Gems of Gurbani

Guru Granth Sahib

Siddha Gosht    14

Yogis say: Listen! Everyone says God is dispassionate.

From where do you obtain the Immortal Lord?

Of what kind are they who are imbued with the Imperishable Lord?

Guru says: They are like Him from whom they have originated. They do not transmigrate nor do they come and go (in this world). The one who follows Guru’s instructions and trains his mind is able to obtain the Imperishable Lord II 52 II

By controlling the nine doors (all body apertures like 2 eyes, 2 nostrils, 2 ears, 1 mouth and 2 excretory apertures) the one who arrives at the tenth door is near to perfection. Because of the tenth door one hears the sound of music of the Perfect Imperishable Lord. At the tenth door man reaches a state where he sees True Lord and merges in Him. The Lord fills the heart fully with His presence. The unmanifest bani becomes manifest – Gurbani and man comes to know the True Lord O Nanak II 53 II

Meeting the Lord in this equipoise state the peace descends and the God-conscious never falls into slumber (of ignorance) again and remains wakeful. By enshrining the word of Illuminable Lord within his mind and uttering the word he not only emancipates himself but saves others too. They who act on Guru’s instructions are imbued with the True Name. Nanak, those who eradicate their self-conceit do not remain separated from True Lord II 54 II

The Yogis ask: Which is that place where evil intellect gets destroyed?

Why is, that man fails to understand the quintessence and suffers?

 The Guru answers: The one who has bound himself at the door of death cannot be rescued. Without the Name of the Lord there is no prestige and honour.

Yogi asks: How can one obtain understanding and swim across?

Nanak says: The ego-centric and ignorant cannot obtain understanding O Nanak II 55 II

The evil intellect is destroyed by contemplating on the Name and word of Guru. Meeting with the True Guru the understanding that develops, helps to obtain salvation. On the other hand a wayward man does not understand the quintessence and Truth. His evil intellect separates him from God and he suffers and is burnt to ashes. The one who understands Lord’s Will is blessed with virtues and knowledge and he obtains honour in the Lord’s court II 56 II

He, who possesses the merchandise and wealth of His True Name ferries across and helps others to swim across. The one who understands Him easily gets imbued with His love and finds honour. No one can eliminate the value of such person. Where ever I see I find Him all pervading O Nanak, the True One’s love helps the world ocean cross over II 57 II