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Bhagats And Worldly People Cannot Be In Alliance

Posted by T. Singh

Bhagats (the Gurmukhs, the true and the Wise ones, the true devotee of the Lord, Aware, Awake, etc.) and the worldly people (the Manmukhs, unaware, unawake, untrue and unwise, etc.) are of the opposite nature. Their mental dispositions are incompatible.

So the Gurbani tells us that “Between the Lord’s devotees and the people of the world, there can never be … Read More »

ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ – O Nanak! There is Only One Amrit

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[Announcing arrival of new Gurbani Reflection at this Blog's Parent Site ]

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥ ਜਿਨ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਤੇਰੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਤੇ ਰਤੇ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਏਕੁ ਹੈ ਦੂਜਾ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਨਾਹਿ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਮਨੈ ਮਾਹਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ਤਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹੀ ਪੀਤਾ ਰੰਗ ਸਿਉ ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹ ਕਉ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਆਦਿ ॥੧॥: Salok Mahala 2 || Jin vadiaaee tere Naam kee … Read More »

Pilgrimage Defined

Posted by T. Singh

In media, we often come across commercials/advertisements about this Teerath Yaatraa or that Teerath Yaatraa (ਤੀਰਥ-ਯਾਤਰਾ – pilgrimage). What is the true Pilgrimage according to the Gurbani?

Vultures roam  around flying high over the planes, mountains, forests and water. However, there  eyes are always fixed on the charnel-pits:  depositories of the dead animals or  bones. Similarly, the mind gripped by … Read More »

Without Knowledge and Naam

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As the opposite of darkness is light, the opposite of ignorance is Knowledge.

As the Gurbani indicates, spiritual Knowledge (Wisdom, Giaan, Shabad-Vichaar, etc.) and Naam (Simran, meditation on the Name, contemplation on the Shabad, etc.) are interconnected. The Gurbani says that whosoever in the world is without these, consider that person as just dead.

Although that person may be medically … Read More »

The Infinite Gurbani

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The Gurbani is a Prescription for life. It prescribes Naam-Simran (meditation) to silence the deadly disease of Haumai (psychological ego), which is essential to understand the Gurbani and to realize the Truth within.

ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਕੀ ਊਤਮ ਬਾਣੀ ਜੁਗਿ ਜੁਗਿ ਰਹੀ ਸਮਾਈ ॥੨੦॥: Bhagat janaa kee ootam baanee jug jug rahee samaaee ||20||: (sggs 909). ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਇਸੁ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਚਾਨਣੁ…: Gurbani is jagg … Read More »

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