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Monday, July 10, 2017

17.18.7.5 Overcoming Death - Saadh Sangat: Company of Holy: In Light of Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

Continued From
http://tdsinghharjidamarg.blogspot.in/2017/07/171874-overcoming-death-saadh-sangat.html

Overcoming Death - Saadh Sangat - Company of Holy

Once bonds are shattered individual is free from birth and death. Under influence of such bonds (Ego can make him atrocious, Lust can make him rapist, Greed can make him robber, Worldly Bonds can cripple his thought process to accept his so called family faults, Anger can make him act irrationally and he can do anything to hurt others) an individual is bound to commit sins. So does it mean such individuals have no hope? Can they never come back to right path? Well, if we believe in ‘Guru Ghar – The House of Dhan Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji’ being illuminated with Divine Light of Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji the return is possible. How? Well, Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji says that million of sinners are saved in ‘Saadh Sangat’ in following words and what is better than company of Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji:
ਕੋਟਿ ਅਪ੍ਰਾਧੀ ਸੰਤਸੰਗਿ ਉਧਰੈ ਜਮੁ ਤਾ ਕੈ ਨੇੜਿ ਆਵੈ [1]
कोटि अप्राधी संतसंगि उधरै जमु ता कै नेड़ि आवै
(Millions of sinners have been saved in the Saadh Sangat; the Messenger of Death does not even approach them.)
Further Paatshahi 5 is inspiring every one to chant and meditate in ‘Saadh Sangat’ and confirming that an individual in Company of Holy will escape Death in following words:
ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਜਪਿ ਨਿਸੰਗ ਜਮਕਾਲੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਖਾਵਨੋ [2]
साधसंगि जपि निसंग जमकालु तिसु खावनो ॥१॥
(Whoever chants and meditates in the Saadh Sangat, shall undoubtedly escape being consumed by the Messenger of Death.)
ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਨਿਵਾਰੀ [3]
साधसंगि जनम मरण निवारी
(In the Saadh Sangat, the cycle of birth and death is ended.)
ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਜਮਦੂਤ ਭੇਟਨ [4]
साधसंगि जमदूत भेटन ॥२॥
(In the Saadh Sangat, the Messenger of Death cannot even touch them.)

Dhan Shri Guru Raam Das Ji and Dhan Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji bestow Their Blessings in following words and telling every one by ‘Their’ own experiences that ‘Saadh Sangat’ is a way to immortality and overcoming death:
ਅਮਰ ਪਿੰਡ ਭਏ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗਿ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਦੋਊ ਮਿਟਿ ਗਈਆ [5]
अमर पिंड भए साधू संगि जनम मरण दोऊ मिटि गईआ ॥१॥
(My body has become immortal, in the Saadh Sangat, Both birth and death have come to an end for me.)
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਧੂ ਸੰਗਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਮਰਣੁ ਸਵਾਰਿਆ ੧੧[6]
नानक साधू संगि जनमु मरणु सवारिआ ॥११॥
(O Nanak, in the Saadh Sangat, my birth and death have been adorned and redeemed)

No matter what ‘Gurbaani’ says, a seeker in early days is always full of doubts and questions. In modern times the rationality just plays with his mind. He wants answer to his questions before he can bow down to ‘Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji’. That is the plight of every individual until he is blessed to achieve glory without asking any question (Like Bhai Lehna Ji who never asked a single question to Dhan Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, question like why I should do so, what will be the benefit, how this will help and so on, and eventually he achieved what no one in His time period could, Dhan Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji, Dhan Shri Guru Angad Dev Ji). So one such question he asks, how ‘Saadh Sangat’ will save me from death? Well, ‘Dhan Baba Nanak’ and Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji knower of everything, every inner mental state of an individual answers in following words:
ਕਾਗਦੁ ਲੂਣੁ ਰਹੈ ਘ੍ਰਿਤ ਸੰਗੇ ਪਾਣੀ ਕਮਲੁ ਰਹੈ ਐਸੇ ਭਗਤ ਮਿਲਹਿ ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਨ ਜਮੁ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੈ [7]
कागदु लूणु रहै घ्रित संगे पाणी कमलु रहै ॥ऐसे भगत मिलहि जन नानक तिन जमु किआ करै ॥४॥४॥
(Paper and salt, protected by ghee, remain untouched by water, as the lotus remains unaffected in water. Those who meet with such devotees, O servant Nanak - what can death do to them?)
ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣ ਕੀ ਮਿਟੀ ਜਮ ਤ੍ਰਾਸ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਊਂਧ ਕਮਲ ਬਿਗਾਸ [8]
जनम मरण की मिटी जम त्रास ॥साधसंगति ऊंध कमल बिगास
(My fear of birth and death and the Messenger of Death has been dispelled. In the Saadh Sangat, the inverted lotus of my heart has blossomed forth.)
 
His Devotees the gist of ‘Saadh Sangat’ have world of their own. They save every one in their realm by acting as protective shields. They help an individual to realize his true goal of meeting him by awaking the source of knowledge, inverted lotus, in him. Such is the glory of ‘Saadh Sangat’, such is their realm free from all sorrows, pains, sufferings and death as per following words of Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji:
ਸੰਤ ਮੰਡਲ ਮਹਿ ਜਨਮ ਮਰਣੁ ਰਹੈ ਸੰਤ ਮੰਡਲ ਮਹਿ ਜਮੁ ਕਿਛੂ ਕਹੈ[9]
संत मंडल महि जनम मरणु रहै संत मंडल महि जमु किछू न कहै ॥
(In the Realm of the Saints, birth and death are ended. In the Realm of the Saints, the Messenger of Death cannot touch the mortal.)
 
Saadh Sangat’ can only be found in company of ‘True Guru’. Again the same question who is ‘True Guru’, One who is cheating innocent or one who is stealing from masses or one who is just boasting about his knowledge or one who is befooling navies with cheap tricks or one who will become dust sooner or later? What will be achieved in company of such individuals, well just shame and pains? When ‘Gurbaani’ has declared ‘Shabad Guru – Word is the Guru’ then why there is scope of doubt in modern times that after Paatshahi 10 any living human form can be The Guru. Do The Company of Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and serve Him since serving Guru can free a mortal from cycles of life and death which will be covered in next section.

TO BE CONTINUED!


[1] Sohee Mehla 5 - Ang 748 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[2] Kalyaan Mehla 5 - Ang 1323 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[3] Sohee Mehla 5 - Ang 740 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[4] Sohee Mehla 5 - Ang 760 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[5] Bilaaval Mehla 4 – Ang 835 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[6] Pauree - Ang 854 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Dhan Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji)
[7] Raamkali Mehla 1 - Ang 877 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[8] Bhairao Mehla 5 - Ang 1148 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[9] Bhairao Mehla 5 - Ang 1146 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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