Pure Silence

Astroboy · #19 (**permalink**) 30-Aug-2008, 20:20 PM

Spiritual Practice

Pure Silence is here and now. There is nothing you can do to make yourself experience it or be aware of it. However, by allowing the thought patterns of the mind to quiet, by attending to the silence itself, without concept, without force, without direction you will quietly and most subtly realize that which is always here.

There have been various forms of meditative or contemplative practices in the various spiritual traditions, all declaring their various benefits for the practitioner. I offer one simple grain of advice. Silence is free to all. There are no masters and no disciples. One second of complete attentive awareness of Pure Silence has and is the same effect of having been a meditator for 30 years. Sorry to inform you but you have not earned points or merit because you have spent 4 hours a day in deep meditation, or hours on your knees asking forgiveness from a guilt ridden conscience. Pure Silence cradles all equally, even our neighbors in the animal kingdom. Once you do realize the wondrous joy of silent loving awareness, you also realize how absolutely ridiculous any method you've tried in the past has been.

Physical silence is wonderful for the body and the brain. By sitting still and calmly witnessing all that arises, we can learn to enjoy silence as the friend which it is. All memory will arise eventually in the silence if we allow it to be; this can be wonderfully healing. But if we are looking for any thing more than that or looking for an experience or something to take away from the silence, we will be sadly mistaken and could even be causing damage to our psyche. Remember, you cannot take a piece of infinity and run away with it. Infinity is just that, it contains your own very being. You are this Pure Silence itself. You already have everything you need. You are already free, already saved, already enlightened, you are Nirvana and Samadhi. You do not need a condition of no-mind or see Delta brain waves vibrating on an EEG machine. You are already there or shall I say--here. Having been a meditator for some time and having had all sorts of experiences, please believe me when I say, they are all nothing. I repeat, these experiences are nothing at all. What is important is right in this moment, in the stillness of here and now. Trust this alone. In this silent space is reality itself. All the practice does is show us very humbly and symbolically what we must do in every life event. That is to be still as a witness to all that arises.

Namaste!

Astroboy · #20 (**permalink**) 30-Aug-2008, 20:30 PM

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You do not need a condition of no-mind or see Delta brain waves vibrating on an EEG machine.

Reminds me of the Silva Mind Control course I attended in 1980.

Harjas Kaur Khalsa · #21 (**permalink**) 01-Sep-2008, 15:43 PM

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Moving to nothingness through inner silence is not Gurmat. Finding creative spiritual renewal through silence is Gurmat.

The Primal Nada is equivalent to infinity and nothingness because it encompasses the entire totality. The Shabad-Jyot which comes into sargun manifestation comes out of Primal nothingness, vibrating into manifestation as the sound current of the Naad. To move in state of sehaja from the merely physical japa to the anehad Shabad, which vibrates out of the Primal Nada is indeed Gurmat.

ਸੁੰਨ ਸਮਾਧਿ ਅਨਹਤ ਤਹ ਨਾਦ ॥
sunn samaadhh anehath theh naadh ||
The Deepest Samaadhi, and the unstruck sound current of the Naad are there.

ਕਹਨੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਅਚਰਜ ਬਿਸਮਾਦ ॥
kehan n jaaee acharaj bisamaadh ||
The wonder and marvel of it cannot be described.

ਤਿਨਿ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਜਿਸੁ ਆਪਿ ਦਿਖਾਏ ॥
thin dhaekhiaa jis aap dhikhaaeae ||
He alone sees it, unto whom God Himself reveals it.

ਨਾਨਕ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਨ ਸੋਝੀ ਪਾਏ ॥੧॥
naanak this jan sojhee paaeae ||1||
O Nanak, that humble being understands. ||1||
~Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji p. 293

ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਨਾਦ ਵਿਸਮਾਦੁ ਵੇਦ ॥
visamaadh naadh visamaadh vaedh ||
Wonderful is the sound current of the Naad, wonderful is the knowledge of the Vedas.
~Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji p. 463

ਸਭਿ ਨਾਦ ਬੇਦ ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ॥
sabh naadh baedh gurabaanee ||
Gurbani is the sound current of the Naad, the Vedas, everything.

