AN IMAGE OF ALMIGHTY GOD IS SAID TO HAVE EMERGED IN RAVIDAS'S LAP, WHEN HE WAS CHALLENGED BY THE PRIESTLY CLASS TO PROVE THAT HE WAS ONE WITH GOD :--

Guru Ravi Dass was a towering mystic sant -poet of medieval India. A cobbler by profession. He attracted followers from all walks of life including common people and members of Royal families. A disciple of the 14th century Vaishnav saint, held that bhakti can be cultivated by purifying the inner soul and by accepting the God's will and by keeping virtuous company and he did not see spiritual merit in fasts, pilgrimages, penances, or ritualistic worship. He was convinced that the ego stands as the barrier between the man and the God, hence it needs to be sublimated on the spiritual journey. Saint Ravidass rejected caste - based distinctions and always pleaded for the social and religious harmonies. If the world has arisen from the same flame, how can any one discriminate between high and low, on the basis of caste discrimination and regarded the killing of living beings for religious sacrifice or for food as inhumane, because the Lord resides in them too. He was opposed to the consumption of liquor and of psychoactive plants like bhang and datura, as they pollute the body, mind and soul. He always advise the people Let the tongue always repeat the Lord's name, and let the hands be ever engaged in the work. Sant Kabir described Ravidas, a saint among saints, just as in religious lore, God provides succour to his devotees-- such as creating an infinite, never ending sari for Draupadi to safeguard her honour-- an image of God is said to have emerged in Saint Ravidas's lap, when he was challenged by the priestly class to prove that he was one with God :-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number, 9459334377