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In the Footsteps of the Master |
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GURU ARJAN DEV - APOSTLE SERVICE & SACRIFICE |
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| Revered Guru Arjan Dev Ji -I write this from the
Government medical College, Nagpur which is my abode for about a month with a stay in KEM
Hospital, Bombay in between. Just as you stood for the unity of Mankind and were at the
service of humanity without discrimination, you have bestowed on me the grace to look at
all mankind as my kith and kin. You annihilated the distinction of labeled Truth by
including the messages of Truth and Love from all the saints of India, whether they were
Hindus, Muslims or untouchables or others, in Guru Granth Sahib and dictated to me
to treat every word therein as my guru. You showered on me the blessings of serving in
Tapovan leprosy center at the feet of 1500 inmates who are like my own parents, brothers,
sisters and children and yet none of them is a Sikh or a Punjabi. This unique oneness of humanity that you blazed the trail of relentless service and sacrifice of your life at the instance of Emperor Jehagir to uphold the majesty of Moral Law is still shared and followed by your disciples. I have spent this last one month in devotion to your teachings and your life because I am trying to live in my life what you taught by word and example! Our Tapovan doctor, a M.B.B.S, is suffering from renal failure and is under treatment. It so happens that this sewa has been granted by you to me in order that I am able to look after him and help his young wife to stand the strain and face the future with courage and faith. Every instant of my life yearns to the principles of Truth so vividly demonstrated by you are not lost sight of . Your Message When I serve leprosy patients in Tapovan, I am trying to serve you and see in them the measure of divine love that you reserved for your disciples in the sweetness of your Gurbani and in the dauntless manifestation of Truth in the face of death. Today, when I look after this young wife of our Tapovan doctor in the Medical College Hospital in Nagpur, I am learning to practice the Truth and love that characterised your message and your life. Additionally, this stay has become a source of education for me. The young doctors who looks after my patients remind me of the efficiency of medical ethics more than the medical treatment. Discuss with them ( and they - allow me the affection perhaps because of my age) the triumph of divine love over other kinds of communication and I rejoice in the fact that though I am almost unlettered, my education at your feet has taught me to serve and love, to forget and forgive, to be compassionate and considerate, giving me at my age of 58, an edge in the ability to demonstrate the triumph of love hatred, the triumph of forgiveness over rancor and the triumph of sweet smile over cursed frown. It is your grace which has taught me about the equality of all human being in
consistence with equality of all religions and all prophets. That's why I love this
Christian prayer exactly translating your message for humanity.Help me on this day to live
this prayer all my life. |
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