ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PARCH&#298 MANS&#362R J&#298 K&#298</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279<i>PARCH&#298 MANS&#362R J&#298 K&#298</i> is a versified account, in an episode mould, of the life of Mans&#363r, the famous S&#363f&#299 saint. The authorship of the work is not known for certain, though it is generally attributed to Bh&#257&#299 Sahaj R&#257m, a Sev&#257panth&#299 saint. A manuscript copy of this still-unpublished work is held at the Central Public Library, Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, under MS. No. 2916 (ff.441-50). The work is in S&#257dh Bh&#257&#7779&#257, Punjabi vocabulary predominating, and has <i>dohir&#257-chaupa&#299</i> as the meters. Mans&#363r was born in Persia where he spent the first 18 years of his life and where he received his early education. Then occurred his meeting in Ba<u>gh</u>d&#257d with Junaid, another well-known S&#363f&#299 who initiated him into the Divine mystery. His preaching tours of India and China are followed by the account of his death by stoning for his slogan of <i>analhaq</i> I am God" which was considered to be a blasphemous statement. Only those incidents have been chosen from Mans&#363r's life which reflect his spiritual eminence. The author has discussed in this work the concepts of God, self, <i>j&#299va, m&#257y&#257</i>, etc. Realization of God is put forth as the principal aim of human life and meditation on His name as the means to it.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Gurmukh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sev&#257panth&#299&#257&#7749 d&#299 Pañj&#257b&#299 S&#257hit n&#363&#7749 De&#7751</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurmukh Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>