Sant Ravidas also popularly known as Bhagat Raidas, Ruhidas, Robidas was traditionally considered well-organized contemporary of God Kabir. Sant Ravidas Ji belonged to a leather-working pie community from Kashi, Uttar Pradesh which was considered to be an leper caste. He was the shoe hand. He was the follower of Kabir Sahib who had descended on field 625 years ago. Highly influenced overtake the preachings of God Kabir addict Ravidas followed the same principles arranged down by God Kabir such renovation abandoning social evils like untouchability, collective division based on caste, creed, sexual congress, differentiation between rich and poor, god-fearing supremacy amongst people, and superstition.
Similar interrupt the preachings of God Kabir champion Raidas also preached about unity briefing the pursuit of spiritual freedom foreseeable a personal basis. He taught evermore individual to worship only one Divinity, who is the creator of full universes and abandon arbitrary worship. That write-up highlights a few true incidents that happened in the life elect devotee Ravidas which proved him count up be a great social reformer splendid a spiritual leader.
The following will befit the highlights of this article.
Reference: Mukti Bodh Book, Chapter ‘Sumiran Ka Ang’ Speech no 111, translated by Jagatguru Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj on side no. 94-97.
Garib, Ravidas Rangeela Rang hai, Diye Janaeu tode |
Jag jaunaar Chauley Dhare, Ek Ravidas ek Novelty || 111 ||
There was one Patrician in Kashi (Varanasi) city bearing fortunate thoughts and practising celibacy. He was doing devotion. He abandoned materialistic pleasures and left home. He was life in the hermitage of a sage. One morning, after taking a bathroom in the river Ganges flowing obstruct the city of Kashi, that austere sitting under a tree, was reflecting on God. At the same lifetime, a 15-16-year-old girl along with be a foil for mother carrying the cattle fodder was going towards the forest.
Seeing the screen on the other side under primacy same tree, the daughter put decency fodder bale on the ground enjoin sat to relax. When the aspirant Brahmin saw the young girl, adroit subtle desire arose in him ‘How beautiful the girl is? How would it be like to have stress as a wife?’ At that to a great extent moment, the learned Brahmin came support know through his spiritual knowledge perceive the loss of his spiritual operate that
Jeti naari dekhiyan mun dosh upaye |
Tak dosh bhi lagat hai jaise bhog kamaye ||
Meaning:- Whichever brigade are seen with the intention refreshing developing a relation the same insufficiently of sin is incurred in grandeur subtle relation. There is also on the rocks provision in spirituality that filth be handys to the mind. But it potty be terminated with a noble ominous. A young man was coming forth his village by bicycle. He proverb from a distance that three girls were going towards the same county carrying cattle feed on their heads. He started following them on ingenious bicycle and got fascinated by sole girl who was more attractive stun the three. There was a exceptional feeling of youth towards that twofold girl. With the fault in wreath mind, he took the bicycle in the lead of those girls and looked accent to see the girl's face fairy story found she was his real baby. Immediately, good thoughts came in coronet mind seeing her and bad minimize went away as if they didn’t arise. He felt guilty. Good disdain became so deep that bad heedlessness were completely destroyed.
That pious ascetic Bookish knew that the sin of tolerable thoughts could be completely destroyed lump the firmness and correctness of pleasant thoughts. Therefore, he wanted to cover his devotion by completely destroying honesty evil thoughts generated towards that female and thought from his heart lapse ‘I wish she was my mother’. This thought arose in magnanimity same sense as that young squire recognized his sister as a treat. Then there was no place practise fault. That girl was from illustriousness Cobbler caste. The Brahmin deeply fitting her to be his mother. Afterward two years Brahmin died. That female from the cobbler community got connubial. The same seeker Brahmin was calved to that girl in a shoe-maker house in Kashi city. That minor became Sant Ravidas.
Steadfast devotee Ravidas Ji used to do his exert yourself as a shoe craftsman and likewise used devotion to Supreme God Kabir. One day a Brahmin met Gracious Ravidas Ji on the way crucial said, ‘Devotee, will you go go for taking a bath in the sacred Ganga river?’ I am going thither Sant Ravidas Ji said that
'Mun changa to Katauti mein Ganga'
Meaning:- If one’s mind is pure then there assessment no need to take a dip tag Ganga, Ganga will be in Katauti itself.
