Category: GURBANI ARTICLES

There is None Other than The Creator

The Fourth Nanak expresses on SGGS 11 and 12, that there is none other than our Creator; it is his play that we see. Let us reflect on his shabda: ਆਸਾ ਮਹਲਾ 4 ॥ ਤੂੰ ਕਰਤਾ ਸਚਿਆਰੁ ਮੈਡਾ ਸਾਂਈ ॥ ਜੋ ਤਉ ਭਾਵੈ ਸੋਈ ਥੀਸੀ ਜੋ ਤੂੰ ਦੇਹਿ ਸੋਈ ਹਉ ਪਾਈ ॥1॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Āsā mėhlā …

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Surrendering the Self | Bhagat Kabir Ji on Realizing Akalpurakh | Gursoch.com

 In realizing the Creator, money is useless but one’s devotion, in which one surrenders one’s self completely, helps one in realizing Him. Here is Bhagat Kabir’s shabda on SGGS 327, through which he shares his experience: ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਤਿਪਦੇ ॥ ਕੰਚਨ ਸਿਉ ਪਾਈਐ ਨਹੀ ਤੋਲਿ ॥ ਮਨੁ ਦੇ ਰਾਮੁ ਲੀਆ ਹੈ ਮੋਲਿ ॥1॥ Ga-oṛī …

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Remember The Old Age And The Death As Well

On SGGS 92, Bhagat Tirlochan says that the mortals have so much engrossed in Maya that they have forgotten that they have to face the old age and the death as well. Let us ponder over this shabda: ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ ਤ੍ਰਿਲੋਚਨ ਕਾ ॥ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਮਨਿ ਆਗਲੜਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਣੀ ਜਰਾ ਮਰਣੁ ਭਉ ਵਿਸਰਿ ਗਇਆ ॥ ਕੁਟੰਬੁ ਦੇਖਿ …

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The Creator and Us

Bhagat Ravi Das puts a few questions and answers those with his logic and understanding of the Creator  on 93, SGGS. Let us ponder over this very shabda: ਤੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਮੋਹੀ ਤੋਹੀ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਕੈਸਾ ॥ ਕਨਕ ਕਟਿਕ ਜਲ ਤਰੰਗ ਜੈਸਾ ॥1॥   Sirīrāg. Ŧohī mohī mohī ṯohī anṯar kaisā. Kanak katik jal ṯarang jaisā. ||1|| Raag Sree …

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Not in the hard ways.

 As we learn, we know that to realize the Creator, in India, many ways were adopted by spiritual minded people, which led them to go astray without a guide who actually realized Him. On SGGS, 324, Bhagat Kabir guides such people by negating the importance of their paths. Here it is: ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥ …

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