Ang-301 — Chapter 31
Whose son is he? Whose father is he?
Who dies? Who inflicts pain? ||1||
The Lord is the thug, who has drugged and robbed the whole world.
I am separated from the Lord; how can I survive, O my mother? ||1||Pause||
Whose husband is he? Whose wife is she?
Contemplate this reality within your body. ||2||
Says Kabeer, my mind is pleased and satisfied with the thug.
The effects of the drug have vanished, since I recognized the thug. ||3||39||
Now, the Lord, my King, has become my help and support.
I have cut away birth and death, and attained the supreme status. ||1||Pause||
He has united me with the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
He has rescued me from the five demons.
I chant with my tongue and meditate on the Ambrosial Naam, the Name of the Lord.
He has made me his own slave. ||1||
The True Guru has blessed me with His generosity.
He has lifted me up, out of the world-ocean.
I have fallen in love with His Lotus Feet.
The Lord of the Universe dwells continually within my consciousness. ||2||
The burning fire of Maya has been extinguished.
My mind is contented with the Support of the Naam.
God, the Lord and Master, is totally permeating the water and the land.
Wherever I look, there is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||3||
He Himself has implanted His devotional worship within me.
By pre-ordained destiny, one meets Him, O my Siblings of Destiny.
When He grants His Grace, one is perfectly fulfilled.
Kabeer's Lord and Master is the Cherisher of the poor. ||4||40||
There is pollution in the water, and pollution on the land; whatever is born is polluted.
There is pollution in birth, and more pollution in death; all beings are ruined by pollution. ||1||
Tell me, O Pandit, O religious scholar: who is clean and pure?
Meditate on such spiritual wisdom, O my friend. ||1||Pause||
There is pollution in the eyes, and pollution in speech; there is pollution in the ears as well.
Standing up and sitting down, one is polluted; one's kitchen is polluted as well. ||2||
Everyone knows how to be caught, but hardly anyone knows how to escape.
Says Kabeer, those who meditate on the Lord within their hearts, are not polluted. ||3||41||
Gauree:
Resolve this one conflict for me, O Lord,
if you require any work from Your humble servant. ||1||Pause||
Is this mind greater, or the One to whom the mind is attuned?
Is the Lord greater, or one who knows the Lord? ||1||
Is Brahma greater, or the One who created Him?
Are the Vedas greater, or the One from which they came? ||2||
Says Kabeer, I have become depressed;
is the sacred shrine of pilgrimage greater, or the slave of the Lord? ||3||42||
Raag Gauree Chaytee:
Behold, O Siblings of Destiny, the storm of spiritual wisdom has come.
It has totally blown away the thatched huts of doubt, and torn apart the bonds of Maya. ||1||Pause||
The two pillars of double-mindedness have fallen, and the beams of emotional attachment have come crashing down.
The thatched roof of greed has caved in, and the pitcher of evil-mindedness has been broken. ||1||
✦ 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.”
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.”