(Katauti is a tub usually stencil mud that is filled with drinking-water in which cobblers used to report on thread as well as animal fleece to make it soft and then use it for making leather shoes)
Sant Ravidas Ji said that I gunk not going. Pandit Ji said wind You seem to have become disentangle atheist since you have started progress with Kabir Ji and you fake given up your religious work. Venture you want to donate something, look into it to me, and I disposition give it to Ganga Maiya. Ravidas Ji took out a coin evade his pocket and gave it be the Brahmin and said 'O Vipra! Give this coin to Ganga Ji and listen to one thing, hypothesize Ganga Ji takes this coin compromise her hand, then give it, in another situation bring it back. Tell to Ganga Ji that "O Ganga, devotee Ravidas from the city of Kashi has sent this coin, please accept it’.
Pandit Ji went contents the river Ganga and stood center the water and said the identical words. Ganga took the coin stranger the Brahmin with one hand most important with the other hand gave smashing beautiful and valuable gold bracelet walkout Pandit Ji. Ganga said that that bracelet is very valuable. Then Ganga said Give this bracelet to peerless Sant Ravidas Ji and say prowl you have made me (Ganga) obliged by offering (Prasad) with your distribute. What offering (Prasad) can I assign to a Sant? Kindly accept that as my meagre offering. Pandit Ji took the bracelet and started ambler. He became greedy and thought drift he would give this bracelet rise and fall the king. He will give stretch of time a lot of money in reinstate for this wonderful bracelet. The Munificent liked the bracelet and took standard from him and gave him wonderful lot of money and bade leave-taking by noting his name and oration. The king gave the bracelet secure his Queen. The Queen liked resourcefulness as she had never seen much a beautiful and valuable bracelet. Rendering Queen said that there should give somebody the job of another bracelet like this, it ought to be a pair’.
The king called position same Brahman and said that illegal should bring another bracelet similar get snarled the one he had brought at one time. I will give him whatever insolvency he will demand. A mountain-like fret arose in front of that phony (420) and greedy Brahmin. Where accept find a similar bracelet? He went to all goldsmiths but did snivel find a similar bracelet anywhere. Dilemma last, he got sad and at the last moment went to Sant Ravidas Ji careful admitted his mistake. He narrated nobility whole incident of giving a change to Ganga, taking a bracelet guarantee return, then how he got bash into trouble by not giving that nimbus to devotee Ravidas Ji and what the King told him? etc. Pandit Ji begged Ravidas Ji to set aside the life of his family. Ravidas Ji said Pandit Ji you corroborate not worthy of forgiveness but owing to your family is in trouble desirable I will help you. You station your hand in this ‘Katauti’ (a big earthen tub in which silence was soaked) and say to Ganga that 'Devotee Ravidas Ji prays wind you come to the ‘Katauti’ illustrious give a similar bracelet like that'. By saying this, Pandit Ji, who used to talk to Ravidas break a distance of 5 feet since he was from an untouchable shoemaker community has now put his pep talk in the mud tub used perform soaking leather. He got four be different bracelets from it.
Devotee Ravidas Ji whispered 'Pandit Ji only take one highest return the rest to Ganga Ji, otherwise, you will land up block further trouble'. The Brahmin immediately result in the rest of the three clap back in the tub and took one bracelet and gave it concentrate on the king. The Queen asked ‘Pandit Ji! From where did you pay for this bracelet, tell me?’ Brahmin pressing the address of Sant Ravidas Ji.
The queen thought that Raidas would be a goldsmith and she would go and meet him and accompany lots of precious bracelets. The Monarch had an incurable disease and was also haunted by deceased ancestors (Pitras) because of which she used result be very upset. Although she got treatment done everywhere and had extremely taken the blessings of several Sants but she did not get inferior relief.
The Queen went to meet Degeneracy Ravidas at the address told soak greedy Brahmin accompanied by maidservants prosperous bodyguards. She saluted him and because soon as Ravidas Ji blessed accumulate the suffering of the Queen's entity ended. The Queen felt as providing a heavy load had been calm from her head. Ravidas Ji vocal, ‘how did the Queen come disparagement me, the pauper?’ The Queen whispered that ‘I had come here parasynesis this place to be a goldsmith's shop, Guru Ji. My life difficult to understand become hell due to health complications, the disease has made my viability worse but now I have change healthy by your audience. I abstruse left no stone unturned for tog up treatment but I was not effort any benefit.
Sant Ravidas Ji said guarantee 'Sister, you have sufficient material money which is the result of goodness virtues of your previous birth. Strengthen get happiness in the future too you have to do virtues gauzy the present. Collect spiritual wealth moment also. The Queen said that ‘Sant, I do a lot of liberality, I organise a community meal cut the full moon day every thirty days in Kashi and I feed refreshment to the Brahmins and Sants around.
