- May 9, 2006
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Reading Anand Sahib tonight and pondered on the following:
ਜਿਉ ਤੂ ਚਲਾਇਹਿ ਤਿਵ ਚਲਹ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਹੋਰੁ ਕਿਆ ਜਾਣਾ ਗੁਣ ਤੇਰੇ ॥
जिउ तू चलाइहि तिव चलह सुआमी होरु किआ जाणा गुण तेरे ॥
Ji▫o ṯū cẖalā▫ihi ṯiv cẖalah su▫āmī hor ki▫ā jāṇā guṇ ṯere.
As You make me walk, so do I walk, O my Lord and Master; what else do I know of Your Glorious Virtues?
ਜਿਵ ਤੂ ਚਲਾਇਹਿ ਤਿਵੈ ਚਲਹ ਜਿਨਾ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਪਾਵਹੇ ॥
जिव तू चलाइहि तिवै चलह जिना मारगि पावहे ॥
Jiv ṯū cẖalā▫ihi ṯivai cẖalah jinā mārag pāvhe.
As You cause them to walk, they walk - You have placed them on the Path.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਜਿਨ ਨਾਮਿ ਲਾਇਹਿ ਸਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਦਾ ਧਿਆਵਹੇ ॥
करि किरपा जिन नामि लाइहि सि हरि हरि सदा धिआवहे ॥
Kar kirpā jin nām lā▫ihi sė har har saḏā ḏẖi▫āvhe.
In Your Mercy, You attach them to the Naam; they meditate forever on the Lord, Har, Har.
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਕਥਾ ਸੁਣਾਇਹਿ ਆਪਣੀ ਸਿ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਹੇ ॥
जिस नो कथा सुणाइहि आपणी सि गुरदुआरै सुखु पावहे ॥
Jis no kathā suṇā▫ihi āpṇī sė gurḏu▫ārai sukẖ pāvhe.
Those whom You cause to listen to Your sermon, find peace in the Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate.
ਕਹੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਚੇ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜਿਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਵੈ ਚਲਾਵਹੇ ॥੧੫॥
कहै नानकु सचे साहिब जिउ भावै तिवै चलावहे ॥१५॥
Kahai Nānak sacẖe sāhib ji▫o bẖāvai ṯivai cẖalāvahe. ||15||
Says Guru Nanak, O my True Lord and Master, you make us walk according to Your Will. ||15||
If Sikh places of worship were called dharamsalas until Guru Arjun Dev Ji, what is Guru Amar Das Ji talking about when he mentions the Gurdwara?
Is it actually that inner place of contemplation where one meets the Guru?
Or is it something else?
:sippingcoffee:
ਜਿਉ ਤੂ ਚਲਾਇਹਿ ਤਿਵ ਚਲਹ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਹੋਰੁ ਕਿਆ ਜਾਣਾ ਗੁਣ ਤੇਰੇ ॥
जिउ तू चलाइहि तिव चलह सुआमी होरु किआ जाणा गुण तेरे ॥
Ji▫o ṯū cẖalā▫ihi ṯiv cẖalah su▫āmī hor ki▫ā jāṇā guṇ ṯere.
As You make me walk, so do I walk, O my Lord and Master; what else do I know of Your Glorious Virtues?
ਜਿਵ ਤੂ ਚਲਾਇਹਿ ਤਿਵੈ ਚਲਹ ਜਿਨਾ ਮਾਰਗਿ ਪਾਵਹੇ ॥
जिव तू चलाइहि तिवै चलह जिना मारगि पावहे ॥
Jiv ṯū cẖalā▫ihi ṯivai cẖalah jinā mārag pāvhe.
As You cause them to walk, they walk - You have placed them on the Path.
ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਜਿਨ ਨਾਮਿ ਲਾਇਹਿ ਸਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਦਾ ਧਿਆਵਹੇ ॥
करि किरपा जिन नामि लाइहि सि हरि हरि सदा धिआवहे ॥
Kar kirpā jin nām lā▫ihi sė har har saḏā ḏẖi▫āvhe.
In Your Mercy, You attach them to the Naam; they meditate forever on the Lord, Har, Har.
ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਕਥਾ ਸੁਣਾਇਹਿ ਆਪਣੀ ਸਿ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਪਾਵਹੇ ॥
जिस नो कथा सुणाइहि आपणी सि गुरदुआरै सुखु पावहे ॥
Jis no kathā suṇā▫ihi āpṇī sė gurḏu▫ārai sukẖ pāvhe.
Those whom You cause to listen to Your sermon, find peace in the Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate.
ਕਹੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਸਚੇ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜਿਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਤਿਵੈ ਚਲਾਵਹੇ ॥੧੫॥
कहै नानकु सचे साहिब जिउ भावै तिवै चलावहे ॥१५॥
Kahai Nānak sacẖe sāhib ji▫o bẖāvai ṯivai cẖalāvahe. ||15||
Says Guru Nanak, O my True Lord and Master, you make us walk according to Your Will. ||15||
If Sikh places of worship were called dharamsalas until Guru Arjun Dev Ji, what is Guru Amar Das Ji talking about when he mentions the Gurdwara?
Is it actually that inner place of contemplation where one meets the Guru?
Or is it something else?
:sippingcoffee:
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