Sunday July 12, 2009

DAYV-GANDHAAREE, FIFTH MEHL, SECOND HOUSE:

ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:

O mother, I focus my consciousness on the Guru’s feet. As God shows His Mercy, the lotus of my heart blossoms, and forever and ever, I meditate on the Lord. || 1 ||

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The One Lord is within, and the One Lord is outside; the One Lord is contained in all. Within the heart, beyond the heart, and in all places, God, the Perfect One, is seen to be permeating. || 1 ||

So many of Your servants and silent sages sing Your Praises, but no one has found Your limits. O Giver of peace, Destroyer of pain, Lord and Master – servant Nanak is forever a sacrifice to You. || 2 || 1 ||

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:

DAYV-GANDHAAREE, FIFTH MEHL:

I offer my prayer to my True Guru. The Destroyer of distress has become kind and merciful, and all my anxiety is over. || Pause ||

I am a sinner, hypocritical and greedy, but still, He puts up with all of my merits and demerits. Placing His hand on my forehead, He has exalted me. The wicked ones who wanted to destroy me have been killed. || 1 ||

He is generous and benevolent, the beautifier of all, the embodiment of peace; the Blessed Vision of His Darshan is so fruitful! Says Nanak, He is the Giver to the unworthy; I enshrine His Lotus Feet within my heart. || 2 || 24 ||  3 ||

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Friday, July 10, 2009

RAAG AASAA, SECOND HOUSE, THIRD MEHL:

ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:

The Blessed Vision of the Lord’s Darshan is obtained by great good fortune. Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, true detachment is obtained.

The six systems of philosophy are pervasive, but the Guru’s system is profound and unequalled. || 1 ||

The Guru’s system is the way to liberation. The True Lord Himself comes to dwell in the mind. || 1 ||

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Through the Guru’s system, the world is saved, if it is embraced with love and affection. How rare is that person who truly loves the Guru’s Way. Through the Guru’s system, everlasting peace is obtained. || 2 ||

Through the Guru’s system, the Door of Salvation is obtained. Serving the True Guru, one’s family is saved. There is no salvation for those who have no Guru. Beguiled by worthless sins, they are struck down. || 3 ||

Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabad, the body finds peace and tranquility. The Gurmukh is not afflicted by pain. The Messenger of Death does not come near him. O Nanak, the Gurmukh is absorbed in the True Lord. || 4 || 1 || 40 ||

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Thursday July 9th 2008

KALYAAN BHOPAALEE, FOURTH MEHL:

ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:

O Supreme Lord God, Transcendent Lord and Master, Destroyer of pain, Transcendental Lord God. All Your devotees beg of You. Ocean of peace, carry us across the terrifying world-ocean; You are the Wish-fulfilling Jewel. || 1 || Pause ||

Merciful to the meek and poor, Lord of the world, Support of the earth, Inner-knower, Searcher of hearts, Lord of the Universe. Those who meditate on the Supreme Lord become fearless. Through the Wisdom of the Guru’s Teachings, they meditate on the Lord, the Liberator Lord. || 1 ||

Those who come to Sanctuary at the Feet of the Lord of the Universe – those humble beings cross over the terrifying world-ocean. The Lord preserves the honor of His humble devotees; O servant Nanak, the Lord Himself showers them with His Grace. || 2 || 1 || 7 ||

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Wednesday July 8, 2009

BILAAVAL, FIFTH MEHL:

By great good fortune, the Perfect Guru is found. Meeting with the Holy Saints, meditate on the Name of the Lord. || 1 || O Supreme Lord God, I seek Your Sanctuary. Meditating on the Guru’s Feet, sinful mistakes are erased.|| 1 || Pause ||

All other rituals are just worldly affairs; joining the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, one is saved. || 2 ||

One may contemplate the Simritees, Shaastras and Vedas, but only by chanting the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is one saved and carried across. || 3 ||

Have Mercy upon servant Nanak, O God, and bless him with the dust of the feet of the Holy, that he may be emancipated. || 4 || 6 || 11 ||

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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

SHALOK, FIFTH MEHL:

O Husband Lord, You have given me the silk gown of Your Love to cover and protect my honor. You are all-wise and all-knowing, O my Master; Nanak: I have not appreciated Your value, Lord. || 1 ||

FIFTH MEHL: By Your meditative remembrance, I have found everything; nothing seems difficult to me. One whose honor the True Lord Master has preserved – O Nanak, no one can dishonor him. || 2 ||

PAUREE:

Meditating on the Lord, there comes a great peace. Multitudes of illnesses vanish, singing the Glorious Praises of the Lord. Utter peace pervades within, when God comes to mind. One’s hopes are fulfilled, when one’s mind is filled with the Name. No obstacles stand in the way, when one eliminates his self-conceit. The intellect attains the blessing of spiritual wisdom from the Guru. He receives everything, unto whom the Lord Himself gives. You are the Lord and Master of all; all are under Your Protection. || 8 ||

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July 4, 2009, Saturday

DHANAASAREE, DEVOTEE RAVI DAAS JEE:

ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:

There is none as forlorn as I am, and none as Compassionate as You; what need is there to test us now? May my mind surrender to Your Word; please, bless Your humble servant with this perfection. || 1 ||

I am a sacrifice, a sacrifice to the Lord. O Lord, why are You silent?

