Ang-701 — Chapter 61
My comings and goings have ended; the Formless Lord now dwells within my mind.
His limits cannot be found; He is lofty and exalted, inaccessible and infinite.
One who forgets His God, shall die and be reincarnated, hundreds of thousands of times. ||6||
They alone bear true love for their God, within whose minds He Himself dwells.
So dwell only with those who share their virtues; chant and meditate on God, twenty-four hours a day.
They are attuned to the Love of the Transcendent Lord; all their sorrows and afflictions are dispelled. ||7||
You are the Creator, You are the Cause of causes; You are the One and the many.
You are All-powerful, You are present everywhere; You are the subtle intellect, the clear wisdom.
Nanak chants and meditates forever on the Naam, the Support of the humble devotees. ||8||1||3||
Raag Soohee, Fifth Mehl, Ashtpadheeyaa, Tenth House, Kaafee:
One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru:
Even though I have made mistakes, and even though I have been wrong, I am still called Yours, O my Lord and Master.
Those who enshrine love for another, die regretting and repenting. ||1||
I shall never leave my Husband Lord's side.
My Beloved Lover is always and forever beautiful. He is my hope and inspiration. ||1||Pause||
You are my Best Friend; You are my relative. I am so proud of You.
And when You dwell within me, I am at peace. I am without honor - You are my honor. ||2||
And when You are pleased with me, O treasure of mercy, then I do not see any other.
Please grant me this blessing, that that I may forever dwell upon You and cherish You within my heart. ||3||
Let my feet walk on Your Path, and let my eyes behold the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.
With my ears, I will listen to Your Sermon, if the Guru becomes merciful to me. ||4||
Hundreds of thousands and millions do not equal even one hair of Yours, O my Beloved.
You are the King of kings; I cannot even describe Your Glorious Praises. ||5||
Your brides are countless; they are all greater than I am.
Please bless me with Your Glance of Grace, even for an instant; please bless me with Your Darshan, that I may revel in Your Love. ||6||
Seeing Him, my mind is comforted and consoled, and my sins and mistakes are far removed.
How could I ever forget Him, O my mother? He is permeating and pervading everywhere. ||7||
In humility, I bowed down in surrender to Him, and He naturally met me.
I have received what was pre-ordained for me, O Nanak, with the help and assistance of the Saints. ||8||1||4||
Soohee, Fifth Mehl:
The Simritees, the Vedas, the Puraanas and the other holy scriptures proclaim
that without the Naam, everything is false and worthless. ||1||
The infinite treasure of the Naam abides within the minds of the devotees.
Birth and death, attachment and suffering, are erased in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy. ||1||Pause||
Those who indulge in attachment, conflict and egotism shall surely weep and cry.
Those who are separated from the Naam shall never find any peace. ||2||
Crying out, Mine! Mine!, he is bound in bondage.
Entangled in Maya, he is reincarnated in heaven and hell. ||3||
Searching, searching, searching, I have come to understand the essence of reality.
Without the Naam, there is no peace at all, and the mortal will surely fail. ||4||
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Hadith (An-Nawawi 13)
“None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”
Leviticus 19:18
“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Mahabharata 5.1517
“One should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself.”
Divine Compassion & Mercy
Quran 1:1
“In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.”
Psalm 23:1
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”
Luke 6:36
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Snp 1.8
“As a mother would risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings.”
Impermanence & Letting Go
Dhammapada 20:277
“All conditioned things are impermanent. When one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”
Tao Te Ching 76
“A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. The soft and yielding is the disciple of life.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.”
Bhagavad Gita 2:22
“As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, the soul similarly accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.”
The Path to Wisdom
Proverbs 4:7
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.”
Dhammapada 20:282
“Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes.”
Analects 2:11
“If you study the past and use it to understand the present, you are worthy of being a teacher.”
Tao Te Ching 33
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
Humility & Surrender
Bhagavad Gita 18:66
“Abandon all varieties of dharma and simply surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions; do not fear.”
Matthew 5:5
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
Tao Te Ching 22
“If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.”
Quran 2:45
“Seek help through patience and prayer. It is indeed exacting, but not for those who are humble.”