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Gurbani (14-53)
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Pahre (74-78)
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Gurbani (151-185)
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Gurbani (347-348)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (537-556)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
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Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
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Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
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Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
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Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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Sehskritee Mahala 1
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Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
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<blockquote data-quote="Harjas Kaur Khalsa" data-source="post: 77836" data-attributes="member: 2125"><p><span style="color: DarkRed">ਜੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਚੈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਲੋਚੀਐ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਨ ਮੇਟਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">jae har har keechai bahuth locheeai kirath n maettiaa jaae ||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Even if you chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, with great longing, your past actions are still not erased. </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਭਾਣਾ ਭਗਤੀ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਸੇ ਭਗਤ ਪਏ ਦਰਿ ਥਾਇ ॥੩॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">har kaa bhaanaa bhagathee manniaa sae bhagath peae dhar thhaae ||3||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">The Lord's devotees surrender to His Will; those devotees are accepted at His Door. ||3||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">ਗੁਰੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਦਿੜਾਵੈ ਰੰਗ ਸਿਉ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਲਇਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">gur sabadh dhirraavai rang sio bin kirapaa laeiaa n jaae ||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">The Guru has lovingly implanted the Word of His Shabad within me. Without His Grace, it cannot be attained.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">~SGGS Ji p. 65</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p></p><p>What is the purpose of conversion? Is it about finding a philosophy that matches your beliefs? Can you realistically be baptised, receive deeksha with a Satguru just by wearing kakkars because people extensively tell you this? I invite you to consider such an "amritdhari" as delusion. It has no reality. Where is the power in such a conversion? Is it life-changing, experiential, push you beyond your limits? Will changing your name to Singh or Kaur accomplish this? Will wearing kakkars give this to you? </p><p></p><p>If you really want to have a Guru, it doesn't happen because you decide you have ideological conformity. It doesn't happen because you copy the outward forms of religion. It happens when you surrender to a Satguru. How does someone surrender? Can we decide the time and place? Can we select the method? Can we change the religion to suit our desires and call it surrender? How would following our own will give us attunement to a Satguru?</p><p></p><p>Conversion is a Western connotation of changing one's beliefs which has no validity in a <em>Guru-chela based spiritual system</em>. Guru doesn't care if you believe or not. Guru needs you to surrender, to be open, to be receptive. This doesn't mean become mindless, or don't study. It means <em>relationally</em>, in your attitude to Guru, don't stand in His way with your own beliefs. <strong>Discipleship initiation is a requirement.