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Garib Das
Saint (1717-1778) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saint Garibdas Ji Maharaj was an Indian spiritual leader and a reformer. A rich farmer, his spiritual journey started when "Almighty God" Kabir came to meet him and initiated him at the age of 10 years. After getting spiritual awareness from "Almighty God Kabir", he uttered many Banis that are collected as holy book Garib Das ki Granth. Garibdas Panth is also a Kabirpanth. Saint Garib Das Ji told through his Banis that Kabir Sahib is the supreme God in Satlok. Garibdas died in 1778 A.D., and over his remains, a memorial was established.
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Early life
Sant Garibdas Ji born in 1717 to a family of Dhankhar Jats in the village Chudani, Jhajjar district, Haryana, India..[2] His father was Shri Balram Ji and his mother was Shrimati Rani Devi Ji. Chhudani is his mother's villate. His father belonged to the Dhankhar gotra of Karontha village, Rohtak district. 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. Shri Shivlal Ji owned 2500 Bighas (big Bigha, or 1400 acres).
Sant Garib Das Ji inherited all that land. Garib Das Ji worked as a cowherd as a youth.
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Spiritual Journey
Saint Garib Das's spiritual journey started when Kabir met him at age 10.
According to his account, after taking initiation from 'Lord Kabir', he accompanied him to Satlok.[3] On the way, Kabir showed him heaven. In Satlok, he saw Kabir sitting on the throne. Garib das was shocked because Kabir was also standing beside him. After a while, the two forms merged, and only the Kabir sitting on the throne remained. Kabir sent him back to earth where he started 'revealing' these stories to the village folk.
The knowledge supposedly received from 'God' was compiled in seven months in Garib Das's garden of berries by sitting under a Khejri (Jand) tree, and thus Garib Das ki granth (Amarbodh, Amargranth) was composed. His followers claim that Garib Das ascended to 'Satlok' in 1778 at the age of 61.[4] A memorial, Chhatri Saheb, was erected at the village Chhudani.[5] A memorial Chhatri Sahib was built in his honor. He appeared again in the same body and lived for 35 years at Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. A memorial to him is present in Saharanpur.
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Kabirpanth
The sect started by Sant Garib Das Ji Garibdas Panth is a Kabirpanth.[6] 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 it would be "the Dawn". It is also written there that the thirteenth Panth will emerge from the twelfth Panth only when Kabir Sahib himself appears in the twelfth Panth.
Work
The Banis uttered by him are revered by his followers as Sat Granth Sahib or Amar Granth Sahib, a holy book that is the collection of the Banis of Sant Garib Das Ji Maharaj alone.[7] It contains about 24,000 banis.
Philosophy
Just after Garib Das returned to Earth, he uttered numerous banis proclaiming Kabir to be the Supreme God in Satlok.
Supposedly like Kabir, Garib Das Ji criticised Hindus' and Muslims' spiritual leaders for ignorantly preaching wrong worship and knowledge - although the true teachings of Kabir are a matter of scholarly debate.[8]
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Aacharya Shri Satguru Dev Garib Das Ji Maharaj
Shri Satguru Garib das Ji maharaj
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