The Pipal Tree Prophesy
This is a story of Guru Gobind Singh which happened in the year 1704 and was recorded in 1714 or 1715 in a small book called Sakhi Pothi written by a Udasee Sikh. Not much is known about the writer. The Sakhi Pothi records Guru Gobind Singh’s travels. Attar Singh translated the manuscript, "Sakhi Pothi" and presented it to Queen Victoria when he was invited to a ceremony to solemnise her sovereignty over Punjab.
When she read the story, two paragraphs caught her attention. The story goes like this:
Guru Gobind Singh was travelling through a district of East Punjab. His next stop was a village, Soheva, where he camped for a night. Beside Guru Gobind Singh’s tent was a large Jand tree. He told a Sikh to climb up the tree and look for a Pipal (Brahminic Fig) sapling within the Jand tree. He found it in the cleft of the Jand tree.
Guru Gobind Singh said, "This Pipal tree will grow into a large tree, though it does not grow in desert areas. It will grow as big as the Jand tree itself. It will spread over the whole tree. This is the time when my Khalsa will spread into the four corners of the world and the sovereignty of Delhi will the first prize which will fall into their laps. When the Pipal tree will spread over the Jand tree, then the spirit of the order of the Khalsa, which I have enshrined under the command of God Almighty shall start to work to set up a world-society, which will last for five thousand years. That divine society will enjoy peace and affluence."
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Here is another email from my friend Harkiren Kaur (Malaysia) who has been doing 40 days of seva at Harimandir Sahib along with the students of Miri Piri Academy in Amritsar. You can also read her funny perspective on doing ishnaan seva which I posted a few days back.
"The marble floors of Darbar Sri Harimandir Sahib (the Golden Temple) are washed every morning at 3 a.m .
The Miri Piri Academy (MPA) bus picks Guru Darshan and me up on GT Road just before that, and along with the 50 or so students who have opted to do seva for the 40 days, we sit and wobble (these Indian roads you know!) all the way to the Darbar Sahib.
Even at day 27 the effect of my morning glimpse of the Darbar Sahib has not worn off. There it sits, so perfectly, in the middle of the sarovar (nectar tank). It makes me think of Lizzie Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, where upon seeing Pemberley for the first time, she remarked, "I’ve never seen a house so happily situated."
On some days it is hidden in the mist and barely visible, the lights are off and it really does look so, so small. And yet upon seeing it I feel as though someone is wrapping a warm shawl around my shoulders and placing their hand over my head to bless me. My heart fills up, I melt.
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Last night all of us lying around and playing. Charanjeet and Narayan were laughing non-stop. It was so much fun. There is nothing like the laugher of children!
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Charanjeet all excited and laughing with Narayan making all kinds of sounds around her. Narayan loves his little sister.
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Narayan and Siri Atma Kaur at the Waldorf school fair. Narayan just finnished “fishing” for a gift and had this serious/focused face on.
Ever since I can remember My mother Satkirin Kaur has loved to sing and play kirtan. I remember falling asleep at night with her playing the guitar, singing softly as I felt secure and comforted; drifting off to sleep. Since the early 70’s before I was born she was studying raag and playing Gurbani Kirtan. In addition to her classical music, during the past few years she has created quite a few beautiful and unique audio CDs which are geared towards anyone (Sikh or Not). They have some classical elements but have a strong western influence. They are meant for people to chant, meditate and sing along with. It is awesome reading the emails from people (many of whom are not Sikhs) expressing how the meditations and Gurbani/Mantras have effected their lives.
