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Understanding Gurbani
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 114074" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: Blue">Make an effort not to read the sakhi literally. It explains my point and the message of the shabad. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Bhagat Dhanna Ji</strong> was a Sikh <a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Bhagat" target="_blank">Bhagat</a> who was born in about 1415, in Dhuan village in Tantr state, Rajasthan, of present day North West India. He was a simple Indian farmer who worked hard on his farm all day tending his crops. He used to go past the house of a Clever Pundit everyday on the way to his work on the farm. Dhanna Ji used to listen to the Pundit singing religions verses and carry out various ritualistic acts, which were beyond the understanding of this simple Jatt. He found these acts intriguing but never asked the religious man about any of the things that he had observed in the many years that he had gone past the Pundit’s house. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">One day, Bhai Dhanna ji was passing the pundit's house and noticed that the religious man was feeding his <a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Thakur" target="_blank">Thakur</a> - a stone idol. Bhai Dhanna ji was quite puzzled by what he was observing. On this occasion as he had some free time, so he went and asked the Pundit. Dhanna Ji asked <em>"Pundit Ji, What are you doing?" </em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em></em></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">The Pundit was very hungry and wanted to get this feeding over as soon as possible and really wasn't in a mood for Bhai Dhanna ji's simple inquiries. He replied, <em>"Oh, nothing, I am just feeding my Thakur. Now if you will excuse me..." </em> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Bhai Dhanna ji found that incredibly funny, <em>"What is the use of feeding a stone?"</em></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Pundit, <em>"This is not a stone, it is God. It’s Thakur!" </em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Dhanna, <em>"Really? What happens if you feed the Stone... I mean, what happens when you feed the Thakur?” </em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Pundit: <em>"The Thakur gives you everything!! If you can please God, you will get everything. Now, I really must ask you to leave...I have a lot to do"</em></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Bhai Dhanna ji liked this idea of giving a little food to this small God and getting back everything. So Bhai Dhanna ji asked the pundit if he could also have a Thakur. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">At this time, the pundit's stomach was audibly complaining about lack of food. So he hastily picked up the nearest stone off the ground and said, <em>"Here. First feed Thakur, then you eat. Understood! Goodbye." </em> Saying that the pundit dived into the food left over by Thakur. <em>“Lovely I really could not have waited any longer!” </em> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/File:Dhanna1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/images/thumb/0/03/Dhanna1.jpg/250px-Dhanna1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px">Bhai Dhanna ji held the stone closely to his chest and hurried home. As soon as Bhai Dhanna ji got home, he first carefully and loving washed the stone. Having bathed the Thakur, Dhanna then cooked the best meal he knew - Saag and Makkee di Roti - for dinner. He placed it in front of Thakur and said, <span style="color: Red"><em>"Here Thakur ji, please eat this food, I have made it lovingly for you. Afterwards, I want to discuss many things with you. I need a new cow for example, and a few other simple requests - but for now, please eat."</em></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Saying that Bhai Dhanna ji sat in front of Thakur and waited. And waited. And waited. After a while, Bhai Dhanna ji said, <em>"Look Thakur, I really have no time for your play. Come and eat at once! I have many things to do."</em></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">After several hours, Bhai Dhanna ji thought perhaps Thakur ji was annoyed at him – May be he has done something wrong. So Bhai Dhanna ji tried to persuade Thakur ji to forgive him: <em>"Look here Thakur, I haven't eaten in a while. Now it is entirely possible that I have done something to annoy you but believe you me, we can discuss this much better after this Saag and Makkee dee Roti is in our stomachs."</em> Still nothing happened. Slowly the night deepened. It was now pitch dark outside and the Thakur was showing no signs of eating the delicious food. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Bhai Dhanna ji was now getting angry and said, <em>"Look Thakur, I have one nerve left and you are dancing on it. Either eat your food or I will...."</em>, Bhai Dhanna ji couldn't really think of anything else to say so he bust out in anger. Still nothing happened! The angry outburst had no effect on the Thakur. