Ang-1001 — Chapter 69
He is always near at hand; He is never far away.
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, realize that He is very near.
Your heart-lotus shall blossom forth, and the ray of God's Divine Light shall illuminate your heart; He shall be revealed to You. ||15||
The True Lord is Himself the Creator.
He Himself kills, and gives life; there is no other at all.
O Nanak, through the Naam, the Name of the Lord, glorious greatness is obtained. Eradicating self-conceit, peace is found. ||16||2||24||
Maaroo, Solahas, Fourth Mehl:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
The Lord Lord Himself is the One who exalts and embellishes.
Do not consider any other work.
The True Lord abides deep within the heart of the Gurmukh, who intuitively merges in the True Lord. ||1||
The True Lord dwells within the minds of all.
By Guru's Grace, they are intuitively absorbed in Him.
Calling out, "Guru, Guru", I have found eternal peace; my consciousness is focused on the Guru's feet. ||2||
The True Guru is spiritual wisdom; the True Guru is worship and adoration.
I serve the True Guru, and no other.
From the True Guru, I have obtained the wealth, the jewel of the Naam. Service to the True Guru is pleasing to me. ||3||
Without the True Guru, those who are attached to duality
come and go, and wander in reincarnation; these unfortunate ones die.
O Nanak, even after they are emancipated, those who become Gurmukh remain in the Guru's Sanctuary. ||4||
The love of the Gurmukh is forever true.
I beg for the invaluable Naam, the Name of the Lord, from the Guru.
O Dear Lord, please be kind, and grant Your Grace; please keep me in the Guru's Sanctuary. ||5||
The True Guru trickles the Ambrosial Nectar into my mouth.
My Tenth Gate has been opened and revealed.
The unstruck sound current of the Shabad vibrates and resounds there, with the melody of the Guru's Bani; one is easily, intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||6||
Those who are so pre-ordained by the Creator,
pass their nights and days calling on the Guru.
Without the True Guru, no one understands; focus your consciousness on the Guru's Feet. ||7||
The Lord Himself blesses those with whom He is pleased.
The Gurmukh receives the wealth of the Naam.
When the Lord grants His Grace, He bestows the Naam; Nanak is immersed and absorbed in the Naam. ||8||
The jewel of spiritual wisdom is revealed within the mind.
The wealth of the Naam is easily, intuitively received.
This glorious greatness is obtained from the Guru; I am forever a sacrifice to the True Guru. ||9||
With the rising of the sun, the darkness of the night is dispelled.
Spiritual ignorance is eradicated, by the priceless jewel of the Guru.
The True Guru is the fantastically valuable jewel of spiritual wisdom; blessed by God's Mercy, peace is found. ||10||
The Gurmukh obtains the Naam, and his good reputation increases.
In all four ages he is considered to be pure and good.
Imbued with the Naam, the Name of the Lord, he finds peace. He remains lovingly focused on the Naam. ||11||
The Gurmukh receives the Naam.
In intuitive peace he wakes, and in intuitive peace he sleeps.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Hadith (An-Nawawi 13)
“None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”
Leviticus 19:18
“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Mahabharata 5.1517
“One should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself.”
Divine Compassion & Mercy
Quran 1:1
“In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.”
Psalm 23:1
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
Luke 6:36
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Snp 1.8
“As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings.”
The Path to Wisdom
Proverbs 4:7
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.”
Dhammapada 20:282
“Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes.”
Analects 2:11
“If you study the past and use it to understand the present, you are worthy of being a teacher.”
Tao Te Ching 33
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
Good vs Evil / Light vs Darkness
Yasna 30:3
“Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action.”
John 1:5
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Dhammapada 1:1-2
“Mind is the forerunner of all actions. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow.”
Genesis 1:3
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”