Congratulations to everyone on celebrating the Sikh new year.
The Sikh new year falls on the Sangrand of Chet.
The first day of the first month in the Sikh calendar
which is Chet.
In this video we are going to be looking at the Pauree
of the Chet month in the Bani of Barah Maha
by Guru Arjan Dev Ji.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji is going to guide us
and give us teachings for this month of Chet.
At the end of this video I will be sharing three things
that we need to do in this month.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji starts off the Pauree by saying
Everybody in the world seeks peace,
Anand, the state of bliss, of Sukh.
Even in the English calendar inthe month of January when the new year comes
we all have our new yer resolution
and one of that is always seeking for happiness.
Guru Arjan Dev Ji says that for us to for that Sukh,
that Anand, that permenant Sukh
is through Araadhana, is through Naam Simran,
meditation on Parmatama.
We might ask this question that
Sache Paatshah, where can we get that inspiration and guidance
or directions to do Naam Simran?
Also to ensure continuity when we do it?
Guru Sahib continues in the next Pankti,
They say,
It is through the sangat of the Saints,
the Mahapurakhs, the Gurmukhs
that we are inspired to do Naam Simran,
We are blessed and guided to do Naam Simran.
Sangat ji, especially walking on the path of Sikhi
as e new person, it is very important to get that inspiration and that guidance.
Just like someone in this world who seekd to become a doctor
or a businessman or a business woman, what do we do?
We read the life stories, the biography, we watch videos of the person
who is a successful doctor or a successful business person.
Then being inspired by them we also try to walk on the same path as them as well.
It is the same thing here as well sangat ji.
Seeking for that inspiration and guidance from the saints.
Raja Shiv Nabh During the time of Guru Nanak Dev Ji
he was a king of Sangladeep which is now modern Sri Lanka.
Raja Shiv Nabh got inspiration to do Naam Simran from Bhai Mansukh Ji
who has done the Sangat of Guru Nanak Dev Ji,
who has learned so much from Guru Nanak Dev Ji
and was doing Bhagti from the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
Raja Shi Nabh listened to the Sakiyan of Guru Nanak Dev Ji
was so inspired that he too started doing Naam Simran
he too started remembering Guru Nanak Dev Ji
and one day the time came when through that rememberance,
through that Araadhana Guru Sahib Themselves
came to Sangladepp to bless Raja Shiv Nabh with Their darshan.
Guru Ji says in the next Pankti,
That those who have found Parmatama
those saints, those Gurmukhs who have through Naam Simran
found Parmatama, their coming into this world
is fortunate, is fruitful.
Guru Sahib says that too can be our situation as well.
Where through Naam Simran, through meditation,
Bhagti we can also find Parmatama
and our coming into this world will also become fruitful.
Remember what Guru Sahib says
That we have come here to gain a profit.
Profit of what?
Through Naam Simran, union with Vaheguru.
Inthe next two Panktiaan Guru Sahib is giving us advice
on after getting inspiration and guidance to do Naam Simran
how should we be doing Naam Simran.
That even for a moment
Khin here means the moment taken for a blink ofan eye
It is so instant
Guru Sahib says even for an instant if we forget Parmatama,
we do not remember Vaheguru Ji
then that moment, that breath that we have taken
has become useless, our life has become uselss infact.
Then we ask this question again to Sache Paatshah
that Vaheguru Ji, Sache Paatshah, Guru Sahib,
You have guided us, You have told us
to do Kirat Kamaaee,
to live in a Griht Jeevan
and in this world we have our family to take care,
we have to earn money, we have to provide education
we have to go to work.
There are so many things that w have to do.
How is it that through all of this we can still do Your Naam Simran?
Guru Sahib says in the next Pankti,
They say,
Understand this, know this and realise this
that Parmatama, Akaal Purakh is where?
Is not just somewhere in a space or in Heven that we have to
the world has nmade such.
Guru Sahib is saying that Parmatama
is in the Jal, in the watr,
in the Thal - Earth,
in the space - Sky
everywhere
is even in the jungle, in the blade of grass that we see.
