Today is Ravidas Jayanti. Sant Ravidas is being celebrated with great enthusiasm all over the country. According to the Hindu calendar, the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas is celebrated every year on the full moon date of the month of Magha. Sant Ravidas Ji was born on the day of Magha Purnima. On this day a large number of followers of Sant Ravidas gather at his birthplace and perform Bhajan Kirtan. Sant Ravivas Ji was a person of a very religious nature. While adopting his ancestral work for livelihood, he used to always be absorbed in the devotion of God.
His teachings are inspiring even today. Let us know his precious thoughts on the occasion of Sant Ravidas Jayanti...
"मन चंगा तो कठौती में गंगा"
This statement said by Sant Ravidas Ji is one of the most popular. This means that if the mind is pure and those who, while doing their work, are engrossed in the devotion of God, there is no greater pilgrimage for them.
"रविदास जन्म के कारनै, होत न कोउ नीच।
नकर कूं नीच करि डारी है, ओछे करम की कीच।।"
It means that a person becomes small or big not because of his birth but because of his karma. It is the actions of a person that make him high or low. Sant Ravidas Ji used to teach everyone to live in an equal spirit.
"रविदास जन्म के कारनै, होत न कोउ नीच।
नकर कूं नीच करि डारी है, ओछे करम की कीच।।"
It means that a person becomes small or big not because of his birth but because of his karma. It is the actions of a person that make him high or low. Sant Ravidas Ji used to teach everyone to live in an equal spirit. Never let pride take birth in you. This small ant can pick up grains of sugar, but an elephant, despite being so huge and powerful, cannot do it.
"करम बंधन में बन्ध रहियो, फल की ना तज्जियो आस
कर्म मानुष का धर्म है, सत् भाखै रविदास"
Be tied in the bondage of Karam, don't expect fruit. Karma is the religion of man
Guru Ravidas Ji says that accumulating more wealth, behaving immorally, and committing misconduct are said to be wrong. Apart from this, he was vehemently opposed to superstition, discrimination, and petty mentality.
