Ang-901 — Chapter 27
Seek the Support of the One Lord, and surrender your soul to Him; place your hopes only in the Sustainer of the World.
Those who are imbued with the Lord's Name, in the Saadh Sangat, cross over the terrifying world-ocean.
The corrupting sins of birth and death are eradicated, and no stain ever sticks to them again.
Nanak is a sacrifice to the Perfect Primal Lord; His marriage is eternal. ||3||
Salok:
Righteous faith, wealth, fulfilment of desires and salvation; the Lord bestows these four blessings.
One who has such pre-ordained destiny upon his forehead, O Nanak, has all his desires fulfilled. ||1||
Chhant:
All my desires are fulfilled, meeting with my Immaculate, Sovereign Lord.
I am in ecstasy, O very fortunate ones; the Dear Lord has become manifest in my own home.
My Beloved has come to my home, because of my past actions; how can I count His Glories?
The Lord, the Giver of peace and intuition, is infinite and perfect; with what tongue can I describe His Glorious Virtues?
He hugs me close in His embrace, and merges me into Himself; there is no place of rest other than Him.
Nanak is forever a sacrifice to the Creator, who is contained in, and permeating all. ||4||4||
Raag Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl:
Sing the melodious harmonies, O my companions, and meditate on the One Lord.
Serve your True Guru, O my companions, and you shall obtain the fruits of your mind's desires.
Raamkalee, Fifth Mehl, Ruti ~ The Seasons. Salok:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
Bow to the Supreme Lord God, and seek the dust of the feet of the Holy.
Cast out your self-conceit, and vibrate, meditate, on the Lord, Har, Har. O Nanak, God is all-pervading. ||1||
He is the Eradicator of sins, the Destroyer of fear, the Ocean of peace, the Sovereign Lord King.
Merciful to the meek, the Destroyer of pain: O Nanak, always meditate on Him. ||2||
Chhant:
Sing His Praises, O very fortunate ones, and the Dear Lord God shall bless you with His Mercy.
Blessed and auspicious is that season, that month, that moment, that hour, when you chant the Lord's Glorious Praises.
Blessed are those humble beings, who are imbued with love for His Praises, and who meditate single-mindedly on Him.
Their lives become fruitful, and they find that Lord God.
Donations to charities and religious rituals are not equal to meditation on the Lord, who destroys all sins.
Prays Nanak, meditating in remembrance on Him, I live; birth and death are finished for me. ||1||
Salok:
Strive for the inaccessible and unfathomable Lord, and bow in humility to His lotus feet.
O Nanak, that sermon alone is pleasing to You, Lord, which inspires us to take the Support of the Name. ||1||
Seek the Sanctuary of the Saints, O friends; meditate in remembrance on your infinite Lord and Master.
The dried branch shall blossom forth in its greenery again, O Nanak, meditating on the Lord God. ||2||
Chhant:
The season of spring is delightful; the months of Chayt and Baisaakhi are the most pleasant months.
I have obtained the Dear Lord as my Husband, and my mind, body and breath have blossomed forth.
The eternal, unchanging Lord has come into my home as my Husband, O my companions; dwelling upon His lotus feet, I blossom forth in bliss.
✦ 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.”
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.”