Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Looking forward...: The year 2014The year began with very good note fo...
Looking forward...: The year 2014The year began with very good note fo...: The year 2014 The year began with very good note for me. Lohri was celebrated with all children and it was Jai's my grandson's firs...
The year 2014
The year began with very good note for me. Lohri was celebrated with all children and it was Jai's my grandson's first Lohri. Amber my grand daughter loves village life and she wanted to celebrate it in Punjab. January was cold but Amber enjoyed the farm life with running around and playing with Grandpa's puppies. This was also year to make many decisions - I started writing again, daughter decided to get married and husband stopped farming. All are happy. My father passed away just before Lal's wedding and made us very sad as lal wanted him to see her as bride. Death is inevitable but noble people only leave their bodies and their good souls always remain with us as good wishes.
The ugly event in Peshawar spoilt the otherwise good year that had no major tragedies reported. Pakistan's children are paying the price for Pakistan's evil designs. Pakistan is writing history with satanic verses. Where is God? why he didn't save the innocent lives?
15 more days for the year to wind up and I hope all goes well as the year will end up with Happy note and lot of celebration at home. My 40th wedding anniversary and Lal is getting married on the 30th December. I am so happy that my long time friends are coming all the way from Germany for the marriage. jai and Amber will add to all the fun.
Join me friends with all your good wishes in my happiest moments.
I love you all and help me spread the love to all humanity.Repeat the Sikh prayer with me and say Sarbat da bhala- wishing goodness for the whole humanity.
The year began with very good note for me. Lohri was celebrated with all children and it was Jai's my grandson's first Lohri. Amber my grand daughter loves village life and she wanted to celebrate it in Punjab. January was cold but Amber enjoyed the farm life with running around and playing with Grandpa's puppies. This was also year to make many decisions - I started writing again, daughter decided to get married and husband stopped farming. All are happy. My father passed away just before Lal's wedding and made us very sad as lal wanted him to see her as bride. Death is inevitable but noble people only leave their bodies and their good souls always remain with us as good wishes.
The ugly event in Peshawar spoilt the otherwise good year that had no major tragedies reported. Pakistan's children are paying the price for Pakistan's evil designs. Pakistan is writing history with satanic verses. Where is God? why he didn't save the innocent lives?
15 more days for the year to wind up and I hope all goes well as the year will end up with Happy note and lot of celebration at home. My 40th wedding anniversary and Lal is getting married on the 30th December. I am so happy that my long time friends are coming all the way from Germany for the marriage. jai and Amber will add to all the fun.
Join me friends with all your good wishes in my happiest moments.
I love you all and help me spread the love to all humanity.Repeat the Sikh prayer with me and say Sarbat da bhala- wishing goodness for the whole humanity.
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The massacre of innocent children in Pa...: Massacre The massacre of innocent children in Pakistan is the most barbaric act of violence that can be termed Ungodly, UN-Islamic and i...
Thursday, 11 December 2014
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Looking forward...: Gems of GurbaniGuru Granth SahibSukhmani Sahib 43A...: Gems of Gurbani Guru Granth Sahib Sukhmani Sahib 43 Ashtapadi 18 continues: Tongue is one but manifold are His praises because He is...
Gems of Gurbani
Guru Granth Sahib
Sukhmani Sahib 43
Ashtapadi 18 continues: Tongue is one but manifold are His
praises because He is Perfect Person in Himself with all the qualities, the
Lord is inaccessible, incomprehensible and immaculate and none of the human
sense organs can reach Him and he has no need of food (offerings made to Him
with food and eatable of His choice through Pundit is all waste, for Him all
are equal), He has no enmity and can comfort anyone. It is just impossible to
match with Him with all these qualities and we can never evaluate His True
worth. Many devotees ever make obeisance bowing to His lotus feet they meditate
on His Name. Nanak is ever devoted to the True Guru by whose grace one can
meditate on Lord’s Name (pad 5).
Rare people have the fortune to obtain the ambrosial Nectar
of His Name and the one who quaffs on it becomes immortal. That person never
perishes in whose mind the treasure of values get manifested. He can take the
instructions from True Guru and gives these further to His servants. Such a
person never gets influenced by worldly love and illusions he has only One Lord
in his mind. In pitch darkness the Name of Lord shines like a lamp O Nanak all
the darkness of superstitions, worldly illusions and pain vanish with His
enlightenment (pad 6).