Parmatama is basically in every core of every single atom, cell
* that we can see and we cannot see in this world as well.
Sangat Ji, to be able to come this state
where we can remember Parmatama through everything we see
with our physical eyes
it really requires us to be concious
to be in the present moment.
Think about it.
The Araadhana, the Simran of Akaal
Can only be done in the present moment.
Because the past is gone and the future no one knows.
So all we have is this present moment
which we have to be very concious about.
Once we are aware and conscious about the surrounding,
about the people we are with
and we are so aware that Sache Paatshah You are in the air,
You are in the Pani,
You are in this building
I can even hear You from the sound of the traffic life
from the sound of the rain,
the river flowing.
Every moment then we are reminded to say Vahegur Vaheguru.
We are in that awe
we are in that state of Vismaad where we constantly just say Vah
and we remember Vaheguru then.
Gurbani says,
That the creator is within the creation
and the creation is within the creator.
So it is basically us having the eyes to see that.
It is the human nature Sangat ji,
that we only believe what we see with these physical eyes.
All we speak is milk
but we cannot see the ghee in that milk
we cannot taste it
we cannot feel it
we cannot smell it.
But we cannot deny the fact that
from this milk the ghee is produced.
So what do we need to do?
We churn the milk, we put so much effort
we put so much time and energy
and then finally from the milk we get ghee.
Similarly Sangat ji,
what we see with these eyes given to us
is the creation of Akaal Purakh
but it qill take a lot of effort,
a lot of Naam Simran,
Araadhana, meditation and constant reminder,
being conscious and being in the present moment,
for us to see and realise that
the essence, the core of every being in this world
is Parmatama.
Just because we cannot see htat Nirgun Saroop Parmatama
we cannot deny the fact that they are everywhere.
Gurbani says,
So that is the state of all those Gurmukhs,
all the saints who done so much of Naam Simran
that where ever they look,
who ever they see, where ever they go
they only can experience Parmatama.
Through this messag Guru Arjan Dev Ji then says and tells us
that there are two types of people in this world.
One who do Simran and one who do not do Simran.
The first type of people Guru Sahib says,
Those who do not do Naam Simran,
who do not remember Parmatama
they go through so much of pain,
so much of Dukh.
Even though we may say that this person is wealthym
his life is amazing
but again that is what we see from these physical eyes.
We do not know what is going through the person's mind.
Maybe that person is going through Dukh.
Bhai Randhi Singh Ji says,
they share their Sakhi in their book;
they say, they had one cousin
and whole life their cousin has not done any Bhagti
and when his time of death came
he was on his death bed
and he was struggling, he was in pain
because he had that fear of death
the fear of Jamdoots who were circling around him
pulling him and torturing him
and it was only through Gurbani and Simran with him
that he felt at peace.
And that is how he left this wold.
The second type of people Guru Arjan Dev Ji says
those who could do Simran.
Guru Sahib says,
That those who have enjoyed Parmatama,
those who have found Parmatama through Naam Simran
they are so fortunate,
they are so blessed.
Even though they might go through so much of pain,
Bhai Mati Daas Ji, Bhai Dayala Ji, Bhai Taru Singh Ji,
they went through so much of physical pain
but they were still that state of Chardikala.
In the state of high spirit.
They were not bothered by the pain
that they were going through
because they were already in the state of Anand,
they were in the state of bliss.
Gurbani says,
That the Bhagats, the Gurmukhs are so blessed
that recite the Name of Parmatama
with their mouth, with their tongue.
In the end of this Pauree Guru Arjan Dev Ji does this benti
They say,
Guru Sahib tells us, and this is the Ardaas that we should od as well
that I am so thirsty, I am yearning to have you Darshan
and in this month of Chet I will touch the feet
I will bow down to them,
I will kiss the feet of those
who untie me with You
who guide me to do Your Naam Simran,
to remember You and eventually unite me with You.