Sat Sri Akaal!
Welcome to serious readers! Blogs are nice beginning places to reflect and to explore. The wisdom of others is often the trigger that sends me searching, thinking and learning in a serious way.
There isn't much here today because it is a beginning.
But my hope? That in the beginning wisdom will help us and not abandon us half-way down the road.
More coming. Please contribute. Stay in chardi kala.
Antonia D'Onofrio
Welcome to serious readers! Blogs are nice beginning places to reflect and to explore. The wisdom of others is often the trigger that sends me searching, thinking and learning in a serious way.
There isn't much here today because it is a beginning.
But my hope? That in the beginning wisdom will help us and not abandon us half-way down the road.
More coming. Please contribute. Stay in chardi kala.
Antonia D'Onofrio
Endless Ages, Endless Consciousness
Posted 15-Sep-2007 at 12:04 PM by Narayanjot Kaur
Through endless ages, the mind has never changed
It has not lived or died, come or gone, gained or lost.
It isn’t pure or tainted, good or bad, past or future.
true or false, male or female. It isn’t reserved for
monks or lay people, elders to youths, masters or
idiots, the enlightened or unenlightened.
It isn’t bound by cause and effect and doesn’t
struggle for liberation. Like space, it has no form.
You can’t own it and you can’t lose it. Mountains.
rivers or walls can’t impede it. But this mind is
ineffable and difficult to experience. It is not the
mind of the senses. So many are looking for this
mind, yet it already animates their bodies.
It is theirs, yet they don’t realize it.
It has not lived or died, come or gone, gained or lost.
It isn’t pure or tainted, good or bad, past or future.
true or false, male or female. It isn’t reserved for
monks or lay people, elders to youths, masters or
idiots, the enlightened or unenlightened.
It isn’t bound by cause and effect and doesn’t
struggle for liberation. Like space, it has no form.
You can’t own it and you can’t lose it. Mountains.
rivers or walls can’t impede it. But this mind is
ineffable and difficult to experience. It is not the
mind of the senses. So many are looking for this
mind, yet it already animates their bodies.
It is theirs, yet they don’t realize it.
- Bodhidharma
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He Is Not Hari
He is not Hari, He is not the Lord Siva.
He is the Ultimate Cause,
In the Beyond of the Beyond,
Transcending Blackness, Redness, and Whiteness,
Immoveable.
Try to understand:
He is not big, He is not small.
He is Infinite Distance,
Immovable,
Transcending even
Supreme Quiessence.
- Sivavakkiyar
From The Poets of the Powers: Freedom, Magic, and Renewal, Translated by Kamil V. ZvelebilPosted 15-Sep-2007 at 12:30 PM by Narayanjot Kaur
- Melt with the Heart Inside
In the Four Eternal Vedas,
In the study and reading of scripts,
In sacred ashes and in Holy Writs
And muttering of prayers
You will not find the Lord!
Melt with the Heart Inside
and proclaim the Truth.
Then you will join the Light-
Life without servitude.
- SivavakkiyarPosted 22-Sep-2007 at 09:15 AM by Narayanjot Kaur -
How Do We Reconcile?
How do we reconcile His transcendence with His immanence?
He is self-created. And He knows what this means.
It would be foolish for us to say that we know what we mean when we say He is self-created. We don't know what this means. We have never seen nor experienced His self-creation. He is the seed and we are His creation.
We don't know His Nature. Only He understands His self-existence.
We can only know Him through His immanence. When we feel him nearby.
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9)Posted 22-Sep-2007 at 09:26 AM by Narayanjot Kaur - The Heart Inside
When we met, wooed, fell
I couldn’t say everything
though I desired for you to
know me
honestly
my mouth mumbled
stumblingly
the language of my swollen
heart
you listened as a deer
in a silent meadow
the distant crack of a twig
freezing you
still as stone
your ears filled the gaps
in my stuttered speech
your eyes defused my instinctive
bluster
and broke my heart down to
true discourse
you saw through
all outer ornamentation
the heart inside
From the poems of Fred Gillen, Jr.
