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Garib Das



Saint Garibdas Maharaj was a Spiritual leader and spiritual reformer. He took birth in 1717 A.D. to a family of Dhankhar jats in village Chudani, District Jhajjar, Haryana, India. He was a rich farmer. His spiritual journey started when he came mentally disturbed at age of 10 so he lost memory and used to talk randomly he uttered many Banis that he is himself lord vishnu and also gave theory of sant Kabir’s Satlok whereas sant kabir ji never told about that type of theory.

Garibdas died in 1778 A.D.

Family and early lifeEdit

Sant Garibdas Ji was born in 1717 A.D. in the village Chhudani, district Jhajjar, Haryana in a Dhankhar family of Jats.[1] His father's name is Shri Balram Ji and his mother's name is Shrimati Rani Devi Ji. Village Chhudani is the maternal's village of Garib Das Ji Maharaj. His father belonged to theDhankhar gotra of Karontha village, district Rohtak, Haryana. His father Shri Balaram Ji was married to Rani Devi, daughter of Shivlal Singh in village Chhudani. Shri Shivlal Ji had no son. Therefore, Shri Balaram Ji was kept in the house. After 12 years of marriage Sant Garib Das Ji Maharaj Ji was born in the village Chhodani. Shri Shivlal Ji had 2500 Bighas (big Bigha which is 2.75 times bigger than today's Bigha and counts for 1400 acres of land).

Shri Balaram was the heir of all that land and after him, his only son Sant Garib Das Ji inherited all that land. Garib Das Ji used to go to cow grazing with other cowherds since childhood.

Spiritual JourneyEdit

Saint Garib Das's spiritual journey started when once he went to jungle for cow grazing there he was beaten by his teammates because he was cheating on his turn to have a look on cows but he was not agreed to do this so he was beaten.

After beaten by teammate he became mentally disturbed for severals years and lost his memory.

During this , he came to know about sant kabirdas ji knowledge and became followers of sant kabirdas ji then he wrote a book and write many his imaginary stories about sant kabirdas ji because he was mentally disturbed.

Level of his mentally disturbances, that sometimes he used to call himself lord Vishnu and sometimes called himself Kabir.

KabirpanthEdit

The sect ongoing from Saint Garib Das Ji Garibdas Panth is also a Kabirpanth.[2] And, in the Holy Kabir Sagar chapter Kabir Bani (Bodh Sagar) and chapter Kabir Charitr Bodh, Garibdas Panth is written as the twelfth sect (Panth) of Kabirpanth and that the twelfth Panth would be "the Dawn". It is also written in the Holy Kabir Sagar that the thirteenth Panth will emerge from the twelfth Panth only when Kabir Sahib himself would come in the twelfth Panth.

WorkEdit

The Banis uttered by him are revered by his followers as Holy SatGranth Sahib a Holy Book that has the collection of the Banis of Sant Garib Das Ji Maharaj alone.[3]

PhilosophyEdit

Just after Kabir Sahib Ji left Sant Garib Das Ji's soul back on earth, Sant Garib Das Ji uttered numerous Banis saying that Kabir Sahib only is the Supreme God in Satlok.

Just like Kabir Sahib Ji, Sant Garib Das Ji has also criticised both Hindus' and Muslims' spiritual leaders for ignorantly preaching wrong worship and knowledge in the society.[4]


See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Biography of Sant Garibdas Ji Maharaj with Salvation Story | Jagat Guru Rampal Ji". www.jagatgururampalji.org. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Keay, F. e (1920). A History Of Hindi Literature. Oxford University Press, New York.
  3. ↑ Hussain, Sharafat. "गरीबदास का जीवन परिचय - THEDKZ.COM-RIGHT INFORMATION". Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Sen Kshitimohan (1930). Medieval Mysticism Of India (1930).

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