Ang-1101 — Chapter 77
In this way, this mind is rejuvenated.
Chanting the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, day and night, egotism is removed and washed away from the Gurmukhs. ||1||Pause||
The True Guru speaks the Bani of the Word, and the Shabad, the Word of God.
This world blossoms forth in its greenery, through the love of the True Guru. ||2||
The mortal blossoms forth in flower and fruit, when the Lord Himself so wills.
He is attached to the Lord, the Primal Root of all, when he finds the True Guru. ||3||
The Lord Himself is the season of spring; the whole world is His Garden.
O Nanak, this most unique devotional worship comes only by perfect destiny. ||4||5||17||
Basant Hindol, Third Mehl, Second House:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
I am a sacrifice to the Word of the Guru's Bani, O Siblings of Destiny. I am devoted and dedicated to the Word of the Guru's Shabad.
I praise my Guru forever, O Siblings of Destiny. I focus my consciousness on the Guru's Feet. ||1||
O my mind, focus your consciousness on the Lord's Name.
Your mind and body shall blossom forth in lush greenery, and you shall obtain the fruit of the Name of the One Lord. ||1||Pause||
Those who are protected by the Guru are saved, O Siblings of Destiny. They drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord's sublime essence.
The pain of egotism within is eradicated and banished, O Siblings of Destiny, and peace comes to dwell in their minds. ||2||
Those whom the Primal Lord Himself forgives, O Siblings of Destiny, are united with the Word of the Shabad.
The dust of their feet brings emancipation; in the company of Sadh Sangat, the True Congregation, we are united with the Lord. ||3||
He Himself does, and causes all to be done, O Siblings of Destiny; He makes everything blossom forth in green abundance.
O Nanak, peace fills their minds and bodies forever, O Siblings of Destiny; they are united with the Shabad. ||4||1||18||12||18||30||
Raag Basant, Fourth Mehl, First House, Ik-Thukay:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
Just as the light of the sun's rays spread out,
the Lord permeates each and every heart, through and through. ||1||
The One Lord is permeating and pervading all places.
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, we merge with Him, O my mother. ||1||Pause||
The One Lord is deep within each and every heart.
Meeting with the Guru, the One Lord becomes manifest, radiating forth. ||2||
The One and Only Lord is present and prevailing everywhere.
The greedy, faithless cynic thinks that God is far away. ||3||
The One and Only Lord permeates and pervades the world.
O Nanak, whatever the One Lord does comes to pass. ||4||1||
Basant, Fourth Mehl:
Day and night, the two calls are sent out.
O mortal, meditate in remembrance on the Lord, who protects you forever, and saves you in the end. ||1||
Concentrate forever on the Lord, Har, Har, O my mind.
God the Destroyer of all depression and suffering is found, through the Guru's Teachings, singing the Glorious Praises of God. ||1||Pause||
The self-willed manmukhs die of their egotism, over and over again.
✦ 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.”
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.”