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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Great to read in your free time!! ============================================ Hypocrisy 1. However saintly garb a man may wear, He cannot conceal his inward impurity. Guru V, Gauri Rag 2. Brother, what have you gained by reading Puranas? You have neither worshipped God, Nor fed the hungry, Nor controlled lust, anger, greed, and backbiting; All your efforts have gone in vain. Parmanandji, Sarang Rag 3. He, whose heart is corrupt and yet calls himself a saint, Is a hypocrite and can never realize God. Guru III, Sri Rag 4. I have cleansed my body from outside, But my mind is full of passions. Ravidasji, Gauri Rag 5. The hypocrite keeps fast; He will neither attain God nor be honoured. Kabirji, Gond Rag 6. By wandering about in a Yogi's garb, One cannot get salvation. Guru III, Basant Rag 7. His heart is polluted, And he shows himself to be pure; He has lost the game of his life. Guru III, RamkaliRag 8. His mind is full of deceit. And he calls himself a saint, His desires are not fulfilled, And he meets his end in shame. Guru III, Gajri Rag 9. Says Nanak: Those who are pure from inside live with the Guru for ever. Guru III, Ramkali Rag 10. The heart is full of spite, Yet he talks sweetly, He meets his end in misery Guru V, Gauri Rag 11. By mere fasting, One cannot attain God. Kabirji, Gond Rag 12. A yogi is recognized neither by his clothes, Nor by his dirty garb. Guru III, Shlokas 13. Inwardly our hearts are dark but outwardly we appear bright; We pretend to copy those who wait on the Lord at His gate, And are absorbed in the Lord, enjoying the utmost bliss. Guru I, Sri Rag 14. With sandal paste on the forehead, And beads in the hand, They have disguised their real self, Thinking the Lord a toy. Kabirji, Bhairo Rag 15. The hypocrite closes his eyes and nose to deceive the people; He closes his eyes with his fingers saying; I see the three worlds; But he knows not what passes just behind him Guru I, Dhansri Rag 16. Those who are lost in greed and passions, Cannot cheat the Master, They make a show of their piety, But their minds are intoxicated with the wine of Maya; 17. They have followed the devil, And have to pass through many births, They suffer according to their actions. Guru V, Gauri Rag 18. He cannot be attained by mere talk; Through the grace of the Guru, He resides in the heart. Guru I, Asa Rag 19. A hypocrite shall never attain, The Supreme God. GuruIII, Shlokas 20. If your heart is crooked what is then the use Of your going on a pilgrimage to Kaaba or saying the Nimaz? Kabirji, Prabhati Rag 21. Those who make a show of Nimaz, Do not hesitate to devour men; Those who wear sacred thread, Do not hesitate to use the dagger. Guru I, Shlokas 22. Small indeed is the merit of making Pilgrimages, penances, compassion and alms-giving, If one has not been within oneself, And has not bathed in the ambrosial river within; If one has not felt holy inspiration within, If the seed of nam is not put in the soil of heart, And if love has not yet sprung. Guru I, Japji 23. There is deceit in his heart, And outwardly he prays; What is the use of his going on a pilgrimage to Kaaba? Kabirji, Prabhati Rag 24. The falsehood and deceit cannot remain con cealed for long, The false appearance vanishes. Guru IV, Gauri Rag 25. He changes many garbs and wanders, But there is deceit in the heart; He does not reach the palace of God, After death he becomes a person full of filth. Guru I, MajhRag 26. Those who wear dhotis of three and a half yards length, Those who wear threefold sacred thread, Those who wear rosaries round their necks, And carry shining pails in their hands, Are not the saints of God; They are the cheats of Benaras. Kabirji, Asa Rag 28. He recites the holy Mantras, But tells lies; That is the condition of this Guru-less person. Guru V, Maru Rag 29. The Qazi sits for administering justice; He tells the beads of rosary, And makes a show of the Name of God, He accepts bribes and harms the right cause. Guru I, Ramkali Rag 30. The disciple turns to the Guru for food, For the love of food, he comes to dwell with the Guru. Guru I, Asa Rag 31. He studies Vedas but quarrels, He doth not remember God and hath no respect. Guru III, Sorath Rag 32. There is a mark on the forehead, And a rosary in the hand, This is the garb; People have considered God as a toy. Kabirji, Maru Rag 33. O heretic, do not be hypocritical, Always remember the Name of the Lord. Namdevji Ramkali Rag 34. We are good at talk, But vicious in our deeds, Our minds are black from within, Though they appear white from withou; We mimic the ways of those, Who serve at the Lord's door. Guru I, Shlokas 35. Man doeth evil deeds and pretends to be pure, In the Lord's Court, he is bound down like a thief. Guru V, Gauri Rag ======================================================== Introspection 1. Those are pure, Who know what they are. (Guru III, Vadhans Rag) 2. O slave, devoid of any virtue! Realize your intrinsic value. (Guru I, Gauri Rag) 3. He is a fool, Who does not know his self. (Guru III, Gajri Rag) 4. Mad is he, Who does not know his self. (KABIRJI, BILAWAL Rag) 5. He is mad, Who does not recognize his self. (Guru I, Majh Rag) 6. God is ever near, Do not think He is far away: Through the Word of the Guru, Recognize Him in yourself. (Guru III, Majh Rag) 7. He, who hathe realized not the quintessence, the self, All his deeds are stupid, false and vain. (Bainji, Prabhati Rag) 8. Just as there is fragrance in the flower, And reflection in the mirror, Similarly, God lives within; Search Him in thy heart, O brother. (Guru IX, Dhansri Rag) ======================================================== Metamorphosis 1. The creator has ordained, The transmigration of soul. U (Guru III, Bilawal Rag) 2. The universe exhibits, The phenomenon of metempsychosis. (Guru III, Bilawal Rag) 3. Those in whose heart there is greed and lust have lost their way; They will have to pass through many births. (Guru III, Gujri Rag) 4. Lust and anger dominate the whole earth, Therefore, man has to pass through the pangs of transmigration. (Guru III Majh Rag) 5. One wanders through Eighty-four lacs of different births. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 6. As many a flower blossoms in wildderness, And wasted its frangrance, So through many births I have wandered. (Kabirji, Gauri Rag) 7. Those who are entangled in lust, anger, greed and passion, Cannot be saved from transmigration. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 8. My Lord, save me this time, So that I may not have to be born again. (Kabirji, Maru Rag) 9. Eating, drinking, playing and laughing, I have passed through many births; My Master, save me from the dreadful ocean of transmigration. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 10. God's works are wonderful, Forgetting Him one has to pass through many births. (Guru III, Majh Rag) 11. Says Kabir, remember God, He will end transmigration for you. (Kabirji, Asa Rag) 12. Nanak, transmigration can only end, If He resides in the mind. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 13. Nanak, God is ever with me, I have no fear of transmigration. (Guru V, Sorath Rag) 14. Godly men live on the Nam of the Lord, They have been relieved of the pains of fear, And the pangs of of transmigration. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 15. By singing His glory, All desires are fulfilled. The fear of transmigration is removed, And the true One is realized. (Guru V, Jaitsri Rag) 16. Through the service of the Lord, The transmigration of soul can be brought to an end. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 17. Says Nanak, I have prostrated at Thy feet, save me from trans-migration. (Guru V, Bihagara Rag) 18. Praise thou thy Lord, And thou will liberate Thy soul. (Guru III, Sri Rag) ======================================================== Passions 1. There are five robbers in this body, Lust, anger, greed, attachment and pride. GURU III, SORATH RAG 2. Call him a perfect fool, Who is the slave of his passions Greed, lust and pride. GURU I, MAJH RAG 3. None can get happiness, By indulging in the passions-lust, anger, greed and conceit. GURU V, SORATH RAG 4. In the fire of desire, The whole world is being consumed- Greed, conceit and ego hold sway. GURU III, MAJH RAG 5. My mind has been drowned in passions, I cannot think of this or the next life. RAVIDASJI, GAURI RAG 6. Entangled in greed, lust and passion, I commit many sins. GURU V, BIHAGARA RAG 7. Lust, anger, greed pride and passion, By following these one cannot get peace. GURU V, SORATH RAG 8. Poisoned with passion and greed, One has forgotten the nectar of His Nam. DHANNAJI, ASA RAG 9. Intoxicated with lust you are lost in passions, And do not distinguish between vice and virtue. BAINIJI, SRI RAG 10. O proud man, Attracted by wealth and beautiful women, You have forgotten God. KABIRJI, KENDARA RAG 11. Lost in lust, anger and deceit, my days have been wasted; Busy in backbiting I have passed my life, And have never remember God. KABIRJI, MARU RAG 12. Without subduing your passions, Say, how will you be able to realize the Lord? GURU I, GAURI