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<blockquote data-quote="Harjas Kaur Khalsa" data-source="post: 75280" data-attributes="member: 2125"><p>(Continued)</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">ਪਿੰਡਿਮੂਐਜੀਉਕਿਹਘਰਿਜਾਤਾ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">pindd mooai jeeo kih ghar jaathaa ||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">When the body dies, where does the soul go?</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">ਸਬਦਿਅਤੀਤਿਅਨਾਹਦਿਰਾਤਾ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">sabadh atheeth anaahadh raathaa ||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">It is absorbed into the untouched, unstruck melody of the Word of the Shabad.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">ਜਿਨਿਰਾਮੁਜਾਨਿਆਤਿਨਹਿਪਛਾਨਿਆ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">jin raam jaaniaa thinehi pashhaaniaa ||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">Only one who knows the Lord realizes Him.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">ਜਿਉਗੂੰਗੇਸਾਕਰਮਨੁਮਾਨਿਆ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span><span style="color: #800000">੧</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">jio goongae saakar man maaniaa ||1||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">The mind is satisfied and satiated, like the mute who eats the sugar candy and just smiles, without speaking. ||1||</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">ਐਸਾਗਿਆਨੁਕਥੈਬਨਵਾਰੀ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">aisaa giaan kathhai banavaaree ||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">Such is the spiritual wisdom which the Lord has imparted.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">ਮਨਰੇਪਵਨਦ੍ਰਿੜਸੁਖਮਨਨਾਰੀ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span><span style="color: #800000">੧</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span><span style="color: #800000">ਰਹਾਉ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">man rae pavan dhrirr sukhaman naaree ||1|| rehaao ||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">O mind, hold your breath steady within the central channel of the Sushmanaa. ||1||Pause||</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">ਸੋਗੁਰੁਕਰਹੁਜਿਬਹੁਰਿਨਕਰਨਾ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">so gur karahu j bahur n karanaa ||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">Adopt such a Guru, that you shall not have to adopt another again.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">ਸੋਪਦੁਰਵਹੁਜਿਬਹੁਰਿਨਰਵਨਾ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">so padh ravahu j bahur n ravanaa ||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">Dwell in such a state, that you shall never have to dwell in any other.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">ਸੋਧਿਆਨੁਧਰਹੁਜਿਬਹੁਰਿਨਧਰਨਾ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">so dhhiaan dhharahu j bahur n dhharanaa ||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">Embrace such a meditation, that you shall never have to embrace any other.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">ਐਸੇਮਰਹੁਜਿਬਹੁਰਿਨਮਰਨਾ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span><span style="color: #800000">੨</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">aisae marahu j bahur n maranaa ||2||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">Die in such a way, that you shall never have to die again. ||2||</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">ਉਲਟੀਗੰਗਾਜਮੁਨਮਿਲਾਵਉ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">oulattee gangaa jamun milaavo ||</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">Turn your breath away from the left channel, and away from the right channel, and unite them in the central channel of the Sushmanaa.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #800000">ਬਿਨੁਜਲਸੰਗਮਮਨਮਹਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਵਉ</span><span style="color: #800000">॥</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">bin jal sangam man mehi nhaavo ||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">At their confluence within your mind, take your bath there without water.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">~SGGS Ji p. 327</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">The Ida (left) and the Pingala (right) nadis (channels) carry the life energy (prana). The flow of prana is stimulated by the practice of pranayam. Ask yourself Veer ji, why would technique of pranayam be in Gurbani? This is what I mean, something is missing from the spiritual practice of the average Sikh. When you chuk amrit, the Panj Piare are supposed to impart something to you that <strong><em>opens the door</em></strong> to your liberation. And most people don't receive it. this is Naam. So the average Sikh reading this doesn't know what it's talking about in relation to Naam japna. And this is more than just a pranayam exercise. You receive an energy. No one can fake it. It has to be given. You can't give it to yourself.