Attainment of Guruship
When Guru Har Rai was asked who among his two sons Ram Rai and Har Krishan would be the next guru. Guru Ji asked the person to go with a needle and insert the needle in the leg of the bed where these two sat and recited baani. The person did the same and he was surprised to see that the needle went inside the bed when Guru Har Krishan Sahib was doing meditation but not when Raam Rai was doing it. The person obviously perplexed went to Guru Har Rai to ask the meaning. Guru explained that although both of them were reciting the same baani, needle going inside the bed was symbolic of softness in the heart of Har Krishan and Ram Rai was rough in the heart. Since the child guru was to take up so many diseases on his own self, softness was of prime importance. Thus next Guru came to be Guru Har Krishan at the age of 5 years. Its the first time in the history when the light of the Guru had entered a small child.
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