</strong> To undergo this process of surrender, Guru has given <em>Khande-ki-pahul</em>. This is how you give Guru your head, your will, your total commitment to His discipline. If you don't receive amrit from Guru in the Beloved 5, what does it matter what you call yourself? <strong>Without receiving amrit you have no Guru-disciple relationship at all. </strong> There's no bond created just by wishing for it. But when you receive Guru's deeksha, Guru implants something inside you, and that's the Naam. That's when you become the Guru's chela, His shishiya, His sikh. <strong><em>Because that's when you have this relational attunement with the energy reality of Guru's living Presence. </em></strong> You see, no one is able to give himself intuitive perception. Just talking about shabad-jyot as a concept does not impart <em>Jyot-Vigas. </em></p><p></p><p>A disciple is the one who practices daily attunement with His Guru. There's a saying in ashrams about <em>mixing spiritual practices and teachers,</em><strong><span style="color: Red"> "Whatever you do - do it correctly or leave it." </span></strong> Just like you can't teach yourself medicine or theoretical physics, spirituality can't be self-taught, you need to follow the guidance of a Master. Guru literally translates Light which dispels the darkness. A chela comes to Guru needing his own darkness to be dispelled. Guru gives the disciple transmission, and Guru's own Light and activating vibration of Sound enters into the consciousness of the chela. And when you have found a true Master, let Him guide you. Gurbani says if you want to be a Hindu, be a good one. If you want to be a Muslim, be a good one. And if you want to be a Sikh of the Guru, surrender.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy">ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕਮਾਵਣਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਮੇਟਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੩॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">poorab likhiaa kamaavanaa koe n maettanehaar ||3||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">They act according to their pre-ordained destiny, which no one can erase. ||3||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">ਸਤਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਗਾਖੜੀ ਸਿਰੁ ਦੀਜੈ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">sathagur kee saevaa gaakharree sir dheejai aap gavaae ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">It is very difficult to serve the True Guru. Surrender your head; give up your selfishness.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">~SGGS Ji p. 27</span></p><p></p><p>There's a Sanskrit word called <em>Spho Ta</em>, "which means 'to burst', or become suddenly rent asunder (with a sound)." Language is a multidimensional psycho-spiritual symbolism. And all words have an energy current and vibratory frequency. We can study <em>psycho-neuro-linguistic programming</em> and <em>attitudinal healing</em> and conclude that language indeed has an effect on consciousness. When you receive a <strong>Sikh name</strong>, it <strong>comes from <em>Gurbani</em> so it is of the energy consciousness, the enlightenment of Guru.</strong> So the Sikh name is derived from root words and concepts in Gurbani, these words are imbued with shabad-jyot, which is more than a concept of light and sound but it's a <em>multidimensional</em> vibration. It has <em>Guruji's energy signature</em>. <strong> It has the Presence of Guru conveyed in sound and carried on the breath.</strong> And it has the <em>power to activate latent qualities in your mind</em> which can<em> affect your thoughts,</em><em> clear your vritti</em>, those whirling thoughts that cause you to lose contact with your inner nature. That's why there is no name you could ever give yourself that would be as powerful as the one you receive from Guru at amrit sinchaar. <strong>You cannot make yourself into Guru's Singh or Singhni. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Guru has to<em> implant </em>something for this to happen. And the amrit which you receive contains<em> sarbloh</em> from the khanda rubbing against the sarbloh batta and mixing in the sugar water. The Panj Piare then <em>recite Gurbani</em>. And the <strong>energy is transmitted </strong>and the water becomes amrit. <em>When you drink it, when it's splashed in your eyes, on your hairs it's activating something. </em> <u>It's transmitting the shabad-jyot</u>. And when you receive <em>Naam Gurmantara</em>, that Naam is a <u>power</u> word. The Guru's shakti is in it. A Sikh name is taken directly from Gurbani and so it relates on one level to <em>qualities the name inspires</em> but also has a <em>subtle energy imprint of the sound current.</em> A name which comes from Gurbani has the latent potential to <em>activate certain awareness</em> in Guruji's chela. It is a <em>word-seed</em> because it arises from Guruji's shabad. Just to have this name has no power. But <em>when the name is received from Guru's form in the Panj Piare</em>, that's something given directly to you from Guru. That's when it becomes an <em>attunement of yourself</em>, even to the naming of your multidimensional being.