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Looking forward...: Hello FB friendsLet us contemplate the year that i...: Hello FB friends Let us contemplate the year that is just passing away and will be gone with the stroke of mid night gong and world over...

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Let us contemplate the year that is just passing away and will be gone with the stroke of mid night gong and world over people will be celebrating and welcoming the New Year with fireworks and Champaign. For India the year was good with few disasters here and there like train accidents, and rapes and political leg pulling by all parties. These things are so normal for us Indians that we have stopped reacting vehemently on these matters and as usual forget to unite and fight for a cause. Not a very big disaster though because life is time passes as usual. Our Prime Minister Modi ji had the best time of his life in this year as he could visit maximum number of countries on tax payers accounts and happily implemented new Bharat swachhta abhiyan tax which is levied on all types of taxes like corporation taxes, restaurant food bills, education cess and whatever other taxes we are paying. It is conveniently charges from all taxpaying instruments. We are all paying without questions so why bother?  Modi ji ka swachhta Abhiyan or hamara sirf tax hi hai naa? A year has passed but the clean India is still a distant dream Modi ji.

The great Indian National Congress was thrown from crown but could not sit idle and the biggest actions of the year were taken for come back and as usual their politics remained dirty. They joined hands with Nitish Kumar in Bihar and in Punjab with the separatists and called for Sarbat Khalsa which is a prerogative of the Sikhs Supreme Seat – Akal Takht. Their interference in religious matter of the Sikhs is unbearable and caused much anxiety in Punjab. Their joining hand with separatists is a clear sign that they want terrorism revived in Punjab and for them their own survival is more important than peace in the country. A shameful act of the Congress Party.

On personal account the year was not as planned but the efforts will continue and many missing gaps will be fulfilled so there is no New year resolution as yet.

Wishing everybody a very pleasant and merry  New Year.

Spread the message of peace and love and pray for the sufferings of humans wherever there is disaster caused by humans and nature.

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In dedication to Guru Gobind Sing...:   Sahibe Kamal -6 In dedication to Guru Gobind Singh Ji After the battle at Bhangani Guruji stayed for few more months at Paonta ...

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In dedication to Guru Gobind Sing...:   Sahibe Kamal -6 In dedication to Guru Gobind Singh Ji After the battle at Bhangani Guruji stayed for few more months at Paonta ...

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Looking forward...: Souls of SikhismTwo tender souls known as ‘nikkiya...: Souls of Sikhism Two tender souls known as ‘nikkiyan jinda wadde sakke’( tender souls with great deeds) were youngest sons of Guru Gobin...

Souls of Sikhism

Two tender souls known as ‘nikkiyan jinda wadde sakke’( tender souls with great deeds) were youngest sons of Guru Gobind Singh ji. After leaving the fortress of Chamkaur where Sikhs were fighting a fierce battle with ten lakh Mogul army and Hindu Kings of Himalayan mountains and had no more food supplies. They decided to leave the fortress because history was to witness the turn of events and downfall of Moguls, sealing of Indian borders from invading marauders who were troubling the motherland with tyranny and oppression of all kinds. The mountainous Hindu Kingdoms joined these marauders and invaders because they were against the Sikh philosophy of equality for all and knowledge to the poor to fight for their rights. Their luxurious life was financed by the ignorant and fearful, blind faith and oppression bearing weak Hindu masses. The family of Guru Gobind Singh ji separated in the dark rainy night of wintry December. Or perhaps the Hindu Brahmin cook wanted to earn some gold coins from Subedar Wazir Khan of Sirhind so he lead them to his village nearby where he sent message and the youngest sons along with their grandmother were arrested. Wazir Khan asked them to accept Islam and they will be spared with their lives. Coming from a family of martyrs they knew the values of faith and convictions. When Nawab of Malerkotla reprimanded the Subedar Wazir Khan from killing small children and an aged grandmother they were asked again “if we release you what will you do?” The young boys aged seven and nine replied: we will again gather our Sikhs and fight till death to finish your tyranny and misrule. This angered Wazir Khan and he ordered them to brick alive. When they were being bricked alive they were again asked to accept Islam. They refused following their conviction to freedom to believe in faith of their choice and live a life of freedom from slavery. This angered the tyrant even more and he asked for Jibah that is killing of animals in slow manner in Islam before they partake as food. What cruelty and barbarism on small children. But two sons of Guru Gobind Singh were steadfast in their belief and became the youngest martyrs in the history of the world. Their bodies and that of their grandmother Mata Gujar Kaur ji who was thrown from the fort and killed, were thrown in wild barren land. But a Hindu follower of Guru Gobind Singh ji recovered the bodies and bought land with gold coins to cremate them with honour. One Hindu betrays them for gold coins and another spends all his gold coins to bring them honour they deserved. This is the human nature that is cultivated with great difficulty. When Guruji heard the sequence of their death penalty he declared that today the dawn of Moguls sun is set.

