Ang-1101 — Chapter 45
I place my pain and pleasure before Him.
He covers the faults of His humble servant.
Nanak sings His Praises. ||4||19||32||
Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:
The whiner whines every day.
His attachment to his household and entanglements cloud his mind.
If someone becomes detached through understanding,
he will not have to suffer in birth and death again. ||1||
All of his conflicts are extensions of his corruption.
How rare is that person who takes the Naam as his Support. ||1||Pause||
The three-phased Maya infects all.
Whoever clings to it suffers pain and sorrow.
There is no peace without meditating on the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
By great good fortune, the treasure of the Naam is received. ||2||
One who loves the actor in his mind,
later regrets it when the actor takes off his costume.
The shade from a cloud is transitory,
like the worldly paraphernalia of attachment and corruption. ||3||
If someone is blessed with the singular substance,
then all of his tasks are accomplished to perfection.
One who obtains the Naam, by Guru's Grace
- O Nanak, his coming into the world is certified and approved. ||4||20||33||
Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:
Slandering the Saints, the mortal wanders in reincarnation.
Slandering the Saints, he is diseased.
Slandering the Saints, he suffers in pain.
The slanderer is punished by the Messenger of Death. ||1||
Those who argue and fight with the Saints
- those slanderers find no happiness at all. ||1||Pause||
Slandering the devotees, the wall of the mortal's body is shattered.
Slandering the devotees, he suffers in hell.
Slandering the devotees, he rots in the womb.
Slandering the devotees, he loses his realm and power. ||2||
The slanderer finds no salvation at all.
He eats only that which he himself has planted.
He is worse than a thief, a lecher, or a gambler.
The slanderer places an unbearable burden upon his head. ||3||
The devotees of the Supreme Lord God are beyond hate and vengeance.
Whoever worships their feet is emancipated.
The Primal Lord God has deluded and confused the slanderer.
O Nanak, the record of one's past actions cannot be erased. ||4||21||34||
Bhairao, Fifth Mehl:
The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is for me the Vedas and the Sound-current of the Naad.
Through the Naam, my tasks are perfectly accomplished.
The Naam is my worship of deities.
The Naam is my service to the Guru. ||1||
The Perfect Guru has implanted the Naam within me.
The highest task of all is the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||Pause||
The Naam is my cleansing bath and purification.
The Naam is my perfect donation of charity.
Those who repeat the Naam are totally purified.
Those who chant the Naam are my friends and Siblings of Destiny. ||2||
The Naam is my auspicious omen and good fortune.
The Naam is the sublime food which satisfies me.
The Naam is my good conduct.
The Naam is my immaculate occupation. ||3||
All those humble beings whose minds are filled with the One God
have the Support of the Lord, Har, Har.
O Nanak, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord with your mind and body.
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the Lord bestows His Name. ||4||22||35||
✦ 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.”
Impermanence & Letting Go
Dhammapada 20:277
“All conditioned things are impermanent. When one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”
Tao Te Ching 76
“A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. The soft and yielding is the disciple of life.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.”
Bhagavad Gita 2:22
“As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.”
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.”
Humility & Surrender
Bhagavad Gita 18:66
“Abandon all varieties of dharma and simply surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions; do not fear.”
Matthew 5:5
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
Tao Te Ching 22
“If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.”
Quran 2:45
“Seek help through patience and prayer. It is indeed exacting, but not for those who are humble.”
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.”