Quotes from Gurbani
The Sikh Guru gave huge importance to Kirtan and this can be concluded from the following Shabads.
On 107-8 Guruji says that illnesses of countless lives are eroded by singing Kirtan, thus:
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The Sikh Guru gave huge importance to Kirtan and this can be concluded from the following Shabads.
On 107-8 Guruji says that illnesses of countless lives are eroded by singing Kirtan, thus:
- Your humble servant, who obtains the Medicine of the Naam, is rid of the illnesses of countless lifetimes and incarnations.
- So sing the Kirtan of the Lord’s Praises, day and night. This is the most fruitful occupation. ||3||
- Singing the Kirtan of His Praises, my mind has become peaceful;
- the sins of countless incarnations have been washed away.
- I have seen all the treasures within my own mind;
- why should I now go out searching for them? ||2||
- By great good fortune, the Kirtan of the Lord`s Praises are sung.
- O Supreme Lord God, as You give, so do I receive. ||1||Pause||
- Do only that, by which no filth or pollution shall stick to you.
- Let your mind remain awake and aware, singing the Kirtan of the Lord`s Praises. ||1||Pause||
- Between the Lord and His Saint, there is no difference at all. Among hundreds of thousands and millions, there is scarcely one humble being.
- Those whose hearts are illuminated by God, sing the Kirtan of His Praises night and day with their tongues. ||3||
- To sing the Kirtan of the Lord`s Praises is my treasure. ||1||Pause||
- You are my delight, You are my praise. You are my beauty, You are my love.
- O God, You are my hope and support. ||1||
- As the Guru has taught me, so have I spoken.
- Says Nanak, listen, people: sing the Kirtan of the Lord`s Praises, and you shall be saved. ||4||1||158||
- One is saved from hell, suffering is destroyed, countless pains depart, death is overcome, and one escapes the Messenger of Death, by absorption in the Kirtan of the Lord`s Praises.
- Fear departs, and one savors the Ambrosial Nectar, imbued with the Love of the Formless Lord.
- Those who are attached to the hem of the Lord`s robe, do not suffer birth and death.
- Those who remain awake to the Kirtan of the Lord`s Praises - their lives are approved.
- Without the Shabad, no one is approved.
- Singing the Kirtan of the Lord`s Praises, the Naam abides within the mind.
- He Himself gives His gifts, without hesitation. ||2||
- Sing the Kirtan, the Praises of the Lord of the Universe, and all sins and sorrows shall depart.
- Says Nanak, chant the Hymns of the Lord, the Lord of the Universe, O mind, and enshrine love for the Lord; love the Lord this way in your mind. ||1||
- Singing the Kirtan of the Lord`s Praises in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is the highest of all actions.
- Says Nanak, he alone obtains it, who is pre-destined to receive it. ||8||
- All desires, power, pleasure, joy and lasting bliss, are found by chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and singing the Kirtan of His Praises.
- That humble servant of the Lord, who has such karma pre-ordained by the Creator Lord, O Nanak - his efforts are brought to perfect fruition. ||2||20||51||
- Whoever speaks and listens to the Kirtan of the Lord`s Praises is rid of evil-mindedness.
- All hopes and desires, O Nanak, are fulfilled. ||2||1||12||
- Listen, O mind: the Kirtan of the Lord`s Praises is equal to bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.
- Listen, O mind: as Gurmukh, you shall be blessed with honor. ||1||
- They walk fearlessly through the armies of their enemies; they attack them with the Kirtan of God`s Praises.
- They conquer the entire world, O Nanak, and overpower the five thieves. ||29||
- In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the singing of Kirtan (Lord’s Praises) is the most dominating force.
- Become Gurmukh, chant and focus your meditation.
- You shall save yourself, and save all your generations as well. You shall go to the Court of the Lord with honor. ||6||
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