O brother! The instructions of the Perfect Saint are like
coolness in the midst of heat, happiness chasing away the pain, the fear of
birth and death is removed. When the fear is gone the life becomes fearless for
mortal, the evil is destroyed and with that vanishes from mind. All, to whom He
has shown mercy, belong to Him and in the company of Saints the Name of God,
the enemy of pride is repeated. By repeatedly listening to the Name of Lord O
Nanak, doubt and wandering of the mind is chased away and stability takes place
(pad 7).
“Nirgun and Sargun are two characteristics that are endorsed
for Almighty in Sikh philosophy. One wonders how two opposing qualities are
attributed to the Almighty? The explanation for this comes from Guru Nanak’s
concept of God and according to him the origin of the world or universe has
taken place when the visible attributed qualities of the Lord manifested and
the Creation of Lord can be seen, felt and absorbed by all five organs. Before
this Creation the Almighty Lord was there but all the attributed qualities were
not manifested so Guruji call Him Nirgun. Even in His Sargun form Almighty
cannot be compared with anybody visible with form and shape because His
manifestation is only in His Creation.”
He himself is Nirgun and Sargun and by showing all His
miracles of Creation He has amazed the whole world and has created the whole
drama. He alone knows His worth. There is none other like Him. He is continuously
within everything and like warp and woof He is contained in everything and this
enlightenment comes in the company of Saints. Having created His Creation He
has infused all His power in it and Nanak is ever ready to sacrifice himself to this Powerful Lord (pad 8).
Sunday, 7 December 2014
Looking forward...: Gems of GurbaniGuru Granth SahibSukhmani Sahib 42G...
Looking forward...: Gems of GurbaniGuru Granth SahibSukhmani Sahib 42G...: Gems of Gurbani Guru Granth Sahib Sukhmani Sahib 42 God is forever there and by reciting on His Name we get enlightenment to be in H...
Gems of Gurbani
Guru Granth Sahib
Sukhmani Sahib 42
God is forever there and by reciting on His Name we get
enlightenment to be in His presence (Ashtapadi 18).
Shlok: He who has realized the True Lord, is called True
Guru. Sing the praises O Nanak because with his association His disciple gets
emancipated.
Ashtapadi 18 begins: The True Guru is ever protecting his
disciple and he is always merciful towards him. Guru washes off the filth of
evil thoughts from the mind of his disciple and he starts repeating the Name of
God. All the bondages are removed once the disciple comes in to the sanctuary
of the True Guru and he stops all evil deeds. The True Guru gives the wealth of
God’s Name to his disciple. The True Guru makes not only this life but the next
one as well worth for his disciple. The True Guru is the slave of the God and
Nanak ever worships him and remains in His feet (pad 1).
The one who has come to live in the house of the True Guru
loves to obey the command of the Guru and doesn’t like to show his own
importance (remember the humble personality of Bhai Lehna ji who came to live
with Guru Nanak ji at Kartarpur and was accepted by Guru Nanak to carry forward
the House of Nanak or thought of Nanak ji and thus became Guru Angad the second
Master). In his mind he shall ever meditate on His (Lord’s) Name and sell off
his soul to the Guru and such a slave of Guru is taken care of by the Guru
himself and all his affairs are set. He obtains the Lord because he pleases Him
by giving the service. He absorbs all the instruction given by the Guru and
thus gets all the grace of Guru showered on self O Nanak (pad 2).
The God’s servant who makes his Guru fully sure of his
devotion has actually understood the concept of Supreme Being. Because a True
Guru has only one God in his heart and I sacrifice myself again and again to
such a Guru because he is the treasure of everything and he is provider of new
lease of life to mankind all remain absorbed in His Transcendent Name all eight
watches of the day. The Saint abides in the Lord and the Lord abides in his
Saints. One may become very clever and overly smart and search thousands of
ways to find Him (God). Nanak says only by great fortune such Guru is obtained
(pad 3). (I strongly believe this pad has been written for Guru Nanak ji by the
fifth Master).
A man’s life is complete and purified if he gets a sight of
the True Guru and his life gets blot-less if he gets the chance to touch his
feet. In the company of a True Guru and singing His praises one can reach the
court of the Supreme Being. On hearing the words of Guru the ears get sated, the
mind gets contentment and the soul is won over. Perfect is the Guru and
eternally true are his instructions. His ambrosial glance is enough to make a
Saint out of Simple person. Infinite are his virtues and their worth cannot be measured.
Nanak says whoever pleases Him so much He unites him to self (pad 4).
