Bhai Mona

There was a Sikh called Bhai Mona who was serving in the langar of Guru Angad Dev Ji Maharaj. Mona
was extremely arrogant and greedy. Some people complained to the Guru the insulting behavior Bhai
Mona displayed whilst serving langar. The Guru called him for an explanation. Bhai Mona said that he
was the servant of the Guru and would do anything for him and that he was not a servant of the
others( sangat).
The Guru than asked him to go to the nearby forest, chop some wood, make a pyre and cremate
himself. Without understanding the consequences of the Guru's orders he went to the forest, cut the
wood, makes a pyre and lit it. On seeing the blazing fire he became scared and was reluctant to jump
in the fire. Meanwhile, a thief arrived and asked Bhai Mona what he was going to do. Bhai Mona told
him the whole story. The thief (who was good at heart) thought that he had an opportunity of wiping
out the sins of his past life. He accordingly said to Bhai Mona that he would give him a bag of
jewels if he would let him die on the pyre and get salvation. Bhai Mona happily agreed.
The thief jumped in the fire but was saved by Guru ji's grace. Bhai Mona on the other hand was
arrested for the theft of the jewels and was hanged.
On hearing this the Guru said that a sinner could get salvation by believing in and obeying Guru's
orders no matter what he had done before; whereas the pride and vices like anger and greed would
destroy the result of all the service(when done in ego).
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