Guru Nanak Chamatkar (Part 2)-Bhai Vir Singh English ... - Vidhia.com

GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART - "
Guru: Then you see, there are three ways to praise the Lord. One is to
feel his praise in the mind and fall at his feet in that feeling. Second is to recite
his praise by the tonhJUe, the mind is turned towards the Lord and the tongue
recites the praise in words. Third is to combine the words of praise with music
and sing. This third type ofpraise is most effective on one's own mind and on
other people's minds. It has a marvellous effect on everybody's mind. Music
is something that melts the heart, softens the mind. When the mind is too full
of desires and passions it is difficult to tum it towards the Lord. But when it is
soft then it is easy to tum it towards the love of the Lord.
That is why, when one has to tum the mind towards love of the Lord,
sensation of the Lord, love ofhumanity, love of praise ofthe Lord, love ofthe
Lord's name, then if one melts the mind with music, like butter is melt with
warmth, the mind is turned towards the Lord easily.
Saint: All what you have said is heart piercing. It must be so that music is
banned in our scripture. It is notto stop singing ofdivine music. The ban must
be for singing of cheap sonhrs.
Guru: 0 Saint, There is another helplessness. Banning the music will not
stop it. Whether one is a Muslim or Greek or Christian or Hindu, whether
music is improper according to his religion, everybody does sing. The king
plays or listens music. Similarly, a pauper also plays or listens music.
You see a ploughman plough. Sometimes he must sing. See a boatman
moving the oars. Sometimes he must sing a verse, may be good or bad but he
will sing. A labourer while doing labour and a labourer while pounding lime
must sing sometimes. The lady water carrier while carrying the pitcher of
water on her head must sing. The queen will sing love songs remembering the
king when the king goes out for fighting. In this way you see, everybody is
singing a tune sometimes.
Now, when it is for certain that the people cannot be stopped from singing,
then it is better that you compose piOUS words, praise ofthe Lord, love ofthe
Lord, praise of His name that would give sensation to the mind, true path
towards the Lord, your discourse in simple and understandable lanhJUage,
love ofhumanity, and words ofgoodness and sing those with music. Rich and
poor would love to sing those sonhrs. They should be on everybody's tongue.
People should sing in carefree-ness like birds. Who knows when and which
song will give elevation to the mind. Everybody's character will develop,
everybody will become broad-minded and passions and vices will run away.
If you keep the music away from pious words and praise of the Lord,
then people helplessly in the habit of sinhJing will surely sing. But then what
will they sing? They will sing whatever is easily available to them.
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