ਮਨੁ ਰਾਤਾ ਸਾਰਿਗਪਾਣੀ ॥
man raathaa saarigapaanee ||
My mind is attuned to the Lord of the Universe.
~Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji p. 879

ਪੰਚ ਸਬਦ ਤਹ ਪੂਰਨ ਨਾਦ ॥
panch sabadh theh pooran naadh ||
The Panch Shabad, the five primal sounds, echo the perfect sound current of the Naad.

ਅਨਹਦ ਬਾਜੇ ਅਚਰਜ ਬਿਸਮਾਦ ॥
anehadh baajae acharaj bisamaadh ||
The wondrous, amazing unstruck melody vibrates.

ਕੇਲ ਕਰਹਿ ਸੰਤ ਹਰਿ ਲੋਗ ॥
kael karehi santh har log ||
The Saintly people play there with the Lord.

ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਪੂਰਨ ਨਿਰਜੋਗ ॥੧॥
paarabreham pooran nirajog ||1||
They remain totally detached, absorbed in the Supreme Lord God. ||1||
~Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji p. 888

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44(b)-45(a). The sound serves the purpose of a sharp goad to control the maddened elephant – Chitta which roves in the pleasure-garden of the sensual objects.

45(b)-46(a). It serves the purpose of a snare for binding the deer – Chitta. It also serves the purpose of a shore to the ocean waves of Chitta.

46(b)-47(a). The sound proceeding from Pranava which is Brahman is of the nature of effulgence; the mind becomes absorbed in it; that is the supreme seat of Vishnu.

47(b)-48(a). The sound exists till there is the Akasic conception (Akasa-Sankalpa). Beyond this, is the (Asabda) Soundless Para-Brahman which is Paramatman.

48(b). The mind exists so long as there is sound, but with its (sound's cessation) there is the state called Unmani of Manas (viz., the state of being above the mind).

49(a). This sound is absorbed in the Akshara (Indestructible) and the Soundless State is the Supreme Seat. ~ Nada-Bindu Upanishad

To enter the soundless state is to enter the nothing, no thing, because no object of separation, not even the egoistic mind exists to obstruct the infinite samadhi of soundless praise. This is the Turiya consciousness which has merged with nirguna. The anehad Nada is the Primal Uncreated Sound. So it is not perceived with the physical senses. One has to rise above physicality to perceive that which is beyond the physical, or has dimensionality beyond expression. This is why such sound is perceived in total silence. Not simply absence of external sounds, but absence of thoughts.

ਗੁਨ ਨਾਦ ਧੁਨਿ ਅਨੰਦ ਬੇਦ ॥
gun naadh dhhun anandh baedh ||
The Glory of God is the Sound-current of the Naad, the Celestial Music of Bliss, and the Wisdom of the Vedas.

ਕਥਤ ਸੁਨਤ ਮੁਨਿ ਜਨਾ ਮਿਲਿ ਸੰਤ ਮੰਡਲੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
kathhath sunath mun janaa mil santh manddalee ||1|| rehaao ||
Speaking and listening, the silent sages and humble beings join together, in the Realm of the Saints. ||1||Pause||

ਗਿਆਨ ਧਿਆਨ ਮਾਨ ਦਾਨ ਮਨ ਰਸਿਕ ਰਸਨ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਪਤ ਤਹ ਪਾਪ ਖੰਡਲੀ ॥੧॥
giaan dhhiaan maan dhaan man rasik rasan naam japath theh paap khanddalee ||1||
Spiritual wisdom, meditation, faith and charity are there; their minds savor the Taste of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. Chanting it, sins are destroyed. ||1||

ਜੋਗ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਗਿਆਨ ਭੁਗਤਿ ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਬਦ ਤਤ ਬੇਤੇ ਜਪੁ ਤਪੁ ਅਖੰਡਲੀ ॥
jog jugath giaan bhugath surath sabadh thath baethae jap thap akhanddalee ||
This is the technology of Yoga, spiritual wisdom, devotion, intuitive knowledge of the Shabad, certain knowledge of the Essence of Reality, chanting and unbroken intensive meditation.

