Lecture 48

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Schedule

• Some Basic Changes to Website, Simran

in my city, Materials, Slide Shows.

• Three hour simran 4/6 730- 1030 cst. No

Broadcast.

• No Simran April 12th Akhand Pat

• I will miss April 19th, 26th and May 3rd.

• May 5th Yuba City, California 2pm 4 pm.

• Fresno April 26th to May 1st

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• New Lessons/ Vocabulary

• Built on previous lessons and Concepts

• Three principles

– Simran

– Gurbani

– Jiven Jach

Newer lessons and older lessons must be understood in the context of all the lessons. We are building a foundation of Gurmat

Who is asleep who is awake?

ਕਿਆ ਸਵਣਾ ਕਿਆ ਜਾਗਣਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਤੇ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥ ਕਜਨਾ ਸਾਕਸ ਕਗਰਾਕਸ ਨ ਕਵਸਰੈ ਸੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਪੁਰਿ ਪਰਧਾਨ ॥ Who is asleep, and who is awake? Those

who are Gurmukh are approved. Those who

do not forget the Lord, with each and every

breath and morsel of food, are the perfect

and famous persons.

Who is a Gurmukh?

Basic Vocab

• Gur- Guru

• Mukh- Mouth

• God’s Voice is called Shabad Guru or

Namm.

• A Gurmukh lives in the mouth of God.

Absorbed in God’s voice and body.

References

• Gurbani calls out three Gurmukh

– Parlad

– Janak

– Vashisht

ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਪਰਕਿਲਾਕਿ ਜਕਪ ਿਕਰ ਗਕਤ ਪਾਈ ॥ As Gurmukh, Prahlaad did Jap of Har, and

was saved. 591

mind Rajo

Path of Love

The company/ Sangath

You keep determines your

success

ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਜਨਕਿ ਿਕਰ ਨਾਕਮ ਕਲਵ ਲਾਈ ॥ As Gurmukh, Janak kept his consciousness

on the path of liv connected to God’s voice.

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Formless

God NAMM

PAVAN

ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਬਕਸਸਕਿ ਿਕਰ ਉਪਿੇਸੁ ਸੁਣਾਈ ॥ As Gurmukh, Vashisht taught the Teachings

of the Lord (Har). 591

Gurbani calls out a 4th Gurmukh

Guru Nanak, Gurmukh

ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਆਪੁ ਪਛਾਣੈ ਸਚੇ ਸਕਚ ਸਮਾਏ ॥੩॥ As Gurmukh, I have come to understand

and realize myself; I merge in the Truest of

the True. ||3||

ਤਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਿੁ ਿੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਚਉਥਾ ਪਿੁ ਪਾਇ ॥ The three gunas hold people in attachment

to Maya. The Gurmukh is in the fourth state.

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God 3 qualities of Maya

Rago Gun

4th Hut

Treasury of

Truth

Rago Hut

Gurmukh earns Namm by Chanting

ਏ ਮਨ ਆਲਸੁ ਕਿਆ ਿਰਕਿ ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਧਆਇ ॥੧॥ O mind, why are you so lazy? Become

Gurmukh, and meditate on Naam. 28

ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਜਕਪ ਕਿਨਸੁ ਰਾਕਤ ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਿਕਰ ਧਨੁ ਜਾਨੁ ॥ Chant the Name of the Lord day and night;

become Gurmukh, and know the Wealth of

the Lord. 21

Namm is the Law (hukum) and the sound of

the Creator’s Voice.

ਸਚਾ ਤੇਰਾ ਿੁਿਮੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਜਾਕਣਆ ॥ True is the Hukam of Your Command. To the

Gurmukh, it is known.

ਕਜਕਨ ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਬੂਕਝਆ ਮਕਰ ਜਨਮੈ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥੧॥ ਰਿਾਉ ॥ Those who do not become Gurmukh do not

understand the Naam; they die, and

continue coming and going in reincarnation.

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ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਲਾਿੀਐ ਿਉਮੈ ਕਨਵਰੀ ਭਾਕਿ ॥੧॥ The Gurmukh praises the Naam, and the fire

of egotism is extinguished. ||1||Pause|| 20

ਸਾਕਿ ਸਾਕਿ ਤੁਝੁ ਸੰਮਲਾ ਿਿੇ ਨ ਕਵਸਾਰੇਉ ॥ ਕਜਉ ਕਜਉ ਸਾਿਬੁ ਮਕਨ ਵਸੈ ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਅੰਕਮਰਤੁ ਪੇਉ ॥ With each and every breath, I dwell upon

You; I shall never forget You.

The more the Lord and Master dwells within

the mind, the more the Gurmukh drinks in

the Ambrosial Nectar. 20

ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਪਰਾਨ ਅਧਾਰਾ ॥ Seva (selfless service) is the Prana (the life)

of the Gurmukh.

ਮਾਨ ਅਕਭਮਾਨ ਮੰਧੇ ਸੋ ਸੇਵਿੁ ਨਾਿੀ ॥ ਤਤ ਸਮਿਰਸੀ ਸੰਤਿੁ ਿੋਈ ਿੋਕਿ ਮੰਧਾਿੀ ॥੨॥ ਿਿਨ ਿਿਾਵਨ ਇਿੁ ਿੀਰਕਤ ਿਰਲਾ ॥ ਿਥਨ ਿਿਨ ਤੇ ਮੁਿਤਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਕਿ ਿੋਈ ਕਵਰਲਾ ॥੩॥ ਗਕਤ ਅਕਵਗਕਤ ਿਛੁ ਨਿਕਰ ਨ ਆਇਆ ॥ ਸੰਤਨ ਿੀ ਰੇਣੁ ਨਾਨਿ ਿਾਨੁ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੪॥੨੬॥੯੬॥

One who is influenced by praise and blame is not God's servant. One who sees the essence of reality with impartial vision, O Saints, is very rare-one among millions. ||2||

People talk on and on about Him; they consider this to be praise of God. But rare indeed is the Gurmukh, who is above this mere talk. ||3||

He is not concerned with deliverance or bondage. Nanak has obtained the gift of the dust of the feet of the Saints. ||4||26||96|| 51

Homework

• Be a Gurmukh

• Go to that place where God is praised

• Connect with Namm

• Come to Fresno

• Do Simran

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• Tell your friends and family to do simran

• Remember God with Every Breath

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