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By listening to the teachings of the Satguru with rapt attention one attains therealization of Truth, the stage of permanent contentment (remaining resigned to His willunder all circumstances), and the knowledge of the Divine within and without (arealization that the whole created universe lives, moves and has its being in the One-in-All and the All-in-One and is controlled by Him).By listening to the teachings of the Satguru with rapt attention, one acquires thefruit of bathing the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage in Bharat Varsha (Hindustan).By listening to the teachings of the Satguru with rapt attention, one acquires thesame amount of respect that a person acquires by years of painful study. By listening tothe Divine teachings of the Satguru, (without any worldly desire) one acquires freedomfrom all attachment; and his mind remains permanently fixed on the Divine within andwithout, the all-pervading Eternal Reality. He is in tuned with the Infinite in though,word and deed and rises above all temptation. Sayeth Nanak His devotees who meditateon His name are filled with ecstasy. Their faces beam with Divine joy. No pain or sincan touch them. They rise above all pain and sin.Note: - There are very few people who listen attentively to spiritual truths. Being slaves of mammon andhunters after pleasures of flesh, their minds always wander away. The body is present but themind is absent. Hardly one in millions imbibes the spiritual teachings of God conscious personsof scriptures.By listening to and drinking in deep the Divine name, one realizes the truthcontained in the fathomless oceans of knowledge; (the Vedas, the Shastras and theGurbani); one attains the rank of Sheikh – the head of a clan, Pir – religious leader, or aking. The ignorant (the blind hunters after pleasures of flesh) find the Path of truerealization. The Infinite fathomless Divine is realized. One becomes God-conscious, andfeels His presence in the whole created Universe. Or one can easily cross the
unfathomable ocean of the world of woe and pain. (He can acquire the power of keepinghis mind in control under all circumstances, success does not inflate him and failurenever daunts him. Filled with Divine realization, he lives in peace and good will, withthe whole creation).Sayeth Nanak, His devotees who meditate on His name and drink in deep thenectar of the Divine life within, are filled with ecstasy and their faces beam with Divinejoy. No pain or sin can touch them. They rise above all pain and sin.In the next four Pauris (12, 13, 14, and 15) Guru Nanak gives the spiritual stageof those persons, who after listening to Guru Updesha (the teachings of a God-consciousperson) weigh it in their minds; and make it the ideal of their lives.The spiritual stage (the stage of self-realization) of one who after weighing theteachings of the Satguru, fixes them in his mind and makes them the goal of his life,cannot be expressed in words. Anyone who attempts to express it falls so short of it, thathe feels ashamed of his vain attempt. The true stage of such a person no writer can puton paper. Howsoever wise a writer may be, whatsoever amount of paper and ink he maypossess, the spiritual stage of such a person cannot be expressed in words. The glory ofthe Divine Word (gurmantar – WAHEGURU), which is immaculate and free from alldross of attachment, is so great that only he who meditates on it, with full faith and love,and makes it dwell in his mind, can realize it.
Page 2 and 3: JAPJI SAHIBTranslated by:-Teja Sing
Page 4 and 5: I dedicate this humble effortto tra
Page 6 and 7: Note: - In this translation the sam
Page 8 and 9: In this Pauri Sat-Guru Nanak enumer
Page 10 and 11: In this Pauri, Satguru Nanak Dev Ji
Page 12 and 13: (b) Those who follow the path of lo
Page 14 and 15: goddess of knowledge and wealth). T
Page 16 and 17: In the next four Pauris (8, 9, 10,
Page 20 and 21: By fixing the Satguru’s (God-cons
Page 22 and 23: One who fixes one’s mind on Satgu
Page 24 and 25: He created the Universe with one sp
Page 26 and 27: In this Pauri, Satguru has describe
Page 28 and 29: thoughts and actions pure and immac
Page 30 and 31: There are hundreds of thousands of
Page 32 and 33: His gifts and deeds are boundless,
Page 34 and 35: Their Dharma (the power of treading
Page 36 and 37: of these actions sing of Thee. The
Page 38 and 39: O Sidhs, we bow down in complete de
Page 40 and 41: The Sidhs according to their ideas
Page 42 and 43: Sayeth Nanak, verily no one can bec
Page 44 and 45: character). There are innumerable D
Page 46 and 47: Their words and actions become forc
Page 48: with Divine light, you will be free

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