Thursday, 4 December 2014
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Gems of Gurbani
Guru Granth Sahib
Sukhmani Sahib 41
Ashtapadi 17 continues: If God infuses might in a tiny ant it
can reduce an army of millions of men to ashes but when He wishes to preserve
someone whom He likes, He does not take his breath away. Man makes many efforts
of many kinds (to prolong life) but it goes all in vain because none can
preserve or kill (but God). He is the protector of all beings (on this earth). Why
do you have such anxiety O mortal being? Nanak says meditate only on the Name
of this Wonderful Lord (pad 5).
Again and again recite on Lord’s Name that is like drinking
nectar that make soul and body both sated. The jewel of Lord’s Name is awarded
to the Gurmukh (God oriented) and he gets so engrossed that he cannot see
anything other than the One Lord. The name is his wealth, his beauty and
delight. The name is his comfort and companion. The persons satiated with the nectar
of the Name are merged with body and soul into the Name alone. O Nanak such
persons become His slaves and they are reciting His Name whilst seated, standing
and sleeping (pad 6).
Uttering His Name day
and night is the blessing, a gift that Lord has bestowed on His devotee. He
performs devotional service with heartfelt yearning to remain absorbed in His
Name. He comes to know of his past (his birth or origin) and his present to recognize
the Will of Lord. Who can narrate His praises? I know not how to describe Him
not even one of His excellences. Nanak says all those who can remain in His
presence at all hours of the day are perfect (pad 7).
O my soul you seek the protection, and give your body and
soul to those who have recognized the Lord and have become donor of His gifts.
In their sanctuary you shall find the solace and all the sins will vanish in
their presence. You shall renounce all your cleverness and attach yourself to
the service of those slaves who will emancipate you from the coming and going (cycle
of rebirth). O Nanak, worship at the feet of such beings of the Lord (pad 8).
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
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Looking forward...: Gems of GurbaniGuru Granth SahibSukhmani Sahib 4...: Gems of Gurbani Guru Granth Sahib Sukhmani Sahib 40 The Lord God is indestructible (Ashtapadi 17) Shlok: True in the prime, True...
Gems of Gurbani
Guru Granth Sahib
Sukhmani Sahib 40
The Lord God is indestructible (Ashtapadi 17)
Shlok: True in the prime, True from the beginning of ages,
True He is even now and He will be eternally True O Nanak.
Ashtapadi 17 begins; true are the Lords feet and true are
those who touch them. True is His sight and true is our seeking Him. True is
His Name and true is who meditate on His Name. He (God) is true Himself and
true is all that he sustains. He is Himself goodness and goodness He bestows
upon others. True is His word and true is the one who utters that word. True
are those ears that hear the praises of the True Lord. The one who understands
the True Lord all is Truth O Nanak True, True is the Lord (Pad 1).
He, who has accepted in his heart that the Lord is embodiment
of Truth recognizes that God is the root cause of all that is caused in this
world. He, who has the faith for one supreme God in his mind, has the divine
knowledge revealed to him. (A mortal) Abandoning all fear he, who has
fearlessly absorbed in Him from whom he has sprung like a blend of a thing of
same kind (Water for example) that cannot be separated. Only a person who has
sharp discerning understanding to know him O Nanak can meet the Omnipresent
Lord (pad 2).
Lord’s slave is ever
obedient to Him as he adores Him, his faith is imbibed in his mind and his way
of life becomes pure as he knows that the God is always with him and the love
grows more and more for the Lord. And then the Lord becomes his care taker, his
cherisher and the Formless Lord preserves the honour of His slave. He is the
Lord’s servant whom He shows his mercy, Nanak, that slave remembers the Lord
with every breath (pad 3).
The Lord screens all shortcomings of His devotees and doesn't allows his honour to be maligned instead he gives Him glory and makes him
remember His Name. He maintains the honour of His devotees and no one knows to
what extent He can go in doing that because no one can compete with Lord’s
devotee as they becomes highest of high. Nanak, when the Lord has taken someone
as His slave he becomes known in all ten directions (pad 4).
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
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Looking forward...: Destinies can b...: Destinies can be written My father, known as Sardarji Doctor here in Pune was born to very humble par...
Destinies can be written
My father, known as Sardarji Doctor here in Pune was born to very humble
parents of village ‘Lalian Kalan” in district Jullandhar of Punjab. After
struggling hard for survival with meager agricultural land and tibbas (sand
dunes) overpowering the agricultural activities the family decided to take
advantage of the scheme floated by the colonial Power to recruit soldiers from
Punjab and the scheme was to give agriculture land as reward to a family that
would send three sons to the army for fighting in the world war II. So my
father joined army and had the distinction of serving in famous Punjab Regiment.
