Re: Fwd: I can never be grateful enough.

Satnaam Satnaam Satnaam ji Dandauth bandhna ji

Thanks greg ji for that detailed answer....and like the punjabi!  

It makes it more real about baba farid ji and explains how the connection between them and sikh gurus cam about.    Baba ji says too that baba nanak did sangat of sufi sants and got inspired by their singing and devotion.

If you look on the Satnaam.info website
We put together a detailed routine based on what dassan dass ji themself did for 6 months after being blessed by Baba ji maharaj.

http://satnaam.info/2005/12/02/16-daily-routine-based-on-dassan-dass-ji/

Dassan dass ji says we don't have to sit cross legged, just sit comfortably, eg we sit up on the bed and use pillows to support our back and under our knees outstretched legs. We have knee injuries so cross legged isn't good for us.... Although in sangat we can sit without problems... Baba ji said that's grace.

God bless you always.

Satnaam Satnaam Satnaam Gur Preeto Ji;

     Tuhada ki hal hai?  Mai thik han. Thank you for your reply.  I can tell you a couple of things about the blessed Baba Farid off the top of my head, and if you want more I can do some research and give you a longer reply.  You see I was studying for my Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in South Asian studies, with a focus on Sanskrit, the Upanishads, Persian, and Indian Sufi literature.  It is a long story.  I abandoned my studies as I grew fed up with both the pretensions of academia at Penn and with orthodox Islam as well.  I used to have an extensive library of Indian Sufi books, but the have not survived all my many moves.  There are some great books on the famous Chishtiyya Saints of India and Baba Farid in particular which I can track down if you like, for a more comprehensive reply.

    Basically, the Chishtiyya order was founded in Afghanistan, but brought to India in the 13th century by the great Moinuddin Chishti, whose famous dargah is in Ajmer, Rajistan. He was succeeded by seven saints who are among the best know and loved on the subcontinent.  Their tombs are visited by Hindu and Muslim alike, and qawwalis are still sung about them.  They were distinctive in both their tolerant attitudes towards people of different faiths, and for their ecstatic sama' (music and dance) ceremonies.  You might have heard also of Nizamuddin's dargah in south Delhi and Baba Farid Shakkar-i-Ganj's dargah in Pakpattan.  I am not sure whether Sikh's nowadays visit these shrines also, but they certain accept and revere the spiritual attainments of these great Sufi saints.  Guru Nanak Ji visited Baba Farid's shrine twice on his travels, and knew the then head of the shrine, Sheikh Ibrahim, which lead to the eventual inclusion of Baba Farid's saloks in the Adi Granth by Guru Arjan Dev Ji

     Here is the lineage of the great eight: Moinuddin Chishti (d. AD 1233 in Ajmer, India) Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (d. AD 1236 in Delhi, India) Fariduddin Ganjshakar (d. AD 1265 in Pakpattan,Pakistan) Nizamuddin Auliya (d. AD 1335 in Delhi).