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My cup runnith over with the blood of my sins strangling the love I once felt within A long time ago it was stolen from me the essence of life woe be it to me I claimed to see but I saw my own sight blind as a bat on the darkest of nights Battered by storms adrift in the sea I accused myself of this iniquity Each passing day returned with new hope searching with vigor my faith is my boat The thunder will pass the clouds drift away the light of new life will shine one day I knew it would happen my heart still beats true the darkness of life left when I met you You came into being like a soft gentle breeze changing me completely making me free…
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ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੫ ॥ Ḏẖanāsrī mehlā 5. Dhanaasaree, Fifth Mehl: ਬਿਨੁ ਜਲ ਪ੍ਰਾਨ ਤਜੇ ਹੈ ਮੀਨਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਜਲ ਸਿਉ ਹੇਤੁ ਬਢਾਇਓ ॥ Bin jal parān ṯajė hai mīnā jin jal sio hėṯ badẖāio. The fish out of water loses its life; it is deeply in love with the water. ਕਮਲ ਹੇਤਿ ਬਿਨਸਿਓ ਹੈ ਭਵਰਾ ਉਨਿ ਮਾਰਗੁ ਨਿਕਸਿ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ॥੧॥ Kamal hėṯ binsio hai bẖavrā un mārag nikas na pāio. ||1|| The bumble bee, totally in love with the lotus flower, is lost in it; it cannot find the way to escape from it. ||1|| ਅਬ ਮਨ ਏਕਸ ਸਿਉ ਮੋਹੁ ਕੀਨਾ ॥ Ab man ėkas sio moh kīnā. Now, my mind has nurtured love for the One Lord. ਮਰੈ ਨ ਜਾਵੈ ਸਦ ਹੀ ਸੰਗੇ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸਬਦੀ ਚੀਨਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Marai na jāvai saḏ hī sangė saṯgur sabḏī cẖī…
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ਵਡਹੰਸੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ਅਸਟਪਦੀਆ vadhans mehlā 3 asatpaḏīā Wadahans, Third Mehl, Ashtapadees: ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ Ikoaʼnkār saṯgur parsāḏ. One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: ਸਚੀ ਬਾਣੀ ਸਚੁ ਧੁਨਿ ਸਚੁ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਰਾ ॥ Sacẖī baṇī sacẖ ḏẖun sacẖ sabaḏ vīcẖārā. True is the Bani of His Word, and True is the melody; True is contemplative meditation on the Word of the Shabad. ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਸਚੁ ਸਲਾਹਣਾ ਧਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਵਡਭਾਗ ਹਮਾਰਾ ॥੧॥ Anḏin sacẖ salāhṇā ḏẖan ḏẖan vadbẖāg hamārā. ||1|| Night and day, I praise the True Lord. Blessed, blessed is my great good fortune. ||1|| ਮਨ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਚੇ ਨਾਮ ਵਿਟਹੁ ਬਲਿ ਜਾਉ ॥ Man mėrė sācẖė nām vitahu bal jāo. O my mind, let yourself…
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ਪਉੜੀ ॥ Paoṛī. Pauree: ਜਿਨ ਕੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਵਸਿਆ ਸਦ ਹਿਰਦੈ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੋ ਤਿਨ ਕੰਉ ਰਖਣਹਾਰਾ ॥ Jin kai har nām vasiā saḏ hirḏai har nāmo ṯin kaʼnu rakẖaṇhārā. Those whose hearts are forever filled with the Name of the Lord, have the Name of the Lord as their Protector. ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਿਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੋ ਮਾਤਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਖਾਈ ਮਿਤ੍ਰੁ ਹਮਾਰਾ ॥ Har nām piṯā har nāmo māṯā har nām sakẖāī miṯar hamārā. The Lord's Name is my father, the Lord's Name is my mother; the Lord's Name is my helper and friend. ਹਰਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਲਿ ਗਲਾ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਵੈ ਨਾਲਿ ਮਸਲਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਮਾਰੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਨਿਤ ਸਾਰਾ ॥ Har nāvai nāl galā har nāvai nāl maslaṯ har nām hamārī karḏā niṯ sārā. My conversation is with the Lord's Name, and my…
