The Divine Within: From Sikhism’s Holy Scripture – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Part 2 of 2

Let us continue with selections from Siree Raag, Section 05, continuing Part 74, which reveals that the greatest battle is not with the world but with our own mind. And in Part 75, Guru Nanak expounds on how sincere devotion to the True Guru and the Divine Name can lead the soul to lasting peace and liberation.

“Loving attention to the Lord and attachment to Maya are the two separate ways; all act according to the Hukam of the Lord’s Command. The Gurmukh has conquered his own mind, by applying the Touchstone of the Shabad. He fights with his mind, he settles with his mind, and he is at peace with his mind. All obtain the desires of their minds through the Love of the True Word of the Shabad. They drink in the Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam forever; this is how the Gurmukhs act. […]”

“Meditation, penance and austere self-discipline are found by surrendering to the True Guru’s Will. By His Grace this is received. O Nanak, serve with this intuitive awareness; only that which is pleasing to the Lord is approved. […]

Third Mehl: One who knows the Benevolent Lord GOD is the true devotee of Bhagaautee. By Guru’s Grace, he is self-realized. He restrains his wandering mind, and brings it back to its own home within the self. He remains dead while yet alive, and he chants the Name of the Lord. Such a Bhagaautee is most exalted. O Nanak, He merges into the True One. Third Mehl: He is full of deceit, and yet he calls himself a devotee of Bhagaautee. Through hypocrisy, he shall never attain the Supreme Lord GOD. He slanders others, and pollutes himself with his own filth. Outwardly, he washes off the filth, but the impurity of his mind does not go away. He argues with the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation. Night and day, he suffers, engrossed in the love of duality. He does not remember the Name of the Lord, but still, he performs all sorts of empty rituals. That which is pre-ordained cannot be erased. O Nanak, without serving the True Guru, liberation is not obtained.

Pauree: Those who meditate on the True Guru shall not be burnt to ashes. Those who meditate on the True Guru are satisfied and fulfilled. Those who meditate on the True Guru are not afraid of the Messenger of Death.”