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><em>And why would a technique even be important?</em> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Why not just think love and become love? If I chant love all day will I become loving? That's because we all have inner demons, we have wounds on the soul from lifetimes. Maya knows how to bring out the worst in us. Without this <em>opening of spiritual energy pathway</em>, the recitation of Gurmantra has no power to clean your mind or karams. Because these nadis influence the pineal gland and the <strong><em>neurotransmitters altering our physical brain chemistry. </em></strong>It does more on a subtle energy level beyond the physical, and enters into non-physical spiritual reality of our being. <strong>Naam has the power to change our consciousness. </strong></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">In this way, an amritdhari person receives more than a set of clothes. By sincerely practicing Gursikhi and keeping faithful to Guru, by keeping Rehat and practice of Saas Giras Naam Simran,<strong><em> the Naam he receives has the power to change him completely.</em></strong> Not overnight, but according to his karam, his faithful practice and Guruji's kirpa. That is my belief and best understanding. You can't just take the Naam and run with it. It's a complete package. You have the amrit, you have the Naam, you have the discipline, you have the surrender, you have the Rehit Maryada, you have the Gurbani Kirtan of the Lord's praise, and you have the life to mature and put all this into practice. Here is where we make our mistakes and look in the mirror of the soul. One day, with Guruji's kirpa, we will find a jewel.</p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">ਇਹੁਮਨੂਆਦ੍ਰਿੜੁਕਰਿਰਖੀਐਗੁਰਮੁਖਿਲਾਈਐਚਿਤੁ॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">eihu manooaa dhrirr kar rakheeai guramukh laaeeai chith ||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">Hold this mind steady and stable; become Gurmukh and focus your consciousness.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">ਕਿਉਸਾਸਿਗਿਰਾਸਿਵਿਸਾਰੀਐਬਹਦਿਆਉਠਦਿਆਨਿਤ॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">kio saas giraas visaareeai behadhiaa outhadhiaa nith ||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">How could you ever forget Him, with each breath and morsel of food, sitting down or standing up?</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">ਮਰਣਜੀਵਣਕੀਚਿੰਤਾਗਈਇਹੁਜੀਅੜਾਹਰਿਪ੍ਰਭਵਸਿ॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">maran jeevan kee chinthaa gee eihu jeearraa har prabh vas ||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">My anxiety about birth and death has ended; this soul is under the control of the Lord God.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">ਜਿਉਭਾਵੈਤਿਉਰਖੁਤੂਜਨਨਾਨਕਨਾਮੁਬਖਸਿ॥੧॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">jio bhaavai thio rakh thoo jan naanak naam bakhas ||1||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">If it pleases You, then save servant Nanak, and bless him with Your Name. ||1||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: darkred">~SGGS Ji p. 314</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000080">ਆਖਿਆਖਿਮਨੁਵਾਵਣਾਜਿਉਜਿਉਜਾਪੈਵਾਇ</span><span style="color: #000080">॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000080">aakh aakh man vaavanaa jio jio jaapai vaae ||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000080">I speak and chant His Praises, vibrating the instrument of my mind. The more I know Him, the more I vibrate it.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000080">ਜਿਸਨੋਵਾਇਸੁਣਾਈਐਸੋਕੇਵਡੁਕਿਤੁਥਾਇ</span><span style="color: #000080">॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000080">jis no vaae sunaaeeai so kaevadd kith thhaae ||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000080">The One, unto whom we vibrate and sing-how great is He, and where is His Place?</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000080">ਆਖਣਵਾਲੇਜੇਤੜੇਸਭਿਆਖਿਰਹੇਲਿਵਲਾਇ</span><span style="color: #000080">॥