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"With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity."
- Keshavan Nair
"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
- Buddha
"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart."
- Goethe
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Some tuchh mahima of Guru Jee:
ਏਹੁ ਜੀਉ ਬਹੁਤੇ ਜਨਮ ਭਰੰਮਿਆ ਤਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਣਾਇਆ ॥
Eaehu Jeeo Bahuthae Janam Bharanmiaa Thaa Sathigur Sabadh Sunaaeiaa ||
This soul wandered through countless incarnations, until the True Guru instructed it in the Word of the Shabad, and made it possible to listen to it.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਕੋ ਨਹੀ ਸਭਿ ਸੁਣਿਅਹੁ ਲੋਕ ਸਬਾਇਆ ॥
Sathigur Jaevadd Dhaathaa Ko Nehee Sabh Suniahu Lok Sabaaeiaa ||
There is no giver as great as the True Guru; hear this, all you people.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹੀ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥
Sathigur Miliai Sach Paaeiaa Jinhee Vichahu Aap Gavaaeiaa ||
Meeting the True Guru, the True Lord is found; He removes self-conceit from within,
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ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਧਿਆਇਨਿ ਸਚੁ ॥ Naanak Sach Dhhiaaein Sach || नानक सचु धिआइनि सचु ॥ O Nanak, true are those who meditate on the True One. In the beautiful verse above of Guru Jee , we are clearly told who are truly true.... Some may think, oh I proudly perform so and so japs, taps, poojas, paaths, peregrinations, or are strongly established in ther dharam by following its rules and regulations, so I must be doing, at least some good/correct worship, if not all of them .... Guru Jee, as seen in the verse above, warns us, do no stay deluded in your manmukhta, for "TRUE ALONE ARE THOSE WHO MEDITATE UPON HIM", for it this their bhakti as per Gurmat, which will merge their souls in Him, and this is the sole purpose of Sikhee. Needless to say, let us sincerely ask ourselves, do we really do, only that what Guru Jee tells us to do? For we are not to please the world, it is to Guru Jee and Waheguru Akal Purukh whom we have to please. SSA
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Waheguru Jee dee yaad.mp4
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How do you make Kesar Tilak?
harsharan000 replied to MrDoaba's topic in Sikhi | Questions and Answers
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"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude."
- Colin Powell
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How do you make Kesar Tilak?
harsharan000 replied to MrDoaba's topic in Sikhi | Questions and Answers
How do you make Kesar Tilak? Though there are several ways to make kesar tilak according to mankind, but there is also another way according to the most wise, only if we follow Gurmat. For as Guru Jee clearly tells us in the Bani : ਨਾਮੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਅੰਭੁਲਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਤੇਰੋ ਚੰਦਨੋ ਘਸਿ ਜਪੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਲੇ ਤੁਝਹਿ ਕਉ ਚਾਰੇ ॥੧॥ Naam Thaeraa Anbhulaa Naam Thaero Chandhano Ghas Japae Naam Lae Thujhehi Ko Chaarae ||1|| नामु तेरा अ्मभुला नामु तेरो चंदनो घसि जपे नामु ले तुझहि कउ चारे ॥१॥ Your Name is the water, and Your Name is the sandalwood. The chanting of Your Name is the grinding of the sandalwood. I take it and offer all this to You So sangat jee, His Nam Simran, is not only the kesar tilak to be offered and applied on Him, but it is something much more than that, it is an absolute image of the highest love and devotion, which one can offer to the most beloved: Waheguru Akal Purukh. As simple as that. SSA. -
"Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?"
- Confucius.
Note: this same applies to those who proudly profess being religious, but then commit atrocities against mankind.... Sheer madness
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"Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, Something is out of tune."