Posted 22-Sep-2007 at 09:38 AM by Narayanjot Kaur - Posted 22-Sep-2007 at 10:07 AM by Narayanjot Kaur
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A Glimpse into the Mysticism of Guru Nanaak
Why does Guru Nanaak use so many terms from the Vedas when speaking his own distinctive view of sehaj? Professor Darwan Singh gives us this insight in a longer article on the nature of anhad.
Guru Nanak has copiously used esoteric termsand expressions such as sunn, shiv-shakti,trikuti, unman, sas-ghar-sur, bajar-kapat, ira-pingla-sukhmana, ajapa-jap, dasamduar,dhundhukar-niralam, sache amerapur, sachinagari, bij-mandar, sunn kala, satsar, panch-sabad, akul niranjan, purakh-arit, gagnantar dhanakh, sunn-samadh, bis-ikis, dubmue-vinpani, surat-dhun, nijghar, guptibani, anhat sunnand surat-sabad in all his compositions, specially in Ragas, Ramkali and Maru. These are purely mystical terms common to all Indian religions. As Nirharranjan Ray observes, Guru Nanak'suse of these tantric and yogic terms does not logically follow that he actually practised or inculcated their practice among his followers, since he has used them only as figures of speech or technical esoteric terms which were current and handy for use and were generally understood among advanced mystical orders of his time. He had actually many discussions during his travels and at Kartarpur with Yogis, Sadhus and ascetics of various mystical cults and denominations. Guru Nanak, in fact, had his own mystical message to convey to humanity and it was original with him and had no conceptual reference to the mystical philosophies of saivites, vaishnavites, yogies and even to Kabir, Dadu, Namdev and others, though many of them were accepted as allied co-mystics and their compositions included in the Adi-Granth more with a view to illustration and elaboration than to identification and syncretism.
From Guru Nanaak's Concept of Sehaj by Darwan SinghPosted 22-Sep-2007 at 11:12 AM by Narayanjot Kaur -
The JapuJi in Brief
O Beloved,
Thy name is Truth.
Thou art the Person who creates,
Thou art the humanity that hath no fear, no enmity.
Thy shining spiritual form is above time and space.
Thou art immortality,
Self-radiant Thou, O Love,
Whom no birth can envisage
And no death can remove.
O Beloved,
Sacred, secret is Thy Name,
And it opens like the flower of life in the kindness of the Guru.
Thou art eternity
The beginning Thou,
The middle Thou,
The end Thou,
O Beloved,
Thou art beyond the wings of thought,
Thou art beyond the plumbings of silence.
Without Thee desire is not sated,
And all wise proposings sink with sorrow, nothing avails without Thee.
Living with Thee,
In Thee, O Great Love,
Consenting to be Thine for ever and ever is life’s fulfillment.
At the signal of Thy brow
The forms rise,
The souls are cast,
And glory gilds the brow even of the smallest, the meanest.
At the signal of Thy brow
Life is scattered in myriad positions, low and high,
And the souls rise up through pain and pleasure.
Some are the gifted beings in union with Thee
And others wander away, in their orbits, for ever and ever.
All is the superb creation of Thy eyes, O Beloved.
Thou art.
Glory, Glory, O Beloved.
All are in Thy sunshine.
Thieves, they say,
Cut-throats, robbers who live on the other’s blood,
Sinners, slanderers, liars
They say these are mean and small
But when Thou shinest, all is beautiful,
I am attracted out of myself,
Fascinated by Thee I sacrifice myself to Thee,
Glory, glory, O Beloved,
All is well.
Thy palace is of music made,
On its walls the universe breaks in song,
Its sky is full of fair dancers,
The space resounds with the rhythm of soundless bliss,
The rivers and the continents sing Thy Name, O Beloved,
The stars beam with Naming Thee
The mail-clad warrior is fierce,
But his heroic death on the battle-filed sings in faint
Tunes of love Thy anthems of personality-music.
Thy dreams roll on.
Life is inspiration of Thy Beauty,
And they are the princes of Heaven who love, who love
In that still repose of soul, in the infinite rapture of silence.
When one I buds forth into a million,
When the voices of the rivers become my voice
And the cries of birds on wind my own,
And the leaves of the forest and the blades of grass my myriad tongues,
When one call of mine to Thee, O Beloved, becomes
a million, and that million becomes a million again,
And the wheel of the whole Universe moves as a wheel
In wheel of song Naming Thee, O Beloved, and ever
In harmony with the celestial music within my soul,
Of Thy Love.
