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The Sidhs according to their ideas believe that God dwells in the Realm of Shiva(Shivpuri). They ask Guru Nanak, where does God dwell, where is His storehouse ofgifts?Guru Nanak says in reply: the whole Universe with all its parts is His mansionand the unlimited creation is His storehouse. This has been filled with innumerable gifts,once for all and for all time to come. He goes on manifesting Himself into all kinds offorms and keeps them under His gracious eye and takes care of them in every way.Sayeth Nanak, He is the Eternal Truth, and the creation is His true manifestation.O Sidhs, we bow down in complete devotion and reverence to Him Who is everexistent, the source of all creation, has no colour and form, and is indestructible. He isbeyond all changes through all the Yugas (The cycle of the world’s creation).Q. How can one realize the Eternal and all embracing Divine?
Ans.If in the place of one tongue we acquire hundreds of thousands of tongues andthese are again multiplied twenty times. Then with each of these tongues werepeat the Name of the Divine father with love and devotion, one hundredthousand times, we slowly and steadily travel the various stages of selfrealization,and become at-one with Him.However, there are persons who on hearing that His Bhagtas have reached thestage of at-one-ment, verbally claim without any effort to meditate on the Divine namethat they are God themselves. Such persons are just like ants who acquire wings in therainy season, and try in vain to soar in the sky like the eagle or the hawk. But such selfconceitedpersons fall down into the pit of burning desire, and grovel in the worldly dustof attachment.Sayeth Guru Nanak, such bombastic and wordy claims lead one nowhere. Thedoor of self-realization can be opened through constant devout meditation, humility andleaving everything to His grace. Then and then alone the cloud of selfishness (egoism) isremoved and the Divine within shines in its full effulgence.In this Pauri Satguru Nanak makes us realize that mere human power, devoid ofbalanced state of mind, which can only be attained through meditation on the Divinename, and selfless service, cannot make our actions really effective. By our own power,our speech cannot be forceful. By mere mortal effort we cannot acquire complete selfcontrol.We may shut up our lips, but the mind will go on wandering. We cannot beganything by force, nor can we give anything by force. No human power can control lifeand death.We cannot attain kingship or accumulate wealth with mere human force. Thethoughts that surge in our minds for the attainment of these things can lead us nowhere.By constant and forceful study of Vedas and other Shastras we cannot attain selfrealizationthe stage of at-one-ment.By mere human efforts on cannot attain freedom from attachment to the worldlythings. The whole Universe is ruled by an Eternal Divine Law. Nothing worth attainingcan be secured without a harmonious at-one-ment with this law, which can only bereached by devotional meditation on the Divine name and selfless service of mankind.
Page 2 and 3: JAPJI SAHIBTranslated by:-Teja Sing
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Page 8 and 9: In this Pauri Sat-Guru Nanak enumer
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Page 16 and 17: In the next four Pauris (8, 9, 10,
Page 18 and 19: By listening to the teachings of th
Page 20 and 21: By fixing the Satguru’s (God-cons
Page 22 and 23: One who fixes one’s mind on Satgu
Page 24 and 25: He created the Universe with one sp
Page 26 and 27: In this Pauri, Satguru has describe
Page 28 and 29: thoughts and actions pure and immac
Page 30 and 31: There are hundreds of thousands of
Page 32 and 33: His gifts and deeds are boundless,
Page 34 and 35: Their Dharma (the power of treading
Page 36 and 37: of these actions sing of Thee. The
Page 38 and 39: O Sidhs, we bow down in complete de
Page 42 and 43: Sayeth Nanak, verily no one can bec
Page 44 and 45: character). There are innumerable D
Page 46 and 47: Their words and actions become forc
Page 48: with Divine light, you will be free

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