An emissary of Guru Gobind Singhji came and started destroying the Moguls from same land of Sirhind and wielded his sword in such manner that Moguls and Afgans started fearing Sikhs though they were always minority. His bravery and valor became exemplary for Sikhs and bases of Sikh Empire was erected and invaders stopped forever to look at India.The dream of Islamic invaders remained unfulfilled to convert India into an Islamic country like they did in other parts of Asia. Today Muslims remain a minority in India. It is important to bring this historical fact known to all Indians that such tender souls have laid their lives for remaining convicted to freedom of belief of your choice and freedom from slavery. We owe two tears to these young boys Fateh Singh and Jorawar Singh who gave their lives so that we could live in freedom with our believes. For me the freedom struggle of India had started with martyrdom of these two tender souls.

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Looking forward...: A Tribute to two Sikh teen idolsOn this day of 23 ...: A Tribute to two Sikh teen idols On this day of 23 December two teenage sons of Guru Gobind Singh ji became martyrs in a battle at Chamk...

A Tribute to two Sikh teen idols

On this day of 23 December two teenage sons of Guru Gobind Singh ji became martyrs in a battle at Chamkaur. This battle of Chamkaur has no parallel in the military history of the world. On one side there were handful of Sikhs enclosed in a Fortress made of mud and on the other side there was an army of 1000000 (ten lakhs) Mogul and Hindu Kingdoms of Himalayan mountains. Just imagine the fear of Moguls and Hindu Kings that they came for battles together to fight a handful of Sikhs. This shows the fear of the enemy that they will face a small army of invincible Sikhs so they brought huge force. Two teenage sons known as Baba Ajit Singh and Baba Jujhar Singh have become Sikh idols by becoming martyrs fighting in this battle. They are idols because they are epitome of bravery, courage, convictions for righteousness and knights in the real sense of the word. Their enthusiasm to fight for the human values as per the dictates of the Almighty at the tender age of nineteen and fourteen makes them outstanding in the history. No doubt that they were given proper training in warfare and weaponry and how to value for human rights and righteousness still the execution of all the training and convictions becomes exemplary seeing their tender age. Encouragement from Guru Father by not discriminating between two sons and other Singhs whom he addressed as his sons too was that impulse that made them fight like invincible Knights and inflict heavy losses of life in the enemy’s arena.

A tribute to these brave hearts of Sikh History on their martyr’s day for showing us the path to righteousness, convictions, a battle to fight tyranny and extremism. Please maintain two minutes silence after reading this write up.

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In dedication to Guru Gobind Sing...: Sahibe Kamal - 2 In dedication to Guru Gobind Singh ji In today's terminology we would describe a multi-talented and multi-facete...

Sahibe Kamal - 2

In dedication to Guru Gobind Singh ji

In today's terminology we would describe a multi-talented and multi-faceted personality for Guru Gobind Singh ji. But if you study the story of his life minutely you would say he was par excellence, he was beyond the understanding of normal human beings. He learnt so much in his short life and gave so much to the humanity that even the so called incarnations of God could not do for humanity. The incarnate of God fought battles for personal and family's honour whereas Guru Gobind Singh ji sacrificed his father, mother, four sons in the cause of human rights and to free the humanity from tyranny. He could see his father only after five years after his birth in Patna and then moved to Punjab. In those five years he was given extensive training and with his excellent grasping he had the hold on Brij language. Not only the hold, he could develop fine muse for the language that later he wrote his famous biography 'Bachitra Natak' in prose in that language. His hold in languages was so good that he not only wrote in Sanskrit, farsi, Prakrit and Punjabi but composed many books.After returning to Punjab his father Guru Teg Bahadur ji settled in Anandpur Sahib and he was given extensive training in weapons, horse riding and marshal games and of-course in Sikh history and philosophy. He was just nine years when his father was martyred in Delhi. It was the most terrifying period in Indian history where an Emperor had gone crazy with zeal to convert Hindus by force in to Islam. The janeyu's the sacred thread of upper caste Hindus weighed daily in mounds after killing them. Lacs of people were arrested daily and they had only two options convert or get killed. After Guru Teg Bahadur ji's martyrdom the events of conversion became lesser and it was hard time for Sikhs because Guru Gobind Singh ji started organising Sikhs and many Islamic rulers and mountain Kings didn't like the new religion that was teaching equality for all human beings. The wielding power of force doesn't work on awakened people for that corrupt rulers need downtrodden people. Guru ji had imbibed the philosophy of Guru Nanak so minutely at that young age of nine that he started contemplating on how to revive that spirit of awakening in people that the weakest could stand and fight for his and his countrymen's rights. He was so perturbed by the people of Delhi  when his father was martyred that no one had the courage to come forward and claim his body. After the  events of his father's martyrdom he decided to create a race from the same people who would be fearless, courageous but pure in intentions. To think of such mammoth task with handful of followers, no resources, no revenue and an Emperor as opponent who was so tyrannical and enjoyed the humiliation of people was not a mean task. 