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Pretty soon, Danna ji could see light skies in the East and soon it was going to became daylight. Bhai Dhanna ji felt quite disoriented and confused. Sometimes Bhai Dhanna ji would curse the Thakur, sometimes Bhai Dhanna ji would hug the Thakur and sometimes Bhai Dhanna ji would start crying. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Two long and hungry nights and days passed in this manner. Dhanna ji tried every way to convince the Thakur to take the food. He tried with all the tricks that he knew, with all the love that he could muster, with all the pleadings that he knew, with all the anger – But nothing appeared to work. Dhanna Ji was a stubborn farmer but he was failing miserably here. However, his conviction had not faltered. He kept working on his begging and pleadings. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Then at amrit vela (early dawn) on the third day, when Dhanna ji was too weak to curse any more, Waheguru decided to intervene. To stop Dhanna from going mad, Waheguru gave Bhai Danna a vision in the form of a young man. It was the most beautiful body of a young man. Dhanna ji lost all his anger and just stared at the young man. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Speaking through the young man Waheguru said, <em>"Dhanna ji, Sorry, I am late…”</em> Dhanna ji interrupted and said, <em>“I will warm up the food. Thakur Ji you must eat the food – You must also be very hungry”</em> Dhanna Ji fed the young man and ate the remaining food himself after having stayed hungry for over 2 days. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">After, eating the food, Dhanna Ji said to Waheguru, <em>“As I said to you two days ago, I have a few things to discuss with you. First there is the work of the farm and then…”</em> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Bhai Dhanna ji fell head over heels in love with the young man (through whom God spoke to him). He couldn't resist being with the young man. They spent the next few days literally arm in arm. Even at night, Bhai Dhanna ji would hold Waheguru 's hand and listen to Waheguru's songs - Waheguru sang a lot - and would drift off to sleep. A week later, the Pundit was passing Bhai Dhanna ji's hut. Bhai Dhanna ji saw him and ran to him and said, <em>"Oh, Pundit ji, you are the most wonderful man. I can never thank you enough for giving me that marvellous Thakur..."</em> </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Pundit, <em>"What you on about??? OK, Oh, yeah, sure, anytime. Look, I am in a hurry. I am going to the big Pundit conference ..."</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"> Bhai Dhanna ji: <em>"But please come and drink some lassi (Milk Shake). Thakur ji makes the best lassi."</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Pundit: <em>"What now? What are you saying? Thakur makes something?"</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Bhai Dhanna ji: <em>"Oh yes! It’s the best in the world. Just look at him, how handsome he is!"</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Pundit ji looked and indeed he could see that someone was pushing the cows on the farm. And yet there was nobody to be seen. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Pundit ji: <em>"Who is controlling the cows. Who is that?"</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Bhai Dhanna ji: <em>"Why, that is Thakur ji, of course. Can’t you recognise him. Oh, you should hear him sing...It’s out of this world!"</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Pundit ji was quite intrigued by now. And kept repeatedly asking Bhai Dhanna ji about Thakur. After a while Bhai Dhanna ji realized that Pundit could not see Thakur ji. Dhanna ji promised that he would talk to Thakur about this. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"> The Pundit left. Bhai Dhanna ji went to Waheguru and said, <em>"Thakur ji, how come Pundit ji can't see you?"</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Waheguru: <em>"The Pundit really doesn't want to see me. He is more interested in my maid – Maya and he is captivated in it entanglement. He has no real interest in me only in my creation"</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Dhanna ji: <em>"But I don't understand. Why can I see you and others cannot? How can one begin to see you?"</em></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Waheguru: <em>"One has to become pure. And in this age, Dhanna ji, the only way to become pure is by reciting Naam."</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Dhanna ji: <em>"Naam?"</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Waheguru: <em>"Naam is the magic of this age. Even a few minutes of Naam Simran will bring the magic that is needed to see me."</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Dhanna ji: <em>"But, I haven't recited Naam. How come I can see you?"</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">The young man, touched Bhai Dhanna ji 's forehead. Bhai Dhanna ji's surat went inside. Inside he saw that he, Bhai Dhanna ji, had done heavy tapasaya for over many lifetimes. He had stood in water all night and in the hot sun all day. He had hung upside down for several lifetimes. He had been a celibate in one lifetime and a moni (ones who don't talk) in another. But he had progressed spiritually very little. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Then in his previous life, he had met an adept Guru who had given him Naam. And by doing Naam Simran for just one lifetime, Bhai Dhanna ji had become pure. Seeing Waheguru ji was the reward for his Naam from previous life. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"> Bhai Dhanna ji fell at the young man's feet and cried. Saying, <em>"Please forgive this fool, I treated you as an equal..."</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">The young man ji picked him and held him close, singing songs of comfort, <em>"Bhai Dhanna ji, now the time is right to leave. The way you see me now is the superficial way of meeting me. The real way is inside. Now you must start Naam Simran again and then I will meet you inside."</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Saying that the young man vanished into thin air. Bhai Dhanna ji was enlightened now. He restarted his Naam Simran with each breath. <span style="color: DarkRed">Within days, Bhai Dhanna ji had parkash (sighting) of Waheguru ji within his mind and through this enlightenment; we today have the benefit of Dhanna Bani in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: Blue">It is all here. Spiritual darkness, spiritual sleep. There is enlightenment (jyote). Spiritual hunger, and spiritual food (the lentils and the ghee of the shabad, saag and corn roti in the sakhi, the humble meal of a peasant). This food is humility, the food that quiets and satisfies the mind. It is here. The simple understanding, the unbroken devotion, also here. Devotion (devotional worship in the shabad) is the true arti. Even the milk cow (the symbol of spiritual fulfillment) is here. The simple faith in the Guru and the reward, the Grace of the Guru--- all here. Guru rewards devotion with enlightenment.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span>ਜੋ ਜਨ ਤੁਮਰੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੰਤੇ ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਕਾਜ ਸਵਾਰਤਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ </p><p>jo jan thumaree bhagath karanthae thin kae kaaj savaarathaa ||1|| rehaao ||</p><p>You are the <span style="color: red">Arranger</span> of the affairs of those humble beings who perform Your devotional worship service. ||1||Pause||</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">This is the admission of Bhagatji, a humble servant (jan) who realizes that his slavish devotion to the Lord (Thakur in the sakhi) will be rewarded because Waheguru will arrange for his enlightenment, and for the enlightenment of all who performed your devotional worship service (the true arti).</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 114074, member: 35"] [SIZE=3][SIZE=1][COLOR=Blue]Make an effort not to read the sakhi literally. It explains my point and the message of the shabad. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B]Bhagat Dhanna Ji[/B] was a Sikh [URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Bhagat"]Bhagat[/URL] who was born in about 1415, in Dhuan village in Tantr state, Rajasthan, of present day North West India. He was a simple Indian farmer who worked hard on his farm all day tending his crops. He used to go past the house of a Clever Pundit everyday on the way to his work on the farm. Dhanna Ji used to listen to the Pundit singing religions verses and carry out various ritualistic acts, which were beyond the understanding of this simple Jatt. He found these acts intriguing but never asked the religious man about any of the things that he had observed in the many years that he had gone past the Pundit’s house. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]One day, Bhai Dhanna ji was passing the pundit's house and noticed that the religious man was feeding his [URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Thakur"]Thakur[/URL] - a stone idol. Bhai Dhanna ji was quite puzzled by what he was observing. On this occasion as he had some free time, so he went and asked the Pundit. Dhanna Ji asked [I]"Pundit Ji, What are you doing?" [/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]The Pundit was very hungry and wanted to get this feeding over as soon as possible and really wasn't in a mood for Bhai Dhanna ji's simple inquiries. He replied, [I]"Oh, nothing, I am just feeding my Thakur. Now if you will excuse me..." [/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Bhai Dhanna ji found that incredibly funny, [I]"What is the use of feeding a stone?"[/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Pundit, [I]"This is not a stone, it is God. It’s Thakur!" [/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Dhanna, [I]"Really? What happens if you feed the Stone... I mean, what happens when you feed the Thakur?” [/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Pundit: [I]"The Thakur gives you everything!! If you can please God, you will get everything. Now, I really must ask you to leave...I have a lot to do"[/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Bhai Dhanna ji liked this idea of giving a little food to this small God and getting back everything. So Bhai Dhanna ji asked the pundit if he could also have a Thakur. