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The devout had most enthusiastically responded,
gathered and flocked to the Satguru in thousands from all over. They were anxiously
waiting for the divine message and the divine call of their Great and young Satguru . It
was a holy setting and there were holy expectations. The Guru unfolded his divine plan in
a unique manner the like of which had never occurred earlier in human and spiritual
history. He wanted a practical translation and demonstration of the holy utterance of Sri
Guru Nanak Sahib.
If you yearn and thirst for the divine, then seek death and not life. Love of sacrifice
and intoxication of sufferings is a pre-condition for Bliss and Vision Eternal.
Unique and distinct was the way and the revelation of Eternal Truths by Sri Guru Nanak
Sahib. Our glorious heritage Sri Guru Granth Sahib is an ocean of the revealed Truths. On
this auspicious day of Vaisakhi the Great Prophet set out to fill and infuse the devout with unlimited
spiritual power and spiritual vitality.
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Pehlan Maran Kabul Jivan Ki Chhad Aas
Hohu Sabhna Ki Reinka To Aao Hamaare Paas |
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First accept death and discard the hope of life. And become
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Entrance to the holy mansion of the beloved Lord Guru Nanak is only open to those who
love death and who pride in turning as the dust of everybody's feet. In such a wonderful
state of sacrifice and surrender and in such a true spirit of utter humility, a true sikh
steps out towards the most beloved Guru and is accepted in the holy folds of Guru Nanak.
Such is the wonderful 'Call Divine' of our beloved Lord. It is an invitation Divine to His
Abode Divine. This is the practical Sikhway of life.
The five beloved ones rose one after the other and
in total submission surrendered and offered their heads as demanded by the Great Guru.What
a unique and wonderful death experience in being beheaded by the holy hands of the beloved
Guru Himself. The Great Guru compassionately accepts the humble offer of the heads and
total surrender by these true Sikhs. What a grand death experience which grants
immortality in lieu. For these unmatched divine lovers, Guru Gobind Singh ji was their all
in all, the sole Beloved. This death experience elevated them to be the Five Beloved Ones
of Guru Gobind Singh ji. If Guru Gobind singh was their beloved ideal, they became the
beloved ideal of Guru Gobind Singh ji. Lovers, Love and the Beloved, all had merged into
one grand living reality. Beloved Guru bestowed Amrit, the Nectar of Immortally, to these
five beloved ones. Such was the unique holy magic in the annals of spiritual history on
this auspicious day of Vaisakhi. In this unparalleled death experience, they attained the love of
their beloved Satguru and life eternal as reward. First the Great Guru picked up five
flowers from the auspicious congregation. They had offered their heads at the altar of the
beloved Guru . These fragrant flowers hailed from different parts of this great country
and belonged to different castes. In return of the humble offer of their heads the Guru
blesses and rewards them with the most precious boon of divine love and elevates them to
the lofty spiritual ideals of His own Five Beloved Ones,
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Satguru Daya Nidh Mehma Agadh Bodh
Namo Namo Namo Namo Net Net Net Hai |
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Satguru is an Ocean of Mercy, Daya, Compassion. It means Daya
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Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib moulded and cast the Khalsa in His own image. By virtue of
this mould and indentification if there is anything nearest and dearest to the Khalsa it
is his most beloved ideal Guru Gobind Singh. Unless the sentiment of Prema, true
devotion,purity and spirit of sacrifice beams and radiates out from the person of Khalsa
he is cetainly distant away from his beloved and cherished ideal Guru Gobind Singh.
A true sikh is always floating in the Ocean of Prema Bhagti. He is totally possessed by
Guru Bhagti, by all enveloping Prema of his beloved Guru. He is immersed in drinking the
Nectar of this rare Prema by reciting and worshipping the Divine Name of his beloved Guru
by tongue. He keeps on drinking this Nectar of Prema through his blessed eyes also by
continuously envisioning the luminous form of his beloved Satguru. What he hears is also
this Prem of the Guru, his melodious Nam. His heart is totally devoted to perpetual
contemplation and meditation on Guru. Thus, totally merged in Guru's devotion, he
envisions Guru only and nothing else. He envisions Guru in the whole creation. That is how
Bhagat Namdev envisions his Gobind in the whole creation and Bhai Kanhayia and Bhai Nand
Lal envision Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib in all alike.
It was on this momentous day of Vaisakhi that the Great Guru
launched the Khalsa onto a unique spiritual crusade, a holy crusade of total
self-transformation in pristine purity, purity of character, immaculate external and
internal purity, purity of thoughts, speech and deeds. With this death experience and love
of Satguru deeply rooted in their hearts, started a total divinisation process. This was
the deepest and the most profound spiritual experience of the five beloved ones.
Love of death was an essential pre-requisite for the Love of God.
This divine call of the Great Guru awakened and opened up amazingly new folds, horizons
and dimensions of divine love.
On this auspicious occasion after the five beloved ones, successive human waves of the
lovers of God in thousands, drank the Nectar of Immortality and they all stood transformed
as Victors of Death. It was on this historic day of Vaisakhi that this Greatest of the Nation Builders
had transformed a whole nation into lovers of death en masse. From this day onwards the
vision of the whole nation started glowing with the Light of Immortality. Death from now
onwards became a lovable and spiritual companion for the Sikhs of Guru Gobind Singh.
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A worldly person fears death
A Seeker of Truth is hopeful of conquering death
A lover-divine loves death |
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Sri Guru Arjan Sahib says: |
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Satguru is an Ocean of Mercy, Daya, Compassion. It means Daya
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For its very survival the nation very much needed the infusion of practical
spirituality and the Lord of Love, Guru Gobind Singh Ji, blessed them all with this boon on
this auspicious day of Vaisakhi.
Guru Gobind Singh, a spiritual regenerator, generated a spiritual upheavel and a
spiritual renaissance on this unique day. He was a great nation builder and epoch maker,
and carved a new Glorious Order of the Khalsa.
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