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਨਾ ਥੀਐ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">bin naavai jeevan naa thheeai maerae sathigur naam dhrirraae ||1|| rehaao ||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Without Your Name, my life does not even exist. My True Guru has implanted the Naam within me. ||1||Pause||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">~SGGS Ji p. 40</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy">ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਸਖਾਈ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਹਮਰੀ ਰਹਰਾਸਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">guramath naam maeraa praan sakhaaee har keerath hamaree reharaas ||1|| rehaao ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Through the Guru's Teachings, the Naam is my breath of life. The Kirtan of the Lord's Praise is my life's occupation. ||1||Pause||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">~SGGS Ji p. 10</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਰਤਨੁ ਜਵੇਹਰੁ ਮਾਣਕੁ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੈ ਨਾਲਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵੇਲੈ ਵਤੈ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤੀ ਹਰਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">har dhhan rathan javaehar maanak har dhhanai naal anmrith vaelai vathai har bhagathee har liv laaee ||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">The Lord's wealth is like jewels, gems and rubies. At the appointed time in the Amrit Vaylaa, the ambrosial hours of the morning, the Lord's devotees lovingly center their attention on the Lord, and the wealth of the Lord.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵੇਲੈ ਵਤੈ ਕਾ ਬੀਜਿਆ ਭਗਤ ਖਾਇ ਖਰਚਿ ਰਹੇ ਨਿਖੁਟੈ ਨਾਹੀ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">har dhhan anmrith vaelai vathai kaa beejiaa bhagath khaae kharach rehae nikhuttai naahee ||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">The devotees of the Lord plant the seed of the Lord's wealth in the ambrosial hours of the Amrit Vaylaa; they eat it, and spend it, but it is never exhausted.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">~SGGS Ji p. 734</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Naam drirh, the implanted Naam</em>. It refers to a practice of <em>pranayam</em> (lifeforce-breath) given to <em>activate a psycho-spiritual awareness </em>with Guru's grace, through<em> shaktipat </em>of Guru's power. So you receive something very powerful which can only come from Guru. Naam Gurmantara has the power of<em> Spho Ta,</em> it has the power to <em>pierce through the energy chakras</em> in our being <em>with sound current</em> and allow the <em>inner prana to ascend</em> so we can achieve liberation consciousness. That's the whole point of having a Guru, to initiate and activate this latent human potential. You can't get it just pretending to be baptised and wanting to call yourself a Sikh name or wear kakkars. To become amritdhari<em> initiates a whole process.</em> <strong>Amrit is the deeksha of the Sikh Satguru. </strong></p><p></p><p>Some people say keeping<em> amrit vela </em>is brahmanic ritualism. If so, why would Guruji put that in His bani? And the reason is clear. Many people have no understanding of the basic yogic mystical practices Guru is teaching. Because they don't understand it, it seems meaningless to them, and they call it a ritual, a superstition, or a waste. Amrit vela is a powerful time for <em>simran and dhyan</em>. Just as the body has a <u><em>chronobiology</em></u> where the enzymes and cells follow a rhythm based on diurnal and nocturnal processes, so do the subtle centers. <em>Ayurvedic medicine</em> teaches that the <em>tri-dosha </em>have a relationship to certain hours. At amrit vela time, the <em>vata</em> is strongest and the body naturally responds to <em>arousal and excretion of waste</em>. The timing of this practice is designed to<em> raise your energy consciousness</em>. It's an ancient yogic science that this time of <em>brahma muhurta </em>(2 hours before sunrise) is the best to <em>clear obscurations of thoughts </em>and <em>open the inner wisdom eye.</em> <strong>And it is the sadhan prescription of Satguru Nanak Dev Ji. </strong> The disciple has to bring his 5 senses under control in a<em> daily disciplined practice</em> just to be <em>receptive. </em> The effort you're making is to be <u>attuned</u> with Satguru.