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In dedication to Guru Gobind Singhji

Guru Gobind Singhji is that personality in Sikh History for whom Sikh's will be ready to lay their lives even today. He gave that impulse to the downtrodden, raised that spirit in them that we call 'Chardi. Kala",infused that bravery in his followers that people forgot to turn and look back instead  prepared to die in dedication to the cause of humanity. He made a marshal race out of those people who embraced Islam out of fear instead of fighting for their rights,sufferings and humiliations. Understanding this personality of Guru Gobind Singh is not a job of common historian. Most historians are influenced by the contemporary ruling class, discriminatory outlook and their negligence to see the facts in right light. Back ground of so many historical facts, social conditions of the time and political situation are to be taken into consideration before we analyse a historical personality. After the death of Emperor Aurangzeb his successors were too weak to take control of the socio-political uprisings. The last Emperor was too dependent on the radical Muslim clergy and the Subedars of Punjab had become independent. A wide spread persecution of Sikhs followed and there were orders to kill Sikh on sight. Guru Gobind Singhji was aware of this political development but could't come to take situation in his hands as he was injured and later succumbed to his injuries. He sent an emissary with extraordinary powers to Punjab known as Banda Bahadur to organise Sikhs. He did that with all that graceful exhibition of power that a Sikh Empire was founded on it. With the creation of Sikh Empire a new unique impulse was born in this country that invaders were fearful to come to India and Khyber pass was forever closed to reach and terrify Indians. so much so that the handful mercenaries of England who had acquired political powers and established Empire after beating a retreat in Muslim rulers also feared the power of Khalsa. They couldn't look towards Punjab until the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

There will be an introduction to this great personality Guru Gobind Singh ji through historical, social, political perspectives in few write ups. The name Sahibe Kamal was given by an ardent admirer who was an Arya Samaji - Daulat Rai. Who wrote about him when Sikh historians were not yet prepared to give right perspective to the personality of Guru Gobind Singh ji and lot of other historians were writing a discriminatory account of Gurus personality.

Shaheedan nu Pranam
In Guru Granth Sahib there are 60 hymns written by Guru Teg Bahdur ji and they are all in Brij bhasa – a language spoken in eastern parts of the country like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. After Guru Nanak Devji major missionary work to spread Sikhism in far off places (out of greater Punjab) was done by Guru Teg Bahadur ji. He took up the missionary work on the trails of Guru Nanak in UP and Bihar and went from Assam and other sister states up to now Bangladesh. In Punjab the fear of Moghul and their tyranny had become lesser and people were getting ready to face them. According to the new policies of Islamization, Aurangzeb had started demolishing temples and the fear factor in east was so strong that all the Sikhs established by Guru Nanak there started coming to Guruji. Guru Teg Bahadur ji left for the east and spent 5 years in infusing spirit of chardi kala in those people. That is why all his hymns are in Brij bhasha. Guru ji was in Dacca when the news came that arbitrary islamisation will now starts by first converting Brahmins to Islam. The idea was that if the Brahmins were converted first it will be easier to convert other castes. This task was first started by Subedar of Kashmir. So Kashmiri Pundit who knew about Sikh Gurus because of the missionary work and battles of Guru Hargobind ji that only they can save us. They came to Guruji at Anandpur sahib and asked for a solution. After contemplating on this matter Guru ji thought of the great sacrifice of his Grandfather Guru Arjun Devji and his convictions to remain a true Sikh of house of Nanak. So even if he was not a votary of Tilak and janeyu he resolved to give his life to save humanity from the tyranny of Auranzeb. It was the plight of fellow human beings that his resolve to sacrifice his life was taken and he declared if the Emperor can convert Sikh Guru to Islam others will follow. If he is not successful in converting the Sikh Guru he will stop the tyrannical dictate of forcible conversions. On hearing this declaration the Emperor ordered his arrest. Guru Teg Bahadurji was prepared for this heroic task by his father Guru Hargobind ji. He was left alone for meditation in Bakala at his grandmother’s house. 13 years of secluded life for meditation and contemplation a great soul, a master was ready to take up the heroic and supreme task that has no parallel in the history of the world. A self sacrifice for own religion and convictions is heard of but for the sake of humanity and plight of fellow human beings was never heard of before. He saved Hindus from ghastly conversion dictates of the Emperor and for that reason he is known as Hind di chadar.
On this day of his martyr’s day let us all pray for him and pay our tributes.

