Guru & I

Let’s• Raise a few questions • Share the Guru’s tools that can help us answer them• Introspect on how do we nurture our relationship

with the Guru

Ardaas

kydwrw mhlw 5 Gru 4

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srnI AwieE nwQ inDwn ]nwm pRIiq lwgI mn BIqir

mwgn kau hir dwn ]1] rhwau ]

suKdweI pUrn prmysur kir ikrpw rwKhu mwn ]

dyhu pRIiq swDU sMig suAwmI hir gun rsn bKwn ]1]

gopwl dieAwl goibd dmodr inrml kQw igAwn ]

nwnk kau hir kY rMig rwghu crn kml sMig iDAwn ]2]1]3]

Life is a precious gift

॥ਕਬੀ�ਰ ਮਾ�ਨਸ ਜਨਮਾ ਦੁਲੰ ਭੁ ਹੈ� ਹੈ�ਇ ਨ ਬੀ�ਰ� ਬੀ�ਰ ॥ਜਿਜਉ ਬੀਨ ਫਲੰ ਪਾ�ਕ� ਭੁਇ ਜਿ�ਰਜਿਹੈ ਬੀਹੈਜਿਰ ਨ ਲੰ��ਜਿਹੈ ਡਾ�ਰ 30॥

kabeer maanas janam dhulanbh hai hoe n baarai baar |jio ban fal paakae bhue girehi bahur n laagehi ddaar |30|

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Kabeer, it is so difficult to obtain human life; it does not happen over and over again.It is like the ripe fruit on the tree; when it falls to the ground, it cannot be re-attached to the branch. ||30||

Acquired/Inspired MannMatt/GurMatt

kehai naanak eaehi naethr a(n)dhh sae sathigur miliai dhib dhrisatt hoee ||36||Says Nanak, these eyes were blind; but meeting the True Guru, they became all-seeing. ||36|

khY nwnku eyih nyqR AMD sy siqguir imilAY idb idRsit hoeI ]36]

Mind Games: ‘Mann’ ਮਾ� 3 ॥

॥ਮਾਨਮਾਖੁ ਲੰ�ਕ ਸਮਾਝਾ�ਈਐ ਕਦੁਹੈ ਸਮਾਝਾ�ਇਆ ਜ�ਇ ॥ਮਾਨਮਾਖੁ ਰਲੰ�ਇਆ ਨ� ਰਲੰ� ਪਾਇਐ ਜਿਕਰਜਿ ਜਿਫਰ�ਇ

॥ਜਿਲੰਵ ਧਾ� ਦੁਇ ਰ�ਹੈ ਹੈ� ਹੈਕਮਾ� ਕ�ਰ ਕਮਾ�ਇ ॥�ਰਮਾਜਿਖੁ ਆਪਾਣਾ� ਮਾਨ ਮਾ�ਜਿਰਆ ਸਬੀਜਿਦੁ ਕਸਵਟੀ� ਲੰ�ਇ

॥ਮਨ ਹੀ� ਨ�ਲਿ� ਝਗੜਾ� ਮਨ ਹੀ� ਨ�ਲਿ� ਸਥ ਮਨ ਹੀ� ਮ ਲਿਝ ਸਮ�ਇ ॥ਮਨ� ਜੋ� ਇਛੇ� ਸ� �ਹੀ� ਸਚੈ� ਸਬਲਿ� ਸ�ਭਾ�ਇ

॥ਅੰ ਜਿਮਾ& ਨ�ਮਾ ਸਦੁ ਭੁ ਚੀ�ਐ �ਰਮਾਜਿਖੁ ਕ�ਰ ਕਮਾ�ਇ ॥ਜਿਵਣਾ ਮਾਨ� ਜਿਜ ਹੈ�ਰ� ਨ�ਜਿਲੰ ਲੰਝਾਣਾ� ਜ�ਸ� ਜਨਮਾ �ਵ�ਇ

॥ਮਾਨਮਾਖੁ� ਮਾਨਹੈਜਿ( ਹੈ�ਜਿਰਆ ਕ)ੜੁ ਕਸ ਕਮਾ�ਇ ॥�ਰ ਪਾਰਸ�ਦੁ� ਮਾਨ ਜਿਜਣਾ� ਹੈਜਿਰ ਸ� � ਜਿਲੰਵ ਲੰ�ਇ

॥ਨ�ਨਕ �ਰਮਾਜਿਖੁ ਸਚੀ ਕਮਾ�ਵ� ਮਾਨਮਾਜਿਖੁ ਆਵ� ਜ�ਇ 2॥I fight with my mind, I settle with my mind, and I am at peace with my mind.All obtain the desires of their minds, through the Love of the True Shabad.

