Ang-1301 — Chapter 60
Associating with the Brahmin, one is saved, if his actions are perfect and God-like.
Those whose souls are imbued with the world - O Nanak, their lives are fruitless. ||65||
The mortal steals the wealth of others, and makes all sorts of problems; his preaching is only for his own livelihood.
His desire for this and that is not satisfied; his mind is caught in Maya, and he is acting like a pig. ||66||
Those who are intoxicated and absorbed in the Lord's Lotus Feet are saved from the terrifying world-ocean.
Countless sins are destroyed, O Nanak, in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; there is no doubt about this. ||67||4||
Fifth Mehl, Gaat'haa:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
Camphor, flowers and perfume become contaminated, by coming into contact with the human body.
O Nanak, the ignorant one is proud of his foul-smelling marrow, blood and bones. ||1||
Even if the mortal could reduce himself to the size of an atom, and shoot through the ethers,
Worlds and realms in the blink of an eye, O Nanak, without the Holy Saint, he shall not be saved. ||2||
Know for sure that death will come; whatever is seen is false.
So chant the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; this alone shall go along with you in the end. ||3||
The consciousness wanders lost in Maya, attached to friends and relatives.
Vibrating and meditating on the Lord of the Universe in the Saadh Sangat, O Nanak, the eternal place of rest is found. ||4||
The lowly nim tree, growing near the sandalwood tree, becomes just like the sandalwood tree.
But the bamboo tree, also growing near it, does not pick up its fragrance; it is too tall and proud. ||5||
In this Gaat'haa, the Lord's Sermon is woven; listening to it, pride is crushed.
The five enemies are killed, O Nanak, by shooting the Arrow of the Lord. ||6||
The Words of the Holy are the path of peace. They are obtained by good karma.
The cycle of birth and death is ended, O Nanak, singing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises. ||7||
When the leaves wither and fall, they cannot be attached to the branch again.
Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, O Nanak, there is misery and suffering. The mortal wanders in reincarnation day and night. ||8||
One is blessed with love for the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, by great good fortune.
Whoever sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord's Name, O Nanak, is not affected by the world-ocean. ||9||
This Gaat'haa is profound and infinite; how rare are those who understand it.
They forsake sexual desire and worldly love, O Nanak, and praise the Lord in the Saadh Sangat. ||10||
The Words of the Holy are the most sublime Mantra. They eradicate millions of sinful mistakes.
Meditating on the Lotus Feet of the Lord, O Nanak, all one's generations are saved. ||11||
That palace is beautiful, in which the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises are sung.
Those who dwell on the Lord of the Universe are liberated. O Nanak, only the most fortunate are so blessed. ||12||
I have found the Lord, my Friend, my very Best Friend.
He shall never break my heart.
His dwelling is eternal; His weight cannot be weighed.
Nanak has made Him the Friend of his soul. ||13||
One's bad reputation is erased by a true son, Who meditates in his heart on the Guru's Mantra.
✦ 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.”
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.”