spiritual journey

Raag Goojaree, Fourth Mehl: O humble servant of the Lord, O True Guru, O True Primal Being: I offer my humble prayer to You, O Guru.I am a mere insect, a worm. O True Guru, I seek Your Sanctuary. Please be merciful, and bless me with the Light of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1|| O my Best Friend, O Divine Guru, please enlighten me with the Name of the Lord.Through the Guru's Teachings, the Naam is my breath of life. The Kirtan of the Lord's Praise is my life's occupation. ||1|| Pause || The servants of the Lord have the greatest good fortune; they have faith in the Lord, and a longing for the Lord.Obtaining the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, they are satisfied; joining the Sangat, the Blessed Congregation, their virtues shine forth. ||2|| Those who have not obtained the Sublime Essence of the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, Har, are most unfortunate; they are led away by the Messenger of Death.Those who have not sought the Sanctuary of the True Guru and the Sangat, the Holy C...

Aasaa, First Mehl pauree 3,4: All Truth, all austere discipline, all goodness,All the great miraculous spiritual powers of the Siddhas.Without You, no one has attained such powers.They are received only by Your Grace. No one can block them or stop their flow. ||3|| What can the poor helpless creatures do?Your Praises are overflowing with Your Treasures.Those, unto whom You give-how can they think of any other?O Nanak, the True One embellishes and exalts. ||4||2|| Hindi Translation (हिंदी अनुवाद) सभी शुभ-गुण, सभी तप और सभी शुभ कर्मःसिद्ध - पुरुषों की सिद्धि समान महानता;तुम्हारी कृपा के बिना पूर्वोक्त गुणों की जो सिद्धियाँ हैं वे किसी ने भी प्राप्त नहीं की।यदि परमेश्वर की कृपा से ये शुभ-गुण प्राप्त हो जाएँ तो फिर किसी के रोके रुक नहीं सकते॥ ३॥ यदि कोई कहे कि हे अकाल-पुरुष ! मैं तुम्हारी महिमा कथन कर सकता हूँ तो यह बेचारा क्या कह सकता है।क्योकि हे परमेश्वर ! तेरी स्तुति के भण्डार तो वेदों, ग्रंथों व तेरे भक्तों के हृदय में भरे पड़े हैं।जिन को तुम अपनी स्तुति करने की बुद्धि प्रदान करते हो,...

jap ji sahib shalok: Air is the Guru, Water is the Father, and Earth is the Great Mother of all.Day and night are the two nurses, in whose lap all the world is at play.Good deeds and bad deeds-the record is read out in the Presence of the Lord of Dharma.According to their own actions, some are drawn closer, and some are driven farther away.Those who have meditated on the Naam, the Name of the Lord, and departed after having worked by the sweat of their brows.-O Nanak, their faces are radiant in the Court of the Lord, and many are saved along with them! ||1|| Hindi Translation (हिंदी अनुवाद) समस्त सृष्टि का गुरु पवन है, पानी पिता है, और पृथ्वी बड़ी माता है।दिन और रात दोनों धाय एवं धीया (बच्चों को खिलाने वाले) के समान हैं तथा सम्पूर्ण जगत् इन दोनों की गोद में खेल रहा है।शुभ व अशुभ कर्मों का विवेचन उस अकाल-पुरुष के दरबार में होगा।अपने शुभाशुभ कर्मों के फलस्वरूप ही जीव परमात्मा के निकट अथवा दूर होता है।जिन्होंने प्रभु का नाम-सुमिरन किया है, वे जप-तप आदि की गई मेहनत को सफल कर गए हैं।गुरु ना...

jap ji sabhi pauree 37,38: In the realm of karma, the Word is Power.No one else dwells there,Except the warriors of great power, the spiritual heroes.They are totally fulfilled, imbued with the Lord's Essence.Myriads of Sitas are there, cool and calm in their majestic glory.Their beauty cannot be described.Neither death nor deception comes to those,Within whose minds the Lord abides.The devotees of many worlds dwell there.They celebrate; their minds are imbued with the True Lord.In the realm of Truth, the Formless Lord abides.Having created the creation, He watches over it. By His Glance of Grace, He bestows happiness.There are planets, solar systems and galaxies.If one speaks of them, there is no limit, no end.There are worlds upon worlds of His Creation.As He commands, so they exist.He watches over all, and contemplating the creation, He rejoices.O Nanak, to describe this is as hard as steel! ||37|| Let self-control be the furnace, and patience the goldsmith.Let understanding be ...

jap ji sahib pauree 35.36: This is righteous living in the realm of Dharma.And now we speak of the realm of spiritual wisdom.So many winds, waters and fires; so many Krishnas and Shivas.So many Brahmas, fashioning forms of great beauty, adorned and dressed in many colors.So many worlds and lands for working out karma. So very many lessons to be learned!So many Indras, so many moons and suns, so many worlds and lands.So many Siddhas and Buddhas, so many Yogic masters. So many goddesses of various kinds.So many demi-gods and demons, so many silent sages. So many oceans of jewels.So many ways of life, so many languages. So many dynasties of rulers.So many intuitive people, so many selfless servants. O Nanak, His limit has no limit! ||35|| In the realm of wisdom, spiritual wisdom reigns supreme.The Sound-current of the Naad vibrates there, amidst the sounds and the sights of bliss.In the realm of humility, the Word is Beauty.Forms of incomparable beauty are fashioned there.These things can...

japji sahib pauree 33,34 No power to speak, no power to keep silent.No power to beg, no power to give.No power to live, no power to die.No power to rule, with wealth and occult mental powers.No power to gain intuitive understanding, spiritual wisdom and meditation.No power to find the way to escape from the world.He alone has the Power in His Hands. He watches over all.O Nanak, no one is high or low. ||33|| Nights, days, weeks and seasons;Wind, water, fire and the nether regions.In the midst of these, He established the earth as a home for Dharma.Upon it, He placed the various species of beings.Their names are uncounted and endless.By their deeds and their actions, they shall be judged.God Himself is True, and True is His Court.There, in perfect grace and ease, sit the self-elect, the self-realized Saints.They receive the Mark of Grace from the Merciful Lord.The ripe and the unripe, the good and the bad, shall there be judged.O Nanak, when you go home, you will see this. ||34|| Hindi T...