And my once saying “Thou” “Thou”, O Beloved, starts and countless ages of life saying “Thou”, “Thou”.
Of this music is made the ladder that rises up to Thee.
And they meet Thee who scaling this shining ladder cross the frontier.
Beyond, there, up, above, the highest art Thou, O Beloved,
And higher floats like the nimbus around Thee Thy song of Naam,
And the entrance unto Thy Palaces is according to the assonance of one’s soul; they enter whom Thou callest,
And the smiths that make men of themselves toil hard at their craft.
They cast and recast their souls in the image of Thee, O Beloved,
From near and far, it is the music of life that ascends to Thee.
Born of waters,
We children of earth
Hear news of Thee from the winds.
Day and night nurse all life.
According to the action of each soul are appointed places for all, be they near or far,
Those who Name Thee, Beloved, are perfected,
Bright are the faces of the victors who have learnt to live in the maddening music of Thy Presence, O Love, my Love.
Verses by Degha Singh
http://forums.waheguroo.com/The-Japu...le-t20518.htmlPosted 23-Sep-2007 at 09:18 AM by Narayanjot Kaur -
Panna 635
ijn cwiKAw syeI swdu jwxin ijau guMgy imiTAweI ]
jin chaakhiaa saeee saadh jaanan jio gu(n)gae mit(h)iaaee ||
Only those who taste it know its sweet taste, like the mute, who eats the candy, and only smiles.
AkQY kw ikAw kQIAY BweI cwlau sdw rjweI ]
akathhai kaa kiaa kathheeai bhaaee chaalo sadhaa rajaaee ||
How can I describe the indescribable, O Siblings of Destiny? I shall follow His Will forever.
guru dwqw myly qw miq hovY ingury miq n kweI ]
gur dhaathaa maelae thaa math hovai nigurae math n kaaee ||
If one meets with the Guru, the Generous Giver, then he understands; those who have no Guru cannot understand this.
ijau clwey iqau cwlh BweI hor ikAw ko kry cqurweI ]6]
jio chalaaeae thio chaaleh bhaaee hor kiaa ko karae chathuraaee ||6||
As the Lord causes us to act, so do we act, O Siblings of Destiny. What other clever tricks can anyone try? ||6||
ieik Brim Bulwey ieik BgqI rwqy qyrw Kylu Apwrw ]
eik bharam bhulaaeae eik bhagathee raathae thaeraa khael apaaraa ||
Some are deluded by doubt, while others are imbued with devotional worship; Your play is infinite and endless.
ijqu quDu lwey qyhw Plu pwieAw qU hukim clwvxhwrw ]
jith thudhh laaeae thaehaa fal paaeiaa thoo hukam chalaavanehaaraa ||
As You engage them, they receive the fruits of their rewards; You alone are the One who issues Your Commands.
syvw krI jy ikCu hovY Apxw jIau ipMfu qumwrw ]
saevaa karee jae kishh hovai apanaa jeeo pi(n)dd thumaaraa ||
I would serve You, if anything were my own; my soul and body are Yours.
siqguir imilAY ikrpw kInI AMimRq nwmu ADwrw ]7]
sathigur miliai kirapaa keenee a(n)mrith naam adhhaaraa ||7||
One who meets with the True Guru, by His Grace, takes the Support of the Ambrosial Naam. ||7||
ggnµqir vwisAw gux prgwisAw gux mih igAwn iDAwnµ ]
gagana(n)thar vaasiaa gun paragaasiaa gun mehi giaan dhhiaana(n) ||
He dwells in the heavenly realms, and his virtues radiantly shine forth; meditation and spiritual wisdom are found in virtue.
nwmu min BwvY khY khwvY qqo qqu vKwnµ ]
naam man bhaavai kehai kehaavai thatho thath vakhaana(n) ||
The Naam is pleasing to his mind; he speaks it, and causes others to speak it as well. He speaks the essential essence of wisdom.
