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Japji Sahib - Pauri 38th
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<blockquote data-quote="Amarpal" data-source="post: 3217" data-attributes="member: 10"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dear Khalsa Jee,</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Today, I share with you my understanding of 38th Pauri of Japji Sahib. In this Pauri Guru Sahib has told me how I can become Gurmukh of ultimate purity. Guru Sahib has used the metaphor of pure coin i.e. Gurmukh being made in ‘Taksaal’ i.e. mint (this world).</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">1. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">jqu pwhwrw DIrju suinAwru ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">ja<u>t</u> paahaaraa <u>Dh</u>eeraj suni-aar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Self-control is the furnace and patience the goldsmith.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib is telling me that I must have control over my thoughts, my speech and my actions so that I do not drift. The learning which Guru Sahib has imparted me in the earlier Pauris tell me that my thoughts should be such that they direct my five senses only to alight on objects with pure intent only for the purpose for which nature has given me these senses – never to harm or deprive any one of any thing; never for narrow selfish ends. In the same Pauri Guru Sahib has given similar instruction to me regarding my five organs of action. In this very Pauri Guru Sahib has told me that the Guru of my five senses and of my five organs of actions is my thought process. The key to the self-control is in mastering ones own thought process. Guru Sahib is asking me to evolve to a level where my pure Buddhi drives my Mind (the portion of my brain where the thoughts are generated). </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In the second part of the sentence, Guru Sahib has asked me to cultivate patience. Guru Sahib has used the example of the goldsmith who by carefully controlled mechanical action over a period of time finally makes the beautiful ornament he wants. In other words Guru Sahib is telling me that Gurmukh is not made over night, it takes time; sustained effort is needed. (This I have already elaborated in that specific Pauri).</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">Ahrix miq vydu hQIAwru ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">ahra<u>n</u> ma<u>t</u> vay<u>d</u> hathee-aar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Knowledge as anvil, wisdom as the means.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is clear to me that Guru Sahib wants me to be knowledgeable and wise so that I am able to sift facts from fiction and separate the truth from falsehood. Here it is important to know what is knowledge and what is wisdom.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Real data is always innocent; it is always a statement of facts. When one scans the set of data with some idea in mind the output is information. The same set of data when scanned with different ideas will give different results, consequently, sometimes the information obtained from a set of data can be misleading as the idea used to scan it can corrupt the output; here the human element has entered which is not always reliable. The right information coupled with the context specific ‘know how’ and ‘know why’ for its application to the task in hand is called ‘Knowledge’. When the ‘Knowledge’ lands the individual in multiple options or into gray area the ability to take right decision and to pick up the best option is called ‘Wisdom’. With Knowledge and Wisdom in me I will never get cheated ( Guru Sahib has said in the earlier Pauri) and will move on the path which is true.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib wants me to have both ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Wisdom’ to evolve spiritually; this is in addition to what Guru Sahib has asked me to acquire in the first sentence of this Pauri. I can see the greatness of my Guru Sahib; what science is telling us now, Guru Sahib has told us centuries ago.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">3. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">Bau Klw Agin qp qwau ] </span></span><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">bh</span></span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">a-o <u>kh</u>alaa agan <u>t</u>ap <u>t</u>aa-o.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Fear of ‘The Sat’ be the bellows, the single minded sustained effort and motivation from within be the heat of the fire. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib is preparing me for long sustained effort over long time to become a Gurmukh. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib through these metaphors of bellow and fire has told me that I have to sustain my efforts to become pure. These efforts have to be sustained by my own internal motivation and discipline (bellows). Any disciplined force from outside cannot give the desired result. Such efforts have to come from my own free will, which have to be sustained over a long period of time. By implication Guru Sahib is telling me that the process of becoming pure is gradual, it is not a one shot event. In this process my vices will get burnt and leave me with my natural innocence and without any Ahamkara or any craving for worldly pleasures – I will become pure. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">4. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">BWfw Bwau AMimRqu iqqu Fwil ] </span></span><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">bh</span></span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">aaNdaa <u>bh</u>aa-o amri<u>t</u> <u>t</u>i<u>t</u> <u>dh</u>aal.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Crucible of love, melt the nectar of Naam.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib has used the word ‘crucible’ and ‘melt’ as metaphors. Crucible is the one that contains the fluid – the melt. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib is telling me that my life, which holds all of me, should be of love. It is within the domain of love my life should evolve. The love, that only knows giving; the love, that does not even thing of getting any thing in return; the pure love.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In this life of love Guru Sahib is asking me to fill it up with the nectar of Naam. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib is telling me that the ambience of my life should be love in which Naam should resonate. It should be filled with Naam – the remembrance of ‘The Sat’.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">5. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">GVIAY sbdu scI tkswl ] </span></span><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gh</span></span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">a<u>rh</u>ee-ai saba<u>d</u> sachee taksaal.