Ang-151 — Chapter 44
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
They do their evil deeds, and pretend otherwise;
but in the Court of the Lord, they shall be bound and gagged like thieves. ||1||
Those who remember the Lord belong to the Lord.
The One Lord is contained in the water, the land and the sky. ||1||Pause||
Their inner beings are filled with poison, and yet with their mouths, they preach words of Ambrosial Nectar.
Bound and gagged in the City of Death, they are punished and beaten. ||2||
Hiding behind many screens, they commit acts of corruption,
but in an instant, they are revealed to all the world. ||3||
Those whose inner beings are true, who are attuned to the ambrosial essence of the Naam, the Name of the Lord
- O Nanak, the Lord, the Architect of Destiny, is merciful to them. ||4||71||140||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
The Lord's Love shall never leave or depart.
They alone understand, unto whom the Perfect Guru gives it. ||1||
One whose mind is attuned to the Lord's Love is true.
The Love of the Beloved, the Architect of Destiny, is perfect. ||1||Pause||
Sitting in the Society of the Saints, sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord.
The color of His Love shall never fade away. ||2||
Without meditating in remembrance on the Lord, peace is not found.
All the other loves and tastes of Maya are bland and insipid. ||3||
Those who are imbued with love by the Guru become happy.
Says Nanak, the Guru has become merciful to them. ||4||72||141||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
Meditating in remembrance on the Lord Master, sinful mistakes are erased,
and one comes to abide in peace, celestial joy and bliss. ||1||
The Lord's humble servants place their faith in the Lord.
Chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, all anxieties are dispelled. ||1||Pause||
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, there is no fear or doubt.
The Glorious Praises of the Lord are sung there, day and night. ||2||
Granting His Grace, God has released me from bondage.
He has given me the Support of His Lotus Feet. ||3||
Says Nanak, faith comes into the mind of His servant,
Who continually drinks in the Immaculate Praises of the Lord. ||4||73||142||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
Those who keep their minds attached to the Lord's Feet
- pain, suffering and doubt run away from them. ||1||
Those who deal in the Lord's wealth are perfect.
Those who are honored by the Lord are the true spiritual heroes. ||1||Pause||
Those humble beings, unto whom the Lord of the Universe shows mercy,
fall at the Guru's Feet. ||2||
They are blessed with peace, celestial bliss, tranquility and ecstasy;
chanting and meditating, they live in supreme bliss. ||3||
In the Saadh Sangat, I have earned the wealth of the Naam.
Says Nanak, God has relieved my pain. ||4||74||143||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
Meditating in remembrance on the Lord, all suffering is eradicated.
The Lord's Lotus Feet are enshrined within my mind. ||1||
Chant the Lord's Name, hundreds of thousands of times, O my dear,
and drink deeply of the Ambrosial Essence of God. ||1||Pause||
Peace, celestial bliss, pleasures and the greatest ecstasy are obtained;
chanting and meditating, you shall live in supreme bliss. ||2||
Sexual desire, anger, greed and ego are eradicated;
in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, all sinful mistakes are washed away. ||3||
Grant Your Grace, O God, O Merciful to the meek.
Please bless Nanak with the dust of the feet of the Holy. ||4||75||144||
✦ 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.”
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.”