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One Oankar, the primal energy, realised through the grace of divine preceptor.
Pauri-1 Guru Word and Greatness of Holy Congregation
The Image of Guru is perfect Brahm, immaculate and indestructible. Guru Word is beyond Brahm that resides in Truth. Holy congregation is True Abode of devotees full of indestructible devotion. The Light of Gurmat instructs all the four varnas or castes of society. A Gurmukh reduces his ego to ashes by prostrating before His feet. He lives a detached and indifferent life even if surrounded by Maya yet unaffected by it just like a lotus flower that remains unaffected by muddy water around it.
Pauri-2 Difficult discipleship of Guru.
To be disciple of the Guru is very subtle activity and it is like licking of the tasteless stone. It is thinner than a hair and sharper than the edge of the sword. Nothing is equal to it in present, past and future. In the house of Sikhism, the duality gets erased and one becomes one with that One. Man forgets the second, third then and there. Repudiating all the desires, the individual gets delight in the hope of one Lord.
Pauri-3 The way of Gurmukh
The way leading to the adoption of beneficent wisdom of the Guru- Gurumat- is known as the Gurmukh way. In it one is taught to live in the will of the Lord and to ponder over the Word of Guru. The will of the Master comes to be loved and in all thoughts permeates the formless Lord. As love and fragrance do not remain hidden, the Gurmukh also does not remain concealed and gets himself busy in altruistic activities. He imbibes in him the faith, contentment, ecstasy, and the qualities of being skilful. Gurmukh decimates ego and conquers it.
Pauri-4 Conduct of a Sikh
Considering himself as a guest the sikh spends his life in loving devotion. They remain unknown to deceit and pull out ego from their minds. Their true conduct is to treat themselves as guests in this world. The object of the gurmukh is service and only such action is loved by the Lord. Merging consciousness in the Word they reform the whole family of the world. Through holy congregation they become pure and formless and get established in the final stage of equipoise.
Pauri-5 The spiritual sport of a Gursikh
Kindling the supreme light in his mind a gurmukh remains absorbed in the state of supreme trance. When he adopts the supreme reality – Lord in his mind, the silent melody starts ringing. Becoming conscious for altruism now resides in his heart the sense of God’s omnipresence. Inspired by the teachings of the Guru, a gurmukh attains the state of fearlessness. Disciplining himself in the company of the holy ones that is losing his ego, he remembers Lord with single-minded devotion. This way entering from this world into the spiritual world, he finally establishes himself in his real nature.
Pauri-6 Realisation of the all-pervasiveness of the wondrous Guru.
As is the reflection in the mirror He sees in the world His own self. That perfect Lord is there in all selves; the ignorant individual searches Him outside as the moon sees its own reflection in the water and feels it is there. Lord Himself is there in the milk, cow and ghee. Taking fragrance from the flowers He Himself is the flavour in them. His own phenomenon is there in wood, fire, water ,earth and snow. The perfect Lord resides in all selves and is visualized by a rare Gurmukh.
Pauri-7 Conduct of a Sikh of the Guru-Emperor
Rare is the gurmukh who concentrates on the Guru and attains the divine sight. He is the jeweller having the capacity of testing as well as keeping the jewels in the form of virtues. His mind becomes pure like ruby and he remains absorbed in the holy congregation. He is dead while being alive that is he turns his face from evil propensities. Totally merging himself in the supreme light he understands his self as well as the Lord.
Pauri-8 Similarity between the Sikh and the Guru-Emperor
Elated in the music and sound of the word, the disciple of the Guru becomes full of serene qualities. His consciousness gets merged into the Word and his mind stabilizes in the inaudible melody. The Guru plays on the instruments of sermon, listening to which the mind dons clothes of the highest state of equipoise to dance before the Lord. The Sikh of the Guru,getting attuned to the instrument of teaching ultimately turns out himself to be a player of the Guru Word. Now the omniscient Lord understands his pangs of separation. The disciple transforms into guru and the guru into disciple in the same manner, as a diamond cutter is also in fact a diamond.
Pauri-9 Similarity between Sikh and Guru
The greatness of the gurmukh is that he being the philosopher’s stone makes everyone a philosopher’s stone. As the diamond is cut by a diamond, the light of the gurmukh merges in the Supreme Light. His consciousness is attuned to the Word as the mind of the player absorbs in the instrument. Now the disciple and the Guru become identical. They become one and merge in one another. From man was born man- from Guru Nanak to Guru Angad- and he becomes the superior man. Crossing the world with a leap he merged in the innate knowledge.
Pauri-10 Holy Congregation- Abode of Truth
He who beholds the true Guru has beholden the Lord. Putting his consciousness into the Word he concentrates upon his self. Enjoying the fragrance of the lotus feet of the Guru he transforms himself into sandal. Tasting the nectar of the lotus feet he goes into a special wondrous state of super consciousness. Now in consonance with the Gurmat, the wisdom of the Guru, he stabilizing the mind goes beyond the boundaries of forms and figures. Reaching the holy congregation, the abode of truth, he himself becomes that imperceptible and ineffable Lord.