- Carl Jung
"The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
- Chalmers
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On being judgemental We judge others when we think we are superior and other people are inferior to us. We think we are much better human beings and they are an inferior type of human being…. The purpose of meditation of Nam bhakti is to eliminate the ego. When one is able to eliminate the ego, then you don’t think you are superior at all…. And then you start realizing what your real self is, your insignificance. And when that realization comes, we don’t see humans at all, we see his light in every human being. We become humble before Waheguru Akal Purukh, the Father of all and everything... The Shabd is in all. When we direct our consciousness within and realize the Shabd, we begin to understand the folly of self and the oneness of everything. We begin to comprehend that everything is God’s will – that all is exactly as it is supposed to be. That understanding becomes complete when our consciousness goes beyond the mind, when we can escape the separate, sad, lonely world of the self and see the Lord inside us and everyone. SSA.
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"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."
- Buddha
Note: in our case as sikhs, our main duty is to be consciouss of the supreme importance of Nam Bhakti as per Gurmat, and then deeply engage ourselves into it .
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"Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgement of others."
- Wayne Dyer"Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that."
- Jean Lacordaire -
The piece which I enjoyed reading: " Amma, I am going to the Mall along with my wife and daughter. Please take care of the house" " OK Son. You go ahead. Already my legs are paining. I am not interested in coming to the Mall. You go ahead." " Grandma, you should also come" insisted the grand daughter ... " Grandma cannot climb all those steps in the Mall. She does not know how to use the escalator. As there are no temples there, Grandma would not be interested. She is interested only in going to temples" said the daughter in law. Though Grandma agreed with this statement, Grand daughter was adamant. She refused to come to the Mall if Grandma was not accompanying. Though Grandma repeated that she was not interested, she could not enforce her will against her dear ten year old Granddaughter. She agreed to accompany them. Grandaughter was very happy. Father asked everyone to get dressed up. Before her parents could get ready, the oldest and the youngest were ready. The youngster took her grand Ma to the front room. She drew two parallel lines, a foot apart. She told her grandmother that it was a game and the old lady had to pretend that she was a Crane ( Bird). She had to keep one leg within the lines and raise the other leg by three inches. " What is this my dear?" asked Grandma... " This is the Crane game Grandma. I will show you how to play." Both of them played a few times before the father could bring the Car....Grandma became adept in the game. They reached the Mall and when they reached the moving steps (escalator), father and mother were wondering how the elderly lady would travel in that. Grandaughter took Grandma near the escalator and asked her to play the Crane game. Grandma raised her right foot and kept it one of the moving steps and raised her left leg by three inches and could easily reach the next moving step. This way, effortlessly she used the escalator to reach the higher level, to the wonder of her son and daughter in law. With her successful debut, Grandma and the grand daughter moved up and down several times on the escalator and were enjoying the fun. They then went to the theatre to see a movie. As it was cold inside, grandaughter took out a shawl from her bag and covered the old lady, with a mischievous smile. She came prepared for this! After the movie, they went to the restaurant. When son asked his mother for the dish to be ordered, his daughter took away the menu and thrust it in the hands of Grandma. "You know how to read; better go through the menu and order whatever you want". Grandma decided about the items to be eaten. After meals, Grandma and the grand daughter played some video games. Before leaving for home, Grandma went to the toilet. Using that occasion, the father asked his daughter how she knew so much about his mother which as a son, he was not aware. Prompt came the response: " Dad, when an young child is brought out of home, how many preparations are made - milk bottles, diapers, wipes etc.!?.... Your mother would have also done all these things for you. Why not you show the same consideration for your mother? Why did you presume that the elderly would be interested only in temples. They also have normal desires like going to mall, enjoying all the fun. Since they may not openly express it, we have to compel them to enjoy these things" Father was speechless. However he was happy that he learnt a new lesson from his ten year old daughter.....
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Common Themes of Shabads placed under Raags of Guru Granth Sahib
Soohi - Being away from home. The soul being away from the House of Lord and the joy of meeting the true husband.
Bilaaval - beautification of soul, happiness.
Gaund - Separation, union, surprise.
Sri - Maya and detachment
Maajh - yearning to merge with Lord, giving up of negative values.
Gauri - Principles, serious, thoughtfulness, composed
Aasa - Hope
Gujri - Prayer (Pooja)
Devgandhari - Merging with spouse, self - realization
Bihaagra - Yearning due to separation of soul and happiness due to meeting the Lord.