ਓਤਿ ਪੋਤਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਛੂ ਦੁਖੁ ਨ ਡੰਡਲੀ ॥੨॥੨॥੫॥
outh poth mil joth naanak kashhoo dhukh n ddanddalee ||2||2||5||
Through and through, O Nanak, merging into the Light, you shall never again suffer pain and punishment. ||2||2||5||
~Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji p. 1322

ਸੇ ਗੁਰਸਿਖ ਧਨੁ ਧੰਨੁ ਹੈ ਜਿਨੀ ਗੁਰ ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਸੁਣਿਆ ਹਰਿ ਕੰਨੀ ॥
sae gurasikh dhhan dhhann hai jinee gur oupadhaes suniaa har kannee ||
Blessed blessed are those Gursikhs who, with their ears, listen to the Guru's Teachings about the Lord.

ਗੁਰਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇਆ ਤਿਨਿ ਹੰਉਮੈ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਭੰਨੀ ॥
gur sathigur naam dhrirraaeiaa thin hanoumai dhubidhhaa bhannee ||
The Guru, the True Guru, implants the Naam within them, and their egotism and duality are silenced.
~Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji p. 590

ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਆਕਾਰ ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰਗੁਨ ਸਰਗੁਨ ਏਕ ॥
nirankaar aakaar aap niragun saragun eaek ||
He Himself is formless, and also formed; the One Lord is without attributes, and also with attributes.
~Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji p. 250

Formlessness is the same meaning as nothingness, because it consists of no thing, yet is contained within all things. Out of the silent samadhi comes the creative vibration which gives rise to manifestation. In the empty space is the wordless praise, the anehad Shabad. This is the meaning of the nasal bindu on the Aum, according to Shiva Sutras. Creation vibrates because the Ek Braman pervades within it as Maheshvara, the union of Shiv and Shakti, Pure consciousness and energy. When we become pure consciousness and energy we vibrate without ego, we vibrate without bodies, we transcend the sansaara to vibrate without sound.

"Primal Nothingness is the Lord of all Creation." ~Rav Zalman of Liadi

Astroboy · #22 (**permalink**) 12-Sep-2008, 21:58 PM

Reverential Silence

On a very practical level, think of the times in your life when silence, even mere physical, auditory silence has been prominent or evident. Have you ever been to a funeral? Do you remember how thick, how reverential the silence was, especially near the gravesite before the burial of a friend or a loved one? The silence was probably filled with a lot of emotion, perhaps sorrow, perhaps fear.

Or how about when you had ever fallen in love, do you remember a moment looking in your beloved's eyes? Remember a gaze, eye to eye without speaking a word. Was there silence then? Was that special? What was that?

Or what about the silence during Church, or Synagogue or in a Mosque, or in a temple, or even in a court room? Is there a reason for that silence? Silence is respectful and reverential. Why and how is that? It is in every culture, every faith, every tradition, indeed, every species of life.

Pure Silence has always been there in these events and others, as well. Sometimes the silence is deafening, sometimes very uncomfortable. Imagine yourself at an important gathering or formal meeting, imagine a speaker who stood at the podium, looked up at the audience and did not say anything. I'm sure you would feel very uncomfortable. Most people would. Why? Why in all of the above examples of silence do humans act a certain way? What is it about silence, even the silence of no sound? There must be something to this. Please, for yourself investigate this very well.

