Ang-501 β Chapter 37
One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying. Beyond Birth. Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace:
Raag Bihaagraa, Chau-Padhay, Fifth Mehl, Second House:
To associate with your arch enemies,
is to live with poisonous snakes;
I have made the effort to shake them off. ||1||
Then, I repeated the Name of the Lord, Har, Har,
and I obtained celestial peace. ||1||Pause||
False is the love
Of the many emotional attachments,
which suck the mortal into the whirlpool of reincarnation. ||2||
All are travellers,
who have gathered under the world-tree,
and are bound by their many bonds. ||3||
Eternal is the Company of the Holy,
where the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises are sung.
Nanak seeks this Sanctuary. ||4||1||
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
Raag Bihaagraa, Ninth Mehl:
No one knows the state of the Lord.
The Yogis, the celibates, the penitents, and all sorts of clever people have failed. ||1||Pause||
In an instant, He changes the beggar into a king, and the king into a beggar.
He fills what is empty, and empties what is full - such are His ways. ||1||
He Himself spread out the expanse of His Maya, and He Himself beholds it.
He assumes so many forms, and plays so many games, and yet, He remains detached from it all. ||2||
Incalculable, infinite, incomprehensible and immaculate is He, who has misled the entire world.
Cast off all your doubts; prays Nanak, O mortal, focus your consciousness on His Feet. ||3||1||2||
Raag Bihaagraa, Chhant, Fourth Mehl, First House:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
Meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, O my soul; as Gurmukh, meditate on the invaluable Name of the Lord.
My mind is pierced through by the sublime essence of the Lord's Name. The Lord is dear to my mind. With the sublime essence of the Lord's Name, my mind is washed clean.
β¦ Connected Across Traditions
The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12
βDo unto others as you would have them do unto you.β
Hadith (An-Nawawi 13)
βNone of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.β
Leviticus 19:18
βLove your neighbor as yourself.β
Mahabharata 5.1517
βOne should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself.β
Humility & Surrender
Bhagavad Gita 18:66
βAbandon all varieties of dharma and simply surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions; do not fear.β
Matthew 5:5
βBlessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.β
Tao Te Ching 22
βIf you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.β
Quran 2:45
βSeek help through patience and prayer. It is indeed exacting, but not for those who are humble.β