrong with him.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Then one day, an awesome figure appeared to him. It was Baba Siri Chand ji, the great sixteenthcentury</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">mystic and elder son of Guru Nanak Dev ji, the first Sikh Guru. Not long thereafter, Baba</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Siri Chand ji returned and said, “I’ve brought my Father.” There before the young man stood Guru</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Nanak Dev ji. Babaji recalls the scene as vividly as if it were today: “How can I ever forget the day?</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Of how He came and stood before me. Baba Siri Chand said ‘I'll introduce you to my Father.’ They</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">were both very tall - over 6 feet. Guru Nanak Dev ji wore </p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"><em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT'">lathu-wale karavan </span></em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">(wooden sandals with</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">a central “toe” knob) and his </span><em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT'">chola </span></em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">(long gown) was mouse-colored. He stood in front of me. I never</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">bowed or anything. Baba Siri Chand ji, said ‘My Father has come.’ Guru Nanak spoke, ‘So you</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">think you need a Guru?’ I said ‘Yes.’ ‘Can you see my body?’ I said, ‘Yes’. ‘Can you see my face?’</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">I said yes. ‘Do you see my lips moving? Repeat what I’m about to tell you and share it with others.’</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Then He said, ‘Repeat after me – </span><em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT'">Ek Onkar Satnam Siri WaheGuru </span></em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">- recite this.’ He gave me this</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">shabad (sacred words) and said: ‘Give this shabad to the people.’ Then he said a very special thing.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">‘I received Nam this way myself.’ That is a very profound thought. Then Guru Gobind Singh ji</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">came. He had His own ways. He gave me many boons.”</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">After that, Baba Siri Chand ji and Guru Gobind Singh ji were constantly with him, instructing the</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">young man in strict meditation and in service to humanity. It was then that Baba Virsa Singh was</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">shown that he would have to work very hard, that his fame and wealth would spread, that he would</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">develop great farms, and perhaps most strange, that he would have a great following in Russia.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">When the boy began healing intractable diseases by giving people leaves from the Beri tree where he</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">sat - or when the leaves were gone, simply by dipping his fingers in water - bringing the dead back</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">to life, and transforming people's lives, villagers recognized that great spiritual powers were</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">developing within him. They began to gather around him, and all have stories of the miracles that</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">happened daily among his followers.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Obeying the command of God, Babaji moved from place to place, from Karnal in Haryana, North of</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Bareilly in UP, to Simla, Amritsar, Chandigarh and finally Delhi, reminding people of </span><em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT'">dharma</span></em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">, the</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Eternal Truths of all religions beyond any sectarian divisions. He was directed to some dry, thorny,</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">rocky land at the south end of Delhi offered by a devotee, Sardarni Nirlep Kaur. And in June of 1968</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">he began to develop that land into what is now Gobind Sadan, "God’s House Without Walls”—a</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">paradise of peaceful gardens, tree-lined paths, round-the-clock devotional centers, and a free</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Obeying the command of God, Babaji moved from place to place, from Karnal in Haryana, North of</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Bareilly in UP, to Simla, Amritsar, Chandigarh and finally Delhi, reminding people of </span><em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT'">dharma</span></em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">, the</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Eternal Truths of all religions beyond any sectarian divisions. He was directed to some dry, thorny,</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">rocky land at the south end of Delhi offered by a devotee, Sardarni Nirlep Kaur. And in June of 1968</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">he began to develop that land into what is now Gobind Sadan, "God’s House Without Walls”—a</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">paradise of peaceful gardens, tree-lined paths, round-the-clock devotional centers, and a free</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">community kitchen for people of all faiths and all social levels where miracles are everyday</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">occurrences. He developed farms elsewhere as well, including the huge model farm known as Shiv</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Sadan, reclaimed from a dangerous flood-prone wasteland on the banks of the holy river Ganges.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">People of all faiths and many countries come to Babaji at Gobind Sadan for his blessings and</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">guidance, for practical spiritual training, for devotional worship, and for </span><em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT'">seva </span></em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">(voluntary service).