ਬ੍ਰਹਮਗਿਆਨੀ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਮਾਨ ਸੰਤ ਬਾਬਾ ਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਜੀ
Sant Gurdeep Singh Ji runs the "Gurmat Ruhani Mission Charitable Trust" with the mission of spreading the pure message of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and to teach people the right way of living.
The land of Punjab is blessed and pious where all the ten gurus significantly visited with their holiness and divine presence.
The Bhai Daya Singh, first of the Panj Pyare; the first five Sikhs to be initiated into the Khalsa by His holiness Guru Gobind Singh Ji: succeeded to eleventh place as Shriman Sant Baba Waryaam Singh ji, at holy place of Shri Ratwara Sahib in Chandigarh, who is succeeded by blessed and divine soul and a precious Gem in sikh History Sant Baba Gurdeep Singh Ji, who devoted his life to serve human and mankind by teaching and preaching the Gurbani and transformed the lives of many sikhs.
Bhai sahib bhai Gurdaas ji narrates the praises which synonymously describe Baba Gurdeep Singh ji who dedicated his pious life in celebrating sikh tradition by following the Gurbani, to dedicate to waheguru and work towards the establishment of the Khalsa.
Baba ji insisted to lead a pure and pious life, so as to unite with the Almighty Lord, by chanting the name of lord, Lakhs of the sikhs transformed their lives by receiving Amrit as a holy nectar of “Khanda Batta” and promising Almighty to follow the path of truth and conscious sikhism.
His holiness took birth on August 8, Sunday, 1954; in the early hours of amrit vela at 4 am in the morning, and weighed 1 kilogram 101 grams. Lying on the cotton bed support, did not open eyes for two days continuously and did not even take feed from mother. After four days he appeared in the dreams of his father Bapu Charan Singh Ji, giving him the message that He is Gurdeep Singh from village Laddeh in Sialkot. In my previous birth i had already had milk from my mother and now I won't. He asked him to arrange goat’s milk for him.
It was 4 am in the morning, Bapu ji took bath and reached Gurudwara sahib to bow before Guru Maharaj Ji and consciously recalled the message of the little baby that was given in his dream. Bapu ji went to Bhai Virsa singh and Singhara singh in village who had lots of goats, and requested them for a goat, conveying them the message that they are blessed with a baby boy at home who is not appreciating mothers milk but wishes to take goat's milk, and he had come to them to purchase a milching goat.
They agreed and replied, "we will give the goat and when this one will stop yielding you can come and take another one, we will not take any money.’they added that they would love to serve him and the little baby. They said," These all goats are yours. Then why should I take money? You can take them turn by turn leaving the previous one here.
This continued till the age of two and half years till Baba ji started eating langar. After six months Mata Surjit Kaur Ji and Bapu ji took the baby to Sant Baba Jaswant singh ji of Ramdas and made a kind request to name the child and also shared that baby is already telling his name. Sant ji asked them, “Have they come from Sialkot from village Laddeh, where your son passed away at the age of two and a half years on Sunday and his name was Gurdeep Singh? This baby is same and we name him as Gurdeep Singh.”
Listening to Sant ji, Bapu JI could not stop his tears and wiping his tears again and again and remembering the son and expressing his emotions and saying that he was the divine soul who has come again and has taken birth with a purpose. We truly respect your words and this boy is our son who will be known by the same name Gurdeep Singh.
Let us recall the previous incident which we heard from Bapu ji Bapu Charan Singh ji’s words….. District Sialkot is a pious place where there are five famous gurudwaras. Sri Kartarpur sahib-
The gurdwara was built to commemorate the site where Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, settled after his missionary work and did farming for 17 years 5 months and 13 days, the longest duration of his life. Guru Nanak founded the Kartarpur town by Ravi River in 1515, ploughing the fields and setting up a community kitchen, or Langar. Kartarpur marks the most significant and constructive phase in the life of Guru Nanak Dev. In 1930, I (Bhai Charan singh Cheema), Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Cheema and Bhai Kartar Singh Cheema made the jattha, use to sing the praises of almighty at different places and do satsang. After seven years of continuous satsang initiated Amrit Sanchaar sewa.
In 1944, Sunday morning, with the first rooster crowding we woke up and the elder son took birth, Sant Attar Singh Namdhari named the son as Gurdeep Singh. Sant ji said that this soul is very divine. This soul needs to listen to the chants of satnam waheguru at least for 24 minutes. (Sant Baba Jagjeet Singh ji Maharaj from Bhaini Sahib gifted the white woollen mala, holy kamandal, and a pair wooden clogs, khadau).
