Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji: Creation and Destruction Happen Through the Word of the Shabad

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Raag Majh, Third Mehl  –  Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji – Ang 117

Author: Guru Amar Das Ji 

 

Maajh, Third Mehl:

Creation and destruction happen through the Word of the Shabad.

Through the Shabad, creation happens again.

The Gurmukh knows that the True Lord is all-pervading. The Gurmukh understands creation and merger. ||1||

I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who enshrine the Perfect Guru within their minds.

From the Guru comes peace and tranquility; worship Him with devotion, day and night. Chanting His Glorious Praises, merge into the Glorious Lord. ||1|| II Pause||

The Gurmukh sees the Lord on the earth, and the Gurmukh sees Him in the water.

The Gurmukh sees Him in wind and fire; such is the wonder of His Play.

One who has no Guru, dies over and over again, only to be re-born. One who has no Guru continues coming and going in reincarnation. ||2||

The One Creator has set this play in motion.

In the frame of the human body, He has placed all things.

Those few who are pierced through by the Word of the Shabad, obtain the Mansion of the Lord’s Presence. He calls them into His Wondrous Palace. ||3||

True is the Banker, and true are His traders.

They purchase Truth, with infinite love for the Guru.

They deal in Truth, and they practice Truth. They earn Truth, and only Truth. ||4||

Without investment capital, how can anyone acquire merchandise?

The self-willed manmukhs have all gone astray.

Without true wealth, everyone goes empty-handed; going empty-handed, they suffer in pain. ||5||

Some deal in Truth, through love of the Guru’s Shabad.

They save themselves, and save all their ancestors as well.

Very auspicious is the coming of those who meet their Beloved and find peace. ||6||

Deep within the self is the secret, but the fool looks for it outside.

The blind self-willed manmukhs wander around like demons;

But where the secret is, there, they do not find it. The manmukhs are deluded by doubt. ||7||

He Himself calls us, and bestows the Word of the Shabad.

The soul-bride finds intuitive peace and poise in the Mansion of the Lord’s Presence.

O Nanak, she obtains the glorious greatness of the Naam; she hears it again and again, and she meditates on it. ||8||13||14||

Source: iGurbani


Guru Amar Das Ji

Guru Amar Das is the third Sikh Guru. He was born in Basarke, India. His father’s name was Tej Bhan Ji and his mother was Mata Lakhmi Ji. His wife was Mata Mansa Devi Ji. They had two sons and two daughters. His sons were Mohan Ji and Mohri Ji and his daughters were Bibi Dani Ji and Bibi Bhani Ji.

By the time that Guru Amar Das become Guru, he was already an old man. He continued to share and expand the teachings of the Gurus. He also had mystical experiences and shared those experiences through song. He composed the Anand Sahib, the Song of Bliss, which is one of the five daily prayers for someone who has taken Amrit. He wrote many other compositions, as well.

Guru Amar Das founded langar, or community meals, in many places. He also trained ministers to support and share the teachings of the Sikh Gurus. During his lifetime, he specially trained and commissioned 52 female ministers and 22 male ministers to go into particular regions and serve. He taught humility, service, dedication, equality, honor and respect to women


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