sbdu gur pIrw gihr gMBIrw ibnu sbdY jgu baurwnµ ]
sabadh gur peeraa gehir ga(n)bheeraa bin sabadhai jag bouraana(n) ||
The Word of the Shabad is his Guru and spiritual teacher, profound and unfathomable; without the Shabad, the world is insane.
pUrw bYrwgI shij suBwgI scu nwnk mnu mwnµ ]8]1]
pooraa bairaagee sehaj subhaagee sach naanak man maana(n) ||8||1||
He is a perfect renunciate, naturally at ease, O Nanak, whose mind is pleased with the True Lord. ||8||1||
to be continued
Posted 25-Sep-2007 at 11:12 AM by Narayanjot Kaur -
Panna 635 continued
Panna 635 continued
soriT mhlw 1 iqqukI ]
sorat(h) mehalaa 1 thithukee ||
Sorat'h, First Mehla, Ti-Tukee:
Awsw mnsw bMDnI BweI krm Drm bMDkwrI ]
aasaa manasaa ba(n)dhhanee bhaaee karam dhharam ba(n)dhhakaaree ||
Hope and desire are entrapments, O Siblings of Destiny. Religious rituals and ceremonies are traps.
pwip puMin jgu jwieAw BweI ibnsY nwmu ivswrI ]
paap pu(n)n jag jaaeiaa bhaaee binasai naam visaaree ||
Because of good and bad deeds, one is born into the world, O Siblings of Destiny; forgetting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he is ruined.
ieh mwieAw jig mohxI BweI krm sBy vykwrI ]1]
eih maaeiaa jag mohanee bhaaee karam sabhae vaekaaree ||1||
This Maya is the enticer of the world, O Siblings of Destiny; all such actions are corrupt. ||1||
suix pMifq krmw kwrI ]
sun pa(n)ddith karamaa kaaree ||
Listen, O ritualistic Pandit:
ijqu krim suKu aUpjY BweI su Awqm qqu bIcwrI ] rhwau ]
jith karam sukh oopajai bhaaee s aatham thath beechaaree || rehaao ||
that religious ritual which produces happiness, O Siblings of Destiny, is contemplation of the essence of the soul. ||Pause||
swsqu bydu bkY KVo BweI krm krhu sMswrI ]
saasath baedh bakai kharro bhaaee karam karahu sa(n)saaree ||
You may stand and recite the Shaastras and the Vedas, O Siblings of Destiny, but these are just worldly actions.
pwKMif mYlu n cUkeI BweI AMqir mYlu ivkwrI ]
paakha(n)dd mail n chookee bhaaee a(n)thar mail vikaaree ||
Filth cannot be washed away by hypocrisy, O Siblings of Destiny; the filth of corruption and sin is within you.
ien ibiD fUbI mwkurI BweI aUNfI isr kY BwrI ]2]
ein bidhh ddoobee maakuree bhaaee oo(n)addee sir kai bhaaree ||2||
This is how the spider is destroyed, O Siblings of Destiny, by falling head-long in its own web. ||2||
durmiq GxI ivgUqI BweI dUjY Bwie KuAweI ]
dhuramath ghanee vigoothee bhaaee dhoojai bhaae khuaaee ||
So many are destroyed by their own evil-mindedness, O Siblings of Destiny; in the love of duality, they are ruined.
ibnu siqgur nwmu n pweIAY BweI ibnu nwmY Brmu n jweI ]
bin sathigur naam n paaeeai bhaaee bin naamai bharam n jaaee ||
Without the True Guru, the Name is not obtained, O Siblings of Destiny; without the Name, doubt does not depart.
siqguru syvy qw suKu pwey BweI Awvxu jwxu rhweI ]3]
sathigur saevae thaa sukh paaeae bhaaee aavan jaan rehaaee ||3||
If one serves the True Guru, then he obtains peace, O Siblings of Destiny; his comings and goings are ended. ||3||
swcu shju gur qy aUpjY BweI mnu inrmlu swic smweI ]
saach sehaj gur thae oopajai bhaaee man niramal saach samaaee ||
True celestial peace comes from the Guru, O Siblings of Destiny; the immaculate mind is absorbed into the True Lord.
guru syvy so bUJY BweI gur ibnu mgu n pweI ]
gur saevae so boojhai bhaaee gur bin mag n paaee ||
One who serves the Guru, understands, O Siblings of Destiny; without the Guru, the way is not found.