RAG ======================================================== Placibility 1. Farid, he who gives a slap in your face. Pay him not in the same coin; Rather kiss his feet and retire home. FARIDJI, SHALOKAS 2. Where the virtue of forgiveness prevails, There the Lord Himself resides. KABIRJI SHALOKAS 3. Remove malice from your own heart, And behold, the whole world is your friend. GURU I, GAURI RAG 4. Countless people have perished Without the spirit of forgiveness. GURU I, RAMKALI RAG 5. Farid, he who practices treachery with you, Do him good in return; Let not anger enter your heart. Thus you will render yourself immune From physical and mental ailments, And attain whatever you desire. FARIDJI SHALOKAS 6. He, who practiseth forgiveness, This is for him the real keeping of the fast. GURU I, GAURI RAG ======================================================== Predestination 1. The year and moment of my death are fore ordained, Come and anoint me with the oil of Love. (Guru I, GauriI Rag) 2. As God has written in your account So you get. (Guru I, Sri Rag) 3. Nanak, what can one get, If it is not ordained? (Guru III, Sorath Rag) 4. What has been written in your fate, None can change; Brother, as the Creator ordains, so it happens. (Guru III, SorathRag) 5. One may try one's utmost, Yet without His decree nothing can be obtained. (Guru I, Tilang Rag) 6. One gets according to What is in one's destiny. (Guru III, Sorath Rag) 7. Through the eternal decree of Providence, The Guru has been attained, And now my mind is absorbed in the love of the Lord. (Guru IV, GauriI Rag) 8. How could writ of Eternity be obliterated, When the writ is by His Will. (Guru I, Sri Rag) ======================================================== Anger 1. Do not be angry with any person, But know yourself. Guru V, Jaitsri Rag 2. When His Nam resides in the mind, Anger and conceit are washed away. Guru III, Sri Rag 3. Those who have fallen in love with him, Anger, lust and greed do not come near them. Guru V, Bihagara Rag 4. Understands the essence of all the Vedas: Forsake the anger from your mind, O Pandit. Guru V, RAMKALI Rag ======================================================== Asceticism 1. Of what avail to him are meditation, penances, fasts and worship, In whose mind dwelleth not the Lord. (Kabir ji, Gauri Raga) 2. I meditate and practise austerity, And discipline my body and live at a holy place, And give charity and do good deeds, But without the True Lord, Of what avail are all these? (Guru I, Sri Raga) 3. Repetition of mantras, austerities, set way of living,And other deeds and actions, Leave us destitute even before out journey ends; You shall not get even half a copper for your fasts, And special programme of life. These things, O brother, will not help; For, the requirements of that path are different. (Guru V, Gauri Raga) 4. I do not keep the fast, as kept by Hindus, Nor that observed by Muslims in Ramzan. I serve Him and Him alone, Who is my ultimate Refuge. (Guru V, Bhairo Raga) 5. By abiding in silence and taking meals on the palms of hands and not on plate, And wandering naked through woods, And going about bathing at all the pilgrim places and sacred rivers, Yea, even wandering throughout the world, The sense of duality goes not, But ever grows in the heart. One may dwell at holy places as much as one wishes, Even if one chooses to be sawn alive there, Themind defiled by sin is cleansed not thus, However one may try. One may gift away one's wife laden with gold, One may give away in charity, horses, elephants, land and grain, But one cannot find Lord's gate that way, (Guru V, Sorath Raga) 6. By reading the holy books, By controlling breath and cleansing the inner system by Yogic exercises, One cannot get rid of the five evils; On the other hand one gets self-conceited more and more. One may worship and make flower offerings to the gods, And may prostrate like a log before them, And perform the six karmas as mentioned in the Shastras, But the fetters of egoism loosen not, Rather, become even more tight, And one attains not God even this wise. (Guru V, Sorath Raga) 7. One may practice Yoga, like a Sidha, And may be able to practice all the eighty-four postures, One may achieve longevity, But shall be born again and again and meet not God. (Guru V, Sorath Raga ) 8. O, ignorant man, torture not your body as if in a furnance, Feed not the fire with your bones,There is nothing wrong; Why hang yourself upside down? Look within yourself for the Lord, And you will attain peace. (Guru I, Shlokas) 9. He who abstains from eating bread, Deprives himself of God-given blessing, And being led astry suffers much discomfort. He who wears no clothes, remains day and night in tribulations. By practicing silence man stupefies himself; How can he be awakened from th stupor except by the Guru? He walks bare-footed and suffers as he deserves. (Guru I, Asa Raga) 10. Some wander about hungry and naked, And invite death by practicing rigorous austerities; They know not the value of life. (Guru I, Maru Raga) 11. He eats filth and puts ashes on his head, The blind fool only loses his self-respect; He spends his days in wilderness, And at graveyards and rematoriums, The foolish man does not know that he will have to regret it afterwards, Only that man finds peace, who meets the Guru, And enshrines the Nam of God in his heart. (Guru I Asa Raga) 12. Some go about visiting the places of pilgrimage, And eat not bread, believing it a good religious act; Some expose themselves to blazing fire, And torture their bodies thus. But they can get no salvation this way. How could they? They who do not understand the Guru;s wisdom, Wander in wilderness, Being ego-centric and with no control on self, They dwell not on God's Nam. They practice falsehood and waste away their lives, And this wise fall into the noose of death. (Guru I, Maru Raga) 13. Some go to the jungle and sit in silence; Some overcome chill and frost and suffer cold water: Some be smear their bodies with ashes and do not wash the dirt; Some keep matted hair and appear harsh and frightful; They all put their family to disgrace.l Some wander day and night naked and do not sleep;; Some burn the parts of their body i fire and disfigure themselves; The body is like ashes without the Nam of the Lord; What do they say while weeping? those who serve the true Guru get respect in the presence of the Lord. (Guru I, Malhar Raga) 14. He walks bare-footed, And reaps the fruit of his actions, He eats dirty food and throws ashes on his head.The blind fool has lost his honour; He lives in desers and cremation grounds, The blind does not know the reality and afterwards repents. (Guru I, Asa Raga) 15. How can I with hungry stomach devote myself to Thee? Take away Thy rosary. (Kabirji, Sorath Raga) 16. Shall we go to bathe at the pilgrim places?No, Nam is the only sacred place of pilgrimage. (Guru I, Dhansri Raga) 17. I would bathe at the sacred places,If by doing so I could please Him;But what use is the Bathing, If it pleases Him not that way. How can mere bathing help? (Guru I, Japuji) 18. You will not get a place there for all your bathing,And wandering in different places.All these are useless,They cannot satisfy the conditions of that world. (Guru V, Gauri Raga) 19. I shall not go for Haj to Mecca, Nor worship at the Hindu places,I shall serve only Him and none else. (Guru V, Bhairo Raga) ======================================================== Backbiting 1. O ye, people of the world, why do you backbite? The backbiter is always exposed. Ravidasji, Gauri Rag 2. The corrupt man has no protection, The backbiter has no honour, Guru I, Gujri Rag 3. The slanderer carries the great burden of sins, Without payment he carries loads. Guru III, Majh Rag 4. Do not slander anyone, And thereby pick up a quarrel. Guru I, Vadhans Rag 5. He, who slanders is known as such, His actions will go in vain. Guru IV, Gauri Rag 6. He, who backbites loses his own credit; The slanderer only exposes himself. Guru IV, Bilawal Rag 7. He, who backbites us, Rids us of our sins. Kabirji, Gauri Rag 8. He, who slanders others, Cannot face anybody without shame. Guru IV, Gauri Rag 9. Day and night we talk ill of others, We are full of malice and sins. Guru I, Sri Rag 10. All hail to the great God, Who listens not to the backbiter. Guru IV, Sri Rag 11. The slanderer is cured not of his affiction, Try as well as we may. Guru V, Gauri Rag 12. He, who talks sweetly in one's presence, And talks ill at one's back, Is evil of heart and has been separated from God. Guru IV, Gauri Rag 13. Do not talk ill of others and be not jealous; Though educated thou hast no peace of mind. Guru I, Maru Rag 14. The slanderer cries in the wilderness, He forgets the Lord and thus gets the fruit of his deeds. Guru V, Asa Rag 15. The slanderer removes the dirt of others, He, the slave of mammon, eats that dirt. Guru IV, Gujri Rag ======================================================== Begging 1. Do not bow to him, Who assumes the role of a Guru and yet goes about begging. Guru I, Sarang Rag 2. Why should he go a-bigging, Who always lives with God? Guru I, Ramkali Rag 3. Seeking happiness, man undergoes much suffering, And enslaves himself to many a man; Like a dog he knocks about from door to door, But never realizes the Nam of God. Guru IX, ASA RAG 4. Says Farid, my Master, may I never go to another man's door, And if ever I am reduced to such a strait, Then take away this soul from my body. Faridji, Shlokas 5. I serve my Master, And I beg from no one else. Guru I, Dhanasri Rag 6. Woe to him who goes a-begging to another man: He, who begs from God, attains salvation. Guru V, Dhanasri Rag 7. Beg from God All that you need. Guru V, Dhansri Rag ======================================================== Behaviour 1. As you sow, so you shall reap; This body is the result of your actions. (Guru V, Jaitsri Rag) 2. All your actions without remembering him, Are as futile as decorations on a corpse. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 3. Cursed be those actions, Which are done without remembering the Lord. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 4. O foolish mind! Why do you grumble, When you are rewarded according to your own actions? (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 5. If your feet are limp, It is because of your own deeds. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 6. I shall reap the fruit of my labour. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 7. Whatsoever you sow, you shall reap The fruit thereof. (Guru I, Japji) 8. We shall all have to render, An account of our actions. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 9. I have been separated from Thee due to my own actions, Why should I blame others? (Guru V, Majh Rag) 10. He who sings His praises and does good actions Will merge into Him. (Guru III, GauriI Rag) 11. I am slave to him, Who does good actions. (Guru III, Asa Rag) 12. In the end, you will be judged According to your own actions. (Kabirji, Sorath Rag) 13. Why blame other people? I have to blame my own actions; As I have acted so are the fruits. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 14. On the soil of your mind Sow the seed of good actions; Water this field with His Nam. (Guru I, Sri Rag) 15. Life devoid of good actions Is all in vain. (Guru I, Sri Rag) 16. Give up bad actions And only do good ones. (Guru, I, Sorath Rag) 17. He who encroaches upon another's possessions, How long will his actions remain concealed? (Guru V, Jaijavanthi Rag) 18. Why delay doing good, Delay if the action is evil. (Guru V, Jaijavanthi Rag) 19. I ignoramus, why do you blaspheme God, When you are to get according to your own actions? (Trilochanji, Dhanasri Rag) 20. Our actions keep us far, Or draw us near Him. (Guru I, Japji) 21. As are one's deeds, So doth one gather the fruits therof. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 22. In the whole wide world that I see around, Nothing can be gained without good actions. (Guru I, Japji) 23. There can be no worship, Without doing good actions. (Guru I, Japji) 24. Without pleasing God. All actions are worthless. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 25. Without pleasing God, All actions are worthless. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 26. All people are under One Sovereign, Who holds them responsible for their actions. (Guru I, Basant Rag) 27. Divine knowledge ripeneth, By good acts. (Guru I, Majh Rag) 28. Do good deeds, And get their reward. (Kabirji, Asa Rag) 29. Man's actions in this world, Shall bear witness in God's Court. (Faridji, Shlokas) 30. Our acts, right and wrong, At Thy Court shall come to judgement; Some be seated near Thy seat, Some ever kept distant; The toils have ended of those; That have worshipped Thee; O Nanak, their faces are lit with joyful radiance, And many others they set free. (Guru I, Japji) 31. Nanak, should He forgive, Shall we be forgiven, Or else, dirt will go on accumulating. (Guru I, MAJH Rag) 32. Your Grace is such, my Master, That all my undertakings have met with success. (Guru V, Asa Rag) 33. If you sing God's glory, All your undertakings will bear fruit. (Guru V, Kalyan Rag) 34. Those upon whom the Master of this universe, bestowes His Grace, Enshrine the Lord in their mind, And in the Court of Dharam Raj the record of their deeds is torn off: Nanak, thus I am redeemed of all my accounts. (Guru IV, Jaitsri Rag) 35. The Lord hath created myriads of species, But he alone meeteth the Guru on whom is the Lord's Grace; His sins are washed off and he is made pure, And at the True Door, he is made Beauteous by Nam. (Guru III, Majh Rag) 36. If the Lord asks for the account of actions, O who can answer? If one renders the account, it is in vain to count in twos and threes, So one should pray for His Grace. (Guru III, Majh Rag) 37. We are saved not, If Thou judgest according to our actions, Forgive us, O Thou Forgiver of all, And lead Nanak across this ocean of life. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 38. Call me not to account, For, thus I am saved not; Without any merit am I, Save me, O Lord! Ever Forgiver art Thou, ever Beneficent, And Thou art the Support of us all; Nanak, Thy devotee followeth the way of the Saints, Save him Thou, o Lord, this time. (Guru I, Todi Rag) 39. Countless sinners, on bowing to the Lord's feet, Became sanctified. (Guru I, Maru Rag) ======================================================== Talk 1. Sweet talk gives pleasure to everyone. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 2. Nanak, sweetness and humility Are the essence of all virtues. (Guru I, Asa Rg) 3. Blessed be that talk Which brings honour. (Guru I, Sri Rag) 4. Nanak, call him a foolWho talks in vain. (Guru I, Majh Rag) 5. The fool does not know the self, He annoys others with insipid words. (Guru III, Bihagara Rag) 6. Wherever we go, We should talk gently. (Guru I, Vadhans Rag) 7. All are pleased with gentle words. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 8. Hear, O foolish mind, One who speaks insipid things, Comes to grief. (Guru I, Sri Rag) 9. Too much talking is in vain. (Guru I, DhansriI Rag) 10. To talk evil, Is to waste breath. (Guru I, ParbhatiRag) 11. He who speaks sweetly, And is humble in his ways, Enjoyeth the company of the Spouse. (Guru III, SriRag) 12. Friend, speak such words which bring us honour; 13. To be sour-tongued is to destroy oneself. (Guru I, Sri Rag) ======================================================== Bravery 1. Brave is he, who possessing strength displays it not, and lives in humble ways. GURU I, MAJH RAG 2. He is brave, Who fights for the down-trodden. KABIRJI, SHALOKAS 3. Only the brave person dies a worthy death, For he is accepted by the Lord after his death. GURU I, VADHANS RAG 4. He is brave in this world, Who is coloured with the dye of His Nam. GURU V, JAITSARI RAG 5. Nanak, he is the bravest of the brave, Who hath overcome his inner ego. GURU III, SHALOKAS ======================================================== Bribe 1. To accept a bribe and commit perjury, Is to strangulate oneself with the rope of dishonour. Guru I, Maru Rag ======================================================== Caste 1. A Vaishnava is he, who knows no other but the Lord. And by the Guru's Grace, realizes himself. He holds his mind, and brings it (back) to its only Home. His self dies, and he utters (nothing but) the Name of the Lord. Blessed is such a Vaishnava, for he Merges in Truth. (Var of Sri Rag, M. 4 with Shlokas) 2. All abide in Thy Hope: On all hearts rains (Thy Mercy). All are partners (in Thy Grace); O dear, Thou art alien to none. (Rag Majh M. 5) 3. Thou art here, Thou art Hereafter; All the creatures are Thy own Creation. (Majh M. 5) 4. He, whose inverse Lotus is upwards turned, gathers Light: And he Sees the All-pure in all, O dear ! (Majh M. 5) 5. Neither the body nor the caste go along (with one) in the world. Where one is to answer for one's deeds. Yea, one is Released only by Practising the (Lord's) Truth. (Majh M. 3) 6. What merits is in caste? Know thou the Truth within; (Of whatever caste one may be), he, who tastes the Poison will die ! (Var of Majh and the Shlokas of M. 1) 7. What is cold before the fire? What is night before the sun? What is darkness before the moon? What is caste before the water and the winds? Discriminate ye, O Saints, and search ye your hearts. For the Light of the Lord Pervades all; how, near how near is He ! Near, too near, is He to all the world; He, the Yonder Lord, beyond Measure. (Gauri Poorbi, M. 4) 8. (The Brahmin) spreads out his dhoti and on it he squats; And, like a donkey, gulps down he all that comes his way. But, without Deeds, he is Emancipated not, For, emancipation comes from dwelling upon the Lord's Name. He bathes and anoints himself and worships (the diety), Then threatens he with the knife to receive in charity. He recites the Vedas, uttering them sweetly with the tongue. (Gauri M. 5) 9. True, True, True, is He. Nay, not one is separate from the True Purusha. (Gauri Bavan Akhri M. 5) 10. He, who dwells within and without on the Lord's Name with Love And receives instruction from the Perfect Guru and abides with the Holy, is saved from Hell. Hell is not for him, Whose body and mind are permeated through with the Lord's Name. (Gauri Bavan Akhri M. 5) 11. He understands the essence of the Vedas, Puranas, and the