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Ekk Baba Akal Murat

As a child Guru Nanak was very inquisitive and often sat with the wandering Sadhus and Jogis who travelled away from main routes of the invaders. He was very inquisitive to know about the world beyond his village. They often discussed the religion, political and social situations of the country, plight of the poor and downtrodden and debated on the truth of the Almighty. He also learnt about the Siddhas from them. They believe in Shiva as their Supreme God and with their Yogic discipline attain super natural powers. When he grew up and started wandering called Udasis he often encountered these Siddhas in Himalayan Mountains as they were living in those regions away from the civilisation. Guru Nanak was perturbed by their indifference in the matter of country and plight of poor and downtrodden. The world all around was suffering and they were busy in selfish pursuit of achieving emancipation from this world and union with God. He felt that this pursuit was of physical nature because after attaining these super natural powers these people could not contribute to the humanity and he wonders how even after achieving these siddhis these people could unite with the Almighty because their hearts were full of arrogance of achievements, selfishness and there was no place for the Almighty. There are many verses in the Granth Sahib that show his rejection of such people. I will mention here one verse from page 637 which I personally feel is very beautiful.
He says:" A person when reciting the name of the Almighty reaches that state of mind where he gets elevated to feel that his heart is full of the light of morning sun and he feels like the opening of the lotus flower and he gets elevated to that knowledge which he may not get after achieving all eight 'siddhis' and nine 'treasures' and dips in the holy rivers."

Guru Nanak prakash Gurpurab diyan sab nu lakh-lakh wadhayian

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Looking forward...: Gems of GurbaniGuru Granth SahibVaar Malar   4Shlo...: Gems of Gurbani Guru Granth Sahib Vaar Malar   4 Shlok Third Guru The clouds come lower and lower and incessant rain falls. Nanak ...

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Vaar Malar   4

Shlok Third Guru

The clouds come lower and lower and incessant rain falls. Nanak says a beloved who live in the Will of the Lord enjoys this beautiful season II 1 II

Third Guru

Why do you stand up and look at the sky for clouds again and again? This cloud has nothing to determine. He, who has sent this cloud, is to be treasured in your mind. If you treasure Him in mind He might shower His grace on you. Nanak, all those who are bereft of His grace are wailing only II 2 II

Pauri

Serve that Creator Lord ever who has the power to create and destroy in a second. He has stretched the sky alone overhead. In an instant He can build and destroy. He has created the world and He alone ponders over His creation.

The wayward is asked for an account for all his deeds and then punished.

The pious person is not asked for accounts but settled with honour and blessed with treasures of praises.

In that yonder world no one hears your cries and wailing. Only true Guru becomes your friend and saves you in last moment.

These creatures should serve only the true Guru because he is the Creator’s ambassador over their heads II 6 II

Shlok Third Guru

O rain bird everyone longs for Him whom you are calling. When the Lord showers His benediction then it rains and the forests and grass lands become green.

By Guru’s grace, the Lord is attained and this is understood by few. Sitting, standing the Lord is in mind then peace comes forever.

Nanak, by the grace of Guru the God oriented gets continuous flow of nectar II 1 II

Third Guru

When the world is in distress, it prays to the Lord in love. The true one listens intently giving His ear and comforts spontaneously.

God orders Indra the rain God and incessant rain falls. Corn is produced abundantly the wealth that it brings cannot be estimated in worth.

O Nanak, praise the Name of the God who gives sustenance to all beings. Eating well the mortals do not feel the pain any more II 2 II

Pauri

O Lord Master, you are the truest of the True. The man of truth, You merge in Yourself.

Those who live on the side of duality and deal in falsehood and ignorance cannot meet the Lord.

O Lord You unite and separate yourself and exhibit Your omnipotent presence in Your Creation.

Worldly love makes man separate from You and that brings sorrow but his deeds are pre-destined.

I sacrifice myself to those who remain tuned to Your feet.

God has created such people who can remain aloof like a lotus flower in the water.

They are blissful who can banish self conceit from within.

Those who remain merged in the Lord know not the separation and the pain arising from it II 7 II

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Guru Granth Sahib

Vaar Malar        3

Shlok Second Guru

The month of Sawan has come O my dear friend! It is time to think of your groom.

Nanak, the deceiving beloved who has started looking for another is discarded and ultimately wails herself to death (the mortal is the bride who has come to doubt about the oneness of the Lord and start believing and looking for another).

Second Guru

The sawan has come O my dear friend and the clouds are bursting and water is showering. Nanak says the beloveds who love their groom are sleeping in peace II 2 II

Pauri

God has Himself arranged the tournaments and created the arenas for the wrestlers ( Chhinj are wrestling tournaments that are very popular game in Punjab and arranged by several villages with fanfare).

Making noise the wrestlers enter in to the arena and from them the Guruwards are in joy and foolish and false egocentric ones stand defeated.

