Meeting Guru Angad Saheb       Baba Amar Das Ji lived in a village called Basarké near Amritsar. Before meeting the second Guru, he was a firm believer of the Vaishnav faith and used to fast regularly. Every year he went to Hardwar for pilgrimage and would bathe in the river Ganges.          He had been going on the pilgrimage for twenty-one years. When he was 62 years old, an event occurred that changed his life forever.He was coming back from Hardwar when he decided to lay down to sleep outside the village of Mihra.          Here he met a Sadhu (a monk). They cooked food and ate their meal together. As they continued their journey, the monk asked Baba Amar Das Ji who his guru was.       Baba Amar Das replied that he had no guru. Hearing this the monk said,"I have committed a sin by eating from the hands of a man who has no guru. My entire pilgrimage has been wasted. I can only be purified if I return to bathe in the Ganges again." After saying this, the Sadhu departed.           This was a shock to Baba Amar Das Ji and he was stressed out from thinking that he was a man with no guru (Nigura).          He prayed to God to let him find a Guru. One day early in the morning he heard a divine melody which thrilled his heart. He stood spell-bound listening to the hymn. It was Bibi Amro, Guru Angad's daughter, who was recently married to Baba Amar Das' nephew.       It was Bibi Amro's daily routine to wake up early, bathe and recite Japji Saheb and other hymns of Guru Nanak. Bibi Amro had recited the following Shabad which was heard by Baba Amar Das:                                     mwrU mhlw 1 ]                          nw BYxw BrjweIAw nw sy ssuVIAwh ]                          scw swku n quteI guru myly shIAwh ]1]                                                  bilhwrI gur Awpxy sd bilhwrY jwau ]               gur ibnu eyqw Biv QkI guir ipru myilmu idqmu imlwie ]1] rhwau ] Translation: "Neither sisters, sisters-in-law, nor mothers-in-law remain with one;But the true relationship                      with the Beloved, when found through the Guru,shall never be sundered.  I am a sacrifice to my Guru, I am ever a sacrifice unto him.         I have grown weary of wandering so far without a Guru;       Now the Guru hath united me with my Beloved."         Baba Amar Das asked Bibi Amro who wrote that hymn. She replied that it was Guru Nanak's hymn and she had learnt it from her father who was the successor to Guru Nanak.            Baba Amar Das then requested her to take him to the Guru. After some days he accompanied Bibi Amro to visit the Guru in Khadoor. When Baba Amar Das arrived, the Guru on account of his relationship, wanted to embrace Baba ji and show him the expected courtesies, but Baba ji fell on the feet of the Guru and said,"You are as God and I am only a worm." Baba Amar Das was so overwhelmed on beholding the Guru that it was unbearable for him to leave his presence. The love for the Master sprang so deep and intense in his heart that he wanted to serve him in every possible way. Baba Amar Das Ji stayed in Khadoor and served Guru Angad Saheb Ji. Back to Main Page