Sorath - Merits of God
Dhanasari - Mixed theme
Jaitsree - Stability
Todi - Maya, separation
Bairagi - motivation to sing praises of Lord
Tilang - many words from the vocabulary of Islamic origins are used, sadness, beautification.
Raamkali - to give up the life of a wandering Jogi.
Nat Narayan - Joy of meeting the Lord
Maali Gaura - Happiness
Maaru - Bravery
Tukhari - Separation and union with Lord
Kedara - Love
Bhairav - Man's state of hell
Basant - Happiness
Sarang - Thirst to meet God
Malaar - State of separated and united soul
Jaijawanti - Vairaag (Detachment)
Kalyaan - Bhakti (Prayer) Ras
Vadhans - Vairaag (Detachment)
Parbhati - Bhakti (Prayer)
Kaanra - Bhakti (Prayer)
Feelings communicated by the music of Raags -
How To Speed Up Recitation Of Japji Sahib
harsharan000 replied to CdnSikhGirl's topic in Meditation | Simran | Bhakti | Jap
You have very well said above: "avar kaaj tere kine na kaam" Japping naam is utmost and only important thing to do... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I do not think it is that much difficult to say what I am trying to convey from the verses of Gurbani above, moreover I have highlighted in yellow some key points. Why does it seem you that you are discouraging anyone, when that is not the case even ? I have not directly nor indirectly mentioned nor reffered anything of your post. It is very much correct on your side when you ask them to shunn off smartness and perform their devotion with love than numbers.... so nothing wrong in it. Though Gurparsad may have a quite a deep meaning which we may not be aware of it in its true measure, but for the meanwhile, the Gurparsad could very well be the following verse, when Guru Jee tells us : JAP mun SATNAM sadah SATNAM. So here we can see that Guru Jee is definitely and precisely telling us what to do the jaap of, as per His kirpa showered on us, and that is the jaap of SATNAM. People are free to do what they think fit, nobody can force anything on anybody, neither it should be attempted. But yes, that much can be done, every time anybody says or writes which is not as per Gurbani, it should be humbly contrasted with the supreme Truth of Guru Jee as in the very Gurbani, the source of unpolluted and highest Truth without any foolish human manipulation/twisted misnterpretation. Because then they are following manmat, not Gurmat. But then too, nothing is in our hands, because Guru Jee says, to whomsoever He wants to bring back to Himself, He engages them into Nam bhakti/kamaee, to go within themselves and find Him there, no other short cut, nor other way. For, if He is ONE, the way to Him has to be one, and that one way leading us to Him, is the one of Nam, for as the Bani says: Nanak Nam jahaaz hae, jinee chareeya se utareeya paar. To cross the mahabhavsagar and reach Him, we have to board on the ONE vessel of NAM. Each and every soul/jeevatma has originated from Nam, thus Nam bhakti is the path as per Gurbani, to reach Him alone. SSA. -
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How To Speed Up Recitation Of Japji Sahib
harsharan000 replied to CdnSikhGirl's topic in Meditation | Simran | Bhakti | Jap