When he grew up to two years three months he use to go around in village and say- veerji sat sri akal, bhai ji sat sri akal, bapu ji sat sri akal. He used to run around in the village nearby. Fields flourished with crops, cattles also yielded sufficient milk. The village prospered with abundance.
One day Sant Mandli arrived from Haridwar in Sialkot which was headed by Sant Haridaas ji, who kept long hair and wore wooden clogs; there were 15-20 saints in the band (mandli). They were served in best possible ways with milk, langar, two khes, one reja, jaggery and a rupee coin. They stayed there till afternoon. The small boy Gurdeep singh ji came from outside and greeted them all Sat Sri Akal and asked them from where they all had come. They replied, “we have come all the way from Haridwar”.
Listening to this the little boy(Babaji) happily replied- “you have come from Haridwar, even I have arrived from god’s door(hari ka dwar).”
Sant ji was astonished to hear this from the two and half years old boy and gazed at the boy’s hands, legs and forehead and took a deep breath and spoke to Bapu ji- “Bhai Charan Singh Ji!
If you don't mind, I would like to tell you the secret. You may call the boy's mother, Mata Surjit Kaur.” When she arrived sant ji said “Surjit Kaurji I am 70 years old and would like to disclose something about the boy. Don’t be annoyed.” “No-No Maharaj Ji why will we be annoyed? You can say and tell what you have read, we are your sevaks and you are the learned saints.” Sant ji said- “I wish to talk about the child, what is his name?” “He is Gurdeep Singh”, replied his parents. Listening to this, Sant ji sighed and said “Guru ka Deepak (Guru’s lamp) -will lit again after senility.”
Bapu ji said- “sant ji please elaborate …..”
Sant ji said –“I already told you not to get angry and keep patience and be calm, today is Monday, on coming Sunday at 12 noon the BOY will leave for sachkhand. Don’t panic and do not allow tears to flow. Be calm, he is a divine soul and will come back to you again. He will leave us on Sunday and will come back on Sunday. He will live for 90 years if he stays after 12 noon this Sunday. You all must stay at home, as per my knowledge he would leave us coming Sunday.” Sant Mandli went back leaving the parents of the boy in deep grief.
All the relatives and known family people assembled on Sunday in their house and started playing with the divine boy in their own ways somewhere consoling the parents and assuring that nothing would happen to the boy as he showed no signs of illness. A subedaar had come in the village who used to keep a pocket watch and was told about the forecast. Subedaar said- “I will stay here till 1 PM, nothing will happen to the boy as it is 11am now”. At 11:45, the boy got a fever and went to cot to lay down where Bapu ji was sitting. Bapu ji touched his forehead and said- call the hakim for medicine, I doubt, this as an indicationof sant ji’s prediction about the heavenly abode of the boy. He took the boy in his lap and startedlooking at him asking-“What happened Gurdeep singh?”
The BOY replied, “nothing to worry pitaji, I have to go and will come again.” Where will you go? He said- “I have to go to the well”. This way the watch showed 12 noon, and he gave his last words, “I have to go, I will come again, Satnaam Waheguru.” Within seconds the pious, divine soul left the body, leaving his parents in grief.
“Beta please say something, please speak out.” but the boy was silent. “Beta, what happened? When will you come back? When will you come back?” In tears Bapu ji fell on the bed nearby. Cried severely. Bapu ji was in deep mourning for three to four months, and did not go for satsang. In the evening Chachaji, Vasan Singh ji arrived home to tell that none of the cattles had milched that day. Next day after the funeral, the Boy appeared in the dream of his Mother saying that Mataji please don’t cry, I am surely going to come back soon. Please ask Pitaji also not to cry, tell him that I am going to be back to you, Father Cries when he goes near the well under the trees.
MOTHER’S words
Mata ji said that when we lost our son Gurdeep Singh we were like lifeless bodies in deep grief. Every day he would give his message in dream that, “I AM GOING TO COME BACK”.
In 1947, during the partition of India-Pakistan, a baby girl was born who lived only for two months and passed away. Then Bibi Pritam kaur was born as a daughter to Mata Surjit Kaur and Bapu Charan Singh. She is the elder sister of his holiness Sant Baba Gurdeep Singh ji. She is settled and married to Hardev Singh Bajwa in Bholapur. After four years Sant Baba Lakhbir Singh ji took birth who is now residing in Ratwara Sahib, near Chandigarh. Two and a half years later on August 8, 1954, at 4 am on Sunday, his holiness Sant Baba Gurdeep Singh ji took birth,
We received his messages every day with his darshan, he used to come along with sangat, he used to do satsang in school. After doing satsang and reciting Sri Anand Sahib he used to come and sit on my lap, says Mata ji. We did not miss his darshan even for a day, his messages were received every day.
