Ang-501 — Chapter 56
As long as there is breath in the body, he does not remember the Lord; what will he do in the world hereafter?
One who remembers the Lord is a spiritual teacher; the ignorant one acts blindly.
O Nanak, whatever one does in this world, determines what he shall receive in the world hereafter. ||1||
Third Mehl:
From the very beginning, it has been the Will of the Lord Master, that He cannot be remembered without the True Guru.
Meeting the True Guru, he realizes that the Lord is permeating and pervading deep within him; he remains forever absorbed in the Lord's Love.
With each and every breath, he constantly remembers the Lord in meditation; not a single breath passes in vain.
His fears of birth and death depart, and he obtains the honored state of eternal life.
O Nanak, He bestows this rank upon that mortal, upon whom He showers His Mercy. ||2||
Pauree:
He Himself is all-wise and all-knowing; He Himself is supreme.
He Himself reveals His form, and He Himself enjoins us to His meditation.
He Himself poses as a silent sage, and He Himself speaks spiritual wisdom.
He does not seem bitter to anyone; He is pleasing to all.
His Praises cannot be described; forever and ever, I am a sacrifice to Him. ||19||
Salok, First Mehl:
In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, O Nanak, the demons have taken birth.
The son is a demon, and the daughter is a demon; the wife is the chief of the demons. ||1||
First Mehl:
The Hindus have forgotten the Primal Lord; they are going the wrong way.
As Naarad instructed them, they are worshipping idols.
They are blind and mute, the blindest of the blind.
The ignorant fools pick up stones and worship them.
But when those stones themselves sink, who will carry you across? ||2||
Pauree:
Everything is in Your power; You are the True King.
The devotees are imbued with the Love of the One Lord; they have perfect faith in Him.
The Name of the Lord is the ambrosial food; His humble servants eat their fill.
All treasures are obtained - meditative remembrance on the Lord is the true profit.
The Saints are very dear to the Supreme Lord God, O Nanak; the Lord is unapproachable and unfathomable. ||20||
Salok, Third Mehl:
Everything comes by the Lord's Will, and everything goes by the Lord's Will.
If some fool believes that he is the creator, he is blind, and acts in blindness.
O Nanak, the Gurmukh understands the Hukam of the Lord's Command; the Lord showers His Mercy upon him. ||1||
Third Mehl:
He alone is a Yogi, and he alone finds the Way, who, as Gurmukh, obtains the Naam.
In the body-village of that Yogi are all blessings; this Yoga is not obtained by outward show.
O Nanak, such a Yogi is very rare; the Lord is manifest in his heart. ||2||
Pauree:
He Himself created the creatures, and He Himself supports them.
He Himself is seen to be subtle, and He Himself is obvious.
He Himself remains a solitary recluse, and He Himself has a huge family.
Nanak asks for the gift of the dust of the feet of the Saints of the Lord.
I cannot see any other Giver; You alone are the Giver, O Lord. ||21||1|| Sudh||
✦ 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.”