Mahima Of Wahiguru, His Nam & His Gurmukhs ....

[harsharan000]

Following are some beautiful words of Dhan Guru Baba Nanak Dev Maharaj, in Raag Maajh, conveying us the basic truths of Gurmat :

ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਈਐ

Guramathee Aap Gavaae Naam Dhhiaaeeai

गुरमती आपु गवाइ नामु धिआईऐ

Through the Guru's Teachings, eliminate ego, by meditating on Naam.

ਦੂਜੀ ਕਾਰੈ ਲਗਿ ਜਨਮੁ ਗਵਾਈਐ

Dhoojee Kaarai Lag Janam Gavaaeeai

दूजी कारै लगि जनमु गवाईऐ

Undertaking any other task, they waste their lives in vain.

Raag Maajh, Guru Nanak Dev

With the first line, Guru Sahiban is telling us that, through Gurmat, we can eliminate our ego, our haume, our bondages, our attachments with this mayavee and perishable creation, which so much we love; to the extent, that we sacrifice our lives, such as .... in the name of my land, my caste, my creed...and thus our lives are wasted away.

We run constantly after shadows of this world, by turning away our faces away from where the Light cometh. We are like bats, in the darkness of this kali yug, such as rites, rituals, pilgrimages, fasting, rules and regulations, we open our eyes wide open.

But when it comes to Nam Simran, we say, no no, that alone is not sufficient, we must do some more things, in order to be better followers of our path.

But then in the next line, in order to remove all our fears, all our brahams, He clearly says: apart from Nam Bhakti, anything we may do, however good it may appear to be, is as good as to waste away one´s life....means it has no value, as per our goal in pursuing our union with the almighty Akal Purukh.

[harsharan000]

ਜਾ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਵੈ ਨਾਇ ਰਚਾਵਹਿ ਤੁਧੁ ਭਾਣੇ ਤੂੰ ਭਾਵਹਿ

Jaa Thudhh Bhaavai Naae Rachaavehi Thudhh Bhaanae Thoon Bhaavehi

जा तुधु भावै नाइ रचावहि तुधु भाणे तूं भावहि

When it pleases You, we are attuned to the Name, and when it pleases You, we become pleasing to You

Raag Maajh Guru Nanak Dev

In this very line, Guru Sahiban is revealing us, that the sacred practice of Nam Simran, is a privlege. It is a blessing from the Almighty Wahiguru, not anybody can practice it.

That is why He says: when it pleases You, means Him, not me, nor we, neither you or they, but only when He wishes so, means we will savour the Nam and merge in the Nam or get attuned into it.

That is why when Nam Simran is mentioned, for many of us it is just a concept, so rather we prefer to do other sort of practices. But the fact behind this, is that, we are not to be blamed, because nobody can not go against His "Mauj".

It is He who creates that desire in us, to chant His Name. To others He keeps them busy, with their usual traditional practices.

To those whom He wants them to get out from this very creation, He blesses them with His Simran, because it is with His Simran alone, that we can merge in Him, that is the purpose of sikhee, that is the purpose of Gurmat.

[harsharan000]

Some words on devotion or bhakti

ਭਗਤ ਕਰਨਿ ਹਰਿ ਚਾਕਰੀ ਜਿਨੀ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ

Bhagath Karan Har Chaakaree Jinee Anadhin Naam Dhhiaaeiaa

भगत करनि हरि चाकरी जिनी अनदिनु नामु धिआइआ

The devotees serve the Lord night and day, they meditate on Naam

Raag Maajh Guru Amar Das

Here Sree Guru Amar Das is talking us about true devtion, true bhakti.

He says, the true devotees serve the Lord, means do the seva of the Lord Wahiguru with their soul, by meditating on Nam.

And to do this seva, there are no fixed times, be it day or night, all times are good times to gather the dhan of Nam, as it is the only true wealth we can carry with ourselves, everything else comes within the parametres of karmas, means the jurisdiction of Dharam Rai.

There are 4 types of sevas:

Tan-body

Man-mind

Dhan-wealth

Surtee-soul.

