Mahaan Gurmukh! While we are all feeling Bairaag because of losing Bhai Sahib Mahinder Singh jee Kala Sangha but at the same time we are very proud of Bhai Sahib and very happy that he completed his worldly journey while keeping Guru Sahib's Rehit to the last breath. He did not compromise on Rehit of Guru Sahib all his life and in his last days, he refused to undergo surgery because it would have involved cutting his hair.
Today in this dark age of Kaljug, people give up Guru Sahib's Rehit and Sikhi for trivial worldly gains but Bhai Sahib sacrificed his precious life to uphold Sikhi principle of not doing Be-adbi of his Kesh. Bhai Sahib's death is not death but Shaheedi. What is Shaheedi? Shaheedi is to selflessly sacrifice one's life for Sikhi. Didn't Bhai Sahib sacrifice his life for Sikhi? Sure he did.
Therefore, Bhai Sahib is a Shaheed as far as my understanding is.Bhai Sahib was like coconut - hard from outside but very soft from inside. He was very strict in following Rehit but he was very soft and sweet from within. This was evident as soon as you spoke to him. He did legendary Seva as part of Punj Pyaare. No Dhil (weakness) was allowed in the Amrit Sinchaar he did Seva.
He seldom used to eat from anywhere and used to only eat from home or very few trustworthy individuals whom he fully trusted. He once narrated his experience of eating from open Langars. Some Singhs requested him to attend a Samagam at their home and they insisted that he eat some Langar prepared by Sarblohis. Bhai Sahib at first politely denied their request but when they kept cajoling him and telling him that the Langar was prepared with full Maryada, he ate some Langar. That night when he was asleep, he had dreams in which he was eating tonnes of meat. He could feel his Avastha a bit down. He knew there was something with the food he ate the day before. He went over to the family from where he had eaten and inquired about their Rehit. Their Rehit was fine but their source of income was not unstained. It involved some dealings with meat. I can't remember if it was delivering meat or what else. This Saakhi proves that Bibek is not only about eating from Bibekis but the source of income used to purchase the food too should be in accordance to Gurmat.
Bhai Sahib once narrated to us his Saakhi of meeting Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh jee and coming to the Jatha. He came in the later years of Bhai Sahib jee but before coming he had a dream in which he had Darshan of the Punj Pyare dressed in Yellow Baana. When he did indeed get Pesh in Jatha, he noticed that these were the same Punj Pyare he had seen in dream. He mentioned that while he was waiting in line to get Amrit, he got Naam DriR even before he got Amrit. Swaas Swaas Naam Abhyaas started just by being there. When he mentioned Yellow Baana for Punj Pyare, we were a bit in Dubidha because Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh jee in Jyot Vigaas has written that the Punj Pyare at a particular Samagam were wearing Surmai (Navy Blue) Baana. Later after doing more in-depth investigation, we found out that at that time the Punj Pyare used to wear both Basanti (Yellow) and Surmai Baana.
During the militant years, Bhai Sahib was arrested by police many times but Bhai Sahib stayed in Chardi Kala. By the Kirpa of Guru Sahib, he kept his Rehit intact even while in jail. In the late nineties, when Guru Sahib blessed us with Sarbloh Bibek Rehit, we consulted with Bhai Sahib and other Sarblohi Singhs from India, on many aspects of Rehit and kept Rehit in accordance to that.
Bhai Sahib's Jeevan was Dhan Dhan. He is Dhan because he was able to keep Rehit-Behit till his last breath. This in itself is a huge accomplishment. We do Ardaas that he may live in the Charan Kamal of Guru Sahib and may we too keep Guru Sahib's Rehit till our last breath.
Humbly,
Kulbir Singh
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਬਚਨਕਮਾਵਣੇਸਚਾਏਹੁਵੀਚਾਰੁ॥
