Category: GURBANI ARTICLES

Our Plight

Under the influence of greed, lust, conceit, anger and attachment, the humans can do bad things which could bring their fall. Bhagat Ravidas addresses this with an example, the Shabad is on SGGS 486: ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥  Ik-oaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ. There is only one All Pervading Akalpurakh, who is known with the blessings of …

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None Is Permanent Here

  On 418, SGGS, Shri Guru Nanak Sahib reminds us to be aware of our limited time span on this earth. Basically, the Guru asks us to praise our Creator by understanding this fact that here is none permanent. Let us ponder over it: ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥  Ik-oaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ. There is only one …

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The Spiritual Wisdom

Bhagat Kabir Ji’s wisdom on 475, SGGS, is worth knowing about the Creator and us: ਆਸਾ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀਉ ॥ ਗੁਰ ਚਰਣ ਲਾਗਿ ਹਮ ਬਿਨਵਤਾ ਪੂਛਤ ਕਹ ਜੀਉ ਪਾਇਆ ॥ ਕਵਨ ਕਾਜਿ ਜਗੁ ਉਪਜੈ ਬਿਨਸੈ ਕਹਹੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਸਮਝਾਇਆ ॥1॥ Āsā sarī Kabīr jī-o. Gur cẖaraṇ lāg ham binvaṯā pūcẖẖaṯ kah jī-o pā-i-ā. Kavan kāj jag …

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How To Deal with The Commotion of The People  

Most of the people just get upset when a person starts believing what they don’t believe in because of their programmed minds. In this shabda, Bhagat Kabir ji is trying to explain how the people of his time, reacted as he started believing only in the Universal Creator. His shabda is on SGGS 324: ਗਉੜੀ …

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The Mind And Its Relation With The Creator

                                The shabda of Kabir on 330, SGGS, elaborates the relation of the mind with the Creator very clearly, let us ponder over it: ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ ਅਸਟਪਦੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ਕੀ    Rāg ga-oṛī gu-ārerī asatpaḏī Kabīr jī kī Raag Gaurhi Guareri, Astpadee of Bhagat Kabir.   ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥  Ik-oaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ. There is …

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