BYrau mhlw 5 ] (1140-9) bhairo mehlaa 5. Bhairao, Fifth Mehl: ibnu bwjy kYso inriqkwrI ] bin baajay kaiso nirtikaaree. Without music, how is one to dance? ibnu kMTY kYsy gwvnhwrI ] bin kanthai kaisay gaavanhaaree. Without a voice, how is one to sing? jIl ibnw kYsy bjY rbwb ] jeel binaa kaisay bajai rabaab. Without strings, how is a guitar to be played? nwm ibnw ibrQy siB kwj ]1] naam binaa birthay sabh kaaj. ||1|| Without the Naam, all affairs are useless. ||1|| nwm ibnw khhu ko qirAw ] naam binaa kahhu ko tari-aa. Without the Naam - tell me: who has ever been saved? ibnu siqgur kYsy pwir pirAw ]1] rhwau ] bin satgur kaisay paar pari-aa. ||1|| rahaa-o. Without the True Guru, how can anyone cross over to the other side? ||1||Pause|| ibnu ijhvw khw ko bkqw ] bin jihvaa kahaa ko baktaa. Without a tongue, how can anyone speak? ibnu sRvnw khw ko sunqw ] bin sarvanaa kahaa ko suntaa. Without ears, how can anyone hear? ibnu nyqRw khw ko pyKY ] bin naytaraa kahaa ko paykhai. Without eyes, how can anyone see? nwm ibnw nru khI n lyKY ]2] naam binaa nar kahee na laykhai. ||2|| Without the Naam, the mortal is of no account at all. ||2|| ibnu ibidAw khw koeI pMifq ] bin bidi-aa kahaa ko-ee pandit. Without learning, how can one be a Pandit - a religious scholar? ibnu AmrY kYsy rwj mMifq ] bin amrai kaisay raaj mandit. Without power, what is the glory of an empire? ibnu bUJy khw mnu Thrwnw ] bin boojhay kahaa man thehraanaa. Without understanding, how can the mind become steady? nwm ibnw sBu jgu baurwnw ]3] naam binaa sabh jag ba-uraanaa. ||3|| Without the Naam, the whole world is insane. ||3|| ibnu bYrwg khw bYrwgI ] bin bairaag kahaa bairaagee. Without detachment, how can one be a detached hermit? ibnu hau iqAwig khw koaU iqAwgI ] bin ha-o ti-aag kahaa ko-oo ti-aagee. Without renouncing egotism, how can anyone be a renunciate? ibnu bis pMc khw mn cUry ] bin bas panch kahaa man chooray. Without overcoming the five thieves, how can the mind be subdued? nwm ibnw sd sd hI JUry ]4] naam binaa sad sad hee jhooray. ||4|| Without the Naam, the mortal regrets and repents forever and ever. ||4|| ibnu gur dIiKAw kYsy igAwnu ] bin gur deekhi-aa kaisay gi-aan. Without the Guru's Teachings, how can anyone obtain spiritual wisdom? ibnu pyKy khu kYso iDAwnu ] bin paykhay kaho kaiso Dhi-aan. Without seeing - tell me: how can anyone visualize in meditation? ibnu BY kQnI srb ibkwr ] bin bhai kathnee sarab bikaar. Without the Fear of God, all speech in useless. khu nwnk dr kw bIcwr ]5]6]19] kaho naanak dar kaa beechaar. ||5||6||19|| Says Nanak, this is the wisdom of the Lord's Court. ||5||6||19|| -
ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਜਗੁ ਰੋਗਿ ਬਿਆਪਿਆ ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਡੁਬਿ ਡੁਬਿ ਮਰੀਐ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Naam Binaa Jag Rog Biaapiaa Dhubidhhaa Ddub Ddub Mareeai ||1|| Rehaao ||
Without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, the world is entangled in the disease of duality, and is drowned, drowned, and dies.
ਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਵਾ ਗੁਰੁ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਾ ਤ੍ਰਿਭਵਣ ਸੋਝੀ ਗੁਰ ਕੀ ਸੇਵਾ ॥
Gur Dhaevaa Gur Alakh Abhaevaa Thribhavan Sojhee Gur Kee Saevaa ||
The Guru is Divine; the Guru is Inscrutable and Mysterious. Serving the Guru, the three worlds are known and understood.
ਆਪੇ ਦਾਤਿ ਕਰੀ ਗੁਰਿ ਦਾਤੈ ਪਾਇਆ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵਾ ॥੨॥
Aapae Dhaath Karee Gur Dhaathai Paaeiaa Alakh Abhaevaa ||2||
The Guru, the Giver, has Himself given me the Gift; I have obtained the Inscrutable, Mysterious Lord.
Sree Guru Nanak Dev Maharaj
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"The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all."
- Ovid
"When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve."
- Napoleon Hill*Note: in our case, this is how we should want to have Him and His darshan. The price to pay for that is, to love, love and only love Him, through His bhakti.
SSA.