Go to some beautiful scene in nature: a mountain, the ocean, a river, the sky; go to any scene and see what is there. Awe and wonder are found in the silence of the moment. It is as if the mountain or ocean or sky actually speak to us in the silence; they speak to us of their beauty, their wonder. You must try this if you have never done this before. You will see what it is I am saying.

Physical silence is a most profound thing and this is only the fringe, the edge, a small facet of that which encompasses even this, that which is Pure Silence itself, that which is the whole itself. That which is is-ness itself.

"Silence is Golden." Is it??? or is it much more than that???

Astroboy · #23 (**permalink**) 12-Sep-2008, 22:04 PM

Leaving the Shores of Belief

To leave the safe shores of where we think we are and venture into the wide expanse of the sea of silent awareness itself is a scary proposition. The abyss of eternity is too vast, too unknown, too big for many of us. Yet, leave the shores of tradition, familiarity and belief, is what we must eventually do if we want to be totally and permanently free, once and for all.

To allow for the realization of Pure Silence, the awareness of now, the truth as it is, you must have a fresh unencumbered mind. This means not only surrendering the surface clutter of worries, anxieties, nostalgia, guilt, desires and fantasies (all most difficult to let go of-but let go you must), but (and here's a real biggie - ready or not) you must abandon all your traditional beliefs, your concepts of religion, faith, hope and most especially of God itself. Remember you are realizing that which is permanent, eternal and present now, that which is beyond concept, beyond fabric. We are looking together to see what not only holds the fabric of existence itself together but what allows the seams and stitches to be, what allows their very pattern.

For most of western humanity, God is merely a concept, a theology, an ideal or some super being, someone to be placated, to be feared, to be worshiped, to be prayed to. I'm sorry but to limit that which is infinite love itself to some vestigial object, to a being, a person, someone or thing we can name, provoke, control or possess is absolute silliness. That which encompasses all being is Pure Silence itself. That which is religion is merely some human words or thoughts about that which is beyond word, thought and worship. Following a religious tradition, what is it that we are doing? It seems to me that we are merely following somebody else's insights, whether that somebody is called Jesus or Buddha or Krishna or Mohammed. All of these great men, women, deities, whatever, are pointing to something beyond themselves, to something always here and something that is not philosophical or theological, to that which is within all, sustains all and is larger than all and that which is experienced by all.

To realize Pure Silence now, you must abandon all thoughts for this second, even the beliefs that you have cherished forever. Your beliefs are merely thoughts and what's more they originally were someone else's before they became your own. To see or know or realize that which is infinity itself, we must come absolutely naked. And in that complete, destitute and utter nakedness, perhaps we may come to a simple glimmer of that which is now, that which is you now, that which cannot be named or sublimated into a teaching, a prayer or anything else.

This is a difficult thing to see because we believe in a thing called faith and belief and tradition. We have been told by parents, friends, churches, temples what the truth is. But I offer you, very humbly, the truth cannot be contained by anyone, any thing, any tradition, any belief. Truth, Pure Silence contains all of them. Stop now, stop everything, surrender to this moment of peace, this moment which is total freedom, total bliss. Just for one second, really admit the truth that you know absolutely nothing, that you are absolutely nothing. If you can realize that right now you will taste the freedom, the essence of what every god, every sage, messiah, prophet, teacher, poet, musician and scripture has been pointing to since humanity crawled from the slime. You will taste the freedom that you already are. And no one, no authority, no system can challenge that or take that away from you. Pure Silence is total gift to you right now.

You are that which is eternal, infinite and love itself. Just breathe that right now in the gentle silence of here.