</span><span style="color: #000080">੧</span><span style="color: #000080">॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000080">aakhan vaalae jaetharrae sabh aakh rehae liv laae ||1||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000080">Those who speak of Him and praise Him-they all continue speaking of Him with love. ||1||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000080">~SGGS Ji p. 53</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left">Holding the mind steady and stable and focusing consciousness, by speaking, chanting, making the body an instrument to vibrate His praises... this is how we can become Gurmukh. This technique belonged historically to purataan Gursikhi but is not well known or even well received today, although it does exist in the Khalsa Panth and not just to any particular Jathabandi. The technique of saas giras simran (with every breath and morsel of food) is found in Sri Prem Sumarg Granth Sahib Ji. Modern Sikhism lost touch with a lot of traditional purataan Gursikh practices.</p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">ਭਾਠੀਗਗਨੁਸਿੰਙਿਆਅਰੁਚੁੰਙਿਆਕਨਕਕਲਸਇਕੁਪਾਇਆ</span><span style="color: #0000ff">॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">bhaathee gagan sinn(g)iaa ar chunn(g)iaa kanak kalas eik paaeiaa ||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">The Tenth Gate of my crown chakra is the distilling fire, and the channels of the Ida and Pingala are the funnels, to pour in and empty out the golden vat.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">ਤਿਸੁਮਹਿਧਾਰਚੁਐਅਤਿਨਿਰਮਲਰਸਮਹਿਰਸਨਚੁਆਇਆ</span><span style="color: #0000ff">॥</span><span style="color: #0000ff">੨</span><span style="color: #0000ff">॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">this mehi dhhaar chuai ath niramal ras mehi rasan chuaaeiaa ||2||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">Into that vat, there trickles a gentle stream of the most sublime and pure essence of all distilled essences. ||2||</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">ਏਕਜੁਬਾਤਅਨੂਪਬਨੀਹੈਪਵਨਪਿਆਲਾਸਾਜਿਆ</span><span style="color: #0000ff">॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">eaek j baath anoop banee hai pavan piaalaa saajiaa ||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">Something wonderful has happened-the breath has become the cup.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">ਤੀਨਿਭਵਨਮਹਿਏਕੋਜੋਗੀਕਹਹੁਕਵਨੁਹੈਰਾਜਾ</span><span style="color: #0000ff">॥</span><span style="color: #0000ff">੩</span><span style="color: #0000ff">॥</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">theen bhavan mehi eaeko jogee kehahu kavan hai raajaa ||3||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">In all the three worlds, such a Yogi is unique. What king can compare to him? ||3||</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #0000ff">~SGGS Ji p. 92</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harjas Kaur Khalsa, post: 75280, member: 2125"] (Continued) [CENTER][COLOR=#800000]ਪਿੰਡਿਮੂਐਜੀਉਕਿਹਘਰਿਜਾਤਾ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]pindd mooai jeeo kih ghar jaathaa ||[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]When the body dies, where does the soul go?[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]ਸਬਦਿਅਤੀਤਿਅਨਾਹਦਿਰਾਤਾ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]sabadh atheeth anaahadh raathaa ||[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]It is absorbed into the untouched, unstruck melody of the Word of the Shabad.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]ਜਿਨਿਰਾਮੁਜਾਨਿਆਤਿਨਹਿਪਛਾਨਿਆ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]jin raam jaaniaa thinehi pashhaaniaa ||[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]Only one who knows the Lord realizes Him.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]ਜਿਉਗੂੰਗੇਸਾਕਰਮਨੁਮਾਨਿਆ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]੧[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]jio goongae saakar man maaniaa ||1||[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]The mind is satisfied and satiated, like the mute who eats the sugar candy and just smiles, without speaking. ||1||[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]ਐਸਾਗਿਆਨੁਕਥੈਬਨਵਾਰੀ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]aisaa giaan kathhai banavaaree ||[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]Such is the spiritual wisdom which the Lord has imparted.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]ਮਨਰੇਪਵਨਦ੍ਰਿੜਸੁਖਮਨਨਾਰੀ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]੧[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]ਰਹਾਉ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]man rae pavan dhrirr sukhaman naaree ||1|| rehaao ||[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]O mind, hold your breath steady within the central channel of the Sushmanaa. ||1||Pause||[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]ਸੋਗੁਰੁਕਰਹੁਜਿਬਹੁਰਿਨਕਰਨਾ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]so gur karahu j bahur n karanaa ||[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]Adopt such a Guru, that you shall not have to adopt another again.