ijsu AMqir loBu ik krm kmwvY BweI kUVu boil ibKu KweI ]4]
jis a(n)thar lobh k karam kamaavai bhaaee koorr bol bikh khaaee ||4||
What can anyone do, with greed within? O Siblings of Destiny, by telling lies, they eat poison. ||4||
pMifq dhI ivloeIAY BweI ivchu inklY qQu ]
pa(n)ddith dhehee viloeeai bhaaee vichahu nikalai thathh ||
O Pandit, by churning cream, butter is produced.
jlu mQIAY jlu dyKIAY BweI iehu jgu eyhw vQu ]
jal mathheeai jal dhaekheeai bhaaee eihu jag eaehaa vathh ||
By churning water, you shall only see water, O Siblings of Destiny; this world is like that.
gur ibnu Brim ivgUcIAY BweI Git Git dyau AlKu ]5]
gur bin bharam vigoocheeai bhaaee ghatt ghatt dhaeo alakh ||5||
Without the Guru, he is ruined by doubt, O Siblings of Destiny; the unseen Divine Lord is in each and every heart. ||5||
iehu jgu qwgo sUq ko BweI dh ids bwDo mwie ]
eihu jag thaago sooth ko bhaaee dheh dhis baadhho maae ||
This world is like a thread of cotton, O Siblings of Destiny, which Maya has tied on all ten sides.
ibnu gur gwiT n CUteI BweI Qwky krm kmwie ]
bin gur gaat(h) n shhoottee bhaaee thhaakae karam kamaae ||
Without the Guru, the knots cannot be untied, O Siblings of Destiny; I am so tired of religious rituals.
iehu jgu Brim BulwieAw BweI khxw ikCU n jwie ]6]
eihu jag bharam bhulaaeiaa bhaaee kehanaa kishhoo n jaae ||6||
This world is deluded by doubt, O Siblings of Destiny; no one can say anything about it. ||6||
gur imilAY Bau min vsY BweI BY mrxw scu lyKu ]
gur miliai bho man vasai bhaaee bhai maranaa sach laekh ||
Meeting with the Guru, the Fear of God comes to abide in the mind; to die in the Fear of God is one's true destiny.
mjnu dwnu cMigAweIAw BweI drgh nwmu ivsyKu ]
majan dhaan cha(n)giaaeeaa bhaaee dharageh naam visaekh ||
In the Court of the Lord, the Naam is far superior to ritualistic cleansing baths, charity and good deeds, O Siblings of Destiny.
Posted 25-Sep-2007 at 11:20 AM by Narayanjot Kaur -
The World Is Sound
Sometimes on a blog, you will see a link to the blog of another person. I was searching the net for anything about Bliss and Sikhism. I found the blog of Sat Darshan Khalsa.
Sounds of Elevation
The link below is an mp3 download entitled Silence by the River.
River Sounds
The audio file at first seems to be nothing. I even checked my audio to make sure it was not set to mute. In a while I heard rustling sounds, then boat sounds, then horns and a human voice -- but faint and tremulous, Silence!
The blog page contains an almost empty photograph of a riverbank, Emptiness!
Photo
A lot of the talk in the forums I belong to has been about Silence. Apparently many of us on the planet are tiring of the chatter. The Universe is afterall a noisy place. Radio telescopes on earth pick up the sounds of cats purring, traffic, and all kinds of noise from earth that bounces off the atmosphere and tumbles back to the planet. So we are caught between the coming and going of our own noise. No wonder it is hard to find our Center, to feel Bliss. Our birthright -- but for all the noise.
Listen to the track, contemplate the riverside scene, cultivate Quiet -- if you can spare just a few moments. And read Sat Darshan's blog. A very insightful person, who shares his disappointment that we are separated from our inner Truth at so many turns in our days.