The purpse of seva is to serve selflessly, is to create humility in us, is to purify our minds to an extent. The seva is done to please others by being helpful, by sharing whatever Wahiguru has given us, this creates some type of detachment within us, from the worldly relations and objects. This also makes us more humanitarian and humble.

But the highest seva among all, is to serve Wahiguru, is to please Him. And this seva is done by our soul, our surtee, with the jugtee of Nam Simran, by which, we forget our individual identity, "haume", to the extent, that we loose that individual limited identity, and merge in Him, and become Him.

Seva is to forget what one is, and keep in mind the objective of seva only.

And so which other seva is there where you loose yourself completely, as you are totally absorbed in Him?

This is the real purpose of seva, to merge in Him, and this can only be achieved,with seva performed by our surtee.

Our surtee, is our true self. Our mind, body and wealth are the consequences of our karmas, and that is not our true "we", and they keep changing, plus they are transient and perishable also.

So let us ask ourselves, who are we? Are we the body or mind?

It is not that we should not do seva with these attributes of mind and body. We should always do good, without any reservations, until our last breath, but we should not confuse ourselves that with it, we shall reach Him.

Because it is not our mind or body which has to merge in Him, but our true essence which is our surtee, our soul, which has to merge in Him, and for that only Nam Simran, as means of His seva, will enable us to merge in Him, that is why at each step, our Guru Sahibans throught the Bani have stressed only on Nam Simram, as the only jugtee, from where gyan, dhyan, purity, happiness, bliss, contenement, detachment...and an endless list of virtues can be obtained, as He is the infinite fountain of all virtues.

And not only this, but the very Owner of these virtues, will be withdrawn towards us, embracing us, such is the result of the seva done by our surtee, through the bhakti of Nam.

What is Nam Simran?

It is just surrendering our mind and body to Him. And this is what spirituality is about.

Through it, we are telling Him that, I am not, but only You are.

Such is His mahanta, such is the mahanta of His Nam. The ray(soul), merges in the Sun(Akal Purukh).

[harsharan000]

ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਨੀਸਾਣਿ ਠਾਕ ਨ ਪਾਈਐ

Sachai Sabadh Neesaan Thaak N Paaeeai

सचै सबदि नीसाणि ठाक न पाईऐ

No one blocks the way, of those who are blessed with the Banner of the True Word of the Shabad.

Raag Maajh Guru Angad Dev

At another place Sree Guru Angad Dev tells us, that if you gather this wealth of Nam, as much as you can, Dharam Rai, can not tax you for it, as when he does so, when one performs good karmas.

Neither does he block our way back to Sach Khand, because we are under the protection of His Nam, and in this case, this very Kal or Dharam Rai, bows down in respect and admiration, as that particlar wadbhagee soul, has been chosen by Wahiguru to go back home.

The Hukum of Wahiguru, is followed literally throughout the whole of the creation, nobody can resist His power and Mauj.

[harsharan000]

To do justice to the teachings of our Guru Sahibans, some gems in the lines below are been brought from the Bani at the seva of the Sangat.

Justice in the sense, that it is only Gurmat, without the mixture of any "maanmat".

And in these lines we can see, that to attain salvation, to get freed from the cycle of births and deaths, and not to have to face Dharam Rai, thus union with Akal Purukh, only one word is mentioned, only one practice is required, nothing else counts....no karmas, no rites, no rituals, no pilgrimages....nothing else is as important as Nam bhakti.

Why?

Because if our intention is to get connected with Him, and not to get entangled with worldly affairs, like politics, mazab, dharam, caste, creed, idol worship.....according to our Guru Sahibans, only Nam is the requirement, only Nam is essential.....if we do that, we have done everything, if not, then we have lost our soul in the Mahabhavsagar.

And for that such a big loss, the fault is totally ours.

We have the best school: Gurmat.

The best teachers: Guru Sahibans.

And then too if we fail to follow their teachings, not only that but adulterate it, manipulate it, with so many other things...then who is responsible?

Is it Wahiguru? No never ever. Only we moorakhs. They tell us to do only one thing, but we prefer to do many many more, because that is how the picture has been shown to us, and it shall continue going, unless each one of us, takes each word from the Bani as Sat Bachan, and follow it literally.

