In “sorath dee vaar, Forth Nanak advises us that nothing goes with us, but the love imprinted in our mind for the Creator helps us in the end. Let us ponder over the following stanza on SGGS 648: ਪਉੜੀ ॥ ਧਨੁ ਸੰਪੈ ਮਾਇਆ ਸੰਚੀਐ ਅੰਤੇ ਦੁਖਦਾਈ ॥ ਘਰ ਮੰਦਰ ਮਹਲ ਸਵਾਰੀਅਹਿ ਕਿਛੁ ਸਾਥਿ ਨ ਜਾਈ …
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His Play and Us | Guru Angad Dev Ji’s Teaching on Life & Karma
The following slok of Guru Angad Dev on SGGS 146, is often quoted in a Sikh gathering, which summarize the basic point of the Sikhi. This very slok is also given at the end of the bani ‘Jap’. Let us ponder over it: ਮ: 2 ॥ ਪਉਣੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਪਾਣੀ ਪਿਤਾ ਮਾਤਾ ਧਰਤਿ ਮਹਤੁ ॥ ਦਿਨਸੁ …
To remain close to the Creator
On 219 SGGS, Ninth Nanak advises his followers not to involve in the Maya so that they can realize the Creator. Here is that shabda: ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ Ik-oaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ. There is only one All Pervading Akalpurakh, who is obtained with the blessings of the Satiguru. ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ 9 ॥ Rāg ga-oṛī …
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 …
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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