Wednesday, December 31, 2008

MARU, FIFTH MEHL:
God is the almighty Giver of all peace and joy. Be merciful to me, that I may meditate in remembrance on Your Name. The Lord is the Great Giver; all beings and creatures are beggars; His humble servants yearn to beg from Him. || 1 ||
I beg for the dust of [...]

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

SORAT’H, THIRD MEHL, FIRST HOUSE, TI-TUKAS:ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:
You always preserve the honor of Your devotees, O Dear Lord; You have protected them from the very beginning of time. You protected Your servant Prahlaad, O Dear Lord, and annihilated Harnaakhash. The Gurmukhs place their [...]

Monday, December 29th, 2008

English Translation
GAUREE, FIFTH MEHL:
I have enshrined the Lotus Feet of God within my heart. Meeting the Perfect True Guru, I am emancipated.|| 1 ||
Sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe, O my Siblings of Destiny. Joining the Holy Saints, meditate on the Lord’s Name. || 1 ||
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This human [...]

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

English Translation
RAAMKALEE, THE WORD OF THE DEVOTEES. KABEER JEE:
ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:
Make your body the vat, and mix in the yeast.
Let the Word of the Guru’s Shabad be the molasses. Cut up desire, sexuality, anger, pride and envy, and let them be the fermenting bark. || 1 ||
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Saturday Devember 27th 2008

English Translation
GUJRI, FIFTH MEHL, FOURTH HOUSE:
ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE
TRUE GURU:
O Lord, Man-lion Incarnate, Companion to the poor, Divine Purifier of sinners; O Destroyer of fear and dread, Merciful Lord Master, Treasure of Excellence, fruitful is Your service. || 1 ||
O Lord, Cherisher of the World, Guru-Lord of the [...]

Friday 26th December 2008

English Translation:
SORAT’H, FIFTH MEHL:
Children, spouses, men and women in one’s household, are all bound by Maya. At the very last moment, none of them shall stand by you; their love is totally false. || 1 ||
O man, why do you pamper your body so? It shall disperse like a cloud of smoke; [...]

Thursday,25th December 2008

English Translation:
SHALOK, THIRD MEHL:
My Master is eternal. He is seen by practicing the Word of the Shabad. He never perishes; He does not come or go in reincarnation. So serve Him, forever and ever; He is contained in all. Why serve another who is born, and then dies? Fruitless is the life of those [...]

Wednesday, Dec 24, 2008

AASAA, FIFTH MEHL, BIRHARRAY ~ SONGS OF SEPARATION,
TO BE SUNG IN THE TUNE OF THE CHHANTS. FOURTH HOUSE:
ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE TRUE GURU:
Remember the Supreme Lord God, O Beloved, and make yourself a sacrifice to the Blessed Vision of His Darshan. || 1 ||
Remembering Him, sorrows are forgotten, O [...]

Tuesday 22nd December 2008

English Translation
RAAMKALEE, THIRD MEHL, ANAND ~ THE SONG OF BLISS:
ONE UNIVERSAL CREATOR GOD. BY THE GRACE OF THE
TRUE GURU:
I am in ecstasy, O my mother, for I have found my True Guru. I have found the True Guru, with intuitive ease, and my mind vibrates with the music of bliss. The jewelled melodies and [...]

Monday December 22, 2008

English Translation:
SORAT’H, NINTH MEHL:
What efforts should the mortal make, to attain devotional worship of the Lord, and eradicate the fear of death? || 1 ||
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Which actions, what sort of knowledge, and what religion – what Dharma should one practice? What Name of the Guru should one remember in meditation, to [...]