Category: GURBANI ARTICLES

A Gift Of Peace

We don’t know why and when the bani “Sukhmani” was written, and believing in stories about it doesn’t help us anyway. In Santhya Bhai Veer Singh relates some stories given in “Suraj Parkash”. According to that, some followers asked the Guru to write simple bani to help the follower to get attached to Naam. It …

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The Path On Which We Often Slip Down

The following shabda at 830, SGGS is all about seeking Ekankaar within with extreme longing. Fifth Nanak expresses the plight of a seeker, who is utterly sincere in his goal. As the seeker progresses, a big change comes within and the Seeker’s ultimate wish materializes. It starts with very sincere hope of envisioning Ekankaar within. …

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Halting The Robbery In Progress

It has become very difficult for me to convince many of my sisters and brothers that we are spiritually being robbed because of our over indulgence in the Maya pursuits, show off and blind faith in group mentality. Sometimes I face opposition just because I cannot accept the way they mould the Gurbani according to …

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A Reminder About The Forgotten Home

Weakened by so many attractions and desires, the mind becomes a child forgetting that the real bliss is not in pursuing its wishes, but in its own realm, which it has buried within without realizing that nothing is eternal here including the body it rules. In weakness, it gives in, but in strength, it conquers …

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In Love, Living And Dying

I am convinced beyond any doubt that whatever is expressed in the Gurbani is a divine experience hard to interpret without actually having it; in the Gurbani, it is already stated that if one experiences a union with the Creator, one cannot put it in words. With our bookish knowledge, we try to make a …

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