[salok] Bhagat Kabeer Jeo Kae

[lowest of the low singhni]

vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

ਕਬੀਰ ਮੁਹਿ ਮਰਨੇ ਕਾ ਚਾਉ ਹੈ ਮਰਉ ਤ ਹਰਿ ਕੈ ਦੁਆਰ ॥

Kabīr muhi marnė kā chā­o hai mara­o ta har kai du­ār.

Kabeer, I long to die; let me die at the Lord's Door.

ਮਤ ਹਰਿ ਪੂਛੈ ਕਉਨੁ ਹੈ ਪਰਾ ਹਮਾਰੈ ਬਾਰ ॥੬੧॥

Mat har pūchhai ka­un hai parā hamārai bār.

Perhaps the Lord will ask, "Who is this, lying at my door?"

ਮਰਨੇ = die; ਚਾਉ = long for; ਦੁਆਰ = die; ਪੂਛੈ = ask; ਪਰਾ = at, lying at; ਹਮਾਰੈ = my house, dwelling; ਬਾਰ = outside.

Being human means we tend to think of things from a physical perspective - the food we eat, the health we're in, the people we care about. Most of our lives are based on what we see around us, and eventually we can begin to believe that only what we see, hear and touch is real. Guru Ji tells us that this human body is temporary - but even when we here this we don't realise just how temporary. Society tells us that we're meant to have a good time during our youth - the time when we don't have any heavy responsibilities. Guru Gobind Singh Ji has placed us on a different path. We have a responsibility to our King who has sacrificed more than we can ever comprehend in order for us to know the Truth.

Bhagat Kabeer Ji talks about death in the lines above. Many believe that ultimate peace can only be obtained after physical death, in a heaven or paradise. Others believe in a state of nirvana or poise and call this liberation. Guru Saheb tells us that true liberation involves conquering the mind through meditation and love for Akaal Purakh, the eternal Truth. The duality which tells us that we are separate entities than God will be removed, material distractions won't bother us. We get angry when we stub a toe, we get stressed over exams, we cry when someone leaves the world. Our emotions rule our actions, and if you try telling people that emotions or feelings like annoyance can be overcome, you might be called crazy. The spiritual death Bhagat Kabeer Ji talks about is probably much deeper and profound than feeling okay about having a papercut, but there's no use me trying to describe it. It's like a blind woman trying to describe scenery.

At first I was going to say this death isn't physical, but then I remembered the countless number of Shaheeds we've had in the Panth. Someone once said that a Shaheed was a soldier of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, one who would do anything it took to fight for the Truth. Not only that, but they would want to come back here again and again to do so - for the Truth which so many of us ignore on a day-to-day basis. For someone to have that much love for Gursikhi, Maharaj must have already welcomed them at His door, just as Bhagat Kabeer Ji talks about in the above Salok.

For more information on conquering the mind, read Gurbani.

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vaheguru ji ka khalsa vaheguru ji ki fateh

[Guest Papi]

bibi, i think you forgot to do viakhia of the 2nd part of this salok

[lowest of the low singhni]

Baba, you can do the second line . I didn't do it because it is similar to the second line of the previous Salok.