So let us pay attention with care and love to the words of our Guru Sahibans, in this case, below are the words of fourth Patshahee, Sree Guru Ram Das Maharaj, in Raag Maaroo.

Jin har har naam na chayti-o say bhaagheen mar jaa-ay.

Those who do not remember the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, are most unfortunate, and are slaughtered.

o-ay fir fir jon bhavaa-ee-ah mar jameh aavai jaa-ay.

They wander in reincarnation, again and again; they die, and are re-born, and continue coming and going.

o-ay jam dar baDhay maaree-ah har dargeh milai sajaa-ay.

Bound and gagged at Death's Door, they are cruelly beaten, and punished in the Court of the Lord.

Waheguru Jee.

[harsharan000]

Let us see the importance of Nam and Shabad, from the pure paviter Bani.

In Raag Sorath, Sree Guru Amar Das tells us:

sabday man tan nirmal ho-aa har vasi-aa man aa-ee.
Through the Shabad, my mind and body have been purified, and the Lord has come to dwell within my mind.

That in order to get my mind and body purified, I need not eat, drink or wear anything special, nor need to go on teeraths ishnan : bathing at pilgrimages, nor any moortee poojas....nothing of that sort; no rites nor rituals, which are good only in the eyes of men, means society or community.

He says that Shabad or its devotionas Nam Simran, is enough to purify my body and also my mind from all it´s evil tendencies like: kam, krodh, lobh, moh, ahankar, choree, chuglee .....etc

In one word, Nam is the one remedy for all maladies, for any shortcomings.

Why? Because it has the power of Wahiguru contained in it.

Then He says: sabad na jaaneh say annay bolay say kit aa-ay sansaaraa.
Those who do not know the Shabad are blind and deaf; why did they even bother to come into the world?

Again we see, He does not say, you must perform so and so set of rituals or rites. He stresses only on Nam.

He goes to the extent to say: if you are born as a human being and you do not come to know and practice Nam or Shabad, why were you born even?

We must bear in mind that these Guru Sahibans, Gurmukhs, Sant Janas, come from that region, where only Nam pervades, and that is known as Sach Khand, and so, coming from there, naturally they can not bind us with anything else which is not Nam.

Let us take the Bani, of any Gurmukh of the status of Guru Amar Das, we shall find similarities, they are the embodiment of Shabad, and thus tell us the same, that if you want to be only one with Wahiguru , then do Nam bhakti only, otherwise you are free to do anything else you may want, but that will not take you to His abode, but keep you prisoner in this mayavee, perishable creation.

He goes to the extent, to call us blind.

Why?

Because we are blinded by agyanta, by manmukhta, by maya...we are very much engrossed in outer rituals, outer actions which are futile in spirituality, though we maybe very important in the eyes of our community.

We have to please Wahiguru, not the wordly people who are blind just as we are.

And pleasing Wahiguru, means to sing His glory, and be totally absorbed in His devotion, through His rememberance, His meditation, His "anter mukh dhyan..."

We are no better than anybody, but if by His Grace we know something about Him, we should gently help and share it with our brothers, sisters, our fellowmen, which are His souls just as much as we are His.

Though there is no guarantee that they will belive or trust you, they may even question you, and tell you that you are crazy, or even abuse you.

But neverthless, we should speak the truth, and let His Truth expand in the universe.

Anyhow, we stupid worldly people, do not even spare our beloved Guru Sahibans, we abuse them physically and verbally, just because, they speak the Truth, which our dirty and polluted minds fail to grasp it, and it does not telly with our erroneous preconcepts. Because we tend our search for that Truth outwards and in outer objects and things, while they always direct our attention inwards, where He has kept Himself for each and everyone of us in His Shabad swaroop, without any distinctions and limitations.

We easily judge in haste, when we ourselves are just moorakhs.

Waheguru Jee.

[harsharan000]

On the beauty of Wahiguru

Sree Guru Ram says:

Jan Nanak ka Prabh sundar soami, mohe Tum sar awar na laage.