Astroboy · #24 (**permalink**) 13-Sep-2008, 22:49 PM

Analogy of the Sky

There is a vastness within you. It is an infinite space of awareness of being this very moment. It is always here, always free and always tranquil. This is the core of your own being, which is really the core of Being itself. By stopping everything this moment you can come across this miracle. This shift of perception is very subtle but once noticed it changes lives and frees minds forever. The secret is that You must notice it for yourself; no one can do it for you: not me, not Buddha, not Jesus, no one but you yourself. What you must notice is the unchanging reality within you which has always been and will forever be. It is rather like the sky above.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/interfaith-dialogues/22820-pure-silence.html
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=22820
The sky appears above us and yet there is really no above at all, no, it is all around us. It appears blue sometimes; unless it is crowded with clouds and rain. It is simply clear atmosphere. Yet we know it is always there. It really has no color or shape and yet all shapes are visible when silhouetted against it. All colors are compared to it as its unmistakable blueness outshines all else and yet we can live an entire day and not see the sky at all. Instead, we can be distracted by everything else, by all the things in front of us, passing by. Those things around us are often so beautiful, so enchanting, we can miss the sky itself. Those things around us can be so ugly and so outright disturbing, the sky is not even noticed. How then do we see this sky? By merely turning our attention ever so slightly from the particular subjects themselves, the circumstances, and instead allow our gaze to gently move beyond to the sky-the background of all. This is the analogy of realizing or attending to pure silence within.
Again, this is so simple it can appear disturbing, even ridiculous. In this moment, right now, right here, relax into the ever-present state of gentle peace and openness within. Simply allow the thoughts to subside and notice from where they have come and to where they go and very gradually you will come to rest in that space, that silence within. Now simply return to this as often as you can or wish.
The sky appears blue and vast and infinite, and so it is with this pure silence. Once discovered, life begins anew.

"Look for the vastness within and do not be afraid of what you find for you will find that which you already are."

Astroboy · #25 (**permalink**) 13-Sep-2008, 22:51 PM

Silent Presence

You are pure silence, which is pure presence. Presence is the spacious relationship to this moment. The more present you are to now, the more intimate you are to yourself, to the depths of who and what you are and to the depths of each being you are in contact with. Presence is fullness of being: being which is activated! Presence is trust in awareness as the only absolute truth. Presence is a gentle knowing of just this, just now. All that is required is a simple yes to this moment as it is. In that yes, which may seem so small and insignificant is unleashed the immense creative power of the entire universe and trust me, it will directly influence whatever situation you may be involved in at this moment. By being fully present, you will have become the infinite itself in all its glory and completeness. And this is the reason you are here: to bring the depths of infinite love into this world. Love is complete acceptance of this moment as it is, surrendered to, said yes to and having become fully present to in the silence of the space within you.
All that exists is within your beingness, now. Your recognition of that, not intellectually but deeply within is paramount to your freedom and to the power of the divine in you being unleashed in the warmth of its healing torrent set to wash over the earth in waves of forgiveness, reconciliation, gentleness, compassion and creative connectivity. You are the key to the salvation of the earth and its beings. If you but acknowledge the silent presence within you right now you will continue the fire of truth which may be our last hope as a species and the last hope of planet earth. We are running out of linear time.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=22820
You are being called to be a "present" to the earth and to those around you. You are being called to allow yourself to become the whole itself. In your seeing, knowing and living out of that, you will bring spirit to the earth.

Archived_Member5 · #26 (**permalink**) 13-Sep-2008, 23:39 PM

ਚੁਪੈ ਚੁਪ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਜੇ ਲਾਇ ਰਹਾ ਲਿਵ ਤਾਰ ॥
चुपै चुप न होवई जे लाइ रहा लिव तार ॥
Cẖupai cẖup na hova*ī jė lā*ė rahā liv ṯār.
By remaining silent, inner silence is not obtained, even by remaining lovingly absorbed deep within.
Guru Nanak Dev - view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok

(more quotes on silence)
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Only the tormented mind, besieged and inundated knows the true value of the blissful and golden silence of peace. A simple moment of mental clarity of thought, the absence of noise and that constant whirring, and turning of the cogs within minds infiltrated and disturbed serves to remind the tormented mind of what peace and tranquillity is, and how the subtle and sometimes raging loud noise in one’s head, causing all about us to assume a demonic facade, each word aggravates, each noise unbearable, prayer seems to taunt and all about the unbalanced mind distorts simple situations into complex networks triggering usually negative thought patterns within one’s mind.