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy">ਸਬਦੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਪੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਵ ਨਿਧਿ ਅਪੈ ਰਸਨਿ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਰਸੈ ਸਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨੀਅਹੁ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">sabadh har har japai naam nav nidhh apai rasan ahinis rasai sath kar jaaneeahu ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Chant the Shabad, the Word of the Lord, Har, Har; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, brings the nine treasures. With your tongue, taste it, day and night, and know it as true. </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">ਫੁਨਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਰੰਗ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਹਿ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਅੰਨ ਮਾਰਗ ਤਜਹੁ ਭਜਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਗ੍ਯ੍ਯਾਨੀਅਹੁ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">fun praem rang paaeeai guramukhehi dhhiaaeeai ann maarag thajahu bhajahu har gyaaneeahu ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Then, you shall obtain His Love and Affection; become Gurmukh, and meditate on Him. Give up all other ways; vibrate and meditate on Him, O spiritual people.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">~SGGS Ji p. 1400</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">ਖਟੁ ਮਟੁ ਦੇਹੀ ਮਨੁ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">khatt matt dhaehee man bairaagee ||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Above the six chakras of the body dwells the detached mind.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਧੁਨਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜਾਗੀ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">surath sabadh dhhun anthar jaagee ||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Awareness of the vibration of the Word of the Shabad has been awakened deep within.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">ਵਾਜੈ ਅਨਹਦੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਲੀਣਾ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">vaajai anehadh maeraa man leenaa ||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">The unstruck melody of the sound current resonates and resounds within; my mind is attuned to it.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">ਗੁਰ ਬਚਨੀ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਪਤੀਣਾ ॥੧॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">gur bachanee sach naam patheenaa ||1||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">Through the Guru's Teachings, my faith is confirmed in the True Name. ||1||</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed">~SGGS Ji p. 903</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p><p></p><p>You can call yourself "Kate Kaur" or "Joe Singh." And those would be nice names. <em>But they have no power.</em> Just by calling does not<em> imbue</em> a person with the power of a princess, with the power of a lion. It doesn't make you the Guru's Singh or Singhni. When you take amrit, the Panj Piare opens the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. And the first letter of the page is the letter you take your name from. So this is the way that Guruji names you. It's far more meaningful then if you only name yourself. You can take the name you like from this letter.<em> But the Panj Piare have to agree. </em> <em>It's that <u>agreement</u>, that<u> attunement</u>, that <u>obedience</u> that has the<u> power</u> which is something beyond your own choosing.</em> <em>Do-it-yourself</em> Sikhi is like being your own disciple since you follow your own will, your own daily prescriptions for spiritual practice. Some people mix in teachings and practices of others gurus and other religious traditions. How is this being attuned to the energy of<em> this</em> Satguru? If you are following prescriptions of 6 masters of 6 different traditions and paths how can you get anywhere when not one of them has become<em> your</em> Guru? That person is following himself! Even the paths that mix traditions like Radhasoami have a guru lineage and transmission through initiation. Nobody is a spiritual disciple of a Guru who does not conform himself to the Guru's own prescriptions. <em>Transformation</em> is simply not possible by diluting your spiritual forces this way. Why would we need a Guru if there's no need to be obedient to the wisdom of His discipline? If we have our own wisdom and do things our way, <em>who is Guru?