A thin, meek and shy boy of Lalian kalan who was just forth standard pass in
Urdu medium was taught the hardships of life in war front and he was in signals
and had to be there in front before others joined. Along with others he
traversed the whole of middle east, North Africa, central Africa and then right
up to Italy where just 14 Km before Rome he was badly injured with Bomb shrapnel
all over his body. He was sent back to India and landed in Karachi Military
hospital where he was operated upon 13 times. After that arduous life almost in
isolation from family he was sent to Pune- Khadki for recuperation as the
British had decided to divide India and Karachi was going to be part of
Pakistan. That was year 1946. In Karachi Military hospital he was sent to
morgue once as he was declared dead by British Doctors, three days later the
morgue attendant heard his mourns and he was taken back to critical care and
given treatment. Perhaps it was God’s gift of second lease of life. My father
had learned a lot from the Granthi ji of his unit who not only taught Gurmukhi
and Hindi but recitation of Gurbani and kirtan to him. After recuperating in
Khadki MH he joined central govt.’s job
in Pune as electrician but somewhere in back of his mind was the thought of
doing sewa and show his gratitude to the Almighty Lord for giving him second
life. He asked for a space from the Army officers for making a Gurudwara in
Khadki and was granted a small place. He made his Gurudwara and every Sunday paid
his tributes to the Lord by singing Kirtan. He was so shy but when he was doing
Kirtan he was absorbed may be united with Lord and forgot the world around him.
Something was urging him to do more and more and he joined a correspondence
course for homoeopathy. He learned everything so thoroughly that he passed his
exams of medical Council easily and became a registered medical practitioner in
one go.
And the destinies are either written or made but I think in his case it
was both because he became so famous as doctor that all MBBS and MD doctors of
the area came to see his practice where he daily gave medicines to 300 -400
patients. Sometimes people came with flowers and coconuts just like they do
offerings in Temples. Soldiers would ask permission to go and take medicine
from Sardarji Doctor so the CO of Military hospital once asked me if he does
some magic. He lived the life of a Gurmukh, did sewa, did free distribution of
medicines to the needy, his words were like Saints because many people said we
get 50% relief from his speech and the other 50% from his very simple
medicines.
On his Antim Ardas on 9th December 2014 in MH Khadki
Gurudwara in Pune please join this daughter to pay tribute to this noble soul
and a true Sikh of Guru Nanak.
Monday, 1 December 2014
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Gems of
Gurbani
Guru Granth
Sahib
Sukhmani
Sahib 39
Ashtapadi 16
continues:
The (God’s) Name sustains all creatures in this world, by His
name the regions (continents) and the universe are sustained, the Vedas,
puranas and smiritis are all sustained by His Name, by His name the knowledge
and meditation are sustained, by His name the skies and the under worlds get
their support, all the formations in this world are supported by His Name, by
the support of His name all mansions (Bhavan – it is believed that there are
three mansions to complete the universe and they are Skies (all spheres), earth
and under earth world or Patal) are sustained. Men are emancipated by
associating with the Name and hearing it with their ears. O Nanak, the merciful
Lord when decides to merge the mortals into His Name the fourth stage (fourth
stage of human life is believed to be of eternal bliss when a mortal is totally
merged into Lord) of human life is obtained (pad 5).
True is His Form and True is His seat, His Person is so true
that He alone can be Supreme (because all his features –form, seat and his
personality are true), His acts and his word speaks through all the mortals
because He is contained in all. His deeds are seen in His Creation and His
Creation is the Truth. His foundation is the ultimate Truth so all that springs
from Him is the Truth. Whatever He does is the purest of pure. Everything turns
out well for a mortal who has understood His instructions. The True Name of the
Lord gives peace and this faith Nanak has obtained from the True Guru (pad 6).
True are the words and
instructions of the Saints, true are the persons in whose hearts The Lord has
entered and all those who have understood the truth and are in love with it get
salvation by meditating on His Name. Lord Himself is the truth because all he
has made is the truth (there is no illusion about His Creation and it is not
mythology). He Himself knows his limits and extent. It is His Creation and it
belongs to Him and none can understand all His extent and none can take care of
it. None can estimate The Creator’s extent and measure O Nanak; He (God) does
what pleases Him (pad 7).
I am amazed at all the wonders he can display and all those
whom His wonders are revealed are the one who can enjoy them. All those who are
absorbed in the love of Lord obtain the bliss of His Name. They themselves
become the messenger of that love by spreading which all the pain vanishes and
the mortals swim across the worldly ocean. He who associates with the servants
of Lord is fortunate and in such a society he professes love for only one
Universal Lord. Lord’s slave sings His excellence and praises and obtains His
Grace O Nanak (pad 8).
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