Pauri-11 Witness State
He who sees from inside the eyes, is in fact beholden outside too. He is described through words and He is illumined in the consciousness. For the fragrance of the lotus feet of the Guru, the mind becoming the black bee, enjoys the pleasure. Whatever is attained in holy congregation, he does not get away from it. By putting the mind into the teachings of the Guru, the mind itself changes according to the wisdom of the Guru. The true Guru is the form of that transcendental Brahm who is beyond all the qualities.
Pauri-12 Divine Traits
He is sight in the eyes and breath in the nostril . He is consciousness in the ears and taste in the tongue. With hand he works and becomes fellow traveller on the path. The gurmukh has attained the fruit of delight after churning the Word with consciousness. Any rare gurmukh remains away from the effects of Maya. The holy congregation is a sandal tree to which whosoever comes in contact becomes sandal.
Pauri-13 Waheguru Mantra
How is the dynamism of the unmanifest known. How can the story of that ineffable Lord be narrated. He is wonderful for the wonder itself. The absorbents in the wondrous realization get themselves elated. The Vedas also do not understand this mystery and even the Sesanaga cannot know its limits. Waheguru, God, is eulogised through recitation of the Word of the Guru- Gurbani.
Pauri-14 Virtues of a Gurmukh
As, a coach on the highway goes through the beaten track. In the holy congregation one goes on abiding with divine decree and will of the Lord. As, the wise person keeps money intact at home, and the deep ocean leaves not its general nature, as the grass is trampled under feet, likewise this world or inn is the Mansarovar and the disciples of the Guru are swans, who in the form of kirtan eat the pearls of the Word of the Guru.
Pauri-15 Example of Sandal
As a sandal tree tries to hide itself in the forest but cannot remain hidden due to its fragrance. As philosopher’s stone being identical with ordinary stones of the mountains spend time in waiting. As seven seas are manifest yet Mansarovar is invisible to common eyes. As Parijat- wish fulfilling tree- also keep itself unseen; and as Kandhenu- wish fulfilling cow- also lives in this world but never makes itself noticed. Likewise why should they who have adopted the teachings of true Guru, include themselves in any count.
Pauri-16 Guru- disciple, disciple- Guru
The eyes are two but they behold one Lord. The ears are two but they bring out one consciousness. The river has two banks but they are one through the connection of water and are not separate. The Guru and the disciple are two identities but one Shabad as Word permeates through both of them. When the Guru is disciple and disciple Guru, who can make the other comprehend.
Pauri-17 Activity of the disciple Guru
First Guru makes the disciple sit near his feet so as to preach him. Telling him about the distinction of the holy congregation and the abode of dharma, he is put into the service of humanity. Serving through loving devotion, the servants of the Lord celebrate the anniversaries. Attuning the consciousness with the word, through the singing of hymns, one meets the truth. The Gurmukh walks the path of Truth, practising Truth he crosses the World Ocean. Thus the truthful one obtains the truth and getting it, the ego is erased.
Pauri-18 Learning humility from feet
The head is high and the feet are at low level but still the head bows upon the feet. The feet carry the burden of mouth, eyes, nose, ears, hands and the whole body. Then, leaving aside all the body organs only feet are worshipped. They daily go to the holy congregation in the shelter of the Guru. Then they run for the altruistic works and accomplish the work to the maximum possible. Alas! Were it so that shoes made of my skin were used by the Sikhs of the Guru. Whosoever gets the dust of feet of such people, he is fortunate and a blessed one.
Pauri 19 Learning from the earth
As the earth is embodiment of continence, dharma and humility. It remains under the feet and this humility is true and not false. Somebody constructs temple of god on it and some gather rubbish heaps on it. Whatever is sowed is got accordingly whether it is mango or lausri- a glutinous fruit. While being dead in life that is deleting ego from the self, the gurmukhs join gurmukhs in the holy congregation. They become the dust of the feet of the holy men, which is trampled under the feet.
Pauri-20 Learning from Water
As water flows downwards and takes with it whosoever meets it and makes it also humble. All the dyes mix up in water and it becomes one with every colour. Erasing ego it does altruistic deeds. It does not sink the wood, it rather makes the iron swim with it. It makes for prosperity when it rains in rainy season. Likewise, the holy saints getting dead in life that is removing their ego, making their coming to the world fruitful.
Pauri-21 Learning from tree
With feet upward and head down, the tree gets rooted and stands unmoved. It bears with water, cold and sunshine but does not turn its face from self mortification. Such a tree is blessed and becomes full of fruit. On stoning, it gives fruit and does not stir even under the moving machine. The wicked go on doing evil deeds whereas the gentle remain busy in good activities. Rare are the people in the world who with their saintly heart do good to the evil. The commoners are duped by time that is they change according to time but the holy men succeed in deluging the time that is they remain unaffected from time.
Pauri-22 Symptoms of a Disicple
The faithful disciple is that who remains merged in Guru. Absorbed in Word Form he loses his ego. Considering body or earth as an inn he spreads the ego of his self and earns the divine blessing of Guru by trampling ego under his feet. Devoted to his cause he humbly accepts Gurmat and comes with full commitment to the holy congregation.
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