a quote from the Sikh bible

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James Bean spiritualawakening

 

Though I'd share this with everyone. It's found at this huge website

containing 1,430+ pages.

 

The Sikh bible (Adi Granth) is a big, fat book of psalms from India,

the hymns and mystical poetry of Guru Nanak, Kabir, Sikh Masters, Sufis,

plus many other medieval mystics and lovers of the Beloved. The following

comes from the Sikh bible online at: http://www.sikhs.org The ADI GRANTH:

 

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I am a sacrifice to those who hear and chant the True Name. Only one who

obtains a room in the Mansion of the Lord's Presence is deemed to be truly

intoxicated. || 2 || Bathe in the waters of Goodness and apply the scented

oil of Truth to your body, and your face shall become radiant. This is the

gift of 100,000 gifts. Tell your troubles to the One who is the Source of

all comfort. || 3 || How can you forget the One who created your soul, and

the praanaa, the breath of life? Without Him, all that we wear and eat is

impure. Everything else is false. Whatever pleases Your Will is acceptable.

|| 4 || 5 || SIREE RAAG, FIRST MEHL: Burn emotional attachment, and grind it

into ink. Transform your intelligence into the purest of paper. Make the

love of the Lord your pen, and let your consciousness be the scribe. Then,

seek the Guru's Instructions, and record these deliberations. Write the

Praises of the Naam, the Name of the Lord; write over and over again that He

has no end or limitation. || 1 || O Baba, write such an account, that when

it is asked for, it will bring the Mark of Truth. || 1 || Pause || There,

where greatness, eternal peace and everlasting joy are bestowed, the faces

of those whose minds are attuned to the True Name are anointed with the Mark

of Grace. If one receives God's Grace, then such honors are received, and

not by mere words. || 2 || Some come, and some arise and depart. They give

themselves lofty names. Some are born beggars, and some hold vast courts.

Going to the world hereafter, everyone shall realize that without the Name,

it is all useless. || 3 || I am terrified by the Fear of You, God. Bothered

and bewildered, my body is wasting away. Those who are known as sultans and

emperors shall be reduced to dust in the end. O Nanak, arising and

departing, all false attachments are cut away. || 4 || 6 || SIREE RAAG,

FIRST MEHL: Believing, all tastes are sweet. Hearing, the salty flavors are

tasted; chanting with one's mouth, the spicy flavors are savored. All these

spices have been made from the Sound-current of the Naad. The thirty-six

flavors of ambrosial nectar are in the Love of the One Lord; they are tasted

only by one who is blessed by His Glance of Grace. || 1 || O Baba, the

pleasures of other foods are false. Eating them, the body is ruined, and

wickedness and corruption enter into the mind. || 1 || Pause || My mind is

imbued with the Lord's Love; it is dyed a deep crimson. Truth and charity

are my white clothes. The blackness of sin is erased by my wearing of blue

clothes, and meditation on the Lord's Lotus Feet is my robe of honor.

Contentment is my cummerbund, Your Name is my wealth and youth.

 

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