That sunday, he appeared at 1 am with long golden twisted hair on head, wooden clogs in feet, holding wooden stick in hand ----and said, “Mata ji, In some time I am coming today only, You will not have to bear any pain.” This was his last message.
Sant Ji from Ramdas used to say, He will never give pain or troubles to anyone. These words proved to be true in the name of God. He weighed just 1 kg 101 grams when he was born.
Mata ji says, Sant Baba Gurdeep Singh ji used to enjoy and appreciate goat’s milk. He used to keep his eyes closed for 10-10 day’s altogether. Neighbours used to visit the family for Darshan, to admire that the baby does not cry at all and sits silently for hours together. Next door neighbouring family Bibi Taar Kaur whose sons Pritam Singh, Bhola Singh and Darshan Singh who lives in Jabalpur now a days, use to take the baby boy to their home and make him sit on beautiful clean clothes making request to sing the praises of god with closed eyes so as to bless them all. She loved the baby a lot. Baby is too young to speak. Grew up a little and started talking. He started visiting Gurudwara sahib, bow before Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji maharaj, he used to bring Kadah prashad home and distribute it to all in small portions.
Outside the main gate of the house Mistri Atma Singh lived with his family, elder son Hardev Singh and younger son Savinder Singh who was of the same age as Baba Ji. He used to give small portions of kadah prashad to them.
Along with Savinder Singh, He started going to a newly established school. A teacher from village Ghaniyan ke Bangar named Gurbaksh Singh used to teach students with lots of concern and care.
There is a village Nanak chak which is 1 KM away from Jangle gaon. A boy from there who belongs to the Bedi family named Dharampal joined them. They would sit and study together sharing lunch with each other during recess. After some time teacher Gurbaksh Singh retired and a new teacher from nearby village Hiali-Tangali joined the school. He was 35 years of age. He made the boys stand in a queue and started beating from one end. Baba ji and his friend Dharampal greeted the teacher lovingly by saying “Sat Sri Akal Masterji, we have never been hit by anyone as we are good in studies, you must not beat anyone for no reason.”
Look at my stick made from sheesham tied with anklet bells, stretch your arms and let me beat, I don’t spare anyone. All will get canning from me. Teacher said and added the day before yesterday I had hit class one children,yesterday class 2 children got canning today is your turn, tomorrow it will be Sunday and Monday will be class 4 and Tuesday class 5 children will be beaten.
Baba ji said, “You must never beat anyone, just pray to god and be god fearing”. Master said, “I don't trust GOD”, saying that he started hitting the children holding the stick in his right hand. After some time school was over and the teacher went back home. Dharampal Singh said to Babaji “Veerji the teacher must be punished”. “No brother, why punishment?” said Babaji “Our palms have turned red, is there any remedy?” When he saw his friend in trouble, Baba ji said now onwards the teacher won’t beat anyone.
Then Babaji stood facing Nanak Chak and said the holy prayers and offered ardaas to holiness Sri Chand JI who is the son of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. “Teacher hit us for no reason, break his right arm into pieces, don’t punish the entire body, and spare his left arm so that he do not starve.” Master did not turn up for the next two weeks. Guests visited Master’s village. Villagers informed them that this teacher is very powerful to control the strongest bulls. He can even stop the harvester and huge machines with his hands. Guests challenged the master to stop the harvester with his hands. If he does so he will be awarded with 5 Rupees. Master was overconfident for his endurance and tried to stop the harvester with hands and got his hand cut in many pieces.
After 15 days when Master went to school with half arm tied with bandages. Baba ji said -
“Master ji Sat Sri Akal, now you can hit us with your left hand, then your left hand will also break along with your legs.”
Teacher apologised and tried to confess and admit his blunder of beating the innocents. Pardon me, Gurdeep Singh and Dharampal Singh I would not beat anyone now onwards. Please forgive me. I won't even beat anyone with my left hand even. Teacher says I heard from old people that in school we never know which child is king in the future, which one is rich or poor. You may be a saint or sadhu, who broke my right arm. I committed a crime by hitting innocent small children. I Promise you I won't do it again. Yes, the future of a child can be learnt once they grow up.