This weekend we
are celebrating Jor-Mela Baba Budha Ji and Gurpurb of Guru Ram Das Ji.
Baba Budha Ji was
born Oct 6, 1506 to Hindu parents Bhai Suggha and Mai Gauran in Katthu Nangal. Originally
his name was Bura. When Bura was young, Guru Nanak Dev Ji was traveling with
Mardana to do kirtan. Bura offered him a bowl of milk and asked Guru Nanak to
release him from the “circuit of birth and death.” Guru Nanak Dev Ji remarked
that he spoke wisely for his young age. Bura explained that just as Mughals had
destroyed their crops, ripe and unripe, death does not consider age and years
either. Guru Nanak Dev Ji then named him Buddha because of his maturity and
wisdom. He went onto become a disciple of the Guru. He was a devoted Sikh and
did a lot of seva.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji
asked him to apply the tilak to the head of Bhai Lehna Ji when it was time for
him to become our second Guru. Baba Buddha Ji went on to anoint Guru Amardas,
Guru Ramdas, Guru Arjan Dev and Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji.
When Guru Angad
Dev JI was bestowed Guruship he left for Khandur to meditate in Mata Viraee’s
house, but after 6 months the Sikhs began to worry. He told Mata Ji to hide the
entrance to the room. Baba Buddha Ji arrived and got everyone to sing kirtan,
and the Guru revealed himself. Similarly, when Guru Amardas left for Basarke,
he put up a sign saying “Whoever opens this door,
he is not my Sikh and I am not his Guru.” Baba Buddha Ji broke a hole through
the back of the hut and Guru Amardas Ji stated “You are a strong boat that will help the sangat (congregation) cross
the ocean of life. You are a pillar of Sikhi.”
There is a
popular painting of Baba Buddha Ji and Mata Ganga Ji. Mata Ganga Ji was wife of
Guru Arjan Dev Ji. She went to seek blessings of Baba Buddha Ji because she
wanted to have a child, and thus she presented him with many delicacies. Baba
Buddha Ji refused to meet her. Guru Arjan Dev Ji told her to make a meal
herself and return. She brought missi roti, onion and lassi, and Baba Buddha Ji
accepted. He crushed an onion and said "A son
will be born to you who will crush the enemies of Guru Nanak’s house, just as I
have crushed this onion with my hand." That son was Guru Hargobind Sahib
Ji.
Baba Buddha Ji is
the embodiment of our teachings, and did the sewa of construction Baoli at Goinval,
construction of Akal Takht, and supervising excavation of the pool at Amritsar.
Baba Buddha Ji learned and taught Gurmukhi. He
went on to become the first Giani of Harmandir Sahib. He merged with the supreme
light in September 1631 with Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji by his side. Let us all learn from Baba Buddha Ji's life and be inspired to do sewa.
All information
from:
Picture from:
http://gurbani.co/gurdwaras/gurudwara-baba-budha-sahib-amritsar.php
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