He devoted himself zealously to tasks such as the digging of the baoli at Goindval under the instruction of Guru Amar Das and the excavation of the sacred tank at Amritsar under Guru Ram Das and Guru Arjan. Bhai Budha also learned it and then took up the Guru's duty to teach it. In order to popularise it, he started teaching it to the children of the Sikhs.
Guru Angad Dev ji invented Gurmukhi script. He continued to serve the Gurus with complete dedication and remained an example of holy living for the growing body of disciples. Bhai Buddha lived to a ripe old age and had the unique honour of anointing all of the four following Gurus. Nanak II, Guru Nanak asked Bhai Buddha to apply the ceremonial tilak on Bhai Lahina's forehead. Such was the eminence he had attained in Sikh piety that, at the time of installation of Bhai Lahina as Guru Angad, i.e. His marriage at the age of seventeen at Achal, 6 km south of Batala (31°- 49'N, 75°- 12'E), did not distract him from his chosen path and he spent more time at Kartarpur where Guru Nanak had taken up his abode than at Katthu Nangal. Image courtesy:Guru Nanak & Guru Angad Devīhai Buddha became a devoted disciple of Guru Nanak. Then it occurred to me that, when no one could check these indiscriminating soldiers, who would restrain death from laying his hand upon us, young or old." At this Guru Nanak pronounced the words: "You are not a child you possess the wisdom of an old man." From that day, Bura, came to be known as Bhai Buddha, buddha in Punjabi means a (wise) old man, and later, when advanced in years, he was known as Baba Buddha.ĭevoted Service to 6 Gurus File:Buddhaganga.jpg But you talk so wisely." "Some soldiers set up camp by our village," replied Bura, "and they mowed down all our crops - ripe as well as unripe. Absolve me now from the circuit of birth and death." The Guru said, You are only a child yet. According to Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhan di Bhagat Mala, Bura went up to him and, making obeisance with a bowl of milk as his offering, prayed to him in this manner: "O sustainer of the poor! I am fortunate to have had a sight of you today. As a small boy, he was one day grazing cattle outside the village when, in 1524 A.D, Guru Nanak happened to pass by his village.
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