Essence Of Sukhmani

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Essence Of Sukhmani

The Sukhmani is the simplest and the most popular of all the verses in the Shri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS 262-296). Literally, "Sukhmani" means some thing which gives peace of mind or the touchstones for happiness. SatGuru Arjun Dev Ji's aim in writing the Sukhmani - The Psalm of Peace - was that the reader may feel composure of mind and a sense of inner bliss.

Any person who is fed up with life or depressed by anxiety or otherwise afflicted will derive real consolation from it. Anyone who is suffering from the chronic disease of ego will get humility from reading and practising the teachings. Anyone who wants to understand the spiritual path to God will find the answers in this verse. Answers to questions of what is Naam? What is God? What is the Satguru? What is the Holy Congregation?

There is a gradual development of thought in the twenty-four sections of the Sukhmani. The “Pause” line at the end of first verse of first section has the central idea of the entire work and all the 24 sections are a detailed description of the central idea. The “Pause” line is :

Sukhmani Sukh Amrit Prabh Naam, Bhagat jana ke man bisram.

The Nectar of the Name of God gives “Peace of Mind” (Sukhmani).

And the minds of the devotees abide in a joyful peace. || Pause ||

It means, Gurprasadi Naam (God’s Graceful Name) is the basis of all the pleasures and it resides in the hearts of True Saints. It is saying that God’s Nectar Naam is the real “Sukhmani”. This idea is expanded upon through the 24 sections as described below:

The first three section’s teach that meditating on God’s Gurprasadi Naam is the greater than all religions. And that doing meditation (simran) on the Naam is the greatest deed , greater than all religious actions.

Sections 4 through 6 teach that it is with Almighty’s blessings that one gets blessed with Gurprasadi Naam.

Section’s 7 through 9 teach that with the blessing of Almighty that the spirituality seeker gets the company of Saints and he or she develops a passion for Naam. All those Gurmukhs who have been respectfully called Sadh, Sant, Brahmgyani and Satguru in Gurbani, are in a continuous and constant state of delight and are jeevan mukat (freed from the cycle of reincarnation). They belong to all religions and the entire humanity.

The 10th and 11th sections teach that all living forms are constantly praising the omnipresent God and they are getting subsistence from God.

Section’s 12 and 13 teach that the persons who meditates on Naam, should be humble and believe in forgiving others. He or she should not slander anybody because the slandering by itself will keep them in the cycle of reincarnation.

Sections 14th and 15th teach that one should depend on God only because God knows what is going on in everybody’s heart and he is the only one who can fulfill everybody’s needs.

Section’s 16 through 18 teach that God is free from the bondage of Maya (Illusion of Material world) and is eternal. God’s pure light can shine in somebody’s heart only by taking refuge at the feet of a Satguru.

19th and 20th section’s teach that it is only through prayer that you obtain the wealth of Gurprasadi Naam.

Sections 21 through 23 reiterate that Nirgun God (form of God that is purely light, Param jyot, without physical attributes) has created this play of his sargun sarup (the form that has physical attributes) in the form of this world. And God himself is absorbed in all his creation, is a part and parcel of everything he created. The fact that God is all pervasive, can be realized only by surrendering your wisdom to the Sant Satguru. The last section teaches that all virtues are contained in God. All these virtues can be obtained by doing Naam simran. So his Gurprasadi Naam liberates you from the cycle of reincarnation (the greatest pain and suffering) and is the key to all pleasures and eternal state of delight. The Naam resides in the Truthful hearts of Bhagats.

Hence, the 24 sections of Sukhmani teach that meditation (simran) of God’s name is highest of all religious deeds. Gurprasadi Naam, after a while starts residing in the spiritual heart (Hirda) of the worshipper. Eventually, it stays in the Hirda forever. As the spiritual people touch higher levels of spirituality, they are referred to as Sadh, Sant, Brahmgyani and Satguru. At the end, the God himself resides in their Hirda completely and they become inseparable from God.

Make time and read the full translation of Sukhmani. Millions of people read this every morning but don’t put it onto practice. They think it is a good deed just to read it. However, it is better to read a little bit every day with UNDERSTANDING and then to PUT IT INTO ACTION. There are 24 sections. Try reading one section a day and putting even one gem into practise everyday. Take the knowledge, put it into practise, thereby earning it. Then it will become your wisdom.

[Nidhi]

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Waheguru

Thanks for sharing

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[kaur03]

Great post...hope part 2 will be posted soon :doh:

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