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BHANU, BHAI, BhaiJattu, Bhai Nihalu and Bhai Tiratha, all Chaddha Khatris, were devoted Sikhs. Once they presented themselves before Guru Arjan to have a doubt resolved. They made obeisance to the Guru and said, "Lord, in one of your hymns there is a line: `He alone kills and He alone saves; there is nothing in man`s power.` Yet another hymn says: `In this field of action, as thou so west, so shalt thou reapest.` Which of the two precepts shall apply? Because, if He performs or gets performed all actions, how are we answerable for them? And, if we have to suffer the consequences of our actions, we must have the freedom to act with discretion." The Guru, as says Bhai Mani Singh, Sikhan di Bhagat Mala, replied: "Some merit liberation through action, some through worship, some through knowledge.

CHHAJJU, BHAI, a Bhalla Khatri of Sultanpur Lodhi, whose name figures in Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 21, and who had embraced the Guru`s precept at the hands of Guru Amar Das. He once visited Amritsar with the sarig`at of Sultanpur and received instruction from Guru Arjan. See AKUL, BHAI, and BHIKHA, BHATT

GOPI, BHAI, a devoted Sikh of the time of Guru Amar Das. He lived at the village of Dalla, in present day Kapurthala district of the Punjab, and received initiation at the hands of Guru Amar Das, (Varan, XI. 16) BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Mani Singh, Bhai, Sikhan di Bhagat Main. Aimitsar, 1955 2. Santokh Singh, Bhai, Sn Gur Pratap Silrnj Cranlii. Amritsar, 1927-33 B.S.D. GOPI, BHAI, a Bhardvaj Brahman, received initiation at the hands of Guru Arjan. Once he, accompanied by Bhai Vcsa and Bhai Tulsia, also Bhardvaj Brahmans, and Bhai Bhiara, who had been initiated along with him, waited upon the Guru.

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NIHALU BHALLA, BHAI, a resident of Sultanpur Lodhi, who embraced Sikhism during the time of Guru Amar Das. He once visited Amritsar with the sangat of Sultanpur to receive instruction from Guru Arjan. The name figures in Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI.21.

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This website based on Encyclopedia of Sikhism by Punjabi University , Patiala by Professor Harbans Singh.