The Lord of Nanak is so beautiful , that to me there in none another like Him.

Oh my God, I have heard You are great and beautiful and sweet, but that much......beyond any imagination, any description...

[Balbir Singh]

Pray truth for all and say Sat Sri Akaal.
Dear all and harsharan000 jee,

The heading of this thread begins with "Mahima Of Wahiguru, . . .."

Would you please refer to a Vaak from Sri Guru Granth Saahib jee where Gurdev has used such expressions?
I will be grateful.
Thanks.

Balbir Singh

[harsharan000]

Dear Balbir Singh Jee,

Excuse me, I do not exactly follow what you want ask with a Vaak from the Granth Sahib Jee. But that much I can tell you, because this very das, has started this thread, so I can exactly tell what was in my mind when I started it.

For me mahima here means, to sing the Glory of the Lord Wahiguru Himself and His other two aspects, which are as True as Himself. And namely they are: His Nam and His Gurmukhs, His Sant Jan, His Bhagats, Guru Sahibans ....

And who better than His bhagats or Guru Sahibans can sing His Glory or mahima ..... Of course, nobody, and surely not we moorakhs...

That is why if we go through the Bani of any Ang, it is only His glory that I do see.... i do not know what others see, or want to see; or even, are able to see.

The Bani is thus, a practical method to cleanse our dirt, which is the cause of our sorrow and pain, and at the same time to unfold the divinity of Wahiguru within ourselves, through His bhakti.

Dear Balbir, I hope I have answered your question. Yet, if there is need of any more clarity, let me know, I will try my best.

Waheguru Jee

P.S:

There is a beautiful Shabad in Raag Bilavaal of Sree Guru Arjun Dev Maharaj, which mentions the Mahima of Wahiguru, His Nam and His Gurmukhs, as per the title of this thread. Here it goes:

mahimaa saaDhoo sang kee sunhu mayray meetaa

(809-17)
bilaaval mehlaa 5.
Bilaaval, Fifth Mehl:

pingul parbat paar paray khal chatur bakeetaa.
The cripple crosses over the mountain, the fool becomes a wise man,

anDhulay taribhavan soojhi-aa gur bhayt puneetaa.
and the blind man sees the three worlds, by meeting with the True Guru and being purified.

mahimaa saaDhoo sang kee, sunhu mayray meetaa.
This is the Glory of the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy; listen, O my friends.

mail kho-ee kot agh haray nirmal bha-ay cheetaa.
Filth is washed away, millions of sins are dispelled, and the consciousness becomes immaculate and pure.

aisee bhagat govind kee keet hastee jeetaa.
Such is devotional worship of the Lord of the Universe, that the ant can overpower the elephant.

jo jo keeno aapno tis abhai daan deetaa.
Whoever the Lord makes His own, is blessed with the gift of fearlessness.

singh bilaa-ee ho-ay ga-i-o tarin mayr dikheetaa.
The lion becomes a cat, and the mountain looks like a blade of grass.

saram kartay dam aadh ka-o tay ganee Dhaneetaa.
Those who worked for half a shell, will be judged very wealthy.

kavan vadaa-ee kahi saka-o bay-ant guneetaa.
What glorious greatness of Yours can I describe, O Lord of infinite excellences?

kar kirpaa mohi naam dayh naanak dar sareetaa.
Please bless me with Your Mercy, and grant me Your Name; O Nanak, I am lost without the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan.

[Balbir Singh]

Pray truth for all and say Sat Sri Akaal,

Dear all and harsharan000 jee,

I have been trying to find the combination of the words "Mahima" and "Wahiguru" in Sree Guru Granth Saahib jee since I have read this thread.

I was not successful.

Thanks for referring the wondrous Sabad from Sree Guru Granth Saahib Jee.

(809-17)

bilaaval mehlaa 5.

Bilaaval, Fifth Mehl:

The Vaak is: mahimaa saaDhoo sang kee, sunhu mayray meetaa.

This Sabad is not saying "mahimaa Wahiguru kee, sunhu mayray meetaa."

Balbir Singh