Peace of mind is a beautiful luxury. To have gained ‘Jiwan Mukti’ but have lost ones control of thought. It is said by the mathematician that an intelligent mind cannot become entirely schizophrenic or unhinged because its method of reasoning and applied logic separates the distorted irrational from the actuality.

*Chupai chup na hovai,* I gather from Guru Nanak’s words and some of his derisory teachings that he too, akin to Jesus was set upon by invasive demonic forces. It is said these demonic forces are hells ghouls, facilitated by magicians to plague, possess and harangue persons to self destruction and ruination. It can also be discerned that these forces of negativity and destruction are manipulated by an enemy. Indeed it is relatively efficacious to rid one’s mind and souls of such intrusion.

Great Saints and Prophets are so because they are of universal intuitive sense and mind. It would appear those great souls of higher sensory perception and wisdom become susceptible and exposed to the assault by negativity. One can overcome negative thought, it is life’s path for most to overcome ill will and inclination and rise above carnal instinct of adverse nature. In its extreme form it becomes a constant and daily struggle to retain ones sanity and regain ones peace of mind and absolute control of thought pattern.

*Jo Man Jit, JagJit*. Those who have conquered their own mind and gained control of the self will have conquered the world.

Astroboy · #27 (**permalink**) 30-Nov-2008, 01:06 AM

ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਪੂਰਬੀ ਬਾਵਨ ਅਖਰੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ਕੀ
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=22820
रागु गउड़ी पूरबी बावन अखरी कबीर जीउ की
Rāg ga▫oṛī pūrbī bāvan akẖrī Kabīr jī▫o kī
Raag Gauree Poorbee, Baawan Akhree Of Kabeer Jee:

ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
ੴ सतिनामु करता पुरखु गुरप्रसादि ॥
Ik▫oaŉkār saṯnām karṯā purakẖ gurparsāḏ.
One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. By Guru's Grace:

ਬਾਵਨ ਅਛਰ ਲੋਕ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਸਭੁ ਕਛੁ ਇਨ ਹੀ ਮਾਹਿ ॥
बावन अछर लोक त्रै सभु कछु इन ही माहि ॥
Bāvan acẖẖar lok ṯarai sabẖ kacẖẖ in hī māhi.
Through these fifty-two letters, the three worlds and all things are described.

ਏ ਅਖਰ ਖਿਰਿ ਜਾਹਿਗੇ ਓਇ ਅਖਰ ਇਨ ਮਹਿ ਨਾਹਿ ॥੧॥
ए अखर खिरि जाहिगे ओइ अखर इन महि नाहि ॥१॥
Ė akẖar kẖir jāhige o▫e akẖar in mėh nāhi. ||1||
These letters shall perish; they cannot describe the Imperishable Lord. ||1||

ਜਹਾ ਬੋਲ ਤਹ ਅਛਰ ਆਵਾ ॥
जहा बोल तह अछर आवा ॥
Jahā bol ṯah acẖẖar āvā.
Wherever there is speech, there are letters.

ਜਹ ਅਬੋਲ ਤਹ ਮਨੁ ਨ ਰਹਾਵਾ ॥
जह अबोल तह मनु न रहावा ॥
Jah abol ṯah man na rahāvā.
Where there is no speech, there, the mind rests on nothing.

ਬੋਲ ਅਬੋਲ ਮਧਿ ਹੈ ਸੋਈ ॥
बोल अबोल मधि है सोई ॥
Bol abol maḏẖ hai so▫ī.
He is in both speech and silence.

