Garib Das

Who was Garib Das?

Sant Garib Das was a Yogi and called Acharaya, spiritual reformer and founder of the Garibdasi panth. He was born in 1717 to a family of Dhankhar Jats In Village Chhudani, District Jhajjar, Haryana, and he has written almost 24000 words of wholly book which is called Garibdassi Granth which is followed by so many Garbidassi and Kabir panthies . His Garib Das ki granth Sahib or Baba Garib Dasji ki bani consists of some 7,000 verses of the poet Kabir followed by 17,000 of his own. The granth has so many words from different language like Arabic Gujraati and other language that were spoken at that time in different regions till Afghanistan and across Himalaya valleys. He left this earth in 1778, and over his remains a mausoleum was erected. The wholly book contains huge knowledge of different forms of Bhakti and Sadhna. Acharaya explained different way to reach ultimate path of human soul which is also discussed in Vedanta. Till this age of kalayuga we have so many wholly book and preaching's way to meet GOD like Lord Shiva,Lord Krishna,Vedanta,Ramayana and Muslim preaching and Yoga.