</em> </p><p></p><p>So I say everyone should take amrit and become a <em>disciple of a Satguru</em>. <strong>Not to take amrit, and you are not a disciple. You are not committed to the sadhana. You did not receive the initiation which is like a marriage to belong to Guru.</strong> But just to take amrit, that's like entering first grade. It's no grandeur on<em> your </em>part. It's no certificate of degree or attainment of spirituality. It only means you have been<em> implanted with a seed. </em> And the gardener of that seed is Guru. And every spiritual practice is <em><u>submission to that Guru</u></em>.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Navy">ਐਸਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਕਥੈ ਬਨਵਾਰੀ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">aisaa giaan kathhai banavaaree ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Such is the spiritual wisdom which the Lord has imparted.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">ਮਨ ਰੇ ਪਵਨ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ ਸੁਖਮਨ ਨਾਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">man rae pavan dhrirr sukhaman naaree ||1|| rehaao ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">O mind, hold your breath steady within the central channel of the Sushmanaa. ||1||Pause||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">ਸੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਕਰਹੁ ਜਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਕਰਨਾ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">so gur karahu j bahur n karanaa ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Adopt such a Guru, that you shall not have to adopt another again.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">ਸੋ ਪਦੁ ਰਵਹੁ ਜਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਰਵਨਾ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">so padh ravahu j bahur n ravanaa ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">Dwell in such a state, that you shall never have to dwell in any other.</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy">~SGGS Ji p. 327</span></p><p><span style="color: Navy"></span></p><p></p><p>~Bhul chak maaf karni ji</p><p></p><p><strong>Babiha</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcIH2NSIZ6Y" target="_blank">YouTube - babiha</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harjas Kaur Khalsa, post: 77836, member: 2125"] [COLOR="DarkRed"]ਜੇ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਚੈ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਲੋਚੀਐ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਨ ਮੇਟਿਆ ਜਾਇ ॥ jae har har keechai bahuth locheeai kirath n maettiaa jaae || Even if you chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, with great longing, your past actions are still not erased. ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਭਾਣਾ ਭਗਤੀ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਸੇ ਭਗਤ ਪਏ ਦਰਿ ਥਾਇ ॥੩॥ har kaa bhaanaa bhagathee manniaa sae bhagath peae dhar thhaae ||3|| The Lord's devotees surrender to His Will; those devotees are accepted at His Door. ||3|| ਗੁਰੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਦਿੜਾਵੈ ਰੰਗ ਸਿਉ ਬਿਨੁ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਲਇਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ gur sabadh dhirraavai rang sio bin kirapaa laeiaa n jaae || The Guru has lovingly implanted the Word of His Shabad within me. Without His Grace, it cannot be attained. ~SGGS Ji p. 65 [/COLOR] What is the purpose of conversion? Is it about finding a philosophy that matches your beliefs? Can you realistically be baptised, receive deeksha with a Satguru just by wearing kakkars because people extensively tell you this? I invite you to consider such an "amritdhari" as delusion. It has no reality. Where is the power in such a conversion? Is it life-changing, experiential, push you beyond your limits? Will changing your name to Singh or Kaur accomplish this? Will wearing kakkars give this to you? If you really want to have a Guru, it doesn't happen because you decide you have ideological conformity. It doesn't happen because you copy the outward forms of religion. It happens when you surrender to a Satguru. How does someone surrender? Can we decide the time and place? Can we select the method? Can we change the religion to suit our desires and call it surrender? How would following our own will give us attunement to a Satguru? Conversion is a Western connotation of changing one's beliefs which has no validity in a [I]Guru-chela based spiritual system[/I]. Guru doesn't care if you believe or not. Guru needs you to surrender, to be open, to be receptive. This doesn't mean become mindless, or don't study. It means [I]relationally[/I], in your attitude to Guru, don't stand in His way with your own beliefs. [B]Discipleship initiation is a requirement.