Occupation Ruler of Gagron Spouse(s) Sita | Children Dwarkanath Name Bhagat Pipa | |
 | ||
Born unknown (~14th century) Gagron, Jhalawar, Rajasthan, India Died unknown (~early 15th century) Known for 1 verse in Guru Granth Sahib.
Accepted Gurmat thought from Sakta thought Religion Shaivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism and Nirguni denominations, Hinduism | ||
Katha bani bhagat pipa ji nihang dharam singh
Bhagat Pipa, born in Malwa region of north India (east Rajasthan), was a Rajput king of Gagaraungarh, who abdicated and turned into a sant and Hindu mystic poet of the Bhakti movement.
Contents
- Katha bani bhagat pipa ji nihang dharam singh
- Katha bhagat pipa ji by baba jaimal singh ji bhinder gurudwara satsang bhawan
- Life
- Key teachings and influence
- References
Pipa's year of birth or death is unknown, but he is traditionally believed to have lived in late 14th and died in early 15th century. Born in a warrior class and royal family, Pipa is described as an early Shaivism (Shiva) and Sakta (Durga) follower, thereafter adopted Vaishnavism with strong monist emphasis as a disciple of Ramananda, and later preached Nirguni (god without attributes) beliefs of life. Bhagat Pipa is considered one of the earliest influential sants of the Bhakti movement in 15th century north India.
His devotional hymns are incorporated in Guru Granth Sahib, a Sikhism scripture.
Pipa is also known as Raja Pipaji or Rao Pipa or Sardar Pipa or Sant Pipaji or Pipa Bairagi or Pipanand Acharya.
Katha bhagat pipa ji by baba jaimal singh ji bhinder gurudwara satsang bhawan
Life
Pipa was born in a Rajput royal family (Kshatriya varna), at Gagaron, in present-day Jhalawar district of Rajasthan in a Rajput family, became the king of Gagaraungarh. As a ruler, Pipa worshipped Hindu goddess Durga Bhavani while Pipa was king of a small Rajput kingdom, but abdicated, became a sannyasi and accepted the Brahmin Ramanand as his guru, joined Ramananda's Vaishnavism bhakti movement with a strong monist emphasis based out of Varanasi.
According to Bhaktamal, a Bhakti movement hagiography, his wife Sita stayed with him before and after his abdication when he became a wandering monk. The hagiography mentions many episodes of his sannyasa life, such as one where robbers were trying to steal his buffalo that provided milk to his companions, and when he stumbled into the robbery in progress, he began helping the robbers and suggested that they take a calf too. The robbers were so moved that they abandoned their ways and became his disciples.
In later life, Bhagat Pipa, as with several other disciples of Ramananda such as Kabir and Dadu Dayal, shifted their devotional worship from saguni Vishnu avatar (Dvaita, dualism) to nirguni (Advaita, monism) god, that is from god with attributes to god without attributes.
His date of birth and death is unknown, but the traditional genealogy in Bhakti hagiography suggests he died about 1400 CE.
Key teachings and influence
Pipa taught that god is within one's own self, and that true worship is to look within and have reverence for God in each human being.
He influenced Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, and Bhagat Pipa's hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib.
Two collections of Pipa’s sayings are known to exist, namely Shñ Pipa ji Bani and Sarab Gutaka, both in manuscript form. Pipa Math, a monastery in Dwãrkã, honours his memory.