</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Those working on the farms do strenuous manual labor from dawn to dusk, raising lush productive</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">crops with yields far exceeding those in surrounding areas. The sevadars do not tire; they say they</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">feel invigorated and blessed by the work. As they work, Babaji encourages them to silently recite</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">God’s Holy Name in loving remembrance </span><em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT'">("Ik Onkar Sat Nam Siri Wahe Guru"—"There is One</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: left"><em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT'">God whose name is Truth, Praise the Ever Greater ,ever more wondrous God”) </span></em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">and </span><em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT'">Jaap Sahib –</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT'"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT'"></span></em><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"><p style="text-align: left">Guru Gobind Singh’s empowering Hymns of Praise.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">The work supports Babaji¡’s mission to overcome poverty and religious</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">conflict and bring peace to both individuals and the world. To heal those</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">poor in spirit, prayers are offered round the clock. To uplift the deserving poor, langars (free</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">community meals where people of all castes sit side by side on the ground), free medical care,</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">schooling for children, are offered free of cost. And to teach reverence for all those who bring God’</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">message and their teachings, Babaji holds interfaith gatherings and celebrates the major holidays of</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">all religions.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Baba Virsa Singh makes no claim to being a guru; he does not seek fame, followers, or money. He</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">says, "I am just trying to be a better human being. What I say is not new. I just repeat the commands</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">of God so that people will remember them." The lives and teachings of the Sikh Gurus are the model</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">for his practical work, yet he continually refers to the timeless teachings revealed by all Prophets. He</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">stresses that sectarian divisions have been created by humans, not by God or God's Messengers. His</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">basic program is the same for everyone: Recite Nam, read Jaap Sahib (Guru Gobind Singh’s</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">empowering Hymn of God's praises), do seva and rise early in the morning to begin thanking God</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">and looking within yourself to battle with your own evils.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Babaji is highly respected as a world class leader, by scholars (though he has not received any</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">formal worldly education), by government officials (though he seeks no one's favor), by scientists</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">(who find truth in Babaji's words and presence even if they have been religious skeptics), and by</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">religious leaders and devotees of all faiths (for he sincerely loves and encourages appreciation of all</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Prophets and scriptures). Although multitudes have been blessed, healed and personally transformed</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">through his influence and by following the practical program he recommends, Babaji continually</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">says, "God is the only Doer, the One who gives you everything. Give all your love to God."</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">The love of God is a basic theme running through all of Babaji's teachings. When he is not in</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">secluded meditation, he gives informal, spontaneous discourses. He speaks in sweet and simple</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">village Punjabi, mixed with esoteric spiritual terms from many languages and religions, charged with</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">profound spiritual meaning. These discourses have inspired and transformed the lives of countless</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">people and have produced practical demonstrations of God’s power to change the world. We have</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">gathered the essence of these teachings from many discourses and offer them to you topic by topic</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">that you too may grow in your love for God.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">village Punjabi, mixed with esoteric spiritual terms from many languages and religions, charged with</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">profound spiritual meaning. These discourses have inspired and transformed the lives of countless</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">people and have produced practical demonstrations of God’s power to change the world. </p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Paji Dharam(Religion) is not just a theoritical matter to be discussed in forums and web sites.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Its 100 % practical.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Guru Nanak Dev ji said "Kirat Karo,Naam Jappo,Wand Shakko"</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">means "Do your work,remember the Almighty and say thanks,and share"</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">And that is what has been done by Baba Virsa Singh ji.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">He is having big farms producing huge amount of crops but all the profit is used for the upliftment of the society(poor people),for education,medical facilities to the poors,langars etc.