Smritis, And finds the Apparent in the Subtle, He instructs all the four castes in the Lord's Wisdom, Nanak: Such a Pundit I salute for ever. The seed of the Lord's Name is in every heart. Let any of the four castes repeat His Name, And lo, he, who utters it, is Saved. (Gauri Sukhmani M. 4, Ashtapadi) 12. He, whom Thou makest to realize (Thy Essence), He the one Receiveth Thy True Name. He looks upon all alike, he is the Knower of the Quintessence. Nanak: He is the Victor of the whole world. (Ashtapadi Gauri Sukhmani M. 5) 13. Remember the One Lord only in thy mind, Whose form is one, but manifestations may. (Gauri Sukhmani M. 5) 14. I am jealous of no one; I have become the Dust of all; And I recite Thy Nectar Name in the Society of the Holy. (Gauri Sukhmani M. 5) 15. He is Beauteous, Wise, the Knower of the Essence, Looking on all alike, Seeing the One always in all. 16. The Brahmins, the Kshatriyas, the Vaishyas, the Shudras, and even the low wretches are all Emancipated, Contemplating their Lord. (Thitti Gauri M. 5) 17. The True Beneficent Guru is for ever Compassionate: And he is withut envy too, and looks upon all as the creatures of the One Creator-Lord. (Var of Gauri M. 4) 18. In the womb of the mother, no one knows one's caste, It is from the Lord's Seed that the whole Creation came into being. Say, O Pundit, how did you become a Brahmin-born? Do not lose the Merit of thy human birth by calling thyself a high caste. If thou art a Brahmin born of a Brahmin mother, then why didn't you choose to be born in somewise different than the others? How are you a Brahmin and I a low-caste? Is it that I have blood in my veins and you have milk? (3) Says Kabir: "He alone who contemplates his Lord, Is renowned a Brahmin among the men of God." (Gauri Kabirji) 19. And have this thy Way that you look upon all, alike, And reflect on the Quintessence of Reality; nay, reflect not on another thought. (Gauri Kabirji) 20. On the eight day, know thou that the eight tissues make up the body, And, within it, Abides the Casteless He, thy King, the Great Treasure. (Rag Gauri Thitti of Kabirji) 21. See thou of each the Light within and ask not his caste: For, Hereafter, the caste is of no avail. (Asa, M. 1) 22. Hereafter goes not caste nor color with thee, And one becomes as are one' s deeds. (Asa, M. 3) 23. If superior is your caste, O Bride, And you are honored in the society, and also you have a beauteous abode to live in, But, if you have Ego in your heart, you are indeed deformed. Charming, with well-cut figure, wise and clever may you be, But if you pride on yourself, you are consumed by infatuation. (Asa M. 5, Panchapadas) 24. Hereafter, caste and power are of no account, for a new man is born into the World of God. Yea, they whose Honor is of account to the Lord, they alone are men of Honor. (Asa Sri Kabirji Dupadas) 25. Says Kabir: "Listen, O my mother, See you not tht these shaven heads have made me lose my (low) caste?" (Asa Sri Kabirji Dupdas) 26. What have I to do with the distinctions of caste, For, I but Cherish ever the Name of the Lord? (Asa: Word of Sri Namdevji) 27. To the Lord, the Sustainer of the earth, was Namdeva's Mind attuned. And lo he, calico-printer of little worth, became worthy of Praise. Giving up his spinning and weaving, Kabir Cherished the Love of the Lord's Feet, And he, the weaver of low birth, became the Treasure of Virtue. Ravidas, the cobbler, who carted the dead animals, abandoned the love of Maya; and he became renowned through the companionship of the Saints and saw the vision of the Lord. Saina, the barber, who was engaged in doing odd little things, became known the world over, When he Enshrined the Transcendent Lord in the Mind, and was acknowledged among the Devotees of the Lord, Hearing all this, Dhanna, the Jat, also became dedicated to the God's Way. And he was ushered into the Lord's Presence: O how Fortunate was he ! (Word of Bhagat Dhannaji) 28. O mind, utter ever the Lord's Praise. For, Singing and Hearing and Contemplating Him, one is Saved, caste or no caste. I know this Way, fo I'm merged into my Creator-Lord. (Devghandari M. 5) 29. Those turned Godwards belong to the Caste of the True God. For, within them Abides their Lord and Master who is their Bosom-friend. (Vadhans M. 3) 30. Of a high caste or casteless, whoever Dwells on the (Lord's) Name, he attains to the highest Boon (of Beautitude). So I dwell on the Lord's Name: and my Mind is pleased with the Lord's Name. 31. Unknowable is my Lord, Infinite. Unfathomable and Imperceptible, Who Dies not, nor is bound by the Writ of Karma. His Caste is casteless; He is incarnated not and is Self-existent: He is neither lured away by Doubt nor Attachment. (Sorath M. 1) 32. O Lord, I beg at Thy Door; Bless me Thou with Thy Grace. As saffron, flowers, musk and gold embellish the bodies of all, (without distinction), And as also does the scented Chandan, of the Saints too, this, indeed, is the merit that they make frgrant all who come unto them. Does anyone ever curse or slander butter or silk? (Tilang M. 1) 33. Contemplating the Lord, men of low caste attained a High Station. Pray, ask thou Vidura, the son of the slave-girl, with whom Krishna chose to abide. O brother! Hear thou the Unutterable Gospel of the Lord, which rids thee of thy Doubt and Woes and Hunger. Ravidas, the tanner, praised his Lord for a brief time. And he from a low-caste Wretch was Purified, and all the four castes repaired to his feet. Namdeva loved his Lord, though people called him a calico-printer. Yet, the Lord turned his back upon the high castes, and Hugged him, His Devotee, to His Bosom. Even the sixty-eight pilgrim-stations Anoint the Foreheads of the Devotees of the Lord. Nanak seeks to See their Vision every moment, only if the Lord Blesses him so. (Suhi, M. 4) 34. Wisdom is that which is imparted to the four castes alike: Nanak: He who Dwells on the Name of the All-pervading Lord, alone is Emancipated in the Kali-age. (Rag Suhi M. 5) 35. The Kshatriyas, the Brahmins, the Shudras and the Vaishyas: the Lord's Word is equally for them all. So worship (the Word), thy Guru, as God, day and night, more and for ever more. (Bilawal M. 4) 36. Of the egg-born, the sweat-born, the earth-born, the foetus born, and the creatures of all colors and kinds, Not one is Saved, save by seeking the Saint's Refuge, Be he a Brahmin, a Krhatriya, a Vaishya or a Chandala. (6) Namadeva, Jaideva, Trilochana, Kabir and Ravidasa, the untouchable tanner. And Dhanna, the Jat, and Saina (the barber), all Met with God, repairing to the Saints' Feet. (Bilawal M. 4) 37. Yea, he is Highest of the high and Purest of the pure, in whose heart abides the Lord. Nanak washes the Feet of such a Devotee who Dedicates himself to his Lord, though he be of a low caste. 38. You are of high caste, but feed yourself upon the lower castes. Yea, by forcing your will, you fill yorr belly. And investing the Chaudasa and the Amavasa days with sanctity, you beg for alms: lo, you fall into the well, lamp in hand. You are a Brahmin whle I am a weaver from Kashi, how can I be your equal? But, while you are drowned with all your faith in the Vedas, I am Saved, uttering the Lord's Name. (Kabir) 39. God is like sugar mixed with sand: the elephant in thee can pick it not. Says Kabir: "Abandon the Ego of thy caste and pick it, becoming (humble) like a little ant." (Kabir) 40. Yea, He minds not their caste or color, nor family nor lineage, And Blesses them with His Name, in His Mercy, and Embellishes them all-too-spontaneouslyl (Nat Narayan M. 5) 41. Be not proud of thy caste: For, he alone is a Brahmn who Knows Brahma, the only God. (Rag Bhairo M. 3, Chaupadas) 42. Caste or no caste, whosoever contemplates God, is Emancipated, yea, whosoever dwells on Him. (Bhairo M. 5) 43. I've abandoned my father and mother, and have sold off myself to the Sainta; I have lost my caste, and Praise ever my (casteless) God. (Sarang M. 5) 44. Kabir: If turmeric loses its yellow, the wheat-flour its white, Then blessed is their love, for, it makes them lose their caste. (Shlokas of Bhakta Kabirji) 45. My weaver's caste is no longe s stigma to me, for, within me I cherish my God And, lo, my Lord has taken me into his Embrace, and all my involvement is past. (Shlokas of Bhagat Kabirji) ======================================================== Charity 1. He who earns by his own exertions, And gives something out of his earnings in charity, Nanak, has found the way to the Lord. GURU I, SARANG RAG ======================================================== Contentment 1. Sheikh, without contentment, goes for Haj to Kaaba, Kabir, in whose heart there is no contentment, How can he attain God? KABIRJI, SHALOKAS 2. Do not trouble anybody,Only then you will be honoured in His Court. GURU V, GAURI RAG 3. God has blessed man with many things, yet he is discontented, He is blind and there is no end to his desires, GURU IV, GAURI RAG 4. Without contentment, No one can get true tranquility of mind. GURU V, GAURI RAG 5. One should be contented, speak the truth, And practice charity. GURU V, SRI RAG 6. There can be no satisfaction, Without contentment. GURU V, GAURI RAG 7. Be content with eating bare dry bread and drinking cold water; Do not feel perturbed while seeing the buttered bread of others. FARIDJI, SHALOKAS 8. Faith and contentment are the food of angelic beings, Yea, they alone will see the vision of the Perfect,There is no place for the idle talkers. GURU I, SHALOKAS 9. One seeketh pleasure and getteth pain. Why should then I hanker after pleasure which is vain? KABIRJI, GAURI RAG g ======================================================== Creation 1. What is the time, season, day, month, of creation? Knows None. Not the Pundits, even if it be in the text of a Puran; Nor the Qazi does who interprets the Quran. Nor Yogi knows the date, season, month, but the One Who Created the Universe, Knoweth alone. (Jap M. 1) 2. Through the Word is the Creation and the dissolution (of the Universe). Through the Word is the Evolution of Creation again. (Majh M. 3) 3. Nanak: He who Creates all, them sustains He too. He whose wonder is this all, also Cares for it. (Shlokas of Asa, M. 1) ======================================================== Cruelty 1. Those who torment the poor, Are in turn tormented by the Lord. Guru V, Gauri Rag ======================================================== Deeds 1. As you sow, so you shall reap; This body is the result of your actions. (Guru V, Jaitsri Rag) 2. All your actions without remembering him, Are as futile as decorations on a corpse. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 3. Cursed be those actions, Which are done without remembering the Lord. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 4. O foolish mind! Why do you grumble, When you are rewarded according to your own actions? (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 5. If your feet are limp, It is because of your own deeds. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 6. I shall reap the fruit of my labour. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 7. Whatsoever you sow, you shall reap The fruit thereof. (Guru I, Japji) 8. We shall all have to render, An account of our actions. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 9. I have been separated from Thee due to my own actions, Why should I blame others? (Guru V, Majh Rag) 10. He who sings His praises and does good actions Will merge into Him. (Guru III, GauriI Rag) 11. I am slave to him, Who does good actions. (Guru III, Asa Rag) 12. In the end, you will be judged According to your own actions. (Kabirji, Sorath Rag) 13. Why blame other people? I have to blame my own actions; As I have acted so are the fruits. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 14. On the soil of your mind Sow the seed of good actions; Water this field with His Nam. (Guru I, Sri Rag) 15. Life devoid of good actions Is all in vain. (Guru I, Sri Rag) 16. Give up bad actions And only do good ones. (Guru, I, Sorath Rag) 17. He who encroaches upon another's possessions, How long will his actions remain concealed? (Guru V, Jaijavanthi Rag) 18. Why delay doing good, Delay if the action is evil. (Guru V, Jaijavanthi Rag) 19. I ignoramus, why do you blaspheme God, When you are to get according to your own actions? (Trilochanji, Dhanasri Rag) 20. Our actions keep us far, Or draw us near Him. (Guru I, Japji) 21. As are one's deeds, So doth one gather the fruits therof. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 22. In the whole wide world that I see around, Nothing can be gained without good actions. (Guru I, Japji) 23. There can be no worship, Without doing good actions. (Guru I, Japji) 24. Without pleasing God. All actions are worthless. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 25. Without pleasing God, All actions are worthless. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 26. All people are under One Sovereign, Who holds them responsible for their actions. (Guru I, Basant Rag) 27. Divine knowledge ripeneth, By good acts. (Guru I, Majh Rag) 28. Do good deeds, And get their reward. (Kabirji, Asa Rag) 29. Man's actions in this world, Shall bear witness in God's Court. (Faridji, Shlokas) 30. Our acts, right and wrong, At Thy Court shall come to judgement; Some be seated near Thy seat, Some ever kept distant; The toils have ended of those; That have worshipped Thee; O Nanak, their faces are lit with joyful radiance, And many others they set free. (Guru I, Japji) 31. Nanak, should He forgive, Shall we be forgiven, Or else, dirt will go on accumulating. (Guru I, MAJH Rag) 32. Your Grace is such, my Master, That all my undertakings have met with success. (Guru V, Asa Rag) 33. If you sing God's glory, All your undertakings will bear fruit. (Guru V, Kalyan Rag) 34. Those upon whom the Master of this universe, bestowes His Grace, Enshrine the Lord in their mind, And in the Court of Dharam Raj the record of their deeds is torn off: Nanak, thus I am redeemed of all my accounts. (Guru IV, Jaitsri Rag) 35. The Lord hath created myriads of species, But he alone meeteth the Guru on whom is the Lord's Grace; His sins are washed off and he is made pure, And at the True Door, he is made Beauteous by Nam. (Guru III, Majh Rag) 36. If the Lord asks for the account of actions, O who can answer? If one renders the account, it is in vain to count in twos and threes, So one should pray for His Grace. (Guru III, Majh Rag) 37. We are saved not, If Thou judgest according to our actions, Forgive us, O Thou Forgiver of all, And lead Nanak across this ocean of life. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 38. Call me not to account, For, thus I am saved not; Without any merit am I, Save me, O Lord! Ever Forgiver art Thou, ever Beneficent, And Thou art the Support of us all; Nanak, Thy devotee followeth the way of the Saints, Save him Thou, o Lord, this time. (Guru I, Todi Rag) 39. Countless sinners,on bowing to the Lord's feet, Became sanctified. (Guru I, Maru Rag) ======================================================== Destiny 1. They who were so destined, they met the True Guru. (Sri Rag, M. 3) 2. They in whose Destiny it was so writ, they, the Godwards, alone were attached to Him. (Sri Rag, M. 3) 3. When thy Destiny awakens, thou meetest with the True Guru. (Sri Rag, M. 3) 4. If it be one's Destiny, the Lord's Name comes into one's mind and one attains to the Lord through the Word. (Sri Rag, M. 3) 5. I meditate in the mind on the Name of God who has writ on my forehead this great, good Destiny. (Sri Rag, Var Pauri, M. 4) 6. The Unknowable Lord's pen inscribes the Destinies of all beings on their foreheads. (Gauri Bavan Akhri, M. 5) 7. A man becomes a prisoner of himself and lo, he blames others for his bondage. (Gauri Bavan Akhri, M. 5) 8. He who considers nothing as his own and leans only on the one God and dwells on the Infinite Being, night and day, and makes his mind as dust and realizes the Lord's Will attains peace and receives what is writen his Destiny. (Ibid) 9. He the Lord is the Creator and the Cause and no one can erase His Writ. He does all but once and not again, for He the Creator commits not an error. (Ibid) 10. The oilman's press, the spinning wheel, the grinding stone, the potter's wheel, the spinning tops, the churning sticks, the threshers, the endless whirlwinds in the deserts, the trailing birds spanning vistas breathlessly, and men moving round and round on a spindle, yea, thee is no end to the things that dance. As is the Lord's Writ, so do we all dance. (Ibid: M. 1) 11. If it be so writ for me by God, I receive the Dust of the Saint's Feet. (Ibid) 12. That what one practises each day becomes his lot. He from whom thou hidest (thy shame), He Seeth all within thee. (Asa, M. 5) 13. Prays Nanak: 'We receive only what is in the Writ of our past." (Dhanasri, M. 1) 14. Thou reapest only what thou sowest: such is the field of Karma. (Jaitsri, M. 5 Pauri) 15. They alone contemplated the Lord in whose lot it was so writ. (Suhi, M. 4) 16. Let's contemplate ever our transcendent Lord. But one attains to Him only if it is so writ by God. (Suhi, M. 5) 17. All but seek to see the Lord's Vision, but, it is by perfect Destiny that one attains to it. (Suhi, M. 5) 18. True it is that we reap ever but what we sow, so why blame another when our Karma leads us astray? (Suhi, M. 5) 19. Even if one wanders about in all the four directions, without Destiny, the Lord's Name is attained not. (Suhi, M. 1) 20. The men of Destiny search their (inner) home and attain to the Treasure of the Lord's Name. The Perfect Guru makes them see; and so they realize their All-pervading Lord. (Suhi, M. 3) 21. They, in whose Lot it was so Writ by God, them the Guru met, and their fear of birth and death hastened away. And they lost the sense of the Other and were attuned to the Lord. (Rag Suhi Chhant, M. 3) 22. He alone is dyed in the Lord's Red, whose Fortune is high. His Soul then is soiled not, nor stained. And he attains to his Bliss-giving Lord, all-too- spontaneously. And through poise, the Lord sinks in his soul, and then he can leave Him not. (Bilawal, M. 5) 23. One is emancipated only if the Lord Wills it so, and one is attuned to the Guru's Word, and cherishes Devotion to God. (Bilawal M. 1 Thiti) 24. He, in whose Destiny it is so writ, in his mind Abides in the One God. (Bilawal, M. 3) 25. He, whom the Lord seeks