Ang-801 — Chapter 5
lovingly centering your consciousness on the Lord's Lotus Feet. ||1||
I am a sacrifice to those who meditate on God.
The fire of desire is quenched, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. ||1||Pause||
One's life become fruitful and rewarding, by great good fortune.
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, enshrine love for the Lord. ||2||
Wisdom, honor, wealth, peace and celestial bliss are attained,
If one does not forget the Lord of supreme bliss, even for an instant. ||3||
My mind is so very thirsty for the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan.
Prays Nanak, O God, I seek Your Sanctuary. ||4||8||13||
Bilaaval, Fifth Mehl:
I am worthless, totally lacking all virtues.
Bless me with Your Mercy, and make me Your Own. ||1||
My mind and body are embellished by the Lord, the Lord of the World.
Granting His Mercy, God has come into the home of my heart. ||1||Pause||
He is the Lover and Protector of His devotees, the Destroyer of fear.
Now, I have been carried across the world-ocean. ||2||
It is God's Way to purify sinners, say the Vedas.
I have seen the Supreme Lord with my eyes. ||3||
In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, the Lord becomes manifest.
O slave Nanak, all pains are relieved. ||4||9||14||
Bilaaval, Fifth Mehl:
Who can know the value of serving You, God?
God is imperishable, invisible and incomprehensible. ||1||
His Glorious Virtues are infinite; God is profound and unfathomable.
The Mansion of God, my Lord and Master, is lofty and high.
You are unlimited, O my Lord and Master. ||1||Pause||
There is no other than the One Lord.
You alone know Your worship and adoration. ||2||
No one can do anything by himself, O Siblings of Destiny.
He alone obtains the Naam, the Name of the Lord, unto whom God bestows it. ||3||
Says Nanak, that humble being who pleases God,
he alone finds God, the treasure of virtue. ||4||10||15||
Bilaaval, Fifth Mehl:
Extending His Hand, the Lord protected you in your mother's womb.
Renouncing the sublime essence of the Lord, you have tasted the fruit of poison. ||1||
Meditate, vibrate on the Lord of the Universe, and renounce all entanglements.
When the Messenger of Death comes to murder you, O fool, then your body will be shattered and helplessly crumble. ||1||Pause||
You hold onto your body, mind and wealth as your own,
and you do not meditate on the Creator Lord, even for an instant. ||2||
You have fallen into the deep, dark pit of great attachment.
Caught in the illusion of Maya, you have forgotten the Supreme Lord. ||3||
By great good fortune, one sings the Kirtan of God's Praises.
In the Society of the Saints, Nanak has found God. ||4||11||16||
Bilaaval, Fifth Mehl:
Mother, father, children, relatives and siblings
- O Nanak, the Supreme Lord is our help and support. ||1||
He blesses us with peace, and abundant celestial bliss.
Perfect is the Bani, the Word of the Perfect Guru. His Virtues are so many, they cannot be counted. ||1||Pause||
God Himself makes all arrangements.
Meditating on God, desires are fulfilled. ||2||
He is the Giver of wealth, Dharmic faith, pleasure and liberation.
✦ 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.”