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100 GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II Sehgal: Please be benevolent. You tell us and make us understand. Also, you let us know the practice. Then the Guru said: According to Hindu philosophy deeds are of three types. I. Evil deeds. II. Passions. III. Goodness. Similarly, there are three types of meditations: I. Meditation by Hath Yoga. II. Meditation by controlling the senses. III. Devotional meditation. I. Meditation by Hath yoga. Keeping the body naked, bear the cold and hot climate, keeping fasts, sitting in water for long hours, standing on one leg for long hours. This is meditation by Hath YOhra. He who does this for fulfillment of desires gets some supernatural powers. One who does this without desires, his mind becomes pure. This meditation is difficult and many times anger increases. Sometimes even passions increase. II. Second is controlling the senses. Keeping the eyes away from evil design. Keeping the ears away from listening to backbiting or envy. Keeping the hands away from doing evil or stealing. Keeping the feet away from going for evil. Keeping the tongue away from lies, foul speech and backbiting.Keeping the body away from passions. Instead keeping the eyes towards holy people and in reading the scripture. Keeping the ears towards listening to divine songs.Keeping the tongue in speaking pleasantly and truly. Keeping the hands towards charity and service.Keeping the feet towards holy congregations.This is meditation by controlling the senses. III. Devotional meditation. If you go by the Guru's advice, then the Guru gives love of the Lord. You have two things to do: 1. Recite the Lord's name with love. 2.Sing the praises of the Lord with music. The Lord is above the three characteristics of Hindu philosophy. By recitation, the Name will get into your mind, heart and body and you will reach the Lord. You will sing the praises of the Lord for which the divine scripture is there. When you will read or listen to the scripture or sing the praises ofthe Lord, then first it will wash the dirt ofyour mind. The mind will become crystal and you will be filled with ecstasy. You will get elevation of mind and it will rise above the three characteristics of philosophy. In the end you will meet the Lord whose praises you would be singing. Page 110 www.sikhbookclub.com

GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART - II In this devotional meditation, when the mind wanders elsewhere you have to tum it towards Name so that it recites the name incessantly. This is devotional meditation. Like, when you hJive spices to a horse, he throws them out but the person giving spices keeps his hand in the horse's mouth. If the horse throws out the spices, then the horse keeper hJives it again and again. In this way, the horse eats the spices and becomes all right Similarly, to tum the wandering mind by recitation of Name is devotional meditation. When the mind becomes tranquil, then it is filled with ecstasy. So, ifyou understand that the gain of this life is to reach the Lord, then you see, mind is the primary thing in the body. When the mind becomes crystal, it merges with the body soul. The body soul, then merges with the Supreme soul Le. the Lord. Our aim is to meet the true Lord who is all love, all ecstasy, all powerful, knows all, who is unique and has no parallel. In his forgetfulness we are in distress and suffering. If you wish to go in for devotional meditation, then you start reciting the Lord's name and singing or listening to the praises. ofthe Lord with music or without music. You will get-salvation. On listening to the Guru's advice they felt as if they have woken up from a slumber. They fell at the Guru's feet and said: Bless us with the Name. The Guru blessed them with the Lord's name. He h'Uided them to recite the Lord's name with love starting with recitation by tonh'Ue. Then he told them to keep company of holy people. They got salvation by treading on this path of devotional meditation. They lived a family life. Whenever they came to know that some holy people are assembling to sing the divine songs, they would reach there and listen to the divine songs. Also, do service there and recite the Lord's name. :Not only themselves, their entire families started reciting the Lord's Name with love. They became happy in this world and for the next world too. This indicates that all ideal men themselves recited the Lord's Name and made others recite the Name. Let us also recite: 'Waheguru, Waheguru, Waheguru.' '0 Lord, 0 Lord, 0 Lord' Starting with at least five minutes a day. ' Page 111 www.sikhbookclub.com 101

100 GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II<br />

Sehgal: Please be benevolent. You tell us and make us understand. Also,<br />

you let us know the practice. Then the <strong>Guru</strong> said: According to Hindu<br />

philosophy deeds are of three types.<br />

I. Evil deeds. II. Passions. III. Goodness.<br />

Similarly, there are three types of meditations:<br />

I. Meditation by Hath Yoga.<br />

II. Meditation by controlling the senses.<br />

III. Devotional meditation.<br />

I. Meditation by Hath yoga. Keeping the body naked, bear the cold and<br />

hot climate, keeping fasts, sitting in water for long hours, standing on one leg<br />

for long hours. This is meditation by Hath YOhra. He who does this for fulfillment<br />

of desires gets some supernatural powers. One who does this without desires,<br />

his mind be<strong>com</strong>es pure. This meditation is difficult and many times anger<br />

increases. Sometimes even passions increase.<br />

II. Second is controlling the senses. Keeping the eyes away from evil<br />

design. Keeping the ears away from listening to backbiting or envy. Keeping<br />

the hands away from doing evil or stealing. Keeping the feet away from going<br />

for evil. Keeping the tongue away from lies, foul speech and backbiting.Keeping<br />

the body away from passions. Instead keeping the eyes towards holy people<br />

and in reading the scripture. Keeping the ears towards listening to divine<br />

songs.Keeping the tongue in speaking pleasantly and truly. Keeping the hands<br />

towards charity and service.Keeping the feet towards holy congregations.This<br />

is meditation by controlling the senses.<br />

III. Devotional meditation.<br />

If you go by the <strong>Guru</strong>'s advice, then the <strong>Guru</strong> gives love of the Lord.<br />

You have two things to do:<br />

1. Recite the Lord's name with love.<br />

2.Sing the praises of the Lord with music.<br />

The Lord is above the three characteristics of Hindu philosophy. By<br />

recitation, the Name will get into your mind, heart and body and you will<br />

reach the Lord. You will sing the praises of the Lord for which the divine<br />

scripture is there. When you will read or listen to the scripture or sing the<br />

praises ofthe Lord, then first it will wash the dirt ofyour mind. The mind will<br />

be<strong>com</strong>e crystal and you will be filled with ecstasy. You will get elevation of<br />

mind and it will rise above the three characteristics of philosophy. In the end<br />

you will meet the Lord whose praises you would be singing.<br />

Page 110 www.sikhbookclub.<strong>com</strong>

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