Living The Shabad Guru : My Thoughts And Feelings

Gurfateh ji.
Shabad Guru is such a great experience some shabads calm you down makes you have a brighter outlook.Other Shabads gets your heart pumping some adrenaline. One of my favorite "Mere Man Ram Naam Chit Laye" truley a great experience.
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Thanks bahadur ji

The purpose of this thread was and is to share how the shabad guru acts in our daily lives and is not limited to mediation or once a week hukamnama in the gurdwara. It has always been a help to me.
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Thank you for sharing your experience too.

Jasbir Kaleka ji,
A little to the side: Doesn't gurbani tell us to repeat Naam over and over again? Doesn't it say that doing so will in fact, bring fortune and riches? I am not so sure that the issue is so black and white, there are levels of ignorance.

Many Sikhs I have met equate Naam to Gurbani itself. In the process, Gurbani becomes a mantra that's to be chanted over and over. Here's the transition:
Gurbani contains praises of the Lord > Gurbani says to chant praises of the Lord > Chant (the relevant passages in) Gurbani
I am not sure how Naam and Praises of the Lord are related though.

... Its all in good faith and isn't that what it all boils down to when one speaks of religion, faith?

relevant quotes from srigranth.org:
On the surface, it does appear like doesn't it?
I am sure you guys have a different, perhaps deeper, interpretation.

One such sabd, 'kapr rup suhavana chad dunia andar javna manda changha aapna aapai hi keeta aapnai' Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji 470.19 kept me wondering for few days as what link changa mandha relates with this pankti until I came to the conclusion to interpret, 'divine knowledge is so blissful thus abandon worldly show off and hyprocracy and instead divert your mind inside which will shake my conscience then only I will come know the reason of my sufferings.
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Best regards

Mohinder ji

That is so beautiful. Today I was thinking that in the hukam - nama the shabad gives the reason in a most personal message.

ਪਉੜੀ ॥
Pa▫oṛī.
Pauri.
ਪਉੜੀ।

ਕਪੜੁ ਰੂਪੁ ਸੁਹਾਵਣਾ ਛਡਿ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਜਾਵਣਾ ॥
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Kapaṛ rūp suhāvaṇā cẖẖad ḏunī▫ā anḏar jāvṇā.
I am leaving this world naked after having worn beautiful vestments.
I was beautiful when I was here.

ਮੰਦਾ ਚੰਗਾ ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਕੀਤਾ ਪਾਵਣਾ ॥
Manḏā cẖanga āpṇā āpe hī kīṯā pāvṇā.
I am taking the fruits from the seeds I sowed in my life.
Many will be bitter and throny and perhaps a rare may be sweet

ਹੁਕਮ ਕੀਏ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵਦੇ ਰਾਹਿ ਭੀੜੈ ਅਗੈ ਜਾਵਣਾ ॥
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Hukam kī▫e man bẖāvḏe rāhi bẖīṛai agai jāvṇā.
I did here what I felt like, wandered around following my own wishes.
But from now on I will be walking on the razor’s edge.

ਨੰਗਾ ਦੋਜਕਿ ਚਾਲਿਆ ਤਾ ਦਿਸੈ ਖਰਾ ਡਰਾਵਣਾ ॥
Nangā ḏojak cẖāli▫ā ṯā ḏisai kẖarā darāvaṇā.
How my nakedness is scary and ugly!
Where’s the beauty gone?


ਕਰਿ ਅਉਗਣ ਪਛੋਤਾਵਣਾ ॥੧੪॥
Kar a▫ugaṇ pacẖẖoṯāvaṇā. ||14||
I regret the bitter and thorny fruits I have reaped from the seeds I sowed.
It is all my doing, my living in me-ism rather than in One-ism.


Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji 470-14

Really wonderful translation. I bet it is your own.

Narayanjot ji,

Guru fateh.

The interesting part is that our Guru is talking about himself which shows that our Gurus were one of us. They did not put themselves on the pedestal like the today's so called " Brahamgyanis".
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After reading this beautiful poetry, one feels closer to the friend and the mate called our Guru because there is no vacuum which is created by the hierarchy in most of the religions. There is no generational or spiritual gap here either. It is all shoulder to shoulder, holding hands with your best friend.
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Regards

Tejwant Singh

This shabad always touches me deeply whenever I hear it.


Page 244 Guru Amar Das
ਮਿਲੁ ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮਾ ਜੀਉ ਤੁਧੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਖਰੀ ਨਿਮਾਣੀ ॥
mil maerae preethamaa jeeo thudhh bin kharee nimaanee ||
Meet me, O my Dear Beloved. Without You, I am totally dishonored.

ਮੈ ਨੈਣੀ ਨੀਦ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਜੀਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਅੰਨੁ ਨ ਪਾਣੀ ॥
mai nainee needh n aavai jeeo bhaavai ann n paanee ||
Sleep does not come to my eyes, and I have no desire for food or water.

ਪਾਣੀ ਅੰਨੁ ਨ ਭਾਵੈ ਮਰੀਐ ਹਾਵੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਪਿਰ ਕਿਉ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਈਐ ॥
paanee ann n bhaavai mareeai haavai bin pir kio sukh paaeeai ||
I have no desire for food or water, and I am dying from the pain of separation. Without my Husband Lord, how can I find peace?

ਗੁਰ ਆਗੈ ਕਰਉ ਬਿਨੰਤੀ ਜੇ ਗੁਰ ਭਾਵੈ ਜਿਉ ਮਿਲੈ ਤਿਵੈ ਮਿਲਾਈਐ ॥
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gur aagai karo binanthee jae gur bhaavai jio milai thivai milaaeeai ||
I offer my prayers to the Guru; if it pleases the Guru, He shall unite me with Himself.

ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲਿ ਲਏ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਆਪਿ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਘਰਿ ਆਏ ॥
aapae mael leae sukhadhaathaa aap miliaa ghar aaeae ||
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The Giver of peace has united me with Himself; He Himself has come to my home to meet me.

ਨਾਨਕ ਕਾਮਣਿ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਹਾਗਣਿ ਨਾ ਪਿਰੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਾਏ ॥੪॥੨॥
naanak kaaman sadhaa suhaagan naa pir marai n jaaeae ||4||2||
O Nanak, the soul-bride is forever the Lord's favorite wife; her Husband Lord does not die, and He shall never leave. ||4||2||