God Himself stages this play, wrestles and defeats. By Guru’s grace alone it is learned that the Lord is only One. The Lord alone is writer od destinies that too without the ink and the pen.

In the company of truthful saints where the praises of the Lord are sung a union with Lord is obtained.

Nanak says, by praising the True Lord one comes to realize the Lord’s truth II 4 II

Shlok Third Guru

When man comes to ageing his body bends forward and assumes another colour.

How can I know, how my love shall deal with the sovereign Lord?

Eternal becomes the love of those brides (mortals) who love the Lord from their heart and remain His fear (fear of not losing Him).

Nanak says all those brides who lose fear and love of their Lord become bereft of peace.

Third Guru

Descending low, very low the clouds shower the pure water.

In this season a bride whose mind is torn from her groom suffers pain (of separation) II 2 II

Pauri

God, Himself has created both sides, He the One Lord is pervading both. He created Vedas and the strife between the two.

One side is attachment and the other is sacrifice and created faith to make judgment between both sides.

False and worthless are ego ridden people and they definitely lose in the Lord’s court.

All those become warriors of the Lord who follow Guru’s word and control their lust and wrath.

Those who merge with the word and Name enter into the True Lord’s Mansion.

All those true devotees of thee O Lord who love your Name become pleasing to You.

I sacrifice to them who serve the True Guru II 5 II

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Guru Granth Sahib

Vaar Malar     2

Shlok First Guru

If it rains in the month of Sawan four things are overjoyed.

The serpent, the deer, the fish and the revelers who have wealth in their homes II 1 II

First Guru

If it rains in the month of sawan four things suffer separation.

They are cows’ calves, the wayfarer, the poor and the servants II 2 II

Pauri

O True Lord He dispenses nothing but truth. He sits in a trance hiding from the world. The Brahma who sit on a lotus flower and is called great also cannot fathom Him and know His limits. He has no father and no mother, then who gave birth to you O Lord?  He has neither the Form nor the sign of all castes. He has no hunger no thirst but He is satiated. The True Lord has merged in Guru and served him with the word. His word He dispenses through Guru. By pleasing the True Lord even a mortal can merge in the Lord. II 2 II

Shlok First Guru

A physician is called to prescribe a remedy. He takes the arm and feel for pulse but the innocent physician knows not that the pain is in the mind II 1 II

Second Guru

You are one of the top physicians and if you are able to diagnose the remedy then prescribe such medicines that eradicate several maladies. Administer such medicines by which maladies vanish and peace comes to abide in the body. When you yourself get rid of ailments from your body you can be called a physician says Nanak II 2 II

Pauri

It is the Lord, who created Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. He gave Vedas to the Brahma and set him to recite His Name. The Lord created ten incarnations and one of them is King Rama. He killed the demons under His Will (Lord’s Will). The holy men and Shiva serve you O Lord but cannot fathom you end.

The Lord Master has established His own Kingdom where He himself evaluates the beings of this world. He sets the tasks for everyone but keeps Himself hidden away from the eyes of the world. He has willed that the world does righteous and virtuous deeds II 3 II

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Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Vaar Malar    1

In 1521 Babur invaded India by butchering people and burning village after villages, he reaches Aimnabad (Now in Pakistan) and created havoc by mercilessly killing all males, captivating women and burning the entire town. Guru Nanak ji was returning after his third udasi (travel) along with Mardana when he was captured too in Aimnabad. The tyranny of the invader was so massive that Guru Nanak didn’t shy to reprimand the Almighty for His neglect of humanity. But later that year he writes this episode in Vaar form in Raag Malar. In this Vaar his hero is none other than Almighty Himself under whose Will the whole play is created and the lust and desire become like that fire that consumes everything once it is given freedom. This fire of lust and desire cannot be satiated even when one goes to live in the jungle, does fasting or several rites and penances. There are 28 Pauris or stanzas in this Vaar and one of them is written by Guru Arjun Devji and 27 stanzas are by Guru Nanak ji. The Vaar displays the socio-political conditions of the 16^th century as it unfolds the truth studied by Guru Nanak ji so minutely.

Vaar Malar ki First Guru

To be sung in measure Rana Kailash and Malda.

There is but One God. By the True Guru’s grace He is attained.

Shlok Third Guru

By meeting the Guru the soul blossoms like the earth is embellished after first rain on the parched soil. Greenery comes to life all around and the ponds and lakes get filled to brim. The love of the True Lord attaches as the red colour to Madder (A plant with deep red colour flowers used for making dye). The heart blooms like lotus flower and happiness overtakes by obeying the words of Guru. Look around everywhere the wayward person is on the other side of the God. Ultimately he snares like a deer caught in the net of a hunter and sees the messengers of death coming to him lurking on his head. Vile are hunger and thirst for desires and horrible are the lust and wrath. Unless one contemplates on Lord the same eyes do not see the difference. When it pleases you O Lord you can make a man content and free him from all worldly entanglements. You save his capital investment in You O Lord because he makes Guru a ladder and a boat for his salvation. If the mind and heart become truthful O Nanak, whosoever is attached to the True Lord receives his quintessence II 1 II

First Guru

There is only one road and only one door (to reach God). He himself is the ladder to reach one’s own home.