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]At this time, the pundit's stomach was audibly complaining about lack of food. So he hastily picked up the nearest stone off the ground and said, [I]"Here. First feed Thakur, then you eat. Understood! Goodbye." [/I] Saying that the pundit dived into the food left over by Thakur. [I]“Lovely I really could not have waited any longer!” [/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/File:Dhanna1.jpg"][IMG]http://www.sikhiwiki.org/images/thumb/0/03/Dhanna1.jpg/250px-Dhanna1.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Bhai Dhanna ji held the stone closely to his chest and hurried home. As soon as Bhai Dhanna ji got home, he first carefully and loving washed the stone. Having bathed the Thakur, Dhanna then cooked the best meal he knew - Saag and Makkee di Roti - for dinner. He placed it in front of Thakur and said, [COLOR=Red][I]"Here Thakur ji, please eat this food, I have made it lovingly for you. Afterwards, I want to discuss many things with you. I need a new cow for example, and a few other simple requests - but for now, please eat."[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Saying that Bhai Dhanna ji sat in front of Thakur and waited. And waited. And waited. After a while, Bhai Dhanna ji said, [I]"Look Thakur, I really have no time for your play. Come and eat at once! I have many things to do."[/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]After several hours, Bhai Dhanna ji thought perhaps Thakur ji was annoyed at him – May be he has done something wrong. So Bhai Dhanna ji tried to persuade Thakur ji to forgive him: [I]"Look here Thakur, I haven't eaten in a while. Now it is entirely possible that I have done something to annoy you but believe you me, we can discuss this much better after this Saag and Makkee dee Roti is in our stomachs."[/I] Still nothing happened. Slowly the night deepened. It was now pitch dark outside and the Thakur was showing no signs of eating the delicious food. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Bhai Dhanna ji was now getting angry and said, [I]"Look Thakur, I have one nerve left and you are dancing on it. Either eat your food or I will...."[/I], Bhai Dhanna ji couldn't really think of anything else to say so he bust out in anger. Still nothing happened! The angry outburst had no effect on the Thakur. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Pretty soon, Danna ji could see light skies in the East and soon it was going to became daylight. Bhai Dhanna ji felt quite disoriented and confused. Sometimes Bhai Dhanna ji would curse the Thakur, sometimes Bhai Dhanna ji would hug the Thakur and sometimes Bhai Dhanna ji would start crying. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Two long and hungry nights and days passed in this manner. Dhanna ji tried every way to convince the Thakur to take the food. He tried with all the tricks that he knew, with all the love that he could muster, with all the pleadings that he knew, with all the anger – But nothing appeared to work. Dhanna Ji was a stubborn farmer but he was failing miserably here. However, his conviction had not faltered. He kept working on his begging and pleadings. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Then at amrit vela (early dawn) on the third day, when Dhanna ji was too weak to curse any more, Waheguru decided to intervene. To stop Dhanna from going mad, Waheguru gave Bhai Danna a vision in the form of a young man. It was the most beautiful body of a young man. Dhanna ji lost all his anger and just stared at the young man. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Speaking through the young man Waheguru said, [I]"Dhanna ji, Sorry, I am late…”[/I] Dhanna ji interrupted and said, [I]“I will warm up the food. Thakur Ji you must eat the food – You must also be very hungry”[/I] Dhanna Ji fed the young man and ate the remaining food himself after having stayed hungry for over 2 days. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]After, eating the food, Dhanna Ji said to Waheguru, [I]“As I said to you two days ago, I have a few things to discuss with you. First there is the work of the farm and then…”[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Bhai Dhanna ji fell head over heels in love with the young man (through whom God spoke to him). He couldn't resist being with the young man. They spent the next few days literally arm in arm. Even at night, Bhai Dhanna ji would hold Waheguru 's hand and listen to Waheguru's songs - Waheguru sang a lot - and would drift off to sleep. A week later, the Pundit was passing Bhai Dhanna ji's hut. Bhai Dhanna ji saw him and ran to him and said, [I]"Oh, Pundit ji, you are the most wonderful man. I can never thank you enough for giving me that marvellous Thakur..."[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Pundit, [I]"What you on about??? OK, Oh, yeah, sure, anytime. Look, I am in a hurry. I am going to the big Pundit conference ..."[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Bhai Dhanna ji: [I]"But please come and drink some lassi (Milk Shake). Thakur ji makes the best lassi."