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">They never ask for Donation.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">They do work and share the earnings.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">And this is the mission of Guru Nanak Dev ji.(Kirat,Naam,Share)</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">These are very simple things to say but are we really following the teachings of our gurus.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Just bowing in front of Sri Guru Granth Saheb ji does not fulfill any purpose untill and unless we follow the teachings of Gurus in our life.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Nothing will change if we'll not follow what guru says.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">And paji Guru granth Saheb ji says </p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">"Rain comes,grass grows,cows eat that grass and give milk,women make butter from milk and then GHEE(Ghyo) from butter and when that GHEE is used in Havan,It will give you success in your work"</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">I'll find the exact Shabad and post it.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">So all my brothers and sisters here,</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">See what is happening these days,we dont know anything about religion and we start teaching others.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Instead of this if we more concentrate on following the Gurus messages,it would be much more beneficial.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Dont make any perception about anything without knowing it well.</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'">Thanks</p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPSMT'"></p><p></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cjsingh, post: 185556, member: 19581"] Thnks paji.... Here is brief about Who was Baba Virsa singh? [B][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ef0000][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ef0000][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ef0000][LEFT]Baba Ji and His Work[/LEFT] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ef0000][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ef0000][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ef0000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT][LEFT]Baba Virsa Singh ji is a holy person of Biblical proportions whose powerful spirituality was first recognized when he was a child. Born on 20 February 1934 in the rural village of Raja Jung outside of Lahore, he was uprooted in 1947 by Partition and moved with his family to Sarawan Bodla, a mud-brick village in Punjab, India. He spent his days plowing and working on the family farm, until one day in his late teens he experienced great anguish while cutting fodder for the animals. As the sap poured out, Babaji was consumed with the feeling that he had committed a great sin and prayed to be released from that duty. At once, sores appeared on the soles of his feet, so painful that he could not work. From that time, he began meditating day and night under the Beri tree in the courtyard, calling out to the One whose presence he could feel to “Please come – please show yourself.” Babaji became so thin that his father took him to a local doctor. He still laughs when he remembers that time, as the doctor could not find anything wrong with him. Then one day, an awesome figure appeared to him. It was Baba Siri Chand ji, the great sixteenthcentury mystic and elder son of Guru Nanak Dev ji, the first Sikh Guru. Not long thereafter, Baba Siri Chand ji returned and said, “I’ve brought my Father.” There before the young man stood Guru Nanak Dev ji. Babaji recalls the scene as vividly as if it were today: “How can I ever forget the day? Of how He came and stood before me. Baba Siri Chand said ‘I'll introduce you to my Father.’ They were both very tall - over 6 feet. Guru Nanak Dev ji wore [/LEFT][/FONT][LEFT][I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT]lathu-wale karavan [/FONT][/I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT](wooden sandals with a central “toe” knob) and his [/FONT][I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT]chola [/FONT][/I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT](long gown) was mouse-colored. He stood in front of me. I never bowed or anything. Baba Siri Chand ji, said ‘My Father has come.’ Guru Nanak spoke, ‘So you think you need a Guru?’ I said ‘Yes.’ ‘Can you see my body?’ I said, ‘Yes’. ‘Can you see my face?’ I said yes. ‘Do you see my lips moving? Repeat what I’m about to tell you and share it with others.’ Then He said, ‘Repeat after me – [/FONT][I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT]Ek Onkar Satnam Siri WaheGuru [/FONT][/I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT]- recite this.’ He gave me this shabad (sacred words) and said: ‘Give this shabad to the people.’ Then he said a very special thing. ‘I received Nam this way myself.’ That is a very profound thought. Then Guru Gobind Singh ji came. He had His own ways. He gave me many boons.” After that, Baba Siri Chand ji and Guru Gobind Singh ji were constantly with him, instructing the young man in strict meditation and in service to humanity. It was then that Baba Virsa Singh was shown that he would have to work very hard, that his fame and wealth would spread, that he would develop great farms, and perhaps most strange, that he would have a great following in Russia. When the boy began healing intractable diseases by giving people leaves from the Beri tree where he sat - or when the leaves were gone, simply by dipping his fingers in water - bringing the dead back to life, and transforming people's lives, villagers recognized that great spiritual powers were developing within him. They began to gather around him, and all have stories of the miracles that happened daily among his followers. Obeying the command of God, Babaji moved from place to place, from Karnal in Haryana, North of Bareilly in UP, to Simla, Amritsar, Chandigarh and finally Delhi, reminding people of [/FONT][I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT]dharma[/FONT][/I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT], the Eternal Truths of all religions beyond any sectarian divisions. He was directed to some dry, thorny, rocky land at the south end of Delhi offered by a devotee, Sardarni Nirlep Kaur. And in June of 1968 he began to develop that land into what is now Gobind Sadan, "God’s House Without Walls”—a paradise of peaceful gardens, tree-lined paths, round-the-clock