[/B] To undergo this process of surrender, Guru has given [I]Khande-ki-pahul[/I]. This is how you give Guru your head, your will, your total commitment to His discipline. If you don't receive amrit from Guru in the Beloved 5, what does it matter what you call yourself? [B]Without receiving amrit you have no Guru-disciple relationship at all. [/B] There's no bond created just by wishing for it. But when you receive Guru's deeksha, Guru implants something inside you, and that's the Naam. That's when you become the Guru's chela, His shishiya, His sikh. [B][I]Because that's when you have this relational attunement with the energy reality of Guru's living Presence. [/I][/B] You see, no one is able to give himself intuitive perception. Just talking about shabad-jyot as a concept does not impart [I]Jyot-Vigas. [/I] A disciple is the one who practices daily attunement with His Guru. There's a saying in ashrams about [I]mixing spiritual practices and teachers,[/I][B][COLOR="Red"] "Whatever you do - do it correctly or leave it." [/COLOR][/B] Just like you can't teach yourself medicine or theoretical physics, spirituality can't be self-taught, you need to follow the guidance of a Master. Guru literally translates Light which dispels the darkness. A chela comes to Guru needing his own darkness to be dispelled. Guru gives the disciple transmission, and Guru's own Light and activating vibration of Sound enters into the consciousness of the chela. And when you have found a true Master, let Him guide you. Gurbani says if you want to be a Hindu, be a good one. If you want to be a Muslim, be a good one. And if you want to be a Sikh of the Guru, surrender. [COLOR="Navy"]ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕਮਾਵਣਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਮੇਟਣਹਾਰੁ ॥੩॥ poorab likhiaa kamaavanaa koe n maettanehaar ||3|| They act according to their pre-ordained destiny, which no one can erase. ||3|| ਸਤਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ਗਾਖੜੀ ਸਿਰੁ ਦੀਜੈ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇ ॥ sathagur kee saevaa gaakharree sir dheejai aap gavaae || It is very difficult to serve the True Guru. Surrender your head; give up your selfishness. ~SGGS Ji p. 27[/COLOR] There's a Sanskrit word called [I]Spho Ta[/I], "which means 'to burst', or become suddenly rent asunder (with a sound)." Language is a multidimensional psycho-spiritual symbolism. And all words have an energy current and vibratory frequency. We can study [I]psycho-neuro-linguistic programming[/I] and [I]attitudinal healing[/I] and conclude that language indeed has an effect on consciousness. When you receive a [B]Sikh name[/B], it [B]comes from [I]Gurbani[/I] so it is of the energy consciousness, the enlightenment of Guru.[/B] So the Sikh name is derived from root words and concepts in Gurbani, these words are imbued with shabad-jyot, which is more than a concept of light and sound but it's a [I]multidimensional[/I] vibration. It has [I]Guruji's energy signature[/I]. [B] It has the Presence of Guru conveyed in sound and carried on the breath.[/B] And it has the [I]power to activate latent qualities in your mind[/I] which can[I] affect your thoughts,[/I][I] clear your vritti[/I], those whirling thoughts that cause you to lose contact with your inner nature. That's why there is no name you could ever give yourself that would be as powerful as the one you receive from Guru at amrit sinchaar. [B]You cannot make yourself into Guru's Singh or Singhni. [/B] Guru has to[I] implant [/I]something for this to happen. And the amrit which you receive contains[I] sarbloh[/I] from the khanda rubbing against the sarbloh batta and mixing in the sugar water. The Panj Piare then [I]recite Gurbani[/I]. And the [B]energy is transmitted [/B]and the water becomes amrit. [I]When you drink it, when it's splashed in your eyes, on your hairs it's activating something. [/I] [U]It's transmitting the shabad-jyot[/U]. And when you receive [I]Naam Gurmantara[/I], that Naam is a [U]power[/U] word. The Guru's shakti is in it. A Sikh name is taken directly from Gurbani and so it relates on one level to [I]qualities the name inspires[/I] but also has a [I]subtle energy imprint of the sound current.