guru tegh bahadur ji: life and martydom of the guru

Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji:Life and Martydom of the Guru

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Tegh Bahadur Simriey Ghar Nau Nidh Awey Dhaaey Sab Thhaain Hoey Sahaaey

Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib in Var Bhagauti

Contemplate and meditate on Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib

who is the merciful bestower of all the ‘Nine Treasures’ and is the Saviour all over, here and hereafter.


Family TreeFather: Guru HarGobind Sahib Ji (6th Nanak) Mother: Mata Nanki Ji

Baba Gurditta Ji Baba Suraj Mal Ji Baba Ani Rai Ji Baba Atal Rai Ji Bibi Veero Ji Baba Tyag Mal Ji

Guru Har Rai Ji (7th Nanak)

Mata Krishan Kaur Ji

Baba Ram Rai Ji Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji

(8th Nanak)Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji

(9th Nanak)


Early Years Born 1st April, 1621 5 Vaisakh, Bikrami Samvat 1678 Amritsar (Guru Ke Mahal) Bhai Buddha Ji and Bhai Gurdas Ji Deeply mystical temperament and long spells of seclusion and

contemplation Suraj Mal’s wedding (1629) – Bibi Bishan Kaur 14th September, 1632 – Mata Gujri Ji (Lal Chand) Battle with Pande Khan – Tegh Bahadur (Kartarpur 1635) Guru Har Rai Ji – appointed as the 7th Nanak Moved to Baba Bakala with Mata Nanki Ji and Mata Gujri Ji (1644) Stayed in the same house for 20 years Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji – ‘Baba Bakale’ (March 30, 1664)


Gurudwara Sahib Baba Bakalae (Amritsar, Punjab)

Gurudwara Sahib Guru Ke Mahal (Amritsar, Punjab)


Makhan Shah Lubana A rich trader and devout sikh from Tanda region (Now in

Pakistan) Ship caught in storm – 500 gold coins - 1665 22 different ‘Gurus’ – 2 gold coins ‘Guru Ladho Re… Guru Ladho Re’ March 20, 1665 Eldest son of Baba Gurditta Ji – Dhir Mal

Original Copy of Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Guru Arjan Dev Ji)Masands – Sihan

Attack on the Guru Lesson by Makhan Shah “I want my Sikhs to inscribe the instructions of the Granth

Sahib in their minds and souls and not permit them to believe a particular copy of the Granth or any other symbol or totem or sacred spot as conferring any special privilege to its custodians.”


Jo Nar Dukh Meh Dukh Nahin ManaiSukh Sneh Ar Bhai Nahin Jakai

Kanchan Mati Manai (pause)Na Nindia Na Ustat Jakai

Lobh Moh AbhmanaHarkh Sog Tey Rahai Niaro

Nahe Maan ApmanaAsa Mansa Sagal Tyagey

Jag Tey Rahai NirasaKaam Krodh Jeh Parsai Nahin

Teh Ghat Brahm NiwasaGur Kirpa Jeh Nar Ko Kini

Teh Eh Jugat PachhaniNanak Leen Bhayo Gobind Sion

Jion Pani Sang Pani

Sri Guru Granth Sahib (633)

“One who grieves not in misery and delights not in pleasure,

who is free from fear and attachment,

and for whom gold and dust are the same;

Who has renounced both praising and blaming (flattery and

slander) and is immune to greed, worldly

attachments and pride; One who has discarded all

desiresand lives a detached life,

lust and wrath touch him not and in that heart the Lord dwells;

When the all Merciful Guru blesses a disciple with His Grace, only then does the disciple attain

this blessed spiritual state and blends (merges) with the Lord as water with water.