Beauteous is the Lord O Nanak where all comforts attained in the True Name II2 II

Pauri

Lord has created Himself and He, alone knows Himself. He has separated earth from sky like a canopy over the firmament. His command is manifested only by His word and sky stands without pillars.

Creating the sun and moon He has infused His own light in them.

Creating day and night He has shown His wondrous plays.

He created the places for pilgrimages to contemplate on goodness and bathe on auspicious occasions.

There is no equal to You O Lord! How can I describe and narrate on you?

Thou alone are seated on the eternal throne O Lord, all others just come and go II 1 II

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Vaar Maajh   25

Shlok Second Guru

All those who have taken the instructions from Guru (From Guru Nanak’s teachings) and have been taught and put on right path remain absorbed in the praises of One True Lord.

What instructions can be imparted to them who have taken instructions but have incarnated Guru Nanak? II 1 II

(This shlok of Guru Angad Devji is a big blow to all those learned people who have not learnt the message of Guru Nanak that the God is only One and He cannot be incarnated that means He can never take any form, shape, colour and birth).

First Guru

He, whom He Himself causes to understand, understands Him.

Whom the Lord Himself gives knowledge, he comes to know everything.

The Preachers are regularly preaching and sermons are being explained but long for money or wealth.

The Supreme commander has created the entire creation and He Himself understands the mental outlook of all.

Nanak, the Lord Himself has uttered the Word and all doubts vanish when the devotee understands this gift II 2 II

Pauri

Me, a jobless bard God has employed to His service. In the beginning He asked me to sing His praises day and night. Then the Master asked me, O bard come to my Court!

Then He clothed me with robes of His true honour and eulogy. Since then True name has become my ambrosial food.

They who follow the Guru’s instructions eat this food to their full satisfaction.

By singing the Guru’s hymns I the Bard, am spreading the word of God.

Nanak, by praising the True Lord I have obtained the perfect Lord II 27 II

Note ; Vaar Maajh is concluded with this Pauri.

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Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Vaar Maajh   24

Shlok First Guru

 (In this following shlok Guru Nanak has described the life of Jogis who roam around the landscape of India even to date. Their self respect is lost but they adhere to this life style because they do not want to work for their living and keep depending on the earnings of others. Their example is taken here to show the useless-ness of a being who are not ready to work for their earning a living and losing self respect makes no difference to them).

They shore their heads, drink dirty water and beg for their living and eat even left overs.

They spread the garbage and take in its odour and breathe it out from their mouth and are shy of water.

They have their heads shorn like sheeps and their hands smeared with ashes.

They leave the daily routine of their mother and father and leave them wailing loudly.

None will serve barley pinnies( kind laddus made for the occasion)on leaves when they depart and none will light an earthen lamp for them. Where are these people thrown after death?

All the sixty eight pilgrimages do not grant them refuge and the Brahmins will not eat their food.

They are ever filthy and do not bear any sacrificial frontal marks on their foreheads.

They huddle together in a group but do not enter the Court (of the Lord).

The begging bowl on their wastes and woolen clew in their hands they walk in a file.

They are not the disciples of Gorakh nor are they devotees of Shiva not even Muslim judges or Mullahas.

They lose the benevolent God’s graciousness and are disgraced to live a corrupt vagabond life.

Only the God can kill them and restore their life, none other can protect them.

They cannot even give alms in their life or perform ablutions. Only their shorn head catches even more dust.

By churning ocean with Golden Mountain as staff the jewels were procured and sixty eight pilgrimages were created where people could celebrate festivals and sing hymns.

After ablutions the Muslims say prayers and so does a Hindu says his prayers after ablution and the wise ever bathes.

The dead and living are both purified by pouring water on their heads.

Nanak says the shorn head are like devils who never take to good advice.

When it rains there is happiness everywhere because the key is that life spring from water.

The corn, the sugar cane and cotton that comes from rain covers everything.

The rains grow grass and cows graze and women churn the curds from their milk.

The clarified butter is then used for havan and all other religious rites are performed in various ceremonies.

The Guru is the ocean and all his teachings are the river where by bathing wisdom is obtained.

Nanak says; if the shorn heads (those who have lost self-respect) do not bathe in the word of Guru, they only get hands full of dust on their shorn heads II 1 II

Second Guru

What can cold do to fire? And how can night affect the sun? What effect can darkness have on the Moon? What effect can a caste have on air and water? What shall earth do with Chattels when it can produce everything on its own?