[/I] A name which comes from Gurbani has the latent potential to [I]activate certain awareness[/I] in Guruji's chela. It is a [I]word-seed[/I] because it arises from Guruji's shabad. Just to have this name has no power. But [I]when the name is received from Guru's form in the Panj Piare[/I], that's something given directly to you from Guru. That's when it becomes an [I]attunement of yourself[/I], even to the naming of your multidimensional being. [COLOR="DarkRed"]ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਜੀਵਣੁ ਨਾ ਥੀਐ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਦ੍ਰਿੜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ bin naavai jeevan naa thheeai maerae sathigur naam dhrirraae ||1|| rehaao || Without Your Name, my life does not even exist. My True Guru has implanted the Naam within me. ||1||Pause|| ~SGGS Ji p. 40[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਸਖਾਈ ਹਰਿ ਕੀਰਤਿ ਹਮਰੀ ਰਹਰਾਸਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ guramath naam maeraa praan sakhaaee har keerath hamaree reharaas ||1|| rehaao || Through the Guru's Teachings, the Naam is my breath of life. The Kirtan of the Lord's Praise is my life's occupation. ||1||Pause|| ~SGGS Ji p. 10[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkRed"]ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਰਤਨੁ ਜਵੇਹਰੁ ਮਾਣਕੁ ਹਰਿ ਧਨੈ ਨਾਲਿ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵੇਲੈ ਵਤੈ ਹਰਿ ਭਗਤੀ ਹਰਿ ਲਿਵ ਲਾਈ ॥ har dhhan rathan javaehar maanak har dhhanai naal anmrith vaelai vathai har bhagathee har liv laaee || The Lord's wealth is like jewels, gems and rubies. At the appointed time in the Amrit Vaylaa, the ambrosial hours of the morning, the Lord's devotees lovingly center their attention on the Lord, and the wealth of the Lord. ਹਰਿ ਧਨੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵੇਲੈ ਵਤੈ ਕਾ ਬੀਜਿਆ ਭਗਤ ਖਾਇ ਖਰਚਿ ਰਹੇ ਨਿਖੁਟੈ ਨਾਹੀ ॥ har dhhan anmrith vaelai vathai kaa beejiaa bhagath khaae kharach rehae nikhuttai naahee || The devotees of the Lord plant the seed of the Lord's wealth in the ambrosial hours of the Amrit Vaylaa; they eat it, and spend it, but it is never exhausted. ~SGGS Ji p. 734[/COLOR] [I]Naam drirh, the implanted Naam[/I]. It refers to a practice of [I]pranayam[/I] (lifeforce-breath) given to [I]activate a psycho-spiritual awareness [/I]with Guru's grace, through[I] shaktipat [/I]of Guru's power. So you receive something very powerful which can only come from Guru. Naam Gurmantara has the power of[I] Spho Ta,[/I] it has the power to [I]pierce through the energy chakras[/I] in our being [I]with sound current[/I] and allow the [I]inner prana to ascend[/I] so we can achieve liberation consciousness. That's the whole point of having a Guru, to initiate and activate this latent human potential. You can't get it just pretending to be baptised and wanting to call yourself a Sikh name or wear kakkars. To become amritdhari[I] initiates a whole process.[/I] [B]Amrit is the deeksha of the Sikh Satguru. [/B] Some people say keeping[I] amrit vela [/I]is brahmanic ritualism. If so, why would Guruji put that in His bani? And the reason is clear. Many people have no understanding of the basic yogic mystical practices Guru is teaching. Because they don't understand it, it seems meaningless to them, and they call it a ritual, a superstition, or a waste. Amrit vela is a powerful time for [I]simran and dhyan[/I]. Just as the body has a [U][I]chronobiology[/I][/U] where the enzymes and cells follow a rhythm based on diurnal and nocturnal processes, so do the subtle centers. [I]Ayurvedic medicine[/I] teaches that the [I]tri-dosha [/I]have a relationship to certain hours. At amrit vela time, the [I]vata[/I] is strongest and the body naturally responds to [I]arousal and excretion of waste[/I]. The timing of this practice is designed to[I] raise your energy consciousness[/I]. It's an ancient yogic science that this time of [I]brahma muhurta [/I](2 hours before sunrise) is the best to [I]clear obscurations of thoughts [/I]and [I]open the inner wisdom eye.[/I] [B]And it is the sadhan prescription of Satguru Nanak Dev Ji. [/B] The disciple has to bring his 5 senses under control in a[I] daily disciplined practice[/I] just to be [I]receptive. [/I] The effort you're making is to be [U]attuned[/U] with Satguru. [COLOR="Navy"]ਸਬਦੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਪੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਵ ਨਿਧਿ ਅਪੈ ਰਸਨਿ ਅਹਿਨਿਸਿ ਰਸੈ ਸਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਜਾਨੀਅਹੁ ॥ sabadh har har japai naam nav nidhh apai rasan ahinis rasai sath kar jaaneeahu || Chant the Shabad, the Word of the Lord, Har, Har; the Naam, the Name of the Lord, brings the nine treasures. With your tongue, taste it, day and night, and know it as true. ਫੁਨਿ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਰੰਗ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਹਿ ਧਿਆਈਐ ਅੰਨ ਮਾਰਗ ਤਜਹੁ ਭਜਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਗ੍ਯ੍ਯਾਨੀਅਹੁ ॥ fun praem rang paaeeai guramukhehi dhhiaaeeai ann maarag thajahu bhajahu har gyaaneeahu || Then, you shall obtain His Love and Affection; become Gurmukh, and meditate on Him. Give up all other ways; vibrate and meditate on Him, O spiritual people. ~SGGS Ji p. 1400[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkRed"]ਖਟੁ ਮਟੁ ਦੇਹੀ ਮਨੁ ਬੈਰਾਗੀ ॥ khatt matt dhaehee man bairaagee || Above the six chakras of the body dwells the detached mind. ਸੁਰਤਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਧੁਨਿ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਜਾਗੀ ॥ surath sabadh dhhun anthar jaagee || Awareness of the vibration of the Word of the Shabad has been awakened deep within. ਵਾਜੈ ਅਨਹਦੁ ਮੇਰਾ ਮਨੁ ਲੀਣਾ ॥ vaajai anehadh maeraa man leenaa || The unstruck melody of the sound current resonates and resounds within; my mind is attuned to it. ਗੁਰ ਬਚਨੀ ਸਚਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਪਤੀਣਾ ॥੧॥ gur bachanee sach naam patheenaa ||1|| Through the Guru's Teachings, my faith is confirmed in the True Name. ||1|| ~SGGS Ji p. 903 [/COLOR] You can call yourself "Kate Kaur" or "Joe Singh." And those would be nice names. [I]But they have no power.[/I] Just by calling does not[I] imbue[/I] a person with the power of a princess, with the power of a lion. It doesn't make you the Guru's Singh or Singhni. When you take amrit, the Panj Piare opens the Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. And the first letter of the page is the letter you take your name from. So this is the way that Guruji names you. It's far more meaningful then if you only name yourself. You can take the name you like from this letter.[I] But the Panj Piare have to agree. [/I] [I]It's that [U]agreement[/U], that[U] attunement[/U], that [U]obedience[/U] that has the[U] power[/U] which is something beyond your own choosing.[/I] [I]Do-it-yourself[/I] Sikhi is like being your own disciple since you follow your own will, your own daily prescriptions for spiritual practice. Some people mix in teachings and practices of others gurus and other religious traditions. How is this being attuned to the energy of[I] this[/I] Satguru? If you are following prescriptions of 6 masters of 6 different traditions and paths how can you get anywhere when not one of them has become[I] your[/I] Guru? That person is following himself! Even the paths that mix traditions like Radhasoami have a guru lineage and transmission through initiation. Nobody is a spiritual disciple of a Guru who does not conform himself to the Guru's own prescriptions. [I]Transformation[/I] is simply not possible by diluting your spiritual forces this way. Why would we need a Guru if there's no need to be obedient to the wisdom of His discipline? If we have our own wisdom and do things our way, [I]who is Guru?[/I] So I say everyone should take amrit and become a [I]disciple of a Satguru[/I]. [B]Not to take amrit, and you are not a disciple. You are not committed to the sadhana. You did not receive the initiation which is like a marriage to belong to Guru.[/B] But just to take amrit, that's like entering first grade. It's no grandeur on[I] your [/I]part. It's no certificate of degree or attainment of spirituality. It only means you have been[I] implanted with a seed. [/I] And the gardener of that seed is Guru. And every spiritual practice is [I][U]submission to that Guru[/U][/I]. [COLOR="Navy"]ਐਸਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਕਥੈ ਬਨਵਾਰੀ ॥ aisaa giaan kathhai banavaaree || Such is the spiritual wisdom which the Lord has imparted. ਮਨ ਰੇ ਪਵਨ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ ਸੁਖਮਨ ਨਾਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ man rae pavan dhrirr sukhaman naaree ||1|| rehaao || O mind, hold your breath steady within the central channel of the Sushmanaa. ||1||Pause|| ਸੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਕਰਹੁ ਜਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਕਰਨਾ ॥ so gur karahu j bahur n karanaa || Adopt such a Guru, that you shall not have to adopt another again. ਸੋ ਪਦੁ ਰਵਹੁ ਜਿ ਬਹੁਰਿ ਨ ਰਵਨਾ ॥ so padh ravahu j bahur n ravanaa || Dwell in such a state, that you shall never have to dwell in any other. ~SGGS Ji p. 327 [/COLOR] ~Bhul chak maaf karni ji [B]Babiha[/B] [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcIH2NSIZ6Y]YouTube - babiha[/url] [/QUOTE]
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