Ang-201 — Chapter 36
The One Lord is the Creator of all things, the Cause of causes.
He Himself is wisdom, contemplation and discerning understanding.
He is not far away; He is near at hand, with all.
So praise the True One, O Nanak, with love! ||8||1||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
Serving the Guru, one is committed to the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
It is received only by those who have such good destiny inscribed upon their foreheads.
The Lord dwells within their hearts.
Their minds and bodies become peaceful and stable. ||1||
O my mind, sing such Praises of the Lord,
which shall be of use to you here and hereafter. ||1||Pause||
Meditating on Him, fear and misfortune depart,
and the wandering mind is held steady.
Meditating on Him, suffering shall never again overtake you.
Meditating on Him, this ego runs away. ||2||
Meditating on Him, the five passions are overcome.
Meditating on Him, Ambrosial Nectar is collected in the heart.
Meditating on Him, this desire is quenched.
Meditating on Him, one is approved in the Court of the Lord. ||3||
Meditating on Him, millions of mistakes are erased.
Meditating on Him, one becomes Holy, blessed by the Lord.
Meditating on Him, the mind is cooled and soothed.
Meditating on Him, all filth is washed away. ||4||
Meditating on Him, the jewel of the Lord is obtained.
One is reconciled with the Lord, and shall not abandon Him again.
Meditating on Him, many acquire a home in the heavens.
Meditating on Him, one abides in intuitive peace. ||5||
Meditating on Him, one is not affected by this fire.
Meditating on Him, one is not under the gaze of Death.
Meditating on Him, your forehead shall be immaculate.
Meditating on Him, all pains are destroyed. ||6||
Meditating on Him, no difficulties are encountered.
Meditating on Him, one hears the unstruck melody.
Meditating on Him, one acquires this pure reputation.
Meditating on Him, the heart-lotus is turned upright. ||7||
The Guru has bestowed His Glance of Grace upon all,
within whose hearts the Lord has implanted His Mantra.
The unbroken Kirtan of the Lord's Praises is their food and nourishment.
Says Nanak, they have the Perfect True Guru. ||8||2||
Gauree, Fifth Mehl:
Those who implant the Word of the Guru's Shabad within their hearts
cut their connections with the five passions.
They keep the ten organs under their control;
their souls are enlightened. ||1||
They alone acquire such stability,
whom God blesses with His Mercy and Grace. ||1||Pause||
Friend and foe are one and the same to them.
Whatever they speak is wisdom.
Whatever they hear is the Naam, the Name of the Lord.
Whatever they see is meditation. ||2||
They awaken in peace and poise; they sleep in peace and poise.
That which is meant to be, automatically happens.
In peace and poise, they remain detached; in peace and poise, they laugh.
In peace and poise, they remain silent; in peace and poise, they chant. ||3||
In peace and poise they eat; in peace and poise they love.
The illusion of duality is easily and totally removed.
They naturally join the Saadh Sangat, the Society of the Holy.
In peace and poise, they meet and merge with the Supreme Lord God. ||4||
They are at peace in their homes, and they are at peace while detached.
✦ 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.”
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.”