Ego: How To Overcome

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Could you kindly give the website address of the taksaal's audio etc. or other sources that you have stated for katha.

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This Shabad is by Guru Amar Daas Ji in Raag Vadhans on Pannaa 588

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pourree ||

Pauree:

ijin jgjIvnu aupdyisAw iqsu gur kau hau sdw GumwieAw ]

jin jagajeevan oupadhaesiaa this gur ko ho sadhaa ghumaaeiaa ||

I am forever a sacrifice to the Guru, who has taught me about the Lord, the Life of the World.

iqsu gur kau hau KMnIAY ijin mDusUdnu hir nwmu suxwieAw ]

this gur ko ho kha(n)neeai jin madhhusoodhan har naam sunaaeiaa ||

I am every bit a sacrifice to the Guru, the Lover of Nectar, who has revealed the Name of the Lord.

iqsu gur kau hau vwrxY ijin haumY ibKu sBu rogu gvwieAw ]

this gur ko ho vaaranai jin houmai bikh sabh rog gavaaeiaa ||

I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism.

iqsu siqgur kau vf puMnu hY ijin Avgx kit guxI smJwieAw ]

this sathigur ko vadd pu(n)n hai jin avagan katt gunee samajhaaeiaa ||

Glorious and great are the virtues of the Guru, who has eradicated evil, and instructed me in virtue.

so siqguru iqn kau ByitAw ijn kY muiK msqik Bwgu iliK pwieAw ]7]

so sathigur thin ko bhaettiaa jin kai mukh masathak bhaag likh paaeiaa ||7||

The True Guru meets with those upon whose foreheads such blessed destiny is recorded. ||7||

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nw hau nw mY nw hau hovw nwnk sbdu vIcwir ]1] (139-12, mwJ, mÚ 1)

I was not, I am not, and I will never be anything at all! O Nanak, I dwell only on the Word of the Shabad. ||1||

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May be guru ji is telling one of the methods of killing Haume. kindly explain if you have time.

thx.

nwnk gurmuiK haumY qutY qw hir hir nwmu iDAwvY ] (139-15, mwJ, mÚ 1)

O Nanak, the egotism of the Gurmukhs is broken, and then, they meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

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Another 'tuk' that indicates that haume is controlled by neditation on naam.