PACHMI PARKASH - Global Sikh Studies

Meeting with the Lord's Saint, the Holy Guru, I apply the dust of His feet to my face.
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And all the creatures of Your Universe, O my Lord and Master, long for the dust of
the feet of the Sadhu .
O Nanak, one who has such destiny inscribed on his forehead, is blessed with the dust
of the feet of the Sadhu; the Lord carries him across. ||4||2||
As complete Saints are sent for those purposes to help lost souls and make places of
pilgrimages pure and where ever they go they cleanse the earth of negativity which is
created from the sins we do as humans.
Daily routine of Baba Karam Singh Ji Maharaj
Since Baba Ji had left the Army to pursue the true work of the Creator they mostly
resided in Hoti in a quiet and peaceful place on the banks of Kalpani, where Baba Ji
had constructed nine small huts. Soon enough Sant Lal Singh Ji had received their
pension and had also arrived in Baba Ji’s service.
Due to Sant Lal Singh Ji’s humble request they had also dug a well to deal with the
increase in devotees and constructed rooms for storing food rations as well as mud
huts for the saints who stayed at Hoti. But with all this expansion and increase in the
congregation at the camp, Baba Ji felt it necessary to go on the pilgrimage which was
to Panja Sahib, Amritsar and Haridwar. But on Baba Ji’s return the numbers of the
people that came daily had also increased many folds, of whom many came from
great distances along with many spirtual students coming to learn and succeed in their
journey of life by living in the company of such a beloved soul of the Lords.
The devotees would arrive in the early hours of the morning, continuing to arrive and
depart all day leaving the camp bustling until the late evening. The free kitchen also
ran twenty four hours a day to feed all the devotees and all these responsibilities were
left to Sant Lal Singh Ji. With fresh yogurt and sweet rice in the morning and at 12
noon chapatti’s with lentils and pulses and at 3pm a cool almond drink and finally
ending the evening with a varying meal with chapatti’s. All to accommodate the array
of the visting congregation whether Hindu, Muslim Pataan, Sikh Soldiers or English
Officers, Guru Ji’s free kitchen was open to all.
Baba Ji’s routine was very intense with great dedication and no excuses. Until 11pm
at night they would sit on the bank’s of the river in meditation, and then from 11pm to
1.30am Baba Ji would rest in the love of the Lord, as a pure and complete soul never
sleeps but instead is forever wake, as not even for a second do they forget their
beloved. At 1.30am Baba Ji would clean their teeth and then go and bathe in the river
Kalpani and whilst submerged in the water they would recite five JapJi Sahib’s.
Coming out they would dry and change into fresh clothes and then sit in deep
contemplation on the banks, no matter whether rain, wind or cold winter weather
Baba Ji always kept this routine through the twelve months of the calendar only
covering themselves with a light shawl.
Many a time during the harsh North India winters they would sit covered in ice but it
never bothered them, undistracted from his love for deep meditation. They would
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