Category: GURBANI ARTICLES

The Virtuous Akalpurakh And I Who Has No Merit. (On 738 SGGS Raag Suhi Fifth Nanak)

We really need to learn from our Guru how to serve Akalpurakh. In the following Shabada, Guru ji gives that lesson to his followers. Let’s learn from our Guru: ਸੂਹੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥ ਕਿਆ ਗੁਣ ਤੇਰੇ ਸਾਰਿ ਸਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਾਲੀ ਮੋਹਿ ਨਿਰਗੁਨ ਕੇ ਦਾਤਾਰੇ ॥  ਬੈ ਖਰੀਦੁ ਕਿਆ ਕਰੇ ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ਇਹੁ ਜੀਉ ਪਿੰਡੁ ਸਭੁ ਥਾਰੇ ॥੧॥ Sūhī …

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I Am Occupational Lover Of Prabh Ji

Guru Nanak uses examples of four kinds of lives in a metaphoric expression to convey his unshakable love for Akalpurakh, his under lying idea is to inspire his followers to be in love with the Creator regardless wherever and whatever positions they are in. The interpretations of this Guru Shabada by various Scholars, in my …

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Hoping On The Support Of Our Creator

In the following Guru Shabada, Fifth Nanak inspires his followers to understand what is more important for a Sikh than any other thing in the world; and in it, Akalpurakh is accepted as the only source of support of the soul declaring the rest visible world as temporary like the shadows which fade as the …

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None Is Ours But Akalpurakh

In the following Shabada by Fifth Nanak in Raag Gaurhi ( on 206-7 SGGS), utter trust in Akalpurakh and indebtedness towards Him are expressed because only He saves the soul through His means and mediums; who saves the soul is the ultimate Savior, then there is none who should get this credit but Akalpurakh, that …

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A Prayer In Utter Faith In Him (Namdev Ji On 873 SGGS)

Before we pray to Akalpurakh,we must understand first, what is the purpose of life? Bhagat Nandev Ji knows the purpose of life and in this Shabada, he expresses the awareness of what is right to ask from Him, so he requests to have His blessings like Dru and Narad Bhagtas had from Him, and obviously …

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