Category: GURBANI ARTICLES

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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Realizing the Value of Naam

It is usually all our estimates when we try to explain the divine experience; I usually feel it is merely showing our limits about it. There is no way we can realize Him while totally drowned in the Maya pursuits. On 854, SGGS, second Guru explains that only the experienced one, also known as professional, …

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THUS, MAKES US THE GURU AWARE OF OUR FAULTS

 The second Guru Sahib explains how the true devotees should accept the ordinance of the Creator under which the mortals go through comforts and pains. The following his two slokas are on, SGGS, 474, lets ponder over them: ਸਲੋਕੁ ਮਹਲਾ 2 ॥ ਚਾਕਰੁ ਲਗੈ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਨਾਲੇ ਗਾਰਬੁ ਵਾਦੁ ॥ ਗਲਾ ਕਰੇ ਘਣੇਰੀਆ ਖਸਮ ਨ ਪਾਏ ਸਾਦੁ …

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