Jeewan Baba Isher Singh Ji

Jeewan Baba Isher Singh Ji by Sardar Jagmohan Singh ji 'Rikhi'

Baba Isher Singh Ji was born in the village of Jhorran, Tehsil Jagraon, district Ludhiana on March 26, 1916 to the respected Sardar Bagga Singh Ji and Mata Partap Kaur Ji. From birth Baba Isher Singh Ji’s soul merged with a higher spirituality and continuously mediated with a merciful, peaceful heart that was imbued with an unparalleled spiritual energy bestowed on his shoulders by Akal Purakh himself.

As remarkable as these implementations of Gurbani were on a global scale, none of these achievements compares to that which defines Baba Isher Singh Ji’s contribution to the house of Sri Guru Nanak Sahib Ji. The gift that Baba Isher Singh Ji prescribed to the masses was that of baptizing them as the son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji Maharaj, and Baba Isher Singh Ji’s administration of Amrit is one unsurpassed in history and one which remains unrivalled even today.

Baba Isher Singh Ji’s legacy coupled two fundamental tenets which hold the key to salvation in this life and beyond. In the first, Baba Isher Singh Ji stressed the ceaseless message of Guru Nanak Sahib concerning universal brotherhood and doing well for all. He emphasized the eternal spirituality of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and explained that in order to escape the clutches of physical and emotional suffering, one must confine in the teachings and recognize the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji as the living divinity of our ten Gurus and that one should never distinguish between the divine scripture and our Guru Ji’s as they are of an identical roop, jot and atma (body, light and soul). The second legacy specifies the necessity of giving your head to Guru Gobind Singh Ji through taking him as your father through the process of Amrit and attaining true liberation to surpass the fear of death.