Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Siddha Gosht   8

From Formless the Lord assumed the Immaculate Form and from Attribute- lessness He became One with attributes. By pleasing the True Lord the mortal attains the supreme status and merges in the True Name. The one who knows only the True Lord and obliterates his ego and duality he alone is a yogi and by understanding the Word of Lord his heart enlightens like a lotus flower that stands in water without getting wet.

Guru says; being dead while still alive or in life (meaning the way a dead man loses all his senses to what is happening around him same way  dead to all vices, self conceit etc.) or closing your mind to all wayward atmosphere you grow inward understanding everything within mind and realize the presence of merciful Lord. Nanak, he alone obtains honour who realizes himself amongst all the beings II 24 II

The one who realizes himself becomes true. He has emerged from the True and merges into the Truth as well. The pure one becomes one and same with the True Lord.

The false one finds no place to rest. Through duality (having doubts start looking for another) the continuation of their coming and going never ends. Through Guru’s instruction the rebirth cycle or transmigration of souls ends because the True Lord Himself examines and pardons.

The one who gets afflicted to the malady of another’s love forgets that God’s home is the home for elixir. He understands whom the God makes understand and by Guru’s instructions he gets emancipated. Nanak, the God floats across the mortal who stills his ego and duality II 25 II

 The ego-centric have gone astray and live under the reign of death. They eye on other’s home and suffer great losses. The doubt has engulfed them and they wander in wilderness. The wayward gone a strayed from the Divine path become evil minded and perform black magic by reading evil mantras at grave yards gets plundered in the end. He does not reflect upon the Name and recites obscene words. He alone who is imbued with the True Name knows what peace is, O Nanak II 26 II

The God oriented knows the fear of Lord. The speech of the God-oriented becomes sweet. The God-oriented sings the hymns of praises of the Immaculate Lord. Thus the God-oriented attains the pure supreme status. The God oriented being remembers the True Lord from every cell of his body and attains the merging into the True Lord II 27 II