[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Pundit: [I]"What now? What are you saying? Thakur makes something?"[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Bhai Dhanna ji: [I]"Oh yes! It’s the best in the world. Just look at him, how handsome he is!"[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Pundit ji looked and indeed he could see that someone was pushing the cows on the farm. And yet there was nobody to be seen. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Pundit ji: [I]"Who is controlling the cows. Who is that?"[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Bhai Dhanna ji: [I]"Why, that is Thakur ji, of course. Can’t you recognise him. Oh, you should hear him sing...It’s out of this world!"[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Pundit ji was quite intrigued by now. And kept repeatedly asking Bhai Dhanna ji about Thakur. After a while Bhai Dhanna ji realized that Pundit could not see Thakur ji. Dhanna ji promised that he would talk to Thakur about this. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] The Pundit left. Bhai Dhanna ji went to Waheguru and said, [I]"Thakur ji, how come Pundit ji can't see you?"[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Waheguru: [I]"The Pundit really doesn't want to see me. He is more interested in my maid – Maya and he is captivated in it entanglement. He has no real interest in me only in my creation"[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Dhanna ji: [I]"But I don't understand. Why can I see you and others cannot? How can one begin to see you?"[/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Waheguru: [I]"One has to become pure. And in this age, Dhanna ji, the only way to become pure is by reciting Naam."[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Dhanna ji: [I]"Naam?"[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Waheguru: [I]"Naam is the magic of this age. Even a few minutes of Naam Simran will bring the magic that is needed to see me."[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Dhanna ji: [I]"But, I haven't recited Naam. How come I can see you?"[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] The young man, touched Bhai Dhanna ji 's forehead. Bhai Dhanna ji's surat went inside. Inside he saw that he, Bhai Dhanna ji, had done heavy tapasaya for over many lifetimes. He had stood in water all night and in the hot sun all day. He had hung upside down for several lifetimes. He had been a celibate in one lifetime and a moni (ones who don't talk) in another. But he had progressed spiritually very little. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Then in his previous life, he had met an adept Guru who had given him Naam. And by doing Naam Simran for just one lifetime, Bhai Dhanna ji had become pure. Seeing Waheguru ji was the reward for his Naam from previous life. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Bhai Dhanna ji fell at the young man's feet and cried. Saying, [I]"Please forgive this fool, I treated you as an equal..."[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] The young man ji picked him and held him close, singing songs of comfort, [I]"Bhai Dhanna ji, now the time is right to leave. The way you see me now is the superficial way of meeting me. The real way is inside. Now you must start Naam Simran again and then I will meet you inside."[/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3] Saying that the young man vanished into thin air. Bhai Dhanna ji was enlightened now. He restarted his Naam Simran with each breath. [COLOR=DarkRed]Within days, Bhai Dhanna ji had parkash (sighting) of Waheguru ji within his mind and through this enlightenment; we today have the benefit of Dhanna Bani in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [SIZE=1][COLOR=Blue]It is all here. Spiritual darkness, spiritual sleep. There is enlightenment (jyote). Spiritual hunger, and spiritual food (the lentils and the ghee of the shabad, saag and corn roti in the sakhi, the humble meal of a peasant). This food is humility, the food that quiets and satisfies the mind. It is here. The simple understanding, the unbroken devotion, also here. Devotion (devotional worship in the shabad) is the true arti. Even the milk cow (the symbol of spiritual fulfillment) is here. The simple faith in the Guru and the reward, the Grace of the Guru--- all here. Guru rewards devotion with enlightenment.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/SIZE]ਜੋ ਜਨ ਤੁਮਰੀ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੰਤੇ ਤਿਨ ਕੇ ਕਾਜ ਸਵਾਰਤਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ jo jan thumaree bhagath karanthae thin kae kaaj savaarathaa ||1|| rehaao || You are the [COLOR=red]Arranger[/COLOR] of the affairs of those humble beings who perform Your devotional worship service. ||1||Pause|| [COLOR=Blue]This is the admission of Bhagatji, a humble servant (jan) who realizes that his slavish devotion to the Lord (Thakur in the sakhi) will be rewarded because Waheguru will arrange for his enlightenment, and for the enlightenment of all who performed your devotional worship service (the true arti).[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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