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vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh ਕਬੀਰ ਸੁਪਨੈ ਹੂ ਬਰੜਾਇ ਕੈ ਜਿਹ ਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਕਸੈ ਰਾਮੁ ॥ Kabīr supnai hū barhrhāė kai jih mukh niksai rām. Kabeer, if someone utters the Name of the Lord even in dreams, ਤਾ ਕੇ ਪਗ ਕੀ ਪਾਨਹੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਤਨ ਕੋ ਚਾਮੁ ॥੬੩॥ tā kė pag kī pānhī mėrė tan ko chām. I would make my skin into shoes for his feet. ਸੁਪਨੈ = ਬਰੜਾਇ = in sleep; ਮੁਖਿ = mouth; ਨਿਕਸੈ = to come out of (i.e. if God's Name is uttered); ਪਗ = foot; ਪਾਨਹੀ = shoes; ਚਾਮੁ = skin. In this Salok Bhagat Kabeer Ji highlights how rare it is to find someone who keeps God is their mind everyday. Many of us think that doing simran or 'remembering Guru Ji' is something we do when at the Gurdw…
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ਰਾਮਕਲੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ Rāmkalī mehlā 1. Raamkalee, First Mehl: ਸਾਗਰ ਮਹਿ ਬੂੰਦ ਬੂੰਦ ਮਹਿ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਕਵਣੁ ਬੁਝੈ ਬਿਧਿ ਜਾਣੈ ॥ Sāgar meh būnḏ būnḏ meh sāgar kavaṇ bujẖai biḏẖ jāṇai. The drop is in the ocean, and the ocean is in the drop. Who understands, and knows this? ਉਤਭੁਜ ਚਲਤ ਆਪਿ ਕਰਿ ਚੀਨੈ ਆਪੇ ਤਤੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥੧॥ Uṯbẖuj cẖalaṯ āp kar cẖīnai āpė ṯaṯ pacẖẖāṇai. ||1|| He Himself creates the wondrous play of the world. He Himself contemplates it, and understands its true essence. ||1|| ਐਸਾ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੈ ਕੋਈ ॥ Aisā giān bīcẖārai koī. How rare are those who contemplate this spiritual wisdom. ਤਿਸ ਤੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Ŧis ṯė mukaṯ param gaṯ hoī. ||1|| rahāo. T…
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ਧਨਾਸਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ Ḏẖanāsrī mehlā 1. Dhanaasaree, First Mehl: ਹਮ ਆਦਮੀ ਹਾਂ ਇਕ ਦਮੀ ਮੁਹਲਤਿ ਮੁਹਤੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਾ ॥ Ham āḏmī hāʼn ik ḏamī muhlaṯ muhaṯ na jāṇā. We are human beings of the briefest moment; we do not know the appointed time of our departure. ਨਾਨਕੁ ਬਿਨਵੈ ਤਿਸੈ ਸਰੇਵਹੁ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਜੀਅ ਪਰਾਣਾ ॥੧॥ Nānak binvai ṯisai sarėvhu jā kė jīa parāṇā. ||1|| Prays Nanak, serve the One, to whom our soul and breath of life belong. ||1|| ਅੰਧੇ ਜੀਵਨਾ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ਦੇਖਿ ਕੇਤੇ ਕੇ ਦਿਨਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Anḏẖė jīvnā vīcẖār ḏėkẖ kėṯė kė ḏinā. ||1|| rahāo. You are blind - see and consider, how many days your life shall last. ||1||Pause|| ਸਾਸੁ ਮਾਸੁ ਸਭੁ ਜੀਉ ਤੁਮਾਰਾ ਤੂ ਮੈ ਖਰਾ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥ Sās mās sabẖ jī…
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ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ Gaoṛī mehlā 1. Gauree, First Mehl: ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਸੁ ਮਰਣੁ ਦਿਖਾਏ ॥ Saṯgur milai so maraṇ ḏikẖāė. Meeting the True Guru, we are shown the way to die. ਮਰਣ ਰਹਣ ਰਸੁ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਭਾਏ ॥ Maraṇ rahaṇ ras anṯar bẖāė. Remaining alive in this death brings joy deep within. ਗਰਬੁ ਨਿਵਾਰਿ ਗਗਨ ਪੁਰੁ ਪਾਏ ॥੧॥ Garab nivār gagan pur pāė. ||1|| Overcoming egotistical pride, the Tenth Gate is found. ||1|| ਮਰਣੁ ਲਿਖਾਇ ਆਏ ਨਹੀ ਰਹਣਾ ॥ Maraṇ likẖāė āė nahī rahṇā. Death is pre-ordained - no one who comes can remain here. ਹਰਿ ਜਪਿ ਜਾਪਿ ਰਹਣੁ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਣਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Har jap jāp rahaṇ har sarṇā. ||1|| rahāo. So chant and meditate on the Lord, and remain in the Sanctu…