Shshhhhh! Be still my Soul!Posted 04-Oct-2007 at 09:35 AM by Narayanjot Kaur -
True Meditation, True Love
s`cw pRym qW auh hY, ijs ivc nw pRymI rih jwey,nw pRym rih jwey, bs ipAwrw hI ipAwrw hovy[ s`cI BgqI vI auhI hY, ijs ivc nw Bgq rih jwey,nw BgqI rih jwey, bs Bgvwn hI Bgvwn hovy[ Aqy s`cI Ardws vI auhI hY, ijs ivc nw ArdwsIAw rih jwey, nw Ardws rih jwey,bs auh ieSt gurU hI hovy ijs Agy Ardws kIqI jw rhI hY[
bwbw nirMdr isMG jI
In true meditation there is no meditator and meditation; there is only the meditated.
In true love there is no lover and love; there is only the beloved.
And in true prayer there is no worshipper and worship; there is only the worshipped.
Posted 04-Oct-2007 at 10:16 AM by Narayanjot Kaur -
Two Doves
Once I got around to creating my profile on SPN, the choice of an avatar was a choice to make. At first I thought, Why bother? But after a short while, I thought, A body without a face looks very weird. And I didn't want to use a picture of myself. So I finally chose a dove for an avatar. My very first avatar was an animated graphic of a dove.
What is an avatar? Oh, right! On forums of every kind, members choose a graphic image of some kind, one that they think captures their personality, spirit, soul in a image-- in the hope that the ineffable aspects of an identity will be more understandable than one can see in a photograph. Am I right about that? Let me know if this correct or incorrect.
So when no avatar, or a very abstract image is used, then that means....I am not sure. It could mean a lot of things.
Back to my avatar. Almost every image of Guru Nanaak includes somewhere 2 doves. Not all images of course, but a great many images of Nanaak do. I did not choose doves to represent Peace which is our typical understanding of a dove. I chose doves to honor Nanaak.
Update: Now I am using a picture of chatrikh(a) -- the songbird in Sriraag. Change of pace.
Legend tells us that doves hovered around Nanaak, their wings fluttering and creating air currents, in anticipation of receiving the Divine Presence, in anticipation of Naad. The vibration of the wings of doves resonates audibly, and sometimes the sound can be loud, almost like constant dull drum beats. Very rhythmic!
If you listen long enough to the sound of doves beating away at the air, you can't hear anything else. You become deaf to everything but this sound. Over and over they create an insistent vibration -- which connects with the vibration of the Universe -- Naad.
That is why I chose two doves.
Posted 07-Oct-2007 at 22:14 PM by Narayanjot Kaur -
Nanaak in Baghdad
He charmed even the most mighty with his songs of love -- for all humanity and all of nature. He sang of an eternity that was greater than 7 universes and 7 planets.
On The Tomb of a Fakir
"Upon this slab of granite didst thou sit discoursing of love and holy light, O Guru Nanak! Prince among India's holy ones! What song didst thou sing to charm the soul of Iran! What peace from the Himalayas' lonely caves and forests didst thou carry to the groves and rose-gardens of Baghdad? What light from Badrinath's snowy peak didst thou bear to illuminate the heart of Bah
, thy saintly Iranian disciple!...
"Eight fortnights did Bah hearken to thy words on Life and its Mystery, on the Path and the Spring Eternal, while the moon waxed and waned in the pomegranate groves beside the grass-covered Desert of the Dead! And after thou, O Nanak, didst depart for thy beloved Bharat, Bah, the fakir, spoke to none: he listened not to the voice of man. And his fame spread, far and wide, and the Shah of Iran came to pay him homage: but the holy fakir took no earthly treasure nor listened to the praise of kings and courtiers... "Thus lived he, lonely, devoted, thoughtful, for 60 years, sitting before the stone on which thy sacred feet had rested. And ere he left this house of avidya, he wrote these words on the stone: Here spake the Hindu Guru Nanak to fakir Bah, and for these 60 years, since the Guru left Iran, the soul of Bah has rested on the Master's Word, like a bee poised on a dawnlit honey rose".
Do we become like a bee poised on a dawnlit honey rose?