Maee Mai Dhan Paiyo Har Nam,Man Mero Dhawan Tay

Chhootiyo Kar Baithho Bisram

Maya Mamta Tan Tay Bhagi Upajiyo Nirmal Gian,

Lobh Moh Eh Paras Na Sakai Gahi Bhagat Bhagwan

Janam Janam Ka Sansa Chooka Ratan Nam Jab Paiya,

Trishna Sakal Binasi Man Tay Nij Sukh Mah Samaiya

Ja Kau Hot Dayal Kirpa Nidh So Gobind Gun Gavai.

Kaho Nanak Ih Bidh Ke Sanpai Kou Gurmukh Pavai.

Sri Guru Granth Sahib (1186)

O mother, I have been blessed with the wealth of God’s Name.

My Mind is free from wandering and is established in peace.

Avarice and worldly love dare not touch me

and pure divine knowledge fills me. Greed and desire can not affect me.

I am totally immersed in Lord’s devotion.

Fear of transmigration deserts when blessed with the jewel of Lord’s

Name. My mind is free of all desire and I am

totally absorbed in bliss. He to whom God - the Ocean of Grace

- shows mercy sings the praise of the Lord of the

world. Nanak says: Rare is such a person

who amasses this kind of divine wealth with the grace of the Guru.”


Guru and his journeys

Visit to Harimandir Sahib, Amritsar Harji (Grandson of Prithi Chand & Son of Sodhi Mehervan) Damdama Sahib Moved to Kiratpur Sahib Established new Manjis (Centers for teaching Sikhism) Raja of Bilaspur – Bought Village Makhowal (Rs. 500) Founded Chak Nanaki (later Anandpur Sahib) 1665 Left for East India along with his close family and Sikhs like

Bhai Mati Das, Bhai Sati Das, Bhai Dayal Das, Baba Gurditta Ji and others


The Rule of Aurangzeb 1618-1707 Shah Jahan Viceroy of Deccan (1636-44)

and (1653-58) At odds with Shah Jahan and

Dara Shikoh Declared himself the Alamgir in

1658 – Mughal Emperor Scholarly and austere Devoted to Islam (Sunni) Persecuted Hindus & Shias

Abolished mixed marriages Jirga Job discrimination Destruction of Temples


Kashmiri Pandit Aurangzeb’s Orders Governor Iftikhar Khan Guru Ji at Anandpur Sahib Pandit Kirpa Ram of Mattan

(near Pahalgam) and 500 pandits

Gobind Rai Message from the Guru Installed Gobind Rai as the

next Guru (10th Nanak) Left with Bhai Mati Das, Bhai

Sati Das, Bhai Dayala, Arrested and taken to Sirhind After some months, taken to

Delhi


Those who fear are cowards And, those who frighten are fools

He alone is an enlightened soul, says Nanakwho frightens none, and fear none


Bhai Mati Das

Mohyam Brahmin of Village Kariala in Jehlum District

Son of Hira Nand Entrusted Mati Das and Sati Das to

Guru Har Rai Portfolio of Finance Delhi Court Japji Sahib Double handed saw “Nothing is born and nothing perishes

That alone happens what He wishes”


Bhai Dayala Ji

Son of Mai Das Younger brother of Bhai Mani

Singh Ji Left with Guru Har Rai (1657) Minister of Domestic Affairs Left him with Mata Gujri Ji at

Patna (1665) – Gobind Rai November 9, 1675 Cauldron of boiling water


Bhai Sati Das

Brother of Bhai Mati Das Writer cum translater of very

high caliber Scholar of Persian Spoke against the torture of

Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Dayala

Bound in chains and wrapped in cotton and doused in oil


Martydom of Guru Ji November 11, 1675 Chandni Chowk of Delhi Orders of Aurangzeb Sayyid Adam Shah along with

Qazis and other courtiers Jalal-ul-din of Samana "Wajudash ra chand hisse

namudah atraf-e-shahar-awezand"

Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib constructed by Bhagel Singh Karorsinghia in 1790


Bhai Jaita Rangretta

Taken to Anandpur Sahib and cremated (Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib)