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Mastery

Gur | �ਰ

Gurbani

siqgur kI bwxI siq srUpu hY gurbwxI bxIAY ]sathigur kee baanee sath saroop hai gurabaanee baneeai ||The Word of the True Guru's Bani is the embodiment of Truth; through Gurbani, one becomes perfect.

Sangatmihmw swDU sMg kI sunhu myry mIqw ]mehimaa saadhhoo sa(n)g kee sunahu maerae meethaa ||This is the Glory of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; listen, O my friends.

mYlu KoeI koit AG hry inrml Bey cIqw ]1] rhwau ]mail khoee kott agh harae niramal bheae cheethaa ||1|| rehaao ||Filth is washed away, millions of sins are dispelled, and the consciousness becomes immaculate and pure. ||1||Pause||

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Sevasloku mhlw 2 ]cwkru lgY cwkrI nwly gwrbu vwdu ]glw kry GxyrIAw Ksm n pwey swdu ]Awpu gvwie syvw kry qw ikCu pwey mwnu ]nwnk ijs no lgw iqsu imlY lgw so prvwnu ]1]

chaakar lagai chaakaree naalae gaarab vaadh ||galaa karae ghanaereeaa khasam n paaeae saadh ||aap gavaae saevaa karae thaa kishh paaeae maan ||naanak jis no lagaa this milai lagaa so paravaan ||1||

If a servant performs service, while being vain and argumentative,he may talk as much as he wants, but he shall not be pleasing to his Master.But if he eliminates his self-conceit and then performs service, he shall be honored.O Nanak, if he merges with the one with whom he is attached, his attachment becomes acceptable. ||1||Page 474

Bhav

icq ismrnu krau nYn Aivlokno sRvn bwnI sujsu pUir rwKau ]mnu su mDukru krau crn ihrdy Drau rsn AMimRq rwm nwm BwKau ]1]myrI pRIiq goibMd isau ijin GtY ]mY qau moil mhgI leI jIA stY ]1] rhwau ]swDsMgiq ibnw Bwau nhI aUpjY Bwv ibnu Bgiq nhI hoie qyrI ]khY rivdwsu iek bynqI hir isau pYj rwKhu rwjw rwm myrI ]2]2]

saadhhasa(n)gath binaa bhaao nehee oopajai bhaav bin bhagath nehee hoe thaeree ||Without the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, love for the Lord does not well up; without this love, Your devotional worship cannot be performed.

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Liberation

Fifth Mehla:

nwnk siqguir ByitAY pUrI hovY jugiq ]naanak sathigur bhaettiai pooree hovai jugath ||O Nanak, meeting the True Guru, one comes to know the Perfect Way.

hsMidAw KylµidAw pYnµidAw KwvMidAw ivcy hovY mukiq ]2]hasa(n)dhiaa khaela(n)dhiaa paina(n)dhiaa khaava(n)dhiaa vichae hovai mukath ||2||While laughing, playing, dressing and eating, he is liberated. ||2||

Going down the path with the Guru

DnwsrI mhlw 4 ]hm AMDuly AMD ibKY ibKu rwqy ikau cwlh gur cwlI ]sqguru dieAw kry suKdwqw hm lwvY Awpn pwlI ]1]

gurisK mIq clhu gur cwlI ]jo guru khY soeI Bl mwnhu hir hir kQw inrwlI ]1]

rhwau ]hir ky sMq suxhu jn BweI guru syivhu byig bygwlI ]

sqguru syiv Krcu hir bwDhu mq jwxhu Awju ik kwl@I ]2]

hir ky sMq jphu hir jpxw hir sMqu clY hir nwlI ]ijn hir jipAw sy hir hoey hir imilAw kyl kylwlI ]3]hir hir jpnu jip loc luocwnI hir ikrpw kir bnvwlI ]

jn nwnk sMgiq swD hir mylhu hm swD jnw pg rwlI ]4]4]

Inspirations

Inspired perspective?

Not born a Sikhjqu pwhwrw DIrju suinAwru ]Ahrix miq vydu hQIAwru ]Bau Klw Agin qp qwau ]BWfw Bwau AMimRqu iqqu Fwil ]GVIAY sbdu scI tkswl ]ijn kau ndir krmu iqn kwr ]nwnk ndrI ndir inhwl ]38]

Let self-control be the furnace, and patience the goldsmith.Let understanding be the anvil, and spiritual wisdom the tools.With the Fear of God as the bellows, fan the flames of tapa, the body's inner heat.In the crucible of love, melt the Nectar of the Name,and mint the True Coin of the Shabad, the Word of God.Such is the karma of those upon whom He has cast His Glance of Grace.O Nanak, the Merciful Lord, by His Grace, uplifts and exalts them. ||38||

Next steps

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw vwihgurU jI kI Pqyh