The Next World

[lakhvir]

As Sikhs, the Guru advices us to stay on the path of GurSikhi, which is the Sikh’s only way to the next world. When we live our days without devotion to Naam and Meditation (remembrance of Waheguru), we are only wasting our life away. When we realise that we are in this world to prepare for the next, only then can we live without fear of death. The Path is simple because the Guru has already chosen it for us. All we need to do is follow the Guru’s instructions – live in Truth and be Gurmukh.

Death comes to all, and all must suffer separation.

Go and ask the clever people, whether they shall meet in the world hereafter.

Those who forget my Lord and Master shall suffer in terrible pain. || 1 ||

So praise the True Lord, by whose Grace peace ever prevails. || Pause ||

Praise Him as great; He is, and He shall ever be.

You alone are the Great Giver; mankind cannot give anything.

Whatever pleases Him, comes to pass; what good does it do to cry out in protest? || 2 ||

Many have proclaimed their sovereignty over millions of fortresses on the earth, but they have now departed.

And those, whom even the sky could not contain, had ropes put through their noses.

O mind, if you only knew the torment in your future, you would not relish the sweet pleasures of the present. || 3 ||

O Nanak, as many as are the sins one commits, so many are the chains around his neck.

If he possesses virtues, then the chains are cut away; these virtues are his brothers, his true brothers.

Going to the world hereafter, those who have no Guru are not accepted; they are beaten, and expelled. |

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GuruArjanDevJi

Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji 595

Those who fear death are those who have not developed the fear of God within. When one begins to fear God, all other fears vanish. That is when one can truly make their life worthwhile and fulfil its true purpose – to be united with God in the world that is to come. Where we live on now is only temporary, a transitory place for the soul that has no idea for how many ages it has been separated from its Maker – Waheguru.

So what does it mean to live according to the Guru’s instructions? Offer your mind (mann) to the Guru – let Him lead your life, and do only that what He says. Do not follow your own will, because it will lead you unto destruction. When you offer your mind to the Guru, He will work with you to discipline it and make your soul worthy of reunion with God – and put an end to our comings and goings in this terrible world ocean.

You can begin today – begin to do your paath and train your mind to get up at Amritvela and slowly work up to do your full Nitnem. Follow the Sikh Rehat Maryada and learn to read Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Seek the Sangat of the holy and enlightened Sikhs. Give up the vices and corruptions of the mind. Serve the Panth by propagating the message of the Gurus. And keep Waheguru in your mind by meditating on His Name every single day and night. The Guru, unto whom you give your mind, will safely deliver you into the next world, which is not too far. The journey towards it for each one of us could begin this very day, and the Guru lovingly awaits that Sikh who is ready to offer his/her all to Him.

Those who live by the principles and teachings of GurSikhi will only realise that it is the surest way out of this world of pain and suffering.

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[randip singh]

As Sikhs, the Guru advices us to stay on the path of GurSikhi, which is the Sikh’s only way to the next world. When we live our days without devotion to Naam and Meditation (remembrance of Waheguru), we are only wasting our life away. When we realise that we are in this world to prepare for the next, only then can we live without fear of death. The Path is simple because the Guru has already chosen it for us. All we need to do is follow the Guru’s instructions – live in Truth and be Gurmukh.

Death comes to all, and all must suffer separation.

Go and ask the clever people, whether they shall meet in the world hereafter.

Those who forget my Lord and Master shall suffer in terrible pain. || 1 ||

So praise the True Lord, by whose Grace peace ever prevails. || Pause ||

Praise Him as great; He is, and He shall ever be.

You alone are the Great Giver; mankind cannot give anything.

Whatever pleases Him, comes to pass; what good does it do to cry out in protest? || 2 ||

Many have proclaimed their sovereignty over millions of fortresses on the earth, but they have now departed.

And those, whom even the sky could not contain, had ropes put through their noses.

O mind, if you only knew the torment in your future, you would not relish the sweet pleasures of the present. || 3 ||

O Nanak, as many as are the sins one commits, so many are the chains

around his neck.

If he possesses virtues, then the chains are cut away; these virtues are his brothers, his true brothers.

Going to the world hereafter, those who have no Guru are not accepted; they are beaten, and expelled. || 4 || 1 ||

GuruArjanDevJi

Siri Guru Granth Sahib Ji 595

Those who fear death are those who have not developed the fear of God within. When one begins to fear God, all other fears vanish. That is when one can truly make their life worthwhile and fulfil its true purpose – to be united with God in the world that is to come. Where we live on now is only temporary, a transitory place for the soul that has no idea for how many ages it has been separated from its Maker – Waheguru.

So what does it mean to live according to the Guru’s instructions? Offer your mind (mann) to the Guru – let Him lead your life, and do only that what He says. Do not follow your own will, because it will lead you unto destruction. When you offer your mind to the Guru, He will work with you to discipline it and make your soul worthy of reunion with God – and put an end to our comings and goings in this terrible world ocean.

You can begin today – begin to do your paath and train your mind to get up at Amritvela and slowly work up to do your full Nitnem. Follow the Sikh Rehat Maryada and learn to read Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Seek the Sangat of the holy and enlightened Sikhs. Give up the vices and corruptions of the mind. Serve the Panth by propagating the message of the Gurus. And keep Waheguru in your mind by meditating on His Name every single day and night. The Guru, unto whom you give your mind, will safely deliver you into the next world, which is not too far. The journey towards it for each one of us could begin this very day, and the Guru lovingly awaits that Sikh who is ready to offer his/her all to Him.

Those who live by the principles and teachings of GurSikhi will only realise that it is the surest way out of this world of pain and suff

ering.

L*

Are you saying Sikhi believes in a heaven?

[Gupt daasan daas]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

sach khand, when our joth will merge with the eternal pure joth of vaheguru je and we will become one

only then we can escape the charasi lakh da gera, the cyle of rebirths,

this is the only joon to do this

and this janam will come only once

bhula chuka maf

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!