The Meaning Of Life.indd - Raj Karega Khalsa Network

The Meaning Of Lifeon Wahguru at amrit vela and they will get the knowledge ofGod.There are 3 types of mythical snake to describe the 3 typesof scholars. The first snake comes out on the dark moonlessnights and lays down manee-jewels out of it’s mouth. Theyshine and attract insects which the snake then eats. The firsttype of scholar reads a few books then talks nonsense all daylong, fooling the people in all diesctions.The second type of snake comes out on the full moon and laysdown manee-jewels out of it’s mouth, but they turn into nectarwhen touched by the rays of the moon. The snake drinks thenectar. The second type of scholar is well educated, they livemoral lives, they earn their wages and they spend their livesdoing worthwhile deeds.The third type of snake Khalsa jee, comes out on the moonless,or Masiaa, nights and lays out the manee-jewels for all theinsects to eat. But, it doesn’t eat them. It does selfless seva. Itserves others.174“Ho-geh para-pukaree, jinaah vid-iaa vicharee….the ones who contemplated on their knowledgebecame selfless servants.”Just like the third snake doesn’t eat insects nor the nectar, butjust serves others, in the same way the third type of scholaris in whom great souls are categorised. They perform selflessservice, or seva. A great soul’s life is like the river that doesn’tdrink its own water, like the tree that doesn’t eat its own fruit.