Guru Ravidas Jayanti: Saint Ravidas Jayanti is celebrated every year on the day of Magha Purnima. Ganga bath has special significance on this day. Saint Ravidas is also known as Raidasji. Saint Guru Ravidas Ji is one of those great saints who showed people the right path to remove the evils and evils spread in the society. He has done the work of tying the whole society in the thread of unity with his devotional spirit. Let’s know about some priceless couplets and inspirational thoughts of Sant Ravidas ji, which guide people even today.
Couplets and motivational thoughts of Saint Ravidas
- Karma was worship for Saint Ravidas. He used to talk about giving respect only to the qualities instead of external appearances and ostentatiousness. ‘Man Changa to Kathoti Mein Ganga’ is his saying which means that if our mind is pure then God resides in our heart only.
- Ravidas ji never left the path of devotion. He considered God as his integral part and could not even imagine life without God. Its address is visible in this line of his. ‘How can I ever stop repeating the name of Lord Ram. Lord, you are sandalwood and we are water, everything is like water. Prabhu ji, you become a cube, we are more like Chitvat Chand Chakora. Prabhu ji, you are the lamp, we are the wick, Jaki Joti Barai Din Raati.
- Ravidas ji was the biggest opponent of the caste system. He believed that due to these castes, humans are moving away from each other. He said that the caste which divides man from man, then what is the benefit of caste. His couplet on the caste system is very famous, ‘There are castes in caste, which are the leaves of Ketan. Raidas man cannot join until the caste goes away.
- ‘Mind is worship, mind is sunshine, I am easy form of mind.’ That means God resides only in a pure mind. If there is no enmity, greed or malice in your mind, then your mind is God’s temple, lamp and incense. GOD always resides in the mind having such pure thoughts.
- ‘Don’t worship Brahmins who are without virtues, worship the feet of Chandal who are virtuous.’ Ravidas ji says that one should not be worshiped just because he is in a high position. Instead of this, if there is a person who is not on a high position but is very talented, then he should be worshipped.
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