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For so many incarnations, I have been separated from You, Lord; I dedicate this life to You. Says Ravi Daas: placing my hopes in You, I live; it is so long since I have gazed upon the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.
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In my consciousness, I remember You in meditation; with my eyes, I behold You; I fill my ears with the Word of Your Bani, and Your Sublime Praise. My mind is the bumble bee; I enshrine Your feet within my heart, and with my tongue, I chant the Ambrosial Name of the Lord. || 1 ||

My love for the Lord of the Universe does not decrease. I paid for it dearly, in exchange for my soul. || 1 ||

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Without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, love for the Lord does not well up; without this love, Your devotional worship cannot be performed. Ravi Daas offers this one prayer unto the Lord: please preserve and protect my honor, O Lord, my King. || 2 || 2 ||

Your Name, Lord, is my adoration and cleansing bath. Without the Name of the Lord, all ostentatious displays are useless. || 1 ||

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Your Name is my prayer mat, and Your Name is the stone to grind the sandalwood. Your Name is the saffron which I take and sprinkle in offering to You. 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. || 1 ||

Your Name is the lamp, and Your Name is the wick. Your Name is the oil I pour into it. Your Name is the light applied to this lamp, which enlightens and illuminates the entire world. || 2 ||

Your Name is the thread, and Your Name is the garland of flowers. The eighteen loads of vegetation are all too impure to offer to You. Why should I offer to You, that which You Yourself created? Your Name is the fan, which I wave over You. || 3 ||

The whole world is engrossed in the eighteen Puraanas, the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage, and the four sources of creation. Says Ravi Daas, Your Name is my Aartee, my lamp-lit worship-service. The True Name, Sat Naam, is the food which I offer to You. || 4 || 3 ||

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July 6, 2009 Monday

GOND, FOURTH MEHL:

All the kings, emperors, nobles, lords and chiefs are false and transitory, engrossed in duality – know this well. The eternal Lord is permanent and unchanging; meditate on Him, O my mind, and you shall be approved. || 1 ||

O my mind, vibrate, and meditate on the Lord’s Name, which shall be your defender forever. One who obtains the Mansion of the Lord’s Presence, through the Word of the Guru’s Teachings – no one else’s power is as great as his. || 1 ||

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All the wealthy, high class property owners which you see, O my mind, shall vanish, like the fading color of the safflower. Serve the True, Immaculate Lord forever, O my mind, and you shall be honored in the Court of the Lord. || 2 ||

There are four castes: Brahmin, Kh’shaatriya, Soodra and Vaishya, and there are four stages of life. One who meditates on the Lord, is the most distinguished and renowned. The poor castor oil plant, growing near the sandalwood tree, becomes fragrant; in the same way, the sinner, associating with the Saints, becomes acceptable and approved. || 3 ||

He, within whose heart the Lord abides, is the highest of all, and the purest of all. Servant Nanak washes the feet of that humble servant of the Lord; he may be from a low class family, but he is now the Lord’s servant. || 4 || 4 ||

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Sunday 5th July 2009

English Translation

SHALOK, FIRST MEHL:

All the hours are the milk-maids, and the quarters of the day are the Krishnas. The wind, water and fire are the ornaments; the sun and moon are the incarnations. All of the earth, property, wealth and articles are all entanglements. O Nanak, without divine knowledge, one is plundered, and devoured by the Messenger of Death. || 1 ||

FIRST MEHL:

The disciples play the music, and the gurus dance. They move their feet and roll their heads. The dust flies and falls upon their hair. Beholding them, the people laugh, and then go home. They beat the drums for the sake of bread. They throw themselves upon the ground. They sing of the milk-maids, they sing of the Krishnas. They sing of Sitas, and Ramas and kings. The Lord is fearless and formless; His Name is True. The entire universe is His Creation. Those servants, whose destiny is awakened, serve the Lord. The night of their lives is cool with dew; their minds are filled with love for the Lord. Contemplating the Guru, I have been taught these teachings; granting His Grace, He carries His servants across. The oil-press, the spinning wheel, the grinding stones, the potter’s wheel, the numerous, countless whirlwinds in the desert, the spinning tops, the churning sticks, the threshers, the breathless tumblings of the birds, and the men moving round and round on spindles – O Nanak, the tumblers are countless and endless. The Lord binds us in bondage – so do we spin around. According to their actions, so do all people dance. Those who dance and dance and laugh, shall weep on their ultimate departure. They do not fly to the heavens, nor do they become Siddhas. They dance and jump around on the urgings of their minds. O Nanak, those whose minds are filled with the Fear of God, have the love of God in their minds as well. || 2 ||

PAUREE: Your Name is the Fearless Lord; chanting Your Name, one does not have to go to hell. Soul and body all belong to Him; asking Him to give us sustenance is a waste. If you yearn for goodness, then perform good deeds and feel humble. Even if you remove the signs of old age, old age shall still come in the guise of death. No one remains here when the count of the breaths is full. || 5 ||

Friday 3rd July 2009

English Translation

BILAAVAL, FIFTH MEHL:

Body, mind, wealth and everything, I surrender to my Lord. What is that wisdom, by which I may come to chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har? || 1 ||

Nurturing hope, I have come to beg from God. Gazing upon You, the courtyard of my heart is embellished. || 1 ||

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Trying several methods, I reflect deeply upon the Lord. In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, this mind is saved. || 2 ||

I have neither intelligence, wisdom, common sense nor cleverness. I meet You, only if You lead me to meet You. || 3 ||

My eyes are content, gazing upon the Blessed Vision of God’s Darshan. Says Nanak, such a life is fruitful and rewarding. || 4 || 4 || 9 ||

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