Posted 07-Oct-2007 at 22:45 PM by Narayanjot Kaur -
Verses of Namdev
siqgur pRswid ]
Ang 485 of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji
ik oa(n)kaar sathigur prasaadh ||
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
Awsw bwxI sRI nwmdyau jI kI
aasaa baanee sree naamadhaeo jee kee
Aasaa, The Word Of The Reverend Naam Dayv Jee:
eyk Anyk ibAwpk pUrk jq dyKau qq soeI ]
eaek anaek biaapak poorak jath dhaekho thath soee ||
In the one and in the many, He is pervading and permeating; wherever I look, there He is.
mwieAw icqR bicqR ibmoihq ibrlw bUJY koeI ]1]
maaeiaa chithr bachithr bimohith biralaa boojhai koee ||1||
The marvellous image of Maya is so fascinating; how few understand this. ||1||
sBu goibMdu hY sBu goibMdu hY goibMd ibnu nhI koeI ]
sabh gobi(n)dh hai sabh gobi(n)dh hai gobi(n)dh bin nehee koee ||
God is everything, God is everything. Without God, there is nothing at all.
sUqu eyku mix sq shMs jYsy Eiq poiq pRBu soeI ]1] rhwau ]
sooth eaek man sath seha(n)s jaisae outh poth prabh soee ||1|| rehaao ||
As one thread holds hundreds and thousands of beads, He is woven into His creation. ||1||Pause||
jl qrMg Aru Pyn budbudw jl qy iBMn n hoeI ]
jal thara(n)g ar faen budhabudhaa jal thae bhi(n)n n hoee ||
The waves of the water, the foam and bubbles, are not distinct from the water.
iehu prpMcu pwrbRhm kI lIlw ibcrq Awn n hoeI ]2]
eihu parapa(n)ch paarabreham kee leelaa bicharath aan n hoee ||2||
This manifested world is the playful game of the Supreme Lord God; reflecting upon it, we find that it is not different from Him. ||2||
imiQAw Brmu Aru supn mnorQ siq pdwrQu jwinAw ]
mithhiaa bharam ar supan manorathh sath padhaarathh jaaniaa ||
False doubts and dream objects - man believes them to be true.
suik®q mnsw gur aupdysI jwgq hI mnu mwinAw ]3]
sukirath manasaa gur oupadhaesee jaagath hee man maaniaa ||3||
The Guru has instructed me to try to do good deeds, and my awakened mind has accepted this. ||3||
khq nwmdyau hir kI rcnw dyKhu irdY bIcwrI ]
kehath naamadhaeo har kee rachanaa dhaekhahu ridhai beechaaree ||
Says Naam Dayv, see the Creation of the Lord, and reflect upon it in your heart.
Gt Gt AMqir srb inrMqir kyvl eyk murwrI ]4]1]
ghatt ghatt a(n)thar sarab nira(n)thar kaeval eaek muraaree ||4||1||
In each and every heart, and deep within the very nucleus of all, is the One Lord. ||4||1||Posted 08-Oct-2007 at 05:47 AM by Narayanjot Kaur -
Ram Das
As usual I have been absorbed in the paltriness of my own life, thinking it important, forgetting a greater obligation.
The birth date of Guru Ram Das dev ji has just passed and nowhere in the forum has he been honored. And I did not honor him either. For some reason his presence is always overtaken by Gurus Nanaak, Arjan Dev, and Gobind ji. Yet how profound his soul's connection to the Divine! This was recognized by the Bhats, an extended family or tribe of Hindu poets who saw in Ram Das the jyote, of the One Lord and Creator. Oneness of the Divine was the song of the Bhats.
Bhat Kirat -- ‘just as Angad was ever the part of Guru Nanak’s being so is Guru Ram Das of Amar Das" (Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji: Page 1405).
Praise unto Ram Das the Guru, the one who created you, established you.
You are such a miracle!
The Creator has installed you on a throne.
Your Sikhs and all conscious people bow to you because you manifest God.
You are unchanging, unfathomable, immeasurable.
Your limit cannot be perceived.
Those who serve you with love are carried across the sea of existence.
5 obstacles cannot exist where you are.
The realm that you rule is the true place.
True is your glory.
You are Nanak Angad and Amar Das the Guru.
Oh, when I recognized you, my soul was completed.
The power is there to call upon his guiding light. Snatam Kaur and Ganesha Singh in praise of Guru Ram Das.
Posted 12-Oct-2007 at 19:53 PM by Narayanjot Kaur -
Looking for Something?
