ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>VACHAN GOBIND LOK&#256 KE (Sayings of the Saintly People)</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>VACHAN GOBIND LOK&#256 KE</i> (Sayings of the Saintly People) is a didactic work in Punjabi prose by Bh&#257&#299 A&#7693&#7693a&#7751 Sh&#257h, a Sev&#257panth&#299 saint. Completed in 1904 Bk/AD 1847 and written in the hand of one Kh&#299va&#7751 Si&#7749gh, the work comprises 147 folios with 9+9 lines on each folio and 252 <i>s&#257kh&#299s</i> or anecdotes, each with a lesson. The work remains unpublished, and the only known copy of the manuscript is preserved under MS. 99 in the Pañj&#257b University Library, Cha&#7751&#7693&#299ga&#7771h. Although Sev&#257panth&#299s are counted a sect among the Sikhs; they depart in certain respects from the Sikh way of life : a Sev&#257panth&#299 saint, for instance, lives the life of a recluse renouncing all worldly attachments and remains celibate. Consequently, the work is an amalgam of Sikh and Sev&#257panth&#299 teachings. Humility, service, generosity, detachment and contentment are the common virtues recommended. Yet, contrary to Sikh principle, there is an emphasis on celibacy. The work contains <i>s&#257kh&#299s</i> from the lives of several of the <i>bhaktas</i> such as Sadhn&#257 (83), Sukhdev (88), and Darshan (214) rehearsing moral precepts and values.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Gurmukh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sev&#257panth&#299&#257&#7749 d&#299 Pañj&#257bi S&#257hit n&#363&#7749 De&#7751</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Dharam Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>