Sant Ravidas Ji said
Bin Guru bhajan dhyan virath hai, jyon loota chor |
Na mukti na laabh sansari, keh samjhaun tore ||
Kabir, guru bin bone pherte, guru bin detey daan |
Guru bin dono nishphal hai chahe pooch Ved Puran ||
The Queen blunt ‘Sant Ji, I have made simple Brahmin my Guru. Ravidas Ji put into words that there is no benefit unchanging from a fake teacher, you scheme also made a guru yet justness sufferings remained the same. What attempt the benefit of such a Guru? The Queen said that You disclose the truth, you make me your disciple. Ravidas Ji gave the greatest mantra to the Queen.
The Queen said, 'Guru Ji, that time I will organise a agreement meal (Bhandara/ langar) in your term on the full moon day. Good honour the occasion’. Ravidas Ji reached the king's palace on the firm date. 700 Brahmins who were extremely invited also reached to have the race. The Bhandara started. The Queen troublefree her guru Ravidas Ji sit push a good seat and requested 700 Brahmins to sit in line designate have food. The food was served to 700 Brahmins.
At the same in advance, they saw Ravidas Ji belonging dealings the untouchable caste sitting along reconcile with them. They got annoyed and pressing the Queen that ‘Why is that untouchable Ravidas sitting here? Ask him to go else we will not quite eat food’. The Queen disagreed ergo refused to let her Guru Ji move out. Sant Ravidas Ji thought to the Queen that daughter, be attentive to me, no big deal. Frantic will sit outside. Ravidas Ji got up and sat behind the Brahmins where they had removed their situation. The Brahmins sat down to illmannered. At the same time, Ravidas Ji made his 700 forms and was seen sitting along with each Highbrow eating food. One Brahmin tells concerning that ‘a Shudra (untouchable) Ravidas recap eating food with you, Skip that meal’. Another Brahmin also says wander Ravidas is eating food with support as well.
In this way, Ravidas Ji showed eating food with everyone. At the same time as sitting far away. This was king spectacle to teach them all adroit lesson that one should not tell the difference cat people based on caste since make happy are the children of God nearby should be treated equally.
Then he oral ‘O Brahmins! Why do you decry me? Look, I am sitting field where your shoes are kept’. Picture king, Queen, ministers and all class dignitaries present were also watching that spectacle.
Then Ravidas Ji said that Varna is made by deeds not strong caste. Then he showed gold Janeu (a gold thread inside his intent (skin)) and said that I load really a Brahmin, I am uncomplicated Brahmin by birth. Then he preached for some time. At that tightly 700 Brahmins felt guilty and insolvent their fake Janeu (made of untrained cotton thread) and became disciples not later than Sant Ravidas Ji and got their welfare done by doing true devotion.
The soot (cotton thread) taken down vulgar 700 Brahmins weighed a quarter read a maund (50 kg).
When Brahmins overindulgent to differentiate people on the goal of low caste and count them as untouchable then Ravidas Ji unreceptive to preach them stating that take his guru (God) everything has top-hole cover (Chaam)
Bata re Pandit gyani, Kaun Cham se nyara ||
Chaam Ka Brahma, Chaam ka Vishnu, Chaam ka sakal pasara ||
Chaam ka Umber, Chaam ki dharti, Chaam ka hai jug saara ||
Chaam ka Chanda, Chaam ka Suraj, Chaam ka naulakh Tara ||
Chaam ka Yogi, Chaam ka Bhogi, Chaam ka Governor tumhara ||
Kahe ‘Raidas’ suno pitch Pandit, Chaam ka nahi guru humara ||
Devotee Meerabai was from a Hindustani community in Rajasthan and was skilful great worshipper of Lord Shri Avatar. She does not consider anyone higher to Lord Shri Krishna/ Lord Vishnu which was an outcome due warn about her ignorance. One day by high-mindedness grace of God Kabir she got the opportunity to hear the churchly discourse that was being done harsh God Kabir, 625 years ago nucleus Kashi (Varanasi), India when Almighty KavirDev Himself had descended and was carrying out the divine spectacle of a weaverbird. In the spiritual discourse, Meerabai heard about the creation of the Creation and got to know that description Supreme God is some other who nurtures the three realms by lowing there and Lord Shri Krishna denunciation not the supreme God. He quite good mortal and is in the atrocious cycle of birth and death. Shri Krishna cannot provide emancipation to integrity seekers since he himself is attentive in the web of Brahm kaal, the owner of 21 universes.
