-- Bulleh Shah and His Master -- Bulleh Shah was born in Syed family. Thus he was descendant of Prophet Mohammed. Bulleh Shah was well versed in many scriptures, but what ever he knew from scriptures was not his personal inner experience. So Bulleh Shah was searching for a Guru. And when ever a seeker is ready, Guru appears. This is the rule of existence. Bulleh Shah had a deep desire to meet his Guru who can take him to other shore. He was doing many spiritual practices even before meeting guru and had some spiritual powers also. But his heart was not satisfied. His thirst for God was very deep and only real experience could have satisfied it. One day he heard about one man, Inayat Shah, who had attained the Ultimate. Bulleh Shah belonged to a very rich family but this man was from very low caste family land. He was a Gardener. When Bulleh Shah first time went to meet Inayat Shah, he was planting an Onion crop. Inayat Shahs back was towards Bulleh Shah. Now Bulleh Shah didn’t had the courage to call the attention of Inayat Shah. Bulleh Shah saw there are many mango trees in front of Inayat Shah. Bulleh Shah closed his eyes and remembered Allah for a minute. Mangoes started falling from the tree. When mangoes started falling Inayat Shah looked at falling mangoes and saw one man standing behind him. Inayat Shah said “Oh you thief, why you are making these mangoes fall?” Bulleh Shah looked here and there but there was no one around. Bulleh shah said, “If you are asking me then see, I don’t have any stone or stick in my hand. How can I make these mangoes fall?” Inayat Shah said “You are clever also. What do you want?” Bulleh Shah said “I am searching for God” and he fell at Inayat Shah feet. Inayat Shah said “Why you are falling below. Look upwards towards me.” Bulleh shah looked towards Inayat Shah. And the way Inayat Shah looked at him. Seeing so much compassion and love in Inayat Shah eyes Bulleh Shah fell in deep love with him. Inayat Shah said, O Bullah, what problem is there in finding God? It only needs to be uprooted from here and planted there. This was enough for Bulleh Shah. He got what he had wished for. Inayat Shah had poured the essence of spirituality in these few words. He conveyed to Bulleh Shah that the secret of spiritual progress lay in detaching ones mind from the world outside and attaching it to God within. Bulleh Shah started to pass his time in a state of strange ecstasy. In the company of his Guru and with the practice of the path he had been shown, Bulleh Shahs spiritual condition started changing day by day. Whatever questions or doubts Bulleh Shah had in his mind before he met his Guru, were all drowned in the experience of inner light. When he had made up his mind to come to Inayat Shah, people had dissuaded him from doing so, saying, You are a great scholar, a master of miraculous powers and a descendent of prophet Mohammed. Does it seem right to you to go to an ordinary gardener of low caste and become his disciple? Is it not shameful? But his Guru was true to his name. HE showered such grace on Bulleh Shah that a single glance of his made him saturated with spiritual light. In ecstatic gratitude Bullah proclaimed: He listens to my tale of woe; Shah lnayat guides me and takes me across. Shah Inayat is my Master, who has come to grace me. All my wrangles and strifes are over. Who can now delude me ? Bullah has fallen in love with the Lord. He has given his life and body as earnest. His Lord and Master is Shah Inayat who has captivated his heart. He pervades in everyone. Shah lnayat himself showed it, And then alone I could see. Inayat will come to my nuptial couch; I am in great delight. My friends have come to congratulate me. Shah Inayat, my Lord, has fulfilled my hopes. I left my parents to take your shelter, O my beloved King Inayat! Now honor this bond of love, for I am entirely in your hands. Pray, walk into my courtyard ! Come Love, fold me in your arms, Why this estrangement ? Says Bullah: Ever since I found Shah Inayat, The Lord has taken abode in me. Bulleh Shah has no caste ; He has found Shah Inayat. O Bullah, my Lord Inayat knows God, He is the Master of my heart. I am iron, he is the philosophers stone.
Posted on: Sat, 03 May 2014 06:14:35 +0000
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