“Rangretta Guru Ka Betta” Bhai Jiwan Singh First Nagarchi (Ranjit Nagara) Battle of Chamkaur

1649-1705 Mother - Kanno; Father - Sada

Chand Jaita, Nanu and Uda Furious Storm Reached Kiratpur on

November 15, 1675


Bhai Lakhi Shah Lubana

ContractorDumped the carts full of limeHelp from sons – Naghiaya, Hema, Hari

and friend – DhumaPyre inside their own houseGurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib


Tilak Janju Rakha Prabh TakaKeeno bado kalu meh SaakaSadhan Het etee jin KareeSees Diya Par Si Na Uchri

Dharam Het Saaka Jin KeeyaSees Deeya Par Sirar Na Deeya

Natak Chetak Keeya KukajaPrabh Lokan Keh Aavat Laaja

DohraTheekar Phor Delees SirPrabh Pur Keeya PayaanTegh Bahadur See Keeya

Karhee Na Kinhu AanTegh Bahadur Kae Chalat

Bhayo Jagat Ko SogHai Hai Hai Sabh Jag Bhayo

Jai Jai Jai Sur Lok

Guru Tegh Bahadur was the protector of the Tilak

And Janeu of the HindusHe performed a unique act

in the age of Kali;He made a supreme sacrifice for the

sake of the men of other faith. He gave up his head without a groan;He did this deed to defend Dharma.

He gave up his head but not his resolve.Casting off his bodily vesture on the

head of Suzerain of Delhi;He departed to the Realm of God.None who came into this world performed glorious deeds as he.

Tegh Bahadur is gone !This world cried, “Alas, Alas!”

The Heaven rings with Hallelujahs !Jai Jai Victory to Dharma,

Welcoming his return Home !The angels sing:

The Victor comes home !The Victor comes home !Guru Gobind Singh, Bachitar Natak


Nine Treasures bestowed by the Guru ijih pRwnI haumY qjI krqw rwm pCwin] khu nwnk vhu mukiq nru ieh mn swcI mwnu] Only that person is truly liberated who gives up egotism and

realizes God as the doer.

hrKu sogu jw kY nhI bYrI mIq smwin] khu nwnk sun ry mnw mukq qwih qY jwin] Consider only those as liberated who are beyond pleasure and

pain and treat foes and friends alike.

BY kwhU kau dyq nih nih BY mwnq Awin] khu nwnk suin ry mnw igAwnI qwih bKwn] A spiritually awakened person neither frightens nor fears any

one.


Nine Treasures bestowed by the Guru ausqiq inMidAw nwih ijih kMcn loh smwin] khu nwnk suin ry mnw mukq qwih qY jwin] Consider only that person as liberated who is free from praise

and slander and for whom both gold and iron are alike.

qrnwpo ieau hI gieE lIE jrw qnu jIiq] khu nwnk Bju hir mnw AauD jwq hY bIiq] Youth has passed away futilely and then old age has taken

control of the body;Meditate on God, O my mind, your life is slipping away.

jqn bhuq suK ky kIey duK ko kIE n koie] khu nwnk suin ry mnw hir BwvY so hoie] Lot of effort is made for pleasure, none for pain. But only that

happens which pleases God.


Nine Treasures bestowed by the Guru

suKu mY bhu sMgI Bey duK mY sMig n koie] khu nwnk hir Bju mnw AMiq shweI hoie] Many become companions during good times but all desert in

misfortune.Meditate on God who will be the only support in the end.

qnu Dnu sMpY suK dIE Aru ijh nIky Dwm] khu nwnk sunu ry mnw ismrq kwhy n rwmu] O my mind, why don't you remember God who has given you a

body, wealth, pleasures of property and beautiful dwellings.

rwmu gieE rwvnu gieE jw kau bhu prvwru] khu nwnk iQr kCu nhI supny ijau sMswru]

Both Ram Chander and Ravan perished despite having support of large families. Nothing is everlasting in this dream-like world.

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