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]ਸੋਪਦੁਰਵਹੁਜਿਬਹੁਰਿਨਰਵਨਾ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]so padh ravahu j bahur n ravanaa ||[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]Dwell in such a state, that you shall never have to dwell in any other.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]ਸੋਧਿਆਨੁਧਰਹੁਜਿਬਹੁਰਿਨਧਰਨਾ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]so dhhiaan dhharahu j bahur n dhharanaa ||[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]Embrace such a meditation, that you shall never have to embrace any other.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]ਐਸੇਮਰਹੁਜਿਬਹੁਰਿਨਮਰਨਾ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]੨[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]aisae marahu j bahur n maranaa ||2||[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]Die in such a way, that you shall never have to die again. ||2||[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]ਉਲਟੀਗੰਗਾਜਮੁਨਮਿਲਾਵਉ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]oulattee gangaa jamun milaavo ||[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]Turn your breath away from the left channel, and away from the right channel, and unite them in the central channel of the Sushmanaa.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#800000]ਬਿਨੁਜਲਸੰਗਮਮਨਮਹਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਵਉ[/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]॥[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#800000]bin jal sangam man mehi nhaavo ||[/COLOR] [COLOR=#800000]At their confluence within your mind, take your bath there without water.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#800000]~SGGS Ji p. 327[/COLOR][/CENTER] [LEFT]The Ida (left) and the Pingala (right) nadis (channels) carry the life energy (prana). The flow of prana is stimulated by the practice of pranayam. Ask yourself Veer ji, why would technique of pranayam be in Gurbani? This is what I mean, something is missing from the spiritual practice of the average Sikh. When you chuk amrit, the Panj Piare are supposed to impart something to you that [B][I]opens the door[/I][/B] to your liberation. And most people don't receive it. this is Naam. So the average Sikh reading this doesn't know what it's talking about in relation to Naam japna. And this is more than just a pranayam exercise. You receive an energy. No one can fake it. It has to be given. You can't give it to yourself.[/LEFT] [LEFT][I]And why would a technique even be important?[/I] [/LEFT] [LEFT]Why not just think love and become love? If I chant love all day will I become loving? That's because we all have inner demons, we have wounds on the soul from lifetimes. Maya knows how to bring out the worst in us. Without this [I]opening of spiritual energy pathway[/I], the recitation of Gurmantra has no power to clean your mind or karams. Because these nadis influence the pineal gland and the [B][I]neurotransmitters altering our physical brain chemistry. [/I][/B]It does more on a subtle energy level beyond the physical, and enters into non-physical spiritual reality of our being. [B]Naam has the power to change our consciousness. [/B][/LEFT] [LEFT]In this way, an amritdhari person receives more than a set of clothes. By sincerely practicing Gursikhi and keeping faithful to Guru, by keeping Rehat and practice of Saas Giras Naam Simran,[B][I] the Naam he receives has the power to change him completely.[/I][/B] Not overnight, but according to his karam, his faithful practice and Guruji's kirpa. That is my belief and best understanding. You can't just take the Naam and run with it. It's a complete package. You have the amrit, you have the Naam, you have the discipline, you have the surrender, you have the Rehit Maryada, you have the Gurbani Kirtan of the Lord's praise, and you have the life to mature and put all this into practice. Here is where we make our mistakes and look in the mirror of the soul. One day, with Guruji's kirpa, we will find a jewel.[/LEFT] [CENTER][COLOR=darkred]ਇਹੁਮਨੂਆਦ੍ਰਿੜੁਕਰਿਰਖੀਐਗੁਰਮੁਖਿਲਾਈਐਚਿਤੁ॥[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]eihu manooaa dhrirr kar rakheeai guramukh laaeeai chith ||[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]Hold this mind steady and stable; become Gurmukh and focus your consciousness.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=darkred]ਕਿਉਸਾਸਿਗਿਰਾਸਿਵਿਸਾਰੀਐਬਹਦਿਆਉਠਦਿਆਨਿਤ॥[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]kio saas giraas visaareeai behadhiaa outhadhiaa nith ||[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]How could you ever forget Him, with each breath and morsel of food, sitting down or standing up?[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=darkred]ਮਰਣਜੀਵਣਕੀਚਿੰਤਾਗਈਇਹੁਜੀਅੜਾਹਰਿਪ੍ਰਭਵਸਿ॥