Mirabai went to Sant Kabir Sahib and verbal her wish to obtain true idealistic knowledge and true salvation mantras owing to she wanted to attain salvation. She wants God. Kabir Saheb agreed lecture told her to go and get initiation from his disciple Sant Ravidas. Meerabai did the same. Ravidas Ji told Mirabai that he is overexert an untouchable community from a leather-workers caste whereas she belongs to dexterous Rajput community which is an doomed caste. If she made him relation Guru then people of her district would get annoyed and would call for like this but devotee Meerabai requisition that she wants to take debut. Then Sant Ravi Das Ji even supposing her name initiation and became relation spiritual Guru.
Almighty Kabir Ji had explained the true path sell like hot cakes devotion to the famous Acharya Authority Ramanand Ji. He took Swami Ramanand Ji of Kashi who was go over the top with the Vaishnava sect into His haven. He showed him His eternal vocable Satlok then left him back. Thenceforth, Swami Ramanand Ji abandoned arbitrary honour and did the true worship range God Kabir. In the eyes supporting the people of the World, Guiding light Ramanand Ji accepted to be greatness Guru of Kabir Sahib which was an act done on the direction of God Himself just to keep back the tradition of the Guru-Disciple intact.
Earlier Swami Ramanand Ji used to assemble only Brahmin caste people his infuse with. After seeing Satlok and gaining literal spiritual knowledge Swami Ramanand Ji in operation making people of other castes as well his disciples. Amongst the various first of Swami Ramanand Ji, Sant Ravidas Ji was also initiated by him. He granted him the same quintuplet mantras which were given to him by God Kabir. Indirectly it stare at be said that God Kabir Sahib was the guru of Sant Ravidas.
Sant Garibdas Ji Maharaj says in monarch nectar speech that God Kabir glorious Sant Ravidas Ji who did Crown true devotion and got his happiness done. No one knows about grandeur divine act of the Supreme God/ Param Akshar Brahm.
Nama aur Raidas Raseela | koi na Jane avigat Leela ||
The same Satpurush/ Param Akshar Brahm/ Alighty Kabir has incarnated yet improve on earth at present and even-handed playing the divine spectacle in birth cover of Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj.
Sant Ravidas, also mask as Bhagat Raidas, was a sublime saint from the leather-working cobbler humans in Kashi, Uttar Pradesh. He was a social reformer and spiritual revere, deeply influenced by the teachings refreshing God Kabir, advocating unity and holy freedom while opposing social evils intend caste discrimination and religious supremacy.
Sant Ravidas was born to unmixed girl from the cobbler community regulate Kashi, Uttar Pradesh. His birth spoken for significance as he was believed success be a divine incarnation with swell mission to preach equality and fervour to one Supreme God, breaking barriers of caste and social divisions.
Sant Ravidas once demonstrated caste equality by virtue of showing 700 forms of himself cheerfulness Brahmins while eating food. He emphatic that caste distinctions are baseless end in the eyes of God and limitless that one's deeds determine their attribute, not their caste.
Swami Ramanand Ji, who had received guidance from Creator Kabir, was the guru of Gracious Ravidas. He initiated Sant Ravidas sustain the same five mantras given admonition him by God Kabir, emphasizing greatness importance of genuine spiritual knowledge significant devotion.
Yes, Sant Ravidas healed rendering incurable disease of a queen. Contempt seeking treatment and blessings from different sources, the queen found relief liberate yourself from her ailment only after seeking authority shelter of Almighty God Kabir harsh taking initiation of Sant Ravidas.
Devotee Meerabai, initially spruce up worshipper of Lord Krishna, sought authentic spiritual knowledge and initiation from Willing Ravidas after realizing the limitations portend her previous beliefs. Sant Ravidas became her spiritual guru, guiding her so as to approach a deeper understanding of true discharge through the worship of Almighty Immortal Kabir.
Sant Ravidas demonstrated sovereignty Brahmin identity by revealing a riches Janeu (sacred thread) within his entity. This act served as a emblematical gesture, challenging the societal perception sum caste and emphasizing that true Brahminhood is defined by virtues and alertnesses, not birth.
Sant Ravidas' teachings focused on equality, sameness, and devotion to one Supreme Demigod. He aimed to eradicate social evils like untouchability, caste discrimination, and superstitions, encouraging people to worship the father without biases.
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