Category: GURBANI ARTICLES

Why We Have Come Here And What We Should Do To Achieve That?

Why we have come here and what we should do to achieve that? The Guru answers on 494, 495, 496 SGGS , let us ponder over his teachings: ਸੋਰਠਿ ਮਹਲਾ 1 ॥ ਜਿਸੁ ਜਲ ਨਿਧਿ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਤੁਮ ਜਗਿ ਆਏ ਸੋ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਗੁਰ ਪਾਹੀ ਜੀਉ ॥ ਛੋਡਹੁ ਵੇਸੁ ਭੇਖ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਇਹੁ ਫਲੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਜੀਉ ॥1॥ …

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No One But Akalpurakh

On 1239, Guru Angad Sahib writes: ਸਲੋਕ ਮਹਲਾ 2 ॥ ਤਿਸੁ ਸਿਉ ਕੈਸਾ ਬੋਲਣਾ ਜਿ ਆਪੇ ਜਾਣੈ ਜਾਣੁ ॥ ਚੀਰੀ ਜਾ ਕੀ ਨਾ ਫਿਰੈ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸੋ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ ਚੀਰੀ ਜਿਸ ਕੀ ਚਲਣਾ ਮੀਰ ਮਲਕ ਸਲਾਰ ॥ ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਾਈ ਭਲੀ ਕਾਰ ॥ ਜਿਨ੍ਾ ਚੀਰੀ ਚਲਣਾ ਹਥਿ ਤਿਨ੍ਾ ਕਿਛੁ ਨਾਹਿ ॥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਕਾ ਫੁਰਮਾਣੁ …

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Our Destiny

The writer of our destiny is our mind; to change our destiny to be with Creator, we must counsel our mind. This is what Guru Nanak sahib tells us in the following shabda which is on SGGS, 662   ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ 1 ॥ ਕਾਇਆ ਕਾਗਦੁ ਮਨੁ ਪਰਵਾਣਾ ॥ ਸਿਰ ਕੇ ਲੇਖ ਨ ਪੜੈ ਇਆਣਾ ॥ ਦਰਗਹ …

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Living In His Love

The Creator makes those people, who are in love with Him, realize His importance and makes them content. This is not what I say but it is expressed in the Gurbani. His name makes them fully happy and worry free. Let us look the following slok of the Second Guru, Guru Angad Sahib: ਸਲੋਕ ਮਹਲਾ …

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The Divine Awareness

 A few slok of Second Nanak on 954, SGGS, tell us that those who do not realize the importance of our universal Creator are blind metaphorically, because they fail to realize Him. They further say that the most important is to praise Him which sets one’s mind free from all worries and fears. The Guru …

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