devotional centers, and a free Obeying the command of God, Babaji moved from place to place, from Karnal in Haryana, North of Bareilly in UP, to Simla, Amritsar, Chandigarh and finally Delhi, reminding people of [/FONT][I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT]dharma[/FONT][/I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT], the Eternal Truths of all religions beyond any sectarian divisions. He was directed to some dry, thorny, rocky land at the south end of Delhi offered by a devotee, Sardarni Nirlep Kaur. And in June of 1968 he began to develop that land into what is now Gobind Sadan, "God’s House Without Walls”—a paradise of peaceful gardens, tree-lined paths, round-the-clock devotional centers, and a free community kitchen for people of all faiths and all social levels where miracles are everyday occurrences. He developed farms elsewhere as well, including the huge model farm known as Shiv Sadan, reclaimed from a dangerous flood-prone wasteland on the banks of the holy river Ganges. People of all faiths and many countries come to Babaji at Gobind Sadan for his blessings and guidance, for practical spiritual training, for devotional worship, and for [/FONT][I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT]seva [/FONT][/I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT](voluntary service). Those working on the farms do strenuous manual labor from dawn to dusk, raising lush productive crops with yields far exceeding those in surrounding areas. The sevadars do not tire; they say they feel invigorated and blessed by the work. As they work, Babaji encourages them to silently recite God’s Holy Name in loving remembrance [/FONT][I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT]("Ik Onkar Sat Nam Siri Wahe Guru"—"There is One God whose name is Truth, Praise the Ever Greater ,ever more wondrous God”) [/FONT][/I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT]and [/FONT][I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT]Jaap Sahib –[/FONT][/I][/LEFT][I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT] [/font][/I][FONT=TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT][/FONT][FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT][LEFT]Guru Gobind Singh’s empowering Hymns of Praise. The work supports Babaji¡’s mission to overcome poverty and religious conflict and bring peace to both individuals and the world. To heal those poor in spirit, prayers are offered round the clock. To uplift the deserving poor, langars (free community meals where people of all castes sit side by side on the ground), free medical care, schooling for children, are offered free of cost. And to teach reverence for all those who bring God’ message and their teachings, Babaji holds interfaith gatherings and celebrates the major holidays of all religions. Baba Virsa Singh makes no claim to being a guru; he does not seek fame, followers, or money. He says, "I am just trying to be a better human being. What I say is not new. I just repeat the commands of God so that people will remember them." The lives and teachings of the Sikh Gurus are the model for his practical work, yet he continually refers to the timeless teachings revealed by all Prophets. He stresses that sectarian divisions have been created by humans, not by God or God's Messengers. His basic program is the same for everyone: Recite Nam, read Jaap Sahib (Guru Gobind Singh’s empowering Hymn of God's praises), do seva and rise early in the morning to begin thanking God and looking within yourself to battle with your own evils. Babaji is highly respected as a world class leader, by scholars (though he has not received any formal worldly education), by government officials (though he seeks no one's favor), by scientists (who find truth in Babaji's words and presence even if they have been religious skeptics), and by religious leaders and devotees of all faiths (for he sincerely loves and encourages appreciation of all Prophets and scriptures). Although multitudes have been blessed, healed and personally transformed through his influence and by following the practical program he recommends, Babaji continually says, "God is the only Doer, the One who gives you everything. Give all your love to God." The love of God is a basic theme running through all of Babaji's teachings. When he is not in secluded meditation, he gives informal, spontaneous discourses. He speaks in sweet and simple village Punjabi, mixed with esoteric spiritual terms from many languages and religions, charged with profound spiritual meaning. These discourses have inspired and transformed the lives of countless people and have produced practical demonstrations of God’s power to change the world. We have gathered the essence of these teachings from many discourses and offer them to you topic by topic that you too may grow in your love for God. village Punjabi, mixed with esoteric spiritual terms from many languages and religions, charged with profound spiritual meaning. These discourses have inspired and transformed the lives of countless people and have produced practical demonstrations of God’s power to change the world. Paji Dharam(Religion) is not just a theoritical matter to be discussed in forums and web sites. Its 100 % practical. Guru Nanak Dev ji said "Kirat Karo,Naam Jappo,Wand Shakko" means "Do your work,remember the Almighty and say thanks,and share" And that is what has been done by Baba Virsa Singh ji. He is having big farms producing huge amount of crops but all the profit is used for the upliftment of the society(poor people),for education,medical facilities to the poors,langars etc. They never ask for Donation. They do work and share the earnings. And this is the mission of Guru Nanak Dev ji.(Kirat,Naam,Share) These are very simple things to say but are we really following the teachings of our gurus. Just bowing in front of Sri Guru Granth Saheb ji does not fulfill any purpose untill and unless we follow the teachings of Gurus in our life. Nothing will change if we'll not follow what guru says. And paji Guru granth Saheb ji says "Rain comes,grass grows,cows eat that grass and give milk,women make butter from milk and then GHEE(Ghyo) from butter and when that GHEE is used in Havan,It will give you success in your work" I'll find the exact Shabad and post it. So all my brothers and sisters here, See what is happening these days,we dont know anything about religion and we start teaching others. Instead of this if we more concentrate on following the Gurus messages,it would be much more beneficial. Dont make any perception about anything without knowing it well. Thanks [/LEFT] [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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