I am always right behind you
But turn around and you won't see me
I am never not with you
Why aren't you always with me?
I am at the center
while you stay at the periphery
I am there, too,
but you won't find me there.
When you turn round
the center stays behind you
Stand still while turning your gaze around
and look at what you're looking out of.
by Art Ticknor
I found this on self discovery website that turned up one day when I was looking for definitions of Sanskrit words. The definitions were in a glossary in another place in the web site.
The web site isPosted 28-Oct-2007 at 09:51 AM by Narayanjot Kaur - ਮੈ ਮਨਿ ਤਨਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ ਮਹਾ ਬੈਰਾਗੁ ॥
mai man than praem mehaa bairaag ||
My mind and body are filled with divine love, and great sadness. Guru Ram Das, Ang 366
Why sadness? Those who wander in Maya do not meet the True Guru. They do not drink His bliss.Posted 03-Jan-2008 at 20:19 PM by Narayanjot Kaur - ਅੰਤਰਿ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਸਰਬਤਿ ਰਵਿਆ ਮਨਿ ਉਪਜਿਆ ਬਿਸੁਆਸੋ ॥
anthar baahar sarabath raviaa man oupajiaa bisuaaso ||
Inside and out, He is pervading everywhere. Faith in Him has welled up within my mind.
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਿਖ ਦੇਇ ਮਨ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮ ਕਰਿ ਸੰਤਾ ਸੰਗਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੋ ॥੪॥
naanak sikh dhaee man preetham kar santhaa sang nivaaso ||4||
Nanak gives this advice: O beloved mind, let the Society of the Saints be your dwelling. ||4||
ਮਨ ਪਿਆਰਿਆ ਜੀਉ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਹਰਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਮਨੁ ਲੀਨਾ ॥
man piaariaa jeeo mithraa har praem bhagath man leenaa ||
O dear beloved mind, my friend, let your mind remain absorbed in loving devotion to the Lord.
ਮਨ ਪਿਆਰਿਆ ਜੀਉ ਮਿਤ੍ਰਾ ਹਰਿ ਜਲ ਮਿਲਿ ਜੀਵੇ ਮੀਨਾ ॥
man piaariaa jeeo mithraa har jal mil jeevae meenaa ||
O dear beloved mind, my friend, the fish of the mind lives only when it is immersed in the Water of the Lord.
Great Love Siong - Sriraag of Guru Arjan Dev
Posted 03-Jan-2008 at 20:23 PM by Narayanjot Kaur -
Could Be the Shortest Shabad
ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ik oankaar sathigur prasaadh ||
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
ਹਮਾਰੈ ਏਹ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕੀਜੈ ॥
hamaarai eaeh kirapaa keejai ||
Please grant me this blessing:
ਅਲਿ ਮਕਰੰਦ ਚਰਨ ਕਮਲ ਸਿਉ ਮਨੁ ਫੇਰਿ ਫੇਰਿ ਰੀਝੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
al makarandh charan kamal sio man faer faer reejhai ||1|| rehaao ||
May the bumble-bee of my mind be immersed again and again in the Honey of Your Lotus Feet. ||1||Pause||
ਆਨ ਜਲਾ ਸਿਉ ਕਾਜੁ ਨ ਕਛੂਐ ਹਰਿ ਬੂੰਦ ਚਾਤ੍ਰਿਕ ਕਉ ਦੀਜੈ ॥੧॥
aan jalaa sio kaaj n kashhooai har boondh chaathrik ko dheejai ||1||
I am not concerned with any other water; please bless this songbird with a Drop of Your Water, Lord. ||1||
ਬਿਨੁ ਮਿਲਬੇ ਨਾਹੀ ਸੰਤੋਖਾ ਪੇਖਿ ਦਰਸਨੁ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਜੀਜੈ ॥੨॥੧॥
bin milabae naahee santhokhaa paekh dharasan naanak jeejai ||2||1||
Unless I meet my Lord, I am not satisfied. Nanak lives, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. ||2||1||
Guru Arjan Dev
Ang 1321
Only the second line after Ik OaanKar Satgur Prasaad and there is the rehaoo. Then just this.Posted 21-Mar-2008 at 12:20 PM by Narayanjot Kaur
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