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<blockquote data-quote="singhbj" data-source="post: 72202" data-attributes="member: 5360"><p><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'">kbIr mwns jnmu dulµBu hY hoie n bwrY bwr ]</span></span></span></p></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"></p></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: center"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: center"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Kabīr mānas janam ḏulambẖ hai ho&shy;ė na bārai bār.</span></span> </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><em><span style="color: #3366ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Kabeer, it is so difficult to obtain this human body; it does not just come over and over again. </span></span></em></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"><span style="color: #ff6600">ijau bn Pl pwky Buie igrih bhuir n lwgih fwr ]30]</span> </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Ji&shy;o ban fal pākė bẖu&shy;ė gireh bahur na lāgeh dār. ||30||</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><em><span style="color: #3366ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It is like the ripe fruit on the tree; when it falls to the ground, it cannot be re-attached to the branch. ||30|| </span></span></em></strong><span style="color: #3366ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">( SGGS jeeo - 1366)</span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">One afternoon Guru Nanak ji and Mardana ji were resting on the banks of the Ganges at Patna . Mardana was idly inspecting a stone he had picked up along the road, thinking of the vast throngs who had come to hear the Guru. "Master," said Mardana, "you teach a way for every person to find liberation. But many of those who listen still seem to spend much of their time in conflict, and in seeking out excitement and other idle pursuits. Why do they waste away their lives so?" </span></p><p> </p><p><strong><em><span style="color: #3366ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The blessing of this human life has been obtained, but still, people do not lovingly focus their thoughts on the Name of the Lord. </span></span></em></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Most people don't recognize its value," replied the Guru, "although human life is the dearest treasure on this earth." </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Surely everyone can see the value of life," said Mardana. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"No," said Nanak. "Each man places his own value on things according to what he thinks. A different man with different knowledge will place a different value. That stone you found in the dirt will make a good example. Take it to the marketplace and see what you can get for it." </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Puzzled, Mardana took the stone to the marketplace and at a stall that sold sweets asked what the vendor would trade for it. The man laughed. "Go away, you're wasting my time." </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">He next tried a produce seller. "I have paying customers to wait on," said the grocer. "I'll give you an onion for it just to get you out of here." </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Mardana tried several more shops with no better response. Finally he came to the shop of Salis Raj, the jeweler. Salis Raj's eyes opened wide when he saw the stone. "I'm sorry," he said, "I don't have enough money to buy your gem. But I will give you a hundred rupees if you will let me look at it a while longer." </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Mardana hurried back to the Guru to tell him what had happened. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>"See," said Guru Nanak, "how when we are ignorant we mistake a valuable gem for a worthless stone. If someone had told you its value before you knew what it was, you would have thought they were crazy. Such a jewel is human life, and whatever you've traded for it, that is what is yours." </strong></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'">kbIr mnu jwnY sB bwq jwnq hI Aaugnu krY ]</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Kabīr man jānai sabẖ bāṯ jānaṯ hī a&shy;ugan karai.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><em><span style="color: #3366ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Kabeer, the mortal knows everything, and knowing, he still makes mistakes. </span></span></em></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'">kwhy kI kuslwq hwiQ dIpu kUey prY ]216]</span></span></p><p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Kāhė kī kuslāṯ hāth ḏīp kū&shy;ė parai. ||216||</span></span> </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><em><span style="color: #3366ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">What good is a lamp in one's hand, if he (still) falls into the well? ||216|| </span></span></em></strong><span style="color: #3366ff"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">( SGGS jeeo - 1376)</span></span> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="singhbj, post: 72202, member: 5360"] [COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=GurbaniWebThick][CENTER][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=GurbaniWebThick]kbIr mwns jnmu dulµBu hY hoie n bwrY bwr ][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR] [/CENTER][/FONT][CENTER][/center][/COLOR][CENTER][/center][/COLOR][CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4]Kabīr mānas janam ḏulambẖ hai ho­ė na bārai bār.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][I][COLOR=#3366ff][FONT=Arial]Kabeer, it is so difficult to obtain this human body; it does not just come over and over again. [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=GurbaniWebThick][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=GurbaniWebThick][COLOR=#ff6600]ijau bn Pl pwky Buie igrih bhuir n lwgih fwr ]30][/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4]Ji­o ban fal pākė bẖu­ė gireh bahur na lāgeh dār. ||30||[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][I][COLOR=#3366ff][FONT=Arial]It is like the ripe fruit on the tree; when it falls to the ground, it cannot be re-attached to the branch. ||30|| [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][COLOR=#3366ff][FONT=Arial]( SGGS jeeo - 1366)[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [FONT=Verdana]One afternoon Guru Nanak ji and Mardana ji were resting on the banks of the Ganges at Patna . Mardana was idly inspecting a stone he had picked up along the road, thinking of the vast throngs who had come to hear the Guru. "Master," said Mardana, "you teach a way for every person to find liberation. But many of those who listen still seem to spend much of their time in conflict, and in seeking out excitement and other idle pursuits. Why do they waste away their lives so?" [/FONT] [B][I][COLOR=#3366ff][FONT=Arial]The blessing of this human life has been obtained, but still, people do not lovingly focus their thoughts on the Name of the Lord. [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B] [FONT=Verdana]"Most people don't recognize its value," replied the Guru, "although human life is the dearest treasure on this earth." [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]"Surely everyone can see the value of life," said Mardana. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]"No," said Nanak. "Each man places his own value on things according to what he thinks. A different man with different knowledge will place a different value. That stone you found in the dirt will make a good example. Take it to the marketplace and see what you can get for it." [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Puzzled, Mardana took the stone to the marketplace and at a stall that sold sweets asked what the vendor would trade for it. The man laughed. "Go away, you're wasting my time." [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]He next tried a produce seller. "I have paying customers to wait on," said the grocer. "I'll give you an onion for it just to get you out of here." [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Mardana tried several more shops with no better response. Finally he came to the shop of Salis Raj, the jeweler. Salis Raj's eyes opened wide when he saw the stone. "I'm sorry," he said, "I don't have enough money to buy your gem. But I will give you a hundred rupees if you will let me look at it a while longer." [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]Mardana hurried back to the Guru to tell him what had happened. [/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][B]"See," said Guru Nanak, "how when we are ignorant we mistake a valuable gem for a worthless stone. If someone had told you its value before you knew what it was, you would have thought they were crazy. Such a jewel is human life, and whatever you've traded for it, that is what is yours." [/B][/FONT] [CENTER][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=GurbaniWebThick][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=GurbaniWebThick]kbIr mnu jwnY sB bwq jwnq hI Aaugnu krY ][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4]Kabīr man jānai sabẖ bāṯ jānaṯ hī a­ugan karai.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][I][COLOR=#3366ff][FONT=Arial]Kabeer, the mortal knows everything, and knowing, he still makes mistakes. [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][/CENTER] [COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=GurbaniWebThick][CENTER][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=GurbaniWebThick]kwhy kI kuslwq hwiQ dIpu kUey prY ]216][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4]Kāhė kī kuslāṯ hāth ḏīp kū­ė parai. ||216||[/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][I][COLOR=#3366ff][FONT=Arial]What good is a lamp in one's hand, if he (still) falls into the well? ||216|| [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][COLOR=#3366ff][FONT=Arial]( SGGS jeeo - 1376)[/FONT][/COLOR] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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