[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sangat ji, when I think about a woman \Nwho has become a change, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or has brought change to womanhood \Nin the Sikh Panth Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji is the Mehl of \NGuru Angad Dev Ji Maharaj Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mehl here means wife. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In her life Sangat ji Mata Khivi Ji has shown\Nso much of strength. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I say strength I don't just mean \Nphysical strength, but mental strength. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her ability to go against the stigma\Nset by society. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what was that which we face even now? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is 'what will people say?' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true Sangat ji, it was then back in her time\Nand it is also happening now in out time as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so concerned about what people would say. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so concerned about making people happy, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about doing what people, all society, thinks is acceptable. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Mata Khivi Ji was not like that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For her, it was not important to make people happy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not important to make or do what people \Nwant her to do - what was accepted Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the eyes of society. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was important to her to do what was good,\Nwhat made Guru Sahib happy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was accepted in the eyes of the Guru. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Guru Angad Ji Maharaj, then their name was\NBhai Lehna Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told their wife that they wanted to go to \NKartarpur Sahib to stay with Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve them, to learn from them on how one \Ncan do Bhagti while being a Grihst, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji never said no. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normally, now at this point of time if a husband or a \Nwife, or any family member decides to Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps leave the household and go to search \Nfor his life purpose, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many parents or many family members would say no,\Nwhy are you leaving? Who is going to earn money? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are you going to survive? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, at that time Sangat ji, Mata Khivi Ji said\Ndo as you wish, do what makes you happy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this makes you happy to go and serve the Guru\Nand to learn the ways of doing Bhagti Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whilst being a Grihst, do so. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, oh dear husband, this is my Benti \Nthat when you come back Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would like you to teach me the ways as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teach me on how I too can do Bhagti \Nas a wife Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how both of us, as husband \Nand wife could do Bhagti together in this house. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See how positive the reponse of \NMata Khivi Ji was. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another quality of hers was acceptance. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She accepted Hukam, which we call Bhana Manna/Hukam Manna Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gurbani Says, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be able to obtain or get - Khasam here means Maharaj, Guru Sahib, Parmatma - Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you Mann, when you accept the Hukam, then you are accepted as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are accepted in the palace of Parmatma, \Nyou are accepted in the house of the Guru. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like I mentioned earlier, Khasmai Bhaavai - \Nwhat is accepted in the eyes of Parmatma, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Kare - do so. Do that which is accepted in the \Nhouse of the Guru. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then one, a soul bride, who does that, then all her\Nwishes are fulfilled. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is what Mata Khivi Ji practised in her life. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now Sangat Ji, Guru Angad Dev Ji, Bha Lehna Ji has left to Kartarpur, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is going to take care of the house? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is going to feed the 4 children? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is going to make sure that\Nthere is food on the table? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All that responsibility went on the \Nshoulders of Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not even once Mata Khivi Ji said\Noh no or what has happened? Why has this happened? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not even once. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her whole life she learned to accept the \NBhana, that whatever is happening is Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening in the Hukam of Parmatma. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Sangat Ji, remember I mentioned about society? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The place that she was staying in and the village, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was some woman who, I would say, \Ntried to give fake sympathy, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who would come and say 'what's happened here?', Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your husband has left you, all the responsibilities\Nare on your shoulders. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even now people do so as well - fake sympathy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Mata Khivi Ji would not pay any heed to \Nwhat this woman would say, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she knows that they are trying \Nto break her spirit. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would just smile and Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would do that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which Sangat Ji, is something that we should practise\Nas well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't stop people from talking, but one thing\Nwe can do is whatever is being put in one ear Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just take it out from the other. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we do not dwell upon it, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because then we start thinking about it,\Nwe start stressing about it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji's condition was Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That even if Parmatma gives me Sukh,\NI will still remember Parmatma. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even in Dukh and times like this where I have\Nto take care of my whole family, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am alone with my children and all this society, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people are tying to provoke me, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even in Dukh I will still do Your Simran, \NI will still remember You. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guru Angad Dev Ji Maharaj, they say about woman \Nin their Bani, they say Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever there is Sukh there is happiness, joy, there is peace, enjoy your husband, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even in Dukh always remember your husband Lord,\Nalways remember Parmatma. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O' wise woman, this is the way you can be \None with Vaheguru, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way you can unite with Parmatma. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Mata Khivi Ji kept on taking care of the family Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and time to time Bhai Lehna Ji would come back Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would share what Guru Nanak Dev Ji had taught them Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would share those teachings with Mata Khivi Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mata Khivi Ji would practise Simran, Seva, \NHukam Mann'na and all of the things Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bhai Lehna Ji would come and tell her about \NGuru Nanak Dev Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of them had so much love for Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The time came Sangat Ji when Bhai Lehna Ji has been \Ngive the Guru Gaddi. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have become Guru Angad Dev Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Guru Nanak Dev Ji tells them to move to \NKhadoor Sahib Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to shift there and to start a Dharamsala there. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now Guru Angad Dev Ji comes to Khadoor Sahib Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now imagine Sangat Ji, where it used to only be you, \Nyour husband and your 4 children, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now your house has been transformed into \Na Dharamsala where Sangat come daily Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have Darshan of Guru Angad Dev Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can't leave this Sangat on their own. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't make this Sangat go back empty-handed,\Nempty stomach. You have to feed them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji took the responsibility of cooking Langar\Nfor these Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Sangat Ji, what was the quantity at that time? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10, 20, 30 and on some days even up to 100s. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe a group of Sadhus would come. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she was always on her toes. She accepted the Hukam that now my husband has become the Guru, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the second Guru of the Sikhs. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her daily routine changed. Now she serves her husband, she takes care of the children, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she also takes care of the Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She feeds the Sangat, she starts cooking langar for \Nthe Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time Sangat Ji again the society, at that point the time of Guru Nanak Dev Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the time of Guru Angad Dev Ji, the woman they used to cover their faces. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They used to cover their faces with their Dupatta, whenever they go out, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even in their house. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Mata Khivi Ji, now that her house has become a Dharamsala, she has to use both her hands to work Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she has to be on her toes at all times, \Nwhenever Sangat comes, she has to serve them. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is no time to cover her face. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all about practicality. She took off the scarf and now she is doing seva alongside men. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And cooking Langar. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She takes these men as her brothers, as her sons\Nand she's working together hand in hand to cook Langar Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in bulk amount for Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The women in the village, at first they started talking about it, 'What has Khivi Ji done here?' Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now she's removed her veil as well, \Nnow she's working with men, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Mata Khivi Ji again she did not pay any heed to what these people were saying, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because for her what was more important was doing\NSeva of the Sangat, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as Guru Nanak Dev Ji has told. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And making sure that these Sangat were comfortable\Nand that Guru Angad Dev Ji could focus on the Sangat, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whilst she could focus on the food, on the Langar part. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She served her husband in the morning, \Nbecause Guru Angad Dev Ji would not eat Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form the Langar served for the Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their food was very simple and Mata Khivi Ji \Nwould serve her husband in the morning Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then go to to cook Langar for the whole day. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the afternoon when Guru Angad Dev Ji \Nwould be teaching Gurmukhi to the children Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji would also do the same with \NBaba Buddha Ji, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would also teach Gurmukhi to the children. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the life of Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slowly, slowly, because she kept on doing - this is where Sangat Ji actions speak louder than words Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these women, they other people, the other ladies in the Village they started seeing that there is so much Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seva going on, there's so many Sangat coming to have Darshan of Guru Angad Dev Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji, with so much dedication, is doing Seva\Nfor the Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't we too join her? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the first legacy of Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The preacher of woman liberation. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To remove the khund. Where other women started\Ncoming, being inspired by Mata Khivi Ji, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also started doing Seva in the Langar. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now they could serve more people. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second legacy of Mata Khivi Ji, which is now\Nin Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her mention in Guru Granth Sahib Ji, \Nby Sataa and Bhai Balwand. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did they say? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That Mata Khivi Ji is a pious woman, she is a wise\Nwoman, she is a good lady. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her nature, she is so cool she is so calm. \NJust like a tree that gives shade to people. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji is like that, her nature is cool and so calm. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has no anger, she is no ego towards anybody. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her nature, what she would do daily, is to \Nserve Langar, to help people in need. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her legacy was the Kheer - the rice pudding - that Mata Khivi Ji would make daily Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it tasted like Amrit. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Guru Angad Dev Ji, would be giving the Bhojan of Naam to the Sangat Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the other hand Mata Khivi Ji would be giving the Bhojan of Kheer, of Amrit, to the Sangat. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Sangat would come from far to meet Guru Angad Dev Ji, but also to eat in the langar by Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even after 30 years of the passing of Guru Angad Dev Ji, Mata Khivi Ji still continued to serve Langar. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She still continued to Seva and acceptance in Hukam\Nwas shown when Guru Amar Das Ji was Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given the Guru Gaddi. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She never cared for once that the Guru Gaddi should be give to my children. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That Bhai Datu Ji and Bhai Dasu Ji deserve to be the Guru. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She accepted that Guru Amar Das Ji is the next Guru. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She Matha Tek to Guru Amar Das Ji, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she told her children you too must accept \NGuru Amar Das Ji as the Guru. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Bhai Datu Ji went against Guru Amar Das Ji \Nand kicked them and they fell from the Takht, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Mata Khivi Ji learnt about this Sangat Ji, she was\Nso upset with her son Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she brought her son to Guru Amar Das Ji \Nto ask for forgiveness. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she herself fell in the feet of the Guru and said \Nforgive me, as a mother I could not educate my son. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could not give them these virtues, these qualities,\Nthat they could see the Guruship in You. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That they could see the Pamatma in You. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please forgive me. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was how Mata Khivi Ji was, acceptance and Hukam. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sangat Ji, what I am going to tell you now is so important, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially to my sisters out there who have \Nbecome wives, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or are going to become a wife one day. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mata Khivi Ji as a mother she gave valuable teachings \Nto Bibi Amro Ji, her daughter. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Bibi Amro Ji was going to get married in \Nthe house of Guru Amar Das Ji, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Bibi Amro is married to the nephew of \NGuru Amar Das Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Mata Khivi Ji was going to send her daughter off,\Nshe gave 3 advice to Bibi Amro Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call out to all my sisters out there,\Nthat these advice, you can call it marriage advice, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is so important. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But maybe perhaps now we have lost these values,\Nwe have lost the meaning of even these advice Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I am going to share with you. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first advice that Mata Khivi Ji gave to her daughter \Nwas, take the support of Gurbani. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make sure you read Gurbani daily, \Nbefore starting any work. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the morning, when you wake up read Gurbani. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you are doing your work, when you are cooking,\Nwhen you are cleaning the house Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you are serving you in-laws, read Gurbani. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second advice that Mata Khivi Ji gave, was that\Ntreat your in-laws as your own family. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If, you want love you have to be able to give love. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to be able to give love Sangat Ji, we have to \Nbe full of love. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Gurbani speaks a lot about love. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have spoken about this in this series, in the sakhi of\NBebe Nanaki Ji in the last video, about love. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bibi Amro Ji accepted, she said it is true, if I want love \Nfrom my in-laws I have to treat them as my own family. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to treat my mother-in-law as my own mother,\Nmy father-in-law as my own father. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the third advice that Mata Khivi Ji gave and \NGuru Angad Dev Ji gave as well to Bibi Amro Ji, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that not to return back home unless \Nyou are called for. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very difficult advice for us to follow, \Nbut back then that was what the parents of Bibi Amro Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked of her, not to return unless you are called for. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because now you are duty is for your in-laws. \NServe them as you would have served your own family. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Sangat Ji, look at the effect of these advice given by Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why it is so important for a woman, \Nit is in our hands that we could build a family Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based of the the virtues, the values of Sikhi, \Nor we can even break a family as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is in the hands of a woman, it is in the hands mother or of a wife, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to give their family Gursikhi Jeevan. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how did that happen? Bibi Amro Ji, daily she would \Nrecite Gurbani, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when she wakes up, when she will be cooking and \Nit was that one day where Guru Amar Das Ji, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they became a Guru, \Nwhen they were called a Nigura Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was the day when they came home\Nand they heard their daughter-in-law reciting Gurbani. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that one day Guru Amar Das Ji asked, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O' daughter, whose Bani is this you are reading? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Bibi Amro Ji then says this is the Bani of\NGuru Nanak Dev Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now my father, Guru Angad Dev Ji is sitting \Non the Gaddi. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And imagine Sangat Ji, it was from that day, \Nbecause of the advice given by Mata Khivi Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Bibi Amro Ji, and her practising it daily. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day it came where Guru Amar Das Ji found the Guru, through Bibi Amro Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How amazing is that Sangat Ji? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, what happens next? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guru Amar Das Ji themself, \Nseeing the life of Mata Khivi Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how she became a change and brought change\Nto the women in her village Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the community. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guru Amar Das Ji then goes on to work on \Nupliftment of woman. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How? By removing the Parda completely, \Nby removing the practice of Sati completely. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By making women Prachriks. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giving them Manjia Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of those woman Prachariks was\NBibi Bhani Ji, their own daughter. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How amazing is that? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guru Amar Das Ji, they uplifted women so much in \NSikh society. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would say that this credit goes to Mata Khivi Ji \Nas well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For giving those advice to Bibi Amro Ji and \Nwe can see how this becomes a chain reaction. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is for us to contemplate as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That why was families back then so strong? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was because of the woman, their Sikhi was strong. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their mental and physical strength was strong. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now I ask this question, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we becoming weaker? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why it is in the hands of the woman Sangat Ji\Nto build a family based on Sikhi. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give those values, those teachings, those advice \Nto our sons and daughters, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how they can become Gursikhs themselves. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like Mata Khivi Ji did to Bibi Amro Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we want to bring change to society, \Nwe first have to become that change. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like how Mata Khivi Ji became that change. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then just as the Pangti I mentioned earlier. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And until now Mata Khivi Ji is remembered \Nevery time we read Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time we read the Bani of Bhai Sataa and Bhai Balwand Ji, we are reminded of Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are reminded about her nature. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like a tree, if you look at the qualities of a tree. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A tree is upright, the roots are so strong. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No wind can just bring a tree down, \Nthe roots are so strong. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The leaves they give out oxygen, \Nthey give shade to people. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when a person comes and cut \Ndown that tree, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tree does not complain, does not cry, \Ndoes not curse the person. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still after being chopped down, \Nthe tree still serves its purpose. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gives us paper, gives us fruit, gives us flower. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the nature of a tree,\Nthis is also the nature of Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is why she has been referred to as such \Nin Gurbani. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Sangat Ji, I hope that we have been inspired \Nby the life of Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That to bring a change into our society, \Nthat we first become the change, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then action will speak louder than words. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a wife, as a mother, as a daughter, pass \Non these virtues to our own sisters Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our own daughters, so that they too one day\Nwhen they become a wife, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they go to another family,\Nthey can then continue giving those advice, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the future generation as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next woman, the next Mata Ji, the next personality \Nthat we are going to explore is Bibi Bhani Ji Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how Bibi Bhani Ji has done such a big \NParupkaar to Khalsa Panth. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I will share this in the next video. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I hope you enjoyed this video on Mata Khivi Ji. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please forgive me for any mistakes I have made.