to save, him He saves, owning him as His very own. Him burns not the fire of the mother's womb, nor do lust, wrath, greed and attachment him affect. (Gond, M. 5) 26. If one's destiny be great, one contemplates the Lord's Name. And, so doing one attains Bliss, and, through the Name, merges in the name. (Ramkali, M. 4) 27. Without (true) Destiny, myriads wander about aimlessly and they're born to die again and over again, and so ceases not their Round, and loving the (maya's) poison, they gather poison, and enter not into God's Peace. (Maru, M. 3) 28. That what the Creator-Lord does, that alone comes to pass, and even if one tries a hundred tricks, one attains only what is Writ by God. Without Destiny, one attains nothing even if one roams the whole world. (Suhi, M. 5) 29. Nectar-sweet, O my beloved God, are Thy Words. O Thou Beauteous Enticer of my heart. O Thou, who art in the midst of all and yet keepest detached, I seek no dominion for myself nor deliverance either, for I crave for nothing but the love of Thy Lotus-Feet. Thou art Brahma, Shiva, Indra, the ascetic, the seer. In Thy Presence alone are they all contained. I Thy meek slave, O Master, seek Thy Door and cling, in utter humility, to the Refuge of Thy Saints. (Devghandhari, M ) ======================================================== Devotion 1. Through Devotion, the devotee attains glory. And, imbued with Truth, he merges in the peace of Poise. (Dhanasri M. 3, 4) 2. Without contemplation of the Lord, the life is ever on fire, even though one lives long like a serpent, and even if he has dominions over the nine divisions of the earth. In the end, he leaves the game. (Todi, M. 5) 3. When the boat is full of holes, how can one stop the waters from rushing in? So, contemplate thou the One whose boat it is, and by whom the sinners are also ferried across along with the pious. (Todi, M. 5) 4. O Mother, I am in love with my Lord. This for me is the way of works, this the righteous duty, this the meditation. The Lord's Name is for me the pure conduct. This for me is the life-breath, the life's treasure that I see the presence of my Lord all over. On the highway, at the river bank, this alone is my sustenance, that my mind keeps ever the companionship of my Lord. (Todi M. 5) 5. They who sing Thy Praises, O Creator Lord, they die not ever, nor grieve. (Todi M. 5) 6. Singing the Praise of the eternal, indestructible Lord, the stubborn intoxication of lust and wrath cools off. (Todi, M. 5) 7. Contemplating the Lord, one gathers wisdom, all the treasures, all psychic-powers all peace. (Rag Bairari, M. 4) 8. Without the Lord's every other love is false, for it forsakes one in a moment. (Bairari M. 4) 9. My Lord is my friend, kinsman, brother and son. Wheresoever I see, I see Him keep my company ever. The Lord's Name is my caste, my honor, my riches, and my happiness and poise and bliss and peace. The contemplation of the Lord is my coat-of-mail. For, even myriads of weapons can pierce it not. The Lord's Feet are my refuge and my fortress, which neither the thorn of Death pierceth nor the Yama overwhelms me. (Suhi, M. 5) 10. If the skies out with a thunder-storm, I'll still go to see my Guru. Even if the stormy sea be in the way, I, his seeker, will cross it to go to his shore. As the man dies without water, so does the seeker without the Guru. As the earth looks beauteous when it rains, so does the seeker bloom on meeting with the Guru. I seek to be the slave of thy slaves, O Guru, and call on thee in the mood of prayer. (Rag Suhi, M. 4, Ashtapadis) 11. As the fish lives not without water, do what one may, so the Lord's Saint lives not without the Lord. Without the Lord's Name dies he. (Rag Suhi, M. 4, Ashtapadis) 12. The Lord protects the honor of His Devotees, age after age. A Devotee is he who is turned Godwards, age after age. A Devotee is he who s turned Godwards and through the Word, dispels his ego. Dispels he his ego through the Word and is pleasing to the Lord whose Word is True. He is dedicated truly ever to the Lord. True and pure is the way of the Devotee for he loves the True Name. (Rag Suhi, M. 3) 13. Bathing in the dust of the Lord's Feet, one contemplates the Lord and comes not again into the world of form. And, dedicated to the Guru's Feet, dispelled are one's fears and doubts, and one gathers the fruit of one's heart desire. (Suhi, M. 5) 14. They who love not, know not the taste of God. For, if one is a guest in an empty house, he shall return as empty as he went in. (Shloka, Var of Rag Suhi M. 3) 15. I'll serve Thy devotee, O Lord, and wipe his feet with my hair; I'll surrender my head to him to hear from him Thy glorious Praise. (Bilawal, M. 5) 16. As one dips a stone in water, but the water enters not its core, so is the man without Devotion. (Bilawal, M. 9) 17. O God, there is naught else but Thee. So my mind loves Thee as the Chakori loves the moon, as the fish loves the water, and the bumblebee the lotus. As the Chakvi bird craves for the sun, so I do crave for Thy Vision. As the young bride has her life in her spouse, as the greedy person loves naught but his riches, as the water and the milk are to each other attached, and the hungry one loves nothing better than food, as the mother cherishes her son, so I do contemplate Thee ever, O God ! (Bilawal, M. 5) 18. The Lord is near to his Devotees; the Devotee is near to His God and enshrines Him in his heart. ays Nanak: "The Lord is our Father and Mother and sustains us He like His hildren." (Ramkali, M. 4) 19. They who are rooted in God are ever in Bliss, but they who are attached to the ranches waste their lives in vain. (Maru, M. 3) 20. He, who, like a bumble-bee, is Detached and sees the God of the earth within All, his (mind-diamond is pierced through with the Diamond of the Name), and his throat spontaneously sings the Lord's Praise. (Shloka M. 1, Var of Maru M. 3) 21. I've spread out my couch for Thee, O my Spouse, and decked myself to receive Thee. Now, I can suffer not even the distance of a garland between Thee and me. (Shloka M. 5, Var of Maru M. 3) 22. Wherever one utters or hears the Name of my love, thither let me repair and blossom forth, Seeing His Presence. (Shloka, Var of Maru M. 3) 23. If the earth be covered with the blue sheet of water, and the winds be fresh and cool, and my couch be of gold, studded with rubies and diamonds, and I be decked in the bridal trousseau, without my spouse, all would be searingly hot for me. (Shloka M. 5) 24. He, who repairs to Thy Feet, attains gladness; for, even an iota of our devotion is rewarded by Thee. He, who sings Thy praise, O Treasure of virtues, all-too-spontaneously, is imbued with the great essence of Thy Love. (Kedara, Chhant M. 5) 25. In the cage of love, the parrot-mind utters the words of love, and it pecks at Truth and sucks Nectar. And, lo, when it flies out, it comes not back again. (Maru, M. 1) 26. My mind can be not without the Lord even for a moment, and so is ever imbued with the Lord's Name, as the child sucks the mother's breasts in utter joy and becomes miserable when these are withdrawn from his mouth. (Basant M. 1) 27. There is but one Devotion and one love (of God), and without being tinged with His Fear, love is an illusion. (Basant M. 1) 28. The wood comes out of water, so the water drowns it not. So does the Lord embellish His Devotees and thus fulfils His (own) innate nature. (Kanra M. 4) 29. The brimful tank of Devotion overflows into a mighty torrent, if one believes in the True Guru but this happens only if one be blest with great, good fortune. (Var of Kanra, Shloka M. 4) 30. In the mind of the Saint is God, and without seeing Him, he can be not, as the fish, which loves water, is choked to death instantaneously if it finds not its being in its love. (Kalyan, M. 4) 31. O crow, you who search my skeleton, eat you all my flesh, but touch not the two eyes, for I yet long to me my Love. (Shloka of Farid) 32. O Saints, priceless is the Devotion to the Lord: one can say not its whole praise. (Ramkali M. 3) 33. If one is Imbued not with the Lord's Love, nor tastes His Essence, and knows not the Guru's Word then, he is consumed by his (inner) fire. (Ramkali M. 1, Siddha Goshti) 34. He who cherishes Thee, O God, he is ever in Bliss. He who cherishes Thee suffers not at the hands of the Yama. He who cherishes Thee, he sorrows not, yea, he whose friend art Thou. He is wholly fulfilled. He who cherishes Thee, O Lord is approved by Thee. He who cherishes Thee gathers Thy Infinite riches. (Var of Ramkali, M. 5) 35. He who is imbued with the love of God, like the Lalla flower is with its red, his worth one can evaluate not. O, rare is the one who Realizes His glory. (Var of Ramkali, M. 5 Shloka) 36. A myriad bonds of Maya bind the man, but, contemplating God, one is wholly released, as was the Raja, the elephant, of the clutches of the crocodile, uttering the Lord's Name with the tongue. (Nat M. 5) 37. I'm in love with my God as the lotus loves the sun, or as dances the peacock when the clouds cluster round the peaks of the mountain. (Nat M. 4) ======================================================== Dishonesty 1. Why withold what is due to others, Get peace by giving them their due. Guru III, Sarang Rag 2. Those who keep false books, And earn wealth by dishonest means; And those who love falsehood, Shall be burnt in the fire of hell. Guru III, Majh Rag ======================================================== Doings 1. As you sow, so you shall reap; This body is the result of your actions. (Guru V, Jaitsri Rag) 2. All your actions without remembering him, Are as futile as decorations on a corpse. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 3. Cursed be those actions, Which are done without remembering the Lord. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 4. O foolish mind! Why do you grumble, When you are rewarded according to your own actions? (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 5. If your feet are limp, It is because of your own deeds. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 6. I shall reap the fruit of my labour. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 7. Whatsoever you sow, you shall reap The fruit thereof. (Guru I, Japji) 8. We shall all have to render, An account of our actions. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 9. I have been separated from Thee due to my own actions, Why should I blame others? (Guru V, Majh Rag) 10. He who sings His praises and does good actions Will merge into Him. (Guru III, GauriI Rag) 11. I am slave to him, Who does good actions. (Guru III, Asa Rag) 12. In the end, you will be judged According to your own actions. (Kabirji, Sorath Rag) 13. Why blame other people? I have to blame my own actions; As I have acted so are the fruits. (Guru I, Asa Rag) 14. On the soil of your mind Sow the seed of good actions; Water this field with His Nam. (Guru I, Sri Rag) 15. Life devoid of good actions Is all in vain. (Guru I, Sri Rag) 16. Give up bad actions And only do good ones. (Guru, I, Sorath Rag) 17. He who encroaches upon another's possessions, How long will his actions remain concealed? (Guru V, Jaijavanthi Rag) 18. Why delay doing good, Delay if the action is evil. (Guru V, Jaijavanthi Rag) 19. I ignoramus, why do you blaspheme God, When you are to get according to your own actions? (Trilochanji, Dhanasri Rag) 20. Our actions keep us far, Or draw us near Him. (Guru I, Japji) 21. As are one's deeds, So doth one gather the fruits therof. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 22. In the whole wide world that I see around, Nothing can be gained without good actions. (Guru I, Japji) 23. There can be no worship, Without doing good actions. (Guru I, Japji) 24. Without pleasing God. All actions are worthless. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 25. Without pleasing God, All actions are worthless. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 26. All people are under One Sovereign, Who holds them responsible for their actions. (Guru I, Basant Rag) 27. Divine knowledge ripeneth, By good acts. (Guru I, Majh Rag) 28. Do good deeds, And get their reward. (Kabirji, Asa Rag) 29. Man's actions in this world, Shall bear witness in God's Court. (Faridji, Shlokas) 30. Our acts, right and wrong, At Thy Court shall come to judgement; Some be seated near Thy seat, Some ever kept distant; The toils have ended of those; That have worshipped Thee; O Nanak, their faces are lit with joyful radiance, And many others they set free. (Guru I, Japji) 31. Nanak, should He forgive, Shall we be forgiven, Or else, dirt will go on accumulating. (Guru I, MAJH Rag) 32. Your Grace is such, my Master, That all my undertakings have met with success. (Guru V, Asa Rag) 33. If you sing God's glory, All your undertakings will bear fruit. (Guru V, Kalyan Rag) 34. Those upon whom the Master of this universe, bestowes His Grace, Enshrine the Lord in their mind, And in the Court of Dharam Raj the record of their deeds is torn off: Nanak, thus I am redeemed of all my accounts. (Guru IV, Jaitsri Rag) 35. The Lord hath created myriads of species, But he alone meeteth the Guru on whom is the Lord's Grace; His sins are washed off and he is made pure, And at the True Door, he is made Beauteous by Nam. (Guru III, Majh Rag) 36. If the Lord asks for the account of actions, O who can answer? If one renders the account, it is in vain to count in twos and threes, So one should pray for His Grace. (Guru III, Majh Rag) 37. We are saved not, If Thou judgest according to our actions, Forgive us, O Thou Forgiver of all, And lead Nanak across this ocean of life. (Guru V, Gauri Rag) 38. Call me not to account, For, thus I am saved not; Without any merit am I, Save me, O Lord! Ever Forgiver art Thou, ever Beneficent, And Thou art the Support of us all; Nanak, Thy devotee followeth the way of the Saints, Save him Thou, o Lord, this time. (Guru I, Todi Rag) 39. Countless sinners, on bowing to the Lord's feet, Became sanctified. (Guru I, Maru Rag) ======================================================== Dowry O my father, gift away to me the Dowry of the Lord's Name. Let the Lord be my Wear, His glory my Beauty, that my Task be accomplished. Blessed is the Lord's Worship; the True Guru has blessed me with it. In all lands, nay, in all Universe Pervades the Glory of the Lord; the gift of the Lord's (Name) is matchless; all other Dowry displayed by the self-willed is false egoism and a vain show. O my father, bless me with the Dowry of the Lord's Name. (Sri Rag M. 4) ======================================================== Early Rising 1. Get up early in the morning, And remember His Name. GURU V, GAURI RAG 2. The wealth of His Nam earned in the early hours of the morning, The saints spend freely and it is never exhausted. GURU IV, SUHI RAG 3. In a dewy night the stars glitter, The saints, who are dear to God, awake. GURU V, ASA RAG 4. In the early hours of the morning, Meditate upon the True Nam and His greatness. GURU I, JAPJI ======================================================== Ego 1. The self-willed are never at Peace as are the Godwards steeped in His Wonder. Why then curse thyself with the ways of the world? For, thy Lord accepts nothing but the Truth. (Sri Rag M. 1) 2. Rare, O rare, are they who Serve the True Guru; Who still their Ego and Avarice and wear the Lord in their hearts. (Sri Rag M. 3) 3. He who subdues his body and stands on the head to meditate, but sheds not his Ego, Finds not the Lord's Name, even if he commits 'spiritual'deeds. (Sri Rag M. 3) 4. We all are the Brides of the Lord, and Bedeck ourselves (for His Pleasure), But if we are proud of our Beauty, no use then are our Red Robes. We find not Love through deceit; the false show avails not (with God). (Sri Rag M. 1) 5. He, who comes to the world, and indulges in Ego, is swept away. P. 64 The world is like the stoe-house of collyrium; in it the body and mind are blackened. (Sri Rag M. 1) 6. The egotist is Blind; for his Conscience is Awakened not. He is the Killer of himself and so also the Killer of the world. (Majh M. 3) 7. When a man has the pride of self, He's caught as is a parrot in a hallow reed. When a man has the pride of Wisdom and Devotion to God, His efforts are of no avail in the eyes of the Lord. He who thinks he discourses well, Is like the pedlar who courses through the world (for others). Nanak: He alone Receives the Lord, Who sheds his ego in the Society of Saints. (Gauri Sukhmani M. 5) 8. When one sheds one's Ego, one is at Peace, And one's body and mind are in Health. (Ibid) 9. He, in whose heart is the pride of dominions, Dies like a cur and falls into hell. He, in whose heart is the pride of beauty, Is but a worm abiding in dirt. (Ibid) 10. He, in whose heart is the pride of good deeds, He, forsure, dies to go the Round again and again. He, in whose heart is the pride of wealth and lands, Is a blind fool, void of Wisdom. He, who is blessed with humility by the Lord's Grace; Obtains Deliverance here, and Peace Hereafter. (Ibid) 11. If a wealthy man has pride of his riches. (Knows he not that) nothin goes along with him, not even a straw? If he has the pride of having hosts of men, (Knows he not that) they are destroyed in an instant? He, who deems himself to be all-powerful, (Knows he not that) he becomes but dust in a moment? The proud one takes no one into account, But him the Lord of Justice humbles and destroys. He, who loses his Ego, by the Guru's Grace, He, Nanak, is Approved at the Lord's Court. If a man, in pride, does myriads of good deeds, All his toil is wasted away. If he does penance in pride, He wanders between heaven and hell, and goes the Round again and again. He, who is in ceaseless effort, but has not a tender heart, Oh, how shall he reach the Court of the Lord? He, who seeks to be called good, Him goodness touches not. Nanak: He, whose mind is the Dust of all, His repute alone is the Purest of the pure. (Gauri Sukhmani M. 5) 12. In Ego one comes: in Ego one goes. In Ego is one bon: in Ego one dies. In Ego one gives, in Ego one takes. In Ego one earns, in Ego one wastes. In Ego is one truthful or lies like a liar. In Ego one reflects on Virtue and Sin. In Ego do we land in Heaven and Hell. In Ego are we happy, in Ego in sorrow. In Ego do we sin, in Ego wash it off. In Ego do we lose the distinctions of caste and kind. In Ego ar we wise; in Ego are we unwise. Yea, (in Eg