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Create the Shabad in the mint of Truth.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Again Guru sahib has used the words Shabad and Taksaal as metaphors. Pure metal coins are produced in Taksaal.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib is asking me to evolve my self and my life in this world (Taksaal), which has the purity in truth similar to that of the Shabad (the words spoken by divines who have realised ‘The Sat’) of my Guru Sahib. </span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">6. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">ijn kau ndir krmu iqn kwr ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jin ka-o na<u>d</u>ar karam <u>t</u>in kaar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is such Karmas, which are graced by ‘The Sat’.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <strong><u>My understanding</u>:</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib is educating me in the types of Karmas that evoke the grace of ‘The Sat’. Guru Sahib has given me a great clue to spirituality.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">7. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">nwnk ndrI ndir inhwl ]38] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">naanak na<u>d</u>ree na<u>d</u>ar nihaal. ||38||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">O’Nanak in this way ‘The Sat’ graces those who have evolved and exalts them.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru sahib has told me the way to seek his grace, which he has termed as ‘Gurparsadi’ in the Mool Mantra.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>Summary of my understanding of this Pauri</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib has asked me to develop my self-control and patience. Guru Sahib wants me to become a knowledgeable person and become wise. Guru Sahib wants me to become pure and live a life based on love that is imbued with ‘Naam’. Guru Sahib has cautioned me that the path is long and sustained effort from the depth of my heart and soul will be needed. It is through perseverance intrinsic motivation, whole heartedness, right living, the purity the truthfulness will come to me. The Karmas of such an individual, who has become pure and truthful i.e. who has become ‘Gurmukh’, gets graced by ‘The Sat’. As a result of such grace the ‘Gurmukh’ evolves further in spirituality on her/his way to divinity.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I my effort to understand Gurbani, I have depended on Scripture of Sikhi and literature and scripture of many other religions. Here I acknowledge that the ‘Siri Guru Granth Sahib’ as available on </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhnet.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #800080">www.sikhnet.com</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> including its translation and transliteration therein, and the Translation of ‘Siri Guru Granth Sahib’ by Sardar Sahib Sardar Manmohan Singh Jee, which is published by SGPC, has been of great help to me. Without these two references my effort would not have reached you.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With this I close.</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Amarpal</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amarpal, post: 3217, member: 10"] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Dear Khalsa Jee,[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Today, I share with you my understanding of 38th Pauri of Japji Sahib. In this Pauri Guru Sahib has told me how I can become Gurmukh of ultimate purity. Guru Sahib has used the metaphor of pure coin i.e. Gurmukh being made in ‘Taksaal’ i.e. mint (this world).[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]1. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]jqu pwhwrw DIrju suinAwru ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]ja[u]t[/u] paahaaraa [u]Dh[/u]eeraj suni-aar. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Self-control is the furnace and patience the goldsmith.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My understanding[/u]:[/font][/size][/b] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is telling me that I must have control over my thoughts, my speech and my actions so that I do not drift. The learning which Guru Sahib has imparted me in the earlier Pauris tell me that my thoughts should be such that they direct my five senses only to alight on objects with pure intent only for the purpose for which nature has given me these senses – never to harm or deprive any one of any thing; never for narrow selfish ends. In the same Pauri Guru Sahib has given similar instruction to me regarding my five organs of action. In this very Pauri Guru Sahib has told me that the Guru of my five senses and of my five organs of actions is my thought process. The key to the self-control is in mastering ones own thought process. Guru Sahib is asking me to evolve to a level where my pure Buddhi drives my Mind (the portion of my brain where the thoughts are generated). [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]In the second part of the sentence, Guru Sahib has asked me to cultivate patience. Guru Sahib has used the example of the goldsmith who by carefully controlled mechanical action over a period of time finally makes the beautiful ornament he wants. In other words Guru Sahib is telling me that Gurmukh is not made over night, it takes time; sustained effort is needed. (This I have already elaborated in that specific Pauri).[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]2. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]Ahrix miq vydu hQIAwru ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]ahra[u]n[/u] ma[u]t[/u] vay[u]d[/u] hathee-aar. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Knowledge as anvil, wisdom as the means.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My understanding[/u]:[/font][/size][/b] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]It is clear to me that Guru Sahib wants me to be knowledgeable and wise so that I am able to sift facts from fiction and separate the truth from falsehood. Here it is important to know what is knowledge and what is wisdom.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Real data is always innocent; it is always a statement of facts. When one scans the set of data with some idea in mind the output is information. The same set of data when scanned with different ideas will give different results, consequently, sometimes the information obtained from a set of data can be misleading as the idea used to scan it can corrupt the output; here the human element has entered which is not always reliable. The right information coupled with the context specific ‘know how’ and ‘know why’ for its application to the task in hand is called ‘Knowledge’. When the ‘Knowledge’ lands the individual in multiple options or into gray area the ability to take right decision and to pick up the best option is called ‘Wisdom’. With Knowledge and Wisdom in me I will never get cheated ( Guru Sahib has said in the earlier Pauri) and will move on the path which is true.