[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]maran jeevan kee chinthaa gee eihu jeearraa har prabh vas ||[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]My anxiety about birth and death has ended; this soul is under the control of the Lord God.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=darkred]ਜਿਉਭਾਵੈਤਿਉਰਖੁਤੂਜਨਨਾਨਕਨਾਮੁਬਖਸਿ॥੧॥[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]jio bhaavai thio rakh thoo jan naanak naam bakhas ||1||[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]If it pleases You, then save servant Nanak, and bless him with Your Name. ||1||[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkred]~SGGS Ji p. 314[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#000080]ਆਖਿਆਖਿਮਨੁਵਾਵਣਾਜਿਉਜਿਉਜਾਪੈਵਾਇ[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]॥[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]aakh aakh man vaavanaa jio jio jaapai vaae ||[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]I speak and chant His Praises, vibrating the instrument of my mind. The more I know Him, the more I vibrate it.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#000080]ਜਿਸਨੋਵਾਇਸੁਣਾਈਐਸੋਕੇਵਡੁਕਿਤੁਥਾਇ[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]॥[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]jis no vaae sunaaeeai so kaevadd kith thhaae ||[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The One, unto whom we vibrate and sing-how great is He, and where is His Place?[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#000080]ਆਖਣਵਾਲੇਜੇਤੜੇਸਭਿਆਖਿਰਹੇਲਿਵਲਾਇ[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]॥[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]੧[/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]॥[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]aakhan vaalae jaetharrae sabh aakh rehae liv laae ||1||[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Those who speak of Him and praise Him-they all continue speaking of Him with love. ||1||[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]~SGGS Ji p. 53[/COLOR][/CENTER] [LEFT]Holding the mind steady and stable and focusing consciousness, by speaking, chanting, making the body an instrument to vibrate His praises... this is how we can become Gurmukh. This technique belonged historically to purataan Gursikhi but is not well known or even well received today, although it does exist in the Khalsa Panth and not just to any particular Jathabandi. The technique of saas giras simran (with every breath and morsel of food) is found in Sri Prem Sumarg Granth Sahib Ji. Modern Sikhism lost touch with a lot of traditional purataan Gursikh practices.[/LEFT] [CENTER][COLOR=#0000ff]ਭਾਠੀਗਗਨੁਸਿੰਙਿਆਅਰੁਚੁੰਙਿਆਕਨਕਕਲਸਇਕੁਪਾਇਆ[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]॥[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]bhaathee gagan sinn(g)iaa ar chunn(g)iaa kanak kalas eik paaeiaa ||[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]The Tenth Gate of my crown chakra is the distilling fire, and the channels of the Ida and Pingala are the funnels, to pour in and empty out the golden vat.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#0000ff]ਤਿਸੁਮਹਿਧਾਰਚੁਐਅਤਿਨਿਰਮਲਰਸਮਹਿਰਸਨਚੁਆਇਆ[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]॥[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]੨[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]॥[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]this mehi dhhaar chuai ath niramal ras mehi rasan chuaaeiaa ||2||[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Into that vat, there trickles a gentle stream of the most sublime and pure essence of all distilled essences. ||2||[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#0000ff]ਏਕਜੁਬਾਤਅਨੂਪਬਨੀਹੈਪਵਨਪਿਆਲਾਸਾਜਿਆ[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]॥[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]eaek j baath anoop banee hai pavan piaalaa saajiaa ||[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Something wonderful has happened-the breath has become the cup.[/COLOR][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#0000ff]ਤੀਨਿਭਵਨਮਹਿਏਕੋਜੋਗੀਕਹਹੁਕਵਨੁਹੈਰਾਜਾ[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]॥[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]੩[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000ff]॥[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]theen bhavan mehi eaeko jogee kehahu kavan hai raajaa ||3||[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]In all the three worlds, such a Yogi is unique. What king can compare to him? ||3||[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]~SGGS Ji p. 92[/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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