SORAT'H, FIFTH MEHL: The Perfect Guru has dispelled the fever. The unstruck melody of the sound current resounds. God has bestowed all comforts. In His Mercy, He Himself has given them. || 1 || The True Guru Himself has eradicated the disease. All the Sikhs and Saints are filled with joy, meditating on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. || Pause || They obtain that which they ask for. God gives to His Saints. God saved Hargobind. Servant Nanak speaks the Truth. || 2 || 6 || 70 || Friday 29th Maghar (Samvat 535 Nanakshahi) (Page: 626)

Waheguru Ji Ki Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Some people think its fine to eat meat and some dont... Altho after you have taken amrit.. you should'nt really eat meat. Thats just what I believe. Its all common sense as HeyDudesWassup said.

I m not sure of future dreams... but sometimes there is this feeling, like you already experienced a situation before.. Today I was writing this exam, and just happened that the prof was sayin somethin about a question... and I felt that I already experienced that before( it was a brief moment)...hard to explain In other words, I think you get dreams of the future, but usually you dont remember any of it... sometimes you just get lucky to remember few glimpses like I had today..

hehe lots of peas in there, you seem to be a fan of peas di sabji rite?

Thanks ....

arite go ahead !! wake me up

SOOHEE, 4th GURU : Showering His Mercy, the Lord imbues the mind with His Love. The Gurmukh merges in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. || 1 || Imbued with the Lord's Love, the mortal enjoys the pleasure of His Love. He remains always blissful, day and night, and he merges into the Shabad, the Word of the Perfect Guru. || 1 || Pause || Everyone longs for the Lord's Love; the Gurmukh is imbued with the deep red color of His Love. || 2 || The foolish, self-willed manmukh is left pale and uncolored. Even if he wishes it a hundred times, he does not obtain the Lord's Love. || 3 || But if the Lord blesses him with His Glance of Grace, then he meets the True Guru. Nanak is absorbed into the subtle essence of the Lord's Love. || 4 || 2 || 6 || Thursday 28th Maghar (Samvat 535 Nanakshahi) (Page : 732)

Its a nice place.. not many sikhz around as in toronto... its big in the cities like halifax, altho I stay in a small pind

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Here's a direct link to it, http://www.gursikhijeevan.com/media/audio/...aur_Ji_Di_Sakhi If you go back a step then you will see more diwans of Sant Isher Singh Ji http://www.gursikhijeevan.com/media/audio/..._Ishar_Singh_Ji

lol, no thanks for your kind seva, I prefer the zen monk better

Great work.. all of you might want to submit your work here http://keertan.waheguroo.com/posters/Conte...Competition.jpg

DHANAASAREE, CHHANT, FIRST MEHL: Your Husband Lord is with you, O deluded soul-bride, but you do are not aware of Him. Your destiny is written on your forehead, according to your past actions. This inscription of past deeds cannot be erased; what do I know about what will happen? You have not adopted a virtuous lifestyle, and you are not attuned to the Lord's Love; you sit there, crying over your past misdeeds.Wealth and youth are like the shade of the bitter swallow-wort plant; you are growing old, and your days are coming to their end. O Nanak, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, you shall end up as a discarded, divorced bride; your own falsehood shall separate you from the Lord. || 1 || You have drowned, and your house is ruined; walk in the Way of the Guru's Will. Meditate on the True Name, and you shall find peace in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. Meditate on the Lord's Name, and you shall find peace; your stay in this world shall last only four days. Sit in the home of your own being, and you shall find Truth; night and day, be with your Beloved. Without loving devotion, you cannot dwell in your own home ? listen, everyone! O Nanak, she is happy, and she obtains her Husband Lord, if she is attuned to the True Name. || 2 || If the soul-bride is pleasing to her Husband Lord, then the Husband Lord will love His bride. Imbued with the love of her Beloved, she contemplates the Word of the Guru's Shabad. She contemplates the Guru's Shabads, and her Husband Lord loves her; in deep humility, she worships Him in loving devotion. She burns away her emotional attachment to Maya, and in love, she loves her Beloved. She is imbued and drenched with the Love of the True Lord; she has become beautiful, by conquering her mind. O Nanak, the happy soul-bride abides in Truth; she loves to love her Husband Lord. || 3 || The soul-bride looks so beautiful in the home of her Husband Lord, if she is pleasing to Him. It is of no use at all to speak false words. If she speaks false, it is of no use to her, and she does not see her Husband Lord with her eyes. Worthless, forgotten and abandoned by her Husband Lord, she passes her life-night without her Lord and Master. Such a wife does not believe in the Word of the Guru's Shabad; she is caught in the net of the world, and does not obtain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence. O Nanak, if she understands her own self, then, as Gurmukh, she merges in celestial peace. || 4 || Blessed is that soul-bride, who knows her Husband Lord. Without the Naam, she is false, and her actions are false as well. Devotional worship of the Lord is beautiful; the True Lord loves it. So immerse yourself in loving devotional worship of God. My Husband Lord is playful and innocent; imbued with His Love, I enjoy Him. She blossoms forth through the Word of the Guru's Shabad; she ravishes her Husband Lord, and obtains the most noble reward. O Nanak, in Truth, she obtains glory; in her Husband's home, the soul-bride looks beautiful. || 5 || 3 || Wednesday 27th Maghar (Samvat 535 Nanakshahi) (Page: 689)

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Its in Sant Baba Isher Singh - Shri Guru Tegh Bahadar Ji Di Sakhi Diwan Its a 76 min tape., If you want to directly listen to this part.. then you can forward it to 32 minutes. Just listened to it again.. its first reciting with tongue, then there is simran at the Kanth chakra, the throat chakra , then the heart chakra , just a little above the heart... and after that at the nabhi.. this is where every pore of the body recites waheguru. After this is the trikuti chakra Listen to it and then we can discuss

lol a single stick hit wont wake me up, he would surely have to try a lot more times

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki fateh Sant Ji also said, the first point is usually the heart, then the navel, and then the trikuti or third eye.. I m not sure of one thing tho, whether this is supposed to go in any sequence, Or can the person start off with any point? Khandaydhaar, If you concentrate at the trikuti, you will usually see a lot of light flashes, and hear various sounds. Kundalini means some type of serpent energy... and some snake is asscoiated with it. The base chakar is like 5 fingers below from the navel as Niranjana said.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Sometimes im thinking the same... like there is no way to find out either... who knows you are in a dream rite now??!! Only when the dream is over, do we know that it was a dream..

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Vol 1 can be read online here http://allaboutsikhs.com/books/ Every Sikh should have atleast read the Biographies of the Gurus.

I will be going to montreal this weekend ... hopefully visit some Gurudwaras there

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Yeh, but I dont live in toronto, I live in NS, and there's only 1 gurudwara that I know there

Waheguru Ji Ki Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh I dont get too often to go to the Gurudwara, its pretty difficult to get there. But the times I been there, its nothin like guys checking out girls and stuff or vice versa.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh thanks veerji,

Just thought it would be good to have the hukamnama on the site and updated everyday.. what do you think? Here's Todays Hukamnama SHALOK, THIRD MEHL: Service to the True Guru is fruitful and rewarding, if one performs it with his mind focused on it. The fruits of the mind?s desires are obtained, and egotism departs from within. His bonds are broken, and he is liberated; he remains absorbed in the True Lord. It is so difficult to obtain the Naam in this world; it comes to dwell in the mind of the Gurmukh. O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to one who serves his True Guru. || 1 || THIRD MEHL: The mind of the self-willed manmukh is so very stubborn; it is stuck in the love of duality. He does not find peace, even in dreams; he passes his life in misery and suffering. The Pandits have grown weary of going door to door, reading and reciting their scriptures; the Siddhas have gone into their trances of Samaadhi. This mind cannot be controlled; they are tired of performing religious rituals. The impersonators have grown weary of wearing false costumes, and bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines. They do not know the state of their own minds; they are deluded by doubt and egotism. By Guru?s Grace, the Fear of God is obtained; by great good fortune, the Lord comes to abide in the mind. When the Fear of God comes, the mind is restrained, and through the Word of the Shabad, the ego is burnt away. Those who are imbued with Truth are immaculate; their light merges in the Light. Meeting the True Guru, one obtains the Name; O Nanak, he is absorbed in peace. || 2 || PAUREE: The pleasures of kings and emperors are pleasing, but they last for only a few days. These pleasures of Maya are like the color of the safflower, which wears off in a moment. They do not go with him when he departs; instead, he carries the load of sins upon his head. When death seizes him, and marches him away, then he looks absolutely hideous. That lost opportunity will not come into his hands again, and in the end, he regrets and repents. || 6 || Tuesday 26th Maghar (Samvat 535 Nanakshahi) (Page: 644)

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh I heard that too in a shabad...

Waheguru Ji Ki Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Kundalini is some form of dormant energy, which you can awaken by simply concentrating on your chakras. Its also known as kundalini yoga. Sant Isher Singh Ji says its beneficial to do naam simran (dont recite but think)at the nabhi Chakra.. as its the plexus of all the nerves in the body.