Nanak says the self respect is preserved only if the Lord desires to preserve the honour of his devotees II 2 II

Pauri

Oh! You Wondrous True Lord I have sung your praises all the while because yours is the eternal Court and all others are only coming and going.

All those who only ask for the charity of your true Name are like you. With the True Name they get adorned and their command becomes true.

By believing in you one receives the true knowledge and strength to meditate on your Name.

By your grace one receives a permanent mark of your Name that cannot be rubbed off or effaced.

You are a True giver O Lord and bestow more and more. Nanak asks only for those gifts that are pleasing to You II 26 II

                                                                           

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Vaar Maajh   23

Shlok third Guru

A mortal is born in fear and he abides fear in his mind and then dies of fear.

Nanak says; if the mortal could live in the fear of Lord his birth on this earth would become fruitful II 1 II

Third Guru

Without the fear of the God man lives a very long life and enjoys the pleasure of pleasures.

Nanak says; if he departs without that fear of God that never awakens him, his face never becomes bright and he leaves with blackened face from this world II 2 II  

Pauri

When the True Guru becomes merciful the desire is fulfilled.

When the true Guru becomes gracious the grief never comes.

When the True Guru becomes gracious pain is never felt.

When the True Guru becomes merciful then he enjoys Gods love.

When the True Guru is gracious then what fear of death can man have?

When the True Guru becomes merciful then the body comes to peace.

When the True Guru becomes merciful then nine treasures are obtained.

When the True Guru becomes merciful then True God absorbs him within him II 25 II

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Not only a revolutionary

Today on Bhagat Singh’s birth anniversary I would like to share a few words with all my friends. Bhagat Singh’s inspirational life of a National Hero was so short lived that we are devoid of his guidance that the youngster could get if he lived a little longer. In my last visit to Amritsar I stumbled upon a book that contained notes that Bhagat Singh made after reading books by famous authors, political articles and magazines during his jail term in Lahore jail. When he left home to learn work of publishing in Kanpur and learnt a lot from Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi who was not only a fierce type of journalist but a great patriot. Bhagat Singh also learnt that the revolution is nothing like a romantic journey in one’s life but one has to make a mature outlook on revolutionary ideas. For that one needs to know the life of several revolutionary activists, their thinking pattern and their dedication to achieve their goals. With this in mind he searched all the libraries in Lahore and gave direction to develop his own path of revolutionary thinking and what was necessary to bring change. He spent much of his time reading books and his pockets use to be full of notes that he made every day. Before he started organizing students and other youngsters to fight for freedom of India he had consolidated his own political thinking and brought maturity in his design to fight for the freedom of India. He was hanged at the young age of 23 but his short life was so inspiring that even today he is an idol for many youngsters. This all was possible because by self learning from books had made him mature to understand his goals.

 Salute to this great revolutionary on his birth anniversary.

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Vaar Maajh   22

Shlok First Guru

Born from sins man keeps committing sins and falls deeper in sins, even hundreds of washings do not wash away these sins, only if the Master pardons these sin get washed away says Nanak, otherwise there is only beatings by shoes for the sins II 1 II

First Guru

Nanak says; asking for happiness by removing pain from life is in vain. Both happiness and pain are given to mortals from His Court. They are like two garments given to the mortals. It is better to keep mum then asking only for happiness II 2 II

Pauri

I searched in all directions and then I search my inner self and lo I found the invisible True Lord, the Creator.

I was straying in the wilderness but The Guru has shown me the way.

I hail the wonderful Lord by whose grace I remember the True Lord.

Guru has lighted the lamp (Shown me the light) that shows me the emerald (God) within my heart.

By praising the True Lord a true person remains in peace.

The ones who attach no fear of the Lord are destroyed by the self conceit.

Having forgotten the Lord the world roams around like a demon II 24 II

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The desert is not satiated with rain and fire’s hunger never gets quenched. The Kings are never satiated with their dominion and has anybody ever filled the oceans?

How much he searched for True name? The entire search for His Name has never ever satisfied Nanak II 1 II

Second Guru

Only until the mortal searches for the Name of the All pervading Lord a human birth cannot become profitable.

The world ocean is crossed over by the grace of True Guru.

After deep deliberations Nanak has come to know that all is done with His Will.

The creation is in full control of the Creator and He sustains it with His might II 2 II

Pauri

The minstrel has found his abode in the court of the Lord.

By singing His praises the lotus heart is blossomed.

He has obtained the perfect understanding from the Master and his heart is filled with joy.

All the enemies (vices) has been beaten and thrown out and that makes the good friends happy.

The right path is shown to them who serve the True Guru.

By meditating on the True Name the fear of death has vanished.

The minstrel who sings the praises of ineffable Lord gets adorned with His name.