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib wants me to have both ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Wisdom’ to evolve spiritually; this is in addition to what Guru Sahib has asked me to acquire in the first sentence of this Pauri. I can see the greatness of my Guru Sahib; what science is telling us now, Guru Sahib has told us centuries ago.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]3. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]Bau Klw Agin qp qwau ] [/font][/color][u][font=Tahoma][size=3]bh[/size][/font][/u][font=Tahoma][size=3]a-o [u]kh[/u]alaa agan [u]t[/u]ap [u]t[/u]aa-o. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Fear of ‘The Sat’ be the bellows, the single minded sustained effort and motivation from within be the heat of the fire. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My understanding[/u]:[/font][/size][/b] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is preparing me for long sustained effort over long time to become a Gurmukh. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib through these metaphors of bellow and fire has told me that I have to sustain my efforts to become pure. These efforts have to be sustained by my own internal motivation and discipline (bellows). Any disciplined force from outside cannot give the desired result. Such efforts have to come from my own free will, which have to be sustained over a long period of time. By implication Guru Sahib is telling me that the process of becoming pure is gradual, it is not a one shot event. In this process my vices will get burnt and leave me with my natural innocence and without any Ahamkara or any craving for worldly pleasures – I will become pure. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]4. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]BWfw Bwau AMimRqu iqqu Fwil ] [/font][/color][u][font=Tahoma][size=3]bh[/size][/font][/u][font=Tahoma][size=3]aaNdaa [u]bh[/u]aa-o amri[u]t[/u] [u]t[/u]i[u]t[/u] [u]dh[/u]aal. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Crucible of love, melt the nectar of Naam.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My understanding[/u]:[/font][/size][/b] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib has used the word ‘crucible’ and ‘melt’ as metaphors. Crucible is the one that contains the fluid – the melt. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is telling me that my life, which holds all of me, should be of love. It is within the domain of love my life should evolve. The love, that only knows giving; the love, that does not even thing of getting any thing in return; the pure love.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]In this life of love Guru Sahib is asking me to fill it up with the nectar of Naam. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is telling me that the ambience of my life should be love in which Naam should resonate. It should be filled with Naam – the remembrance of ‘The Sat’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]5. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]GVIAY sbdu scI tkswl ] [/font][/color][u][font=Tahoma][size=3]gh[/size][/font][/u][font=Tahoma][size=3]a[u]rh[/u]ee-ai saba[u]d[/u] sachee taksaal. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Create the Shabad in the mint of Truth.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My understanding[/u]:[/font][/size][/b] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Again Guru sahib has used the words Shabad and Taksaal as metaphors. Pure metal coins are produced in Taksaal.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is asking me to evolve my self and my life in this world (Taksaal), which has the purity in truth similar to that of the Shabad (the words spoken by divines who have realised ‘The Sat’) of my Guru Sahib. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]6. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]ijn kau ndir krmu iqn kwr ] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]jin ka-o na[u]d[/u]ar karam [u]t[/u]in kaar. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]It is such Karmas, which are graced by ‘The Sat’.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [b][u]My understanding[/u]:[/b][/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib is educating me in the types of Karmas that evoke the grace of ‘The Sat’. Guru Sahib has given me a great clue to spirituality.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]7. [/font][/size][color=maroon][font=WebAkharThick]nwnk ndrI ndir inhwl ]38] [/font][/color][font=Tahoma][size=3]naanak na[u]d[/u]ree na[u]d[/u]ar nihaal. ||38|| [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]O’Nanak in this way ‘The Sat’ graces those who have evolved and exalts them.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]My understanding[/u]:[/font][/size][/b] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru sahib has told me the way to seek his grace, which he has termed as ‘Gurparsadi’ in the Mool Mantra.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [b][size=3][font=Times New Roman][u]Summary of my understanding of this Pauri[/u]:[/font][/size][/b] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Guru Sahib has asked me to develop my self-control and patience. Guru Sahib wants me to become a knowledgeable person and become wise. Guru Sahib wants me to become pure and live a life based on love that is imbued with ‘Naam’. Guru Sahib has cautioned me that the path is long and sustained effort from the depth of my heart and soul will be needed. It is through perseverance intrinsic motivation, whole heartedness, right living, the purity the truthfulness will come to me. The Karmas of such an individual, who has become pure and truthful i.e. who has become ‘Gurmukh’, gets graced by ‘The Sat’. As a result of such grace the ‘Gurmukh’ evolves further in spirituality on her/his way to divinity.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]I my effort to understand Gurbani, I have depended on Scripture of Sikhi and literature and scripture of many other religions. Here I acknowledge that the ‘Siri Guru Granth Sahib’ as available on [/size][/font][url="http://www.sikhnet.com/"][font=Times New Roman][size=3][color=#800080]www.sikhnet.com[/color][/size][/font][/url][font=Times New Roman][size=3] including its translation and transliteration therein, and the Translation of ‘Siri Guru Granth Sahib’ by Sardar Sahib Sardar Manmohan Singh Jee, which is published by SGPC, has been of great help to me. Without these two references my effort would not have reached you.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]With this I close.[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font='Times New Roman']Amarpal[/font] [/QUOTE]
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Japji Sahib - Pauri 38th
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