 Jap ji sahib pauree 31,32 On world after world are His Seats of Authority and His Storehouses.Whatever was put into them, was put there once and for all.Having created the creation, the Creator Lord watches over it.O Nanak, True is the Creation of the True Lord.I bow to Him, I humbly bow.The Primal One, the Pure Light, without beginning, without end. Throughout all the ages, He is One and the Same. ||31|| If I had 100,000 tongues, and these were then multiplied twenty times more, with each tongue,I would repeat, hundreds of thousands of times, the Name of the One, the Lord of the Universe.Along this path to our Husband Lord, we climb the steps of the ladder, and come to merge with Him.Hearing of the etheric realms, even worms long to come back home.O Nanak, by His Grace He is obtained. False are the boastings of the false. ||32|| Hindi Translation (हिंदी अनुवाद) उसका आसन प्रत्येक लोक में है तथा प्रत्येक लोक में उसका भण्डार है।उस परमात्मा ने सभी भण्डारों को एक ही बार परिपूर्ण कर दि...

jap ji sahib pauree 29,30 Let spiritual wisdom be your food, and compassion your attendant. The Sound-current of the Naad vibrates in each and every heart.He Himself is the Supreme Master of all; wealth and miraculous spiritual powers, and all other external tastes and pleasures, are all like beads on a string.Union with Him, and separation from Him, come by His Will. We come to receive what is written in our destiny.I bow to Him, I humbly bow.The Primal One, the Pure Light, without beginning, without end. Throughout all the ages, He is One and the Same. ||29|| The One Divine Mother conceived and gave birth to the three deities.One, the Creator of the World; One, the Sustainer; and One, the Destroyer.He makes things happen according to the Pleasure of His Will. Such is His Celestial Order.He watches over all, but none see Him. How wonderful this is!I bow to Him, I humbly bow.The Primal One, the Pure Light, without beginning, without end. Throughout all the ages, He is One and the Same....

  japji sahib pauree 27: Where is that Gate, and where is that Dwelling, in which You sit and take care of all?The Sound-current of the Naad vibrates there, and countless musicians play on all sorts of instruments there.So many Ragas, so many musicians singing there.The praanic wind, water and fire sing; the Righteous Judge of Dharma sings at Your Door.Chitr and Gupt, the angels of the conscious and the subconscious who record actions, and the Righteous Judge of Dharma who judges this record sing.Shiva, Brahma and the Goddess of Beauty, ever adorned, sing.Indra, seated upon His Throne, sings with the deities at Your Door.The Siddhas in Samaadhi sing; the Saadhus sing in contemplation.The celibates, the fanatics, the peacefully accepting and the fearless warriors sing.The Pandits, the religious scholars who recite the Vedas, with the supreme sages of all the ages, sing.The Mohinis, the enchanting heavenly beauties who entice hearts in this world, in paradise, and in the underworld o...

  japji sahib pauree 26: Priceless are His Virtues, Priceless are His Dealings.Priceless are His Dealers, Priceless are His Treasures.Priceless are those who come to Him, Priceless are those who buy from Him.Priceless is Love for Him, Priceless is absorption into Him.Priceless is the Divine Law of Dharma, Priceless is the Divine Court of Justice.Priceless are the scales, priceless are the weights.Priceless are His Blessings, Priceless is His Banner and Insignia.Priceless is His Mercy, Priceless is His Royal Command.Priceless, O Priceless beyond expression!Speak of Him continually, and remain absorbed in His Love.The Vedas and the Puraanas speak.The scholars speak and lecture.Brahma speaks, Indra speaks.The Gopis and Krishna speak.Shiva speaks, the Siddhas speak.The many created Buddhas speak.The demons speak, the demi-gods speak.The spiritual warriors, the heavenly beings, the silent sages, the humble and serviceful speak.Many speak and try to describe Him.Many have spoken of Him o...

  japji sahib pauree 25: His Blessings are so abundant that there can be no written account of them.The Great Giver does not hold back anything.There are so many great, heroic warriors begging at the Door of the Infinite Lord.So many contemplate and dwell upon Him, that they cannot be counted.So many waste away to death engaged in corruption.So many take and take again, and then deny receiving.So many foolish consumers keep on consuming.So many endure distress, deprivation and constant abuse.Even these are Your Gifts, O Great Giver!Liberation from bondage comes only by Your Will.No one else has any say in this.If some fool should presume to say that he does,He shall learn, and feel the effects of his folly.He Himself knows, He Himself gives.Few, very few are those who acknowledge this.One who is blessed to sing the Praises of the Lord,O Nanak, is the king of kings. ||25|| Hindi Translation (हिंदी अनुवाद) उसके उपकार इतने अधिक हैं कि उनको लिखने की समर्था किसी में भी नहीं ।वह अनेक बख्...