By holding fast the capital of virtues Nanak has met his beloved Lord II 23 II

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Installation of Universal Guru

On 14^th September Sikh world is celebrating the installation of Guru Granth Sahib in Harmandir Sahib Amritsar. It is a celebration day not only for Sikhs but the whole of humanity. Enshrined in this Epic Granth are teachings of revered Masters of Sikhs and 11 Bhagtas who belonged to Bhakti movement much before Guru Nanak’s time. Inclusion of their Bani is evidence that the world was going on a dark path where humanity and humanitarian thinking had taken a back seat, religion and religious heads had started misguiding and pushing people into darkness of ignorance, superstitions, illiteracy and they were forced to live in subjugation of not only religious heads but Kings and Emperors. Bhagtas started a movement to fight for their rights to pray in temples and sing praises of One Almighty for whom the whole humanity is equal, challenging the powers and announcing that the division of the society is man made. All the efforts of those Bhagtas are included in the Granth who collaborated the same view as Gurus that there is only One True Lord and His truth is that for Him all humanity is equal and there is love for all even when they are different in race. That the differences been created by the Lord Himself for His own appeasement. The physical differences are the play of that Creator so that mortals understand His unlimited powers, His Infinite and eternal character.

In raag Mundawani Fifth Guru Ang (Page) 1429 has elaborated the greatness of Guru Granth Sahib because its main content is Shabad or Word that has come as Anahad Bani or untouched sound through utterances of the Gurus. Its compilation that was presented by Guru Arjun Devji the Fifth Master in a book form so that the Bani become eternal and the message of the Almighty is recorded and documented as reference to guide humanity on righteous path.          

Anahad Bani means a sound that comes without touch. To explain further a sound is usually created by friction of two metallic or even non metallic materials. Anahad is a sound that is creation of The Almighty that comes without friction. Gurbani is called Anahad Bani because it came as enlightenment to the writers themselves. Guru Arjun Ji has documented the greatness of Guru Granth sahib ji in Mundawani raag as follows:

Thaal wich tin vastu paiyo, sat santokh vicharo II

Amrit naam thakhur ka paiyo, jis ka sabas adharo II

Je ko khave je ko bhunche, tis ka hove udharo II

Eh vast taji nahin jayi, nit nit rakh uri dhare II

Tam sansar charan lagi tariye, sab Nanak brahm pasaro II 1II GG ang 1429

Meaning: Three things – truth, contentment and meditation are served in a platter. The Nectar Name of the Lord who is the support of all is also put in there. If someone partakes this fare and if someone relishes it, he is emancipated. This cannot be forsaken never ever so keep it enshrined in your mind. All that spread is His Creation so at His Feet you shall get the salvation and this dark world ocean is crossed. O Nanak, everything is extension of the Lord.

The creation of human beings and all the three worlds took a strange path where there was darkness of ignorance and religion was created where God and His message were forgotten and rules and regulations took precedent. Much bondage was created to divide humanity on basis of birth, colour of the skin, food, geographic and economic monopolies, boundaries etc. This all was done by people with vested interests and lust for domination, power and exploitation. The ideal human character was absorbed by the desires and if the desires are not fulfilled the doubt and fear were created and solution to these were given by the learned people forgetting all the while that there is one eternal Truth and that is the presence of Omniscient Lord. His will was forgotten. The world needed emancipation and that is to reach that status whose foundation was laid by the Creator Himself by placing a part of Himself in every body. The basic desire of every human being is to reach that ideal state where he has physical, material, psychic, intellectual and spiritual achievements and inner peace. Achieving this entire he reaches realm of harmony with himself, his near ones and the world around him. This is the real principle of emancipation.

All the religious books were saying same things in varied styles and languages but the interpretation of the religious doctrines were overpowered by the religious heads for their own vested interests and divisions in God’s will were created and humanity was divided.

Revelation of this truth came to Guru Nanak and he started preaching the truth and making reconciliation between two major religions of his time was his mission. He based his theory on Oneness of God who is a Universal Entity and sees the entire creation with equality, love, compassion and benevolence and not particular creed or race. All preaching of Guru Nanak, that of Bhagats that were collected by him during his various travels were documented and compilation of this work by adding the Banis of other Gurus and his own were done by Guru Arjun Devji the fifth Master.The compilation work took fifteen months and a monumental Granth was created with unique features like respect for writers irrespective of their caste and standing in the society, compilation featuring musical ragas of Indian music and the original banis of Bhagtas and others were maintained in their own languages thus a glimpse of languages and their structure for research is available. The art of expression of phrases and contemporary living and social customs were included for example the Barah Maha the seasons’ poetry and vairag the pain of separation were given a new expression and all the social customs to singing marriage songs, alahania etc were given new dimensions by associating it with Almighty.   

Wish everyone a very happy  first installation of Guru Granth Sahib Ji.