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Gurfateh ji When I was reading this story or a sort of a joke, I could not stop thinking about our state of mind. Are we not like $50 dollar bill in the Story. EXCUSE ME? A torn and ragged one-dollar bill discovered that it was about to be retired from circulation. As it slowly moved along the conveyor belt to the shredder, it became acquainted and struck up a conversation with a fifty-dollar bill that was meeting the same fate. The fifty began reminiscing about its travels all over the country. Life has been good," the fifty exclaimed. "Why, I've been to Las Vegas, thefinest restaurants in New York, political fund raisers, and just returned from a cruise …
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Another good effort by volunteer of SikhiSidak.com
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Announcement After long and hard thought, I have decided to carry on with my blog because a dear friend said to me, ‘In this age, where missionaries and bad people corrupt and teach and cleverly debate using every advanced technology, you would be silent?’. I kept a promise that I shall carry on with this seva to help each other cross the worldly ocean, and so I shall stay true to my word. However, this blog will not be up-dated weekly since I still have a worldly commitment and spiritual commitment. The article I have written is called ‘the destruction of sin’ which is about sin and the outcome. Please read the whole shabad because that is the main part of the article…
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Its a short story (but its like 18 pages long loll) - trust me though its a story worth reading !! http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LQC7C2QH (fanks Techno_Singh for your computer wisdom!!)
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This Shabad is by Guru Amar Daas Ji in Raag Dhanaasree on Pannaa 665 DnwsrI mhlw 3 ] mnu mrY Dwqu mir jwie ] ibnu mn mUey kYsy hir pwie ] iehu mnu mrY dwrU jwxY koie ] mnu sbid mrY bUJY jnu soie ]1] ijs no bKsy hir dy vifAweI ] gur prswid vsY min AweI ] rhwau ] gurmuiK krxI kwr kmwvY ] qw iesu mn kI soJI pwvY ] mnu mY mqu mYgl imkdwrw ] guru AMksu mwir jIvwlxhwrw ]2] mnu AswDu swDY jnu koeI ] Acru crY qw inrmlu hoeI ] gurmuiK iehu mnu lieAw svwir ] haumY ivchu qjY ivkwr ]3] jo Duir riKAnu myil imlwie ] kdy n ivCuVih sbid smwie ] AwpxI klw Awpy pRBu jwxY ] nwnk gurmuiK nwmu pCwxY ]4]6] Dhanaasaree, Third Mehla: When the mind is conquered, its turbulent…
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WJKK WJKF Found elsewhere on internet. Author Amardeep Singh has detailed the chands of the powerful Jaap Sahib ----------------------- Gurbani Chands of Jaap Saaheb Amardeep Singh Sat Jan 19 This paper is written with an objective to initiate a discussion to gain better understanding on recitation methods of Jaap Saaheb. All Gurbani in Guru Granth Saaheb is written in Poetic Metres and the same applies to Jaap Saaheb. In order to understand Metre we need to first understand the meaning of Syllables. A Syllable is a Word or Part of a Word uttered by a single effort of the voice. Metre of Poetry is the uttering of certain groups of syllables of a Poetic li…
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