Who Was Bhai Kulbir Singh Ji? Bhai Kulbir Singh had a deep love for literature from a young age. This led him to read the philosophical works of Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh, an important political influencer who agitated peacefully for India’s freedom from the British during the Freedom Revolt movement. These books had a profound impact on Bhai Kulbir Singh’s life, and he was moved to take Sikh Baptism at the age of 19, after which he maintained a strict, orthodox lifestyle for the rest of his life. He began to delve deeply into Sikh theology and philosophy through his endless perusal of spiritual literature and of Scripture. His strict lifestyle was entirely centered on the pursuit of the Divine. He woke up daily before 2:30 am to take a cold shower, and then to spend several hours praying and meditating. It was a routine he would maintain without fail for the rest of his life. Influence in the Community Because of his fluency in both English and Punjabi, he was one of the first people to make use of the internet to spread a religious influence within the Sikh community. He very soon became a prolific Sikh writer, producing hundreds of articles in both languages on topics such as theology, politics, Scripture, and lifestyle. For some time his articles were also produced in a Punjabi Sikh magazine in India called Soora. Accomplishments In 2009, Bhai Kulbir Singh founded the Gurmat Bibek website. On the website he continued to write countless articles and posts which were read by audiences around the world. Shortly after, he founded the Gurmat Bibek YouTube channel. In a very short period of time, he produced hundreds of scripts for hundreds for videos on many varying theological topics, garnering hundreds of thousands of views. In addition to all of this, Bhai Kulbir Singh had quietly worked on a personal project that had never made it to the public eye during his lifetime. He had written hundreds of pages of notes which translated and interpreted the Sikh scriptures. In these Punjabi translations, he examined the etymology of words, and also the grammatical structure of the scriptures, systematically breaking down each line of text in order to produce the truest translations possible. He had also produced similar “translations” of other works of Sikh literature, particularly the writings of Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh ji. Scholarship Bhai Kulbir Singh was an avid reader. He had read more than 4000 books in his lifetime, and had even built an entire library in his home. Along with Sikh literature he also studied the texts of other religions thoroughly. Along with Veds, Puran, and Shastars, he also studied the Quran and Bible on a regular basis. He had an intuitive as well as scholarly understanding of spiritual states in other religions, as a person who had had many spiritual experiences throughout his own life. In addition to religious scholarship, he was very fond of reading about history and politics, of which he had a vast understanding. Books Although Bhai Sahib had never published any of his writing in book format during his lifetime, he left an enormous treasury of influential writing. He had populated the internet with more Sikh writing than any other single individual. Before his departure from this world, he had reflected on creating children's books, but was never given the chance. We have taken some of his wonderful articles and turned them into illustrated books for the next generation.
阅读完整简历