ਜਸ ਓਹੁ ਹੈ ਤਸ ਲਖੈ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥੨॥
जस ओहु है तस लखै न कोई ॥२॥
Jas oh hai ṯas lakẖai na ko▫ī. ||2||
No one can know Him as He is. ||2||

ਅਲਹ ਲਹਉ ਤਉ ਕਿਆ ਕਹਉ ਕਹਉ ਤ ਕੋ ਉਪਕਾਰ ॥
अलह लहउ तउ किआ कहउ कहउ त को उपकार ॥
Alah laha▫o ṯa▫o ki▫ā kaha▫o kaha▫o ṯa ko upkār.
If I come to know the Lord, what can I say; what good does it do to speak?

ਬਟਕ ਬੀਜ ਮਹਿ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਓ ਜਾ ਕੋ ਤੀਨਿ ਲੋਕ ਬਿਸਥਾਰ ॥੩॥
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=22820
बटक बीज महि रवि रहिओ जा को तीनि लोक बिसथार ॥३॥
Batak bīj mėh rav rahi▫o jā ko ṯīn lok bisthār. ||3||
He is contained in the seed of the banyan-tree, and yet, His expanse spreads across the three worlds. ||3||

ਅਲਹ ਲਹੰਤਾ ਭੇਦ ਛੈ ਕਛੁ ਕਛੁ ਪਾਇਓ ਭੇਦ ॥
अलह लहंता भेद छै कछु कछु पाइओ भेद ॥
Alah lahanṯā bẖeḏ cẖẖai kacẖẖ kacẖẖ pā▫i▫o bẖeḏ.
One who knows the Lord understands His mystery, and bit by bit, the mystery disappears.

ਉਲਟਿ ਭੇਦ ਮਨੁ ਬੇਧਿਓ ਪਾਇਓ ਅਭੰਗ ਅਛੇਦ ॥੪॥
उलटि भेद मनु बेधिओ पाइओ अभंग अछेद ॥४॥
Ulat bẖeḏ man beḏẖi▫o pā▫i▫o abẖang acẖẖeḏ. ||4||
Turning away from the world, one's mind is pierced through with this mystery, and one obtains the Indestructible, Impenetrable Lord. ||4||

ਤੁਰਕ ਤਰੀਕਤਿ ਜਾਨੀਐ ਹਿੰਦੂ ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਨ ॥
तुरक तरीकति जानीऐ हिंदू बेद पुरान ॥
Ŧurak ṯarīkaṯ jānī▫ai hinḏū beḏ purān.
The Muslim knows the Muslim way of life; the Hindu knows the Vedas and Puraanas.

ਮਨ ਸਮਝਾਵਨ ਕਾਰਨੇ ਕਛੂਅਕ ਪੜੀਐ ਗਿਆਨ ॥੫॥
मन समझावन कारने कछूअक पड़ीऐ गिआन ॥५॥
Man samjẖāvan kārne kacẖẖū▫ak paṛī▫ai gi▫ān. ||5||
To instruct their minds, people ought to study some sort of spiritual wisdom. ||5||

ਓਅੰਕਾਰ ਆਦਿ ਮੈ ਜਾਨਾ ॥
ओअंकार आदि मै जाना ॥
O▫ankār āḏ mai jānā.
I know only the One, the Universal Creator, the Primal Being.

ਲਿਖਿ ਅਰੁ ਮੇਟੈ ਤਾਹਿ ਨ ਮਾਨਾ ॥
लिखि अरु मेटै ताहि न माना ॥
Likẖ ar metai ṯāhi na mānā.
I do not believe in anyone whom the Lord writes and erases.

ਓਅੰਕਾਰ ਲਖੈ ਜਉ ਕੋਈ ॥
ओअंकार लखै जउ कोई ॥
O▫ankār lakẖai ja▫o ko▫ī.
If someone knows the One, the Universal Creator,

ਸੋਈ ਲਖਿ ਮੇਟਣਾ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੬॥
सोई लखि मेटणा न होई ॥६॥
So▫ī lakẖ metṇā na ho▫ī. ||6||
he shall not perish, since he knows Him. ||6||

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