Posted by Aquarian Times& filed under Shabad Guru
The yogis often refer to the freewheeling, erratic nature of the mind as the 'monkey mind.' A scattered mind creates scattered habits. Commanding the mind and stilling its chatter are considered keys to yogic discipline and are a direct source of mental health.…
Posted by Spirit Voyage& filed under Dharmic Education
This Pauri from Jap Jī is very important. Mundā santokh, tolerance and unlimited patience, is the highest power you can have. Mundā are the earrings, which yogīs wear in the solar center to denounce the world. It is the sun meridian point: this little lobe represents your head with the central part of your intelligence in the center. When…
Posted by Spirit Voyage& filed under Dharmic Education
In the beginning of the 27th Paurī Gurū Nānak tells us about the gate to God’s home. Everybody now is interested in getting information about God’s home, like a Google Map to God. They are perhaps more interested in receiving a miracle than a description of the path. At least we get to know, that it…
Posted by Pritpal Singh Khalsa& filed under Dharmic Education
Gurū Nānak begins this Paurī by using the word, amul, to describe God as priceless. To be priceless is to be beyond any possible price – to have value that exceeds any price. As God is infinite there is no way to assign a value or a measure of that vastness. Even science admits that we…
Posted by Rupinder Kaur Khalsa& filed under Around the World, Community, Your Stories
The longing of the soul is so great, that even if it takes you thousands of incarnations, you are destined to have the experience of Oneness. That’s the Guru’s promise to all of us. Let’s keep walking together.…
Posted by Spirit Voyage& filed under Dharmic Education
It was in 1973 or 74 that I remember the Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan telling us to memorize the 25th Paurī and chant it 26 times a day. Many of us were just getting comfortable reciting Japjī Sāhib in Gurumukhi. Apparently, we were being introduced to our next adventure. Yogi Bhajan was addressing our…
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The 24th Paurī uses the term Ant Na, repeatedly. Ant means end. Na is the negation of Ant, meaning without end, countless, as it is frequently translated. In this Paurī, Gurū Nānak marvels at the vastness of the Ek Ong Kār. He explains that countless are the praises and the praisers of God, countless are the works and gifts of God. Gurū Nānak goes…
Posted by Spirit Voyage& filed under Dharmic Education
The faithful praise God over and over again, reciting mantras, prayers, and hymns. We try to understand God by better understanding Gurbāṉī, through meditation, devotional service, and reflection. All who sing of the Wonderful One, who describe God in so many countless ways – with all the devotion that fills their hearts – how great…
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