Ang-151 — Chapter 35
are all in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, the Support of the soul and the breath of life.
I have obtained the true wealth of the Lord's Love.
I have crossed over the treacherous world-ocean in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||3||
Sit in peace, O Saints, with the family of friends.
Earn the wealth of the Lord, which is beyond estimation.
He alone obtains it, unto whom the Guru has bestowed it.
O Nanak, no one shall go away empty-handed. ||4||27||96||
Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:
The hands are sanctified instantly,
and the entanglements of Maya are dispelled.
Repeat constantly with your tongue the Glorious Praises of the Lord,
and you shall find peace, O my friends, O Siblings of Destiny. ||1||
With pen and ink, write upon your paper
the Name of the Lord, the Ambrosial Word of the Lord's Bani. ||1||Pause||
By this act, your sins shall be washed away.
Remembering the Lord in meditation, you shall not be punished by the Messenger of Death.
The couriers of the Righteous Judge of Dharma shall not touch you.
The intoxication of Maya shall not entice you at all. ||2||
You shall be redeemed, and through you, the whole world shall be saved,
if you chant the Name of the One and Only Lord.
Practice this yourself, and teach others;
instill the Lord's Name in your heart. ||3||
That person, who has this treasure upon his forehead
that person meditates on God.
Twenty-four hours a day, chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har.
Says Nanak, I am a sacrifice to Him. ||4||28||97||
Raag Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl, Chau-Padhay, Dho-Padhay:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
That which belongs to another - he claims as his own.
That which he must abandon - to that, his mind is attracted. ||1||
Tell me, how can he meet the Lord of the World?
That which is forbidden - with that, he is in love. ||1||Pause||
That which is false - he deems as true.
That which is true - his mind is not attached to that at all. ||2||
He takes the crooked path of the unrighteous way;
leaving the straight and narrow path, he weaves his way backwards. ||3||
God is the Lord and Master of both worlds.
He, whom the Lord unites with Himself, O Nanak, is liberated. ||4||29||98||
Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:
In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, they come together through destiny.
As long as the Lord commands, they enjoy their pleasures. ||1||
By burning oneself, the Beloved Lord is not obtained.
Only by the actions of destiny does she rise up and burn herself, as a 'satee'. ||1||Pause||
Imitating what she sees, with her stubborn mind-set, she goes into the fire.
She does not obtain the Company of her Beloved Lord, and she wanders through countless incarnations. ||2||
With pure conduct and self-restraint, she surrenders to her Husband Lord's Will;
that woman shall not suffer pain at the hands of the Messenger of Death. ||3||
Says Nanak, she who looks upon the Transcendent Lord as her Husband,
is the blessed 'satee'; she is received with honor in the Court of the Lord. ||4||30||99||
Gauree Gwaarayree, Fifth Mehl:
I am prosperous and fortunate, for I have received the True Name.
I sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, with natural, intuitive ease. ||1||Pause||
✦ 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.”
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.”