Power and Effects of the Daily Banis

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Power and Effects of the Daily Banis

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Japji Sahib: This bani controls one's " ji, " one's soul. When your ji,

your being, is endangered, when the radiance of your soul is weak,

recite Japji. Guru Nanak said that the thirty-eight pauris of Japji

would liberate the humanity from the cycles of birth and death.

 

Shabad Hazare: This is the highest love letter by a disciple, written by

Arjan to Guru Ram Das. Its gift is that it gives the benefits of a

thousand shabads, and one's soul will merge directly with God. It makes

the separated ones come home with grace. One who recites this shabad

will never be separated from their beloved.

 

Jaap Sahib: The naad of Jaap Sahib rouses the soul and the self of the

Being. " Sahib " also means grace. Recite it when your position is

endangered, or when your authoritative personality is weak. This bani

brings grace and greatness. It will also give you the ability that,

whatever people say, you will automatically be able to compute what they

are actually saying. Once you are able to recite it correctly, it will

give you the power, the siddhi, that whatever you say must happen. Man

can direct God, and God can direct man. Guru Gobind Singh recited Jaap

Sahib so we won't become beggars at the doors of others.

 

Tavprasad Swaye: This bani was spoken by Guru Gobind Singh. When you are

not getting any satisfaction out of life, this is the bani to recite.

 

Anand Sahib: Whoever recites the forty pauris of Anand Sahib will have

endless bliss, because the Guru is limitless. In this bani, mind and

body are explained in relation to cosmic divinity. Guru Amar Das gave us

the song of bliss, which is Anand Sahib, to qualify the mind and to

understand the depth. For husband and wife to get together, recite it

together, alternating sutras (lines).

 

Rehiras Sahib: This bani is recited after one has worked and is tired.

It adds energy (raa-hu) to one's being, to one's total concept. Also,

recite it when your principle worldly wealth is endangered. In naad, reh

means live, and raas means commodity, so Rehiraas means living

commodity. Rehiras Sahib helps you when you are physically weak, or weak

in money, property and earthly goods.

 

Kirtan Sohila: This bani is done before sleep at night. It is the most

harmonious naad ever uttered. It multiplies the aura to the sensitivity

of protection that it eliminates any negativity for miles and miles.

When you are endangered by any species of direct or indirect source, and

when you want to protect yourself with the surrounding of the entire

magnetic field of the earth, recite Kirtan Sohila.

 

Word Definitions Rensubhai - Continual repetition of Gurbani Naad - The

essence of all sounds Gurbani - A perfect combination of sounds related

to all the 5 elements in complete balance Bani - That which ??? on the

Naad and is balanced

 

One who knows the naad knows the Aad, which is God.

 

Siri Guru Granth Sahib

 

Siri Guru Granth Sahib is the Guru, and it contains the Guru. What is

the Guru? It is the formula for experiencing one's own divinity. Siri

Guru Granth Sahib has the power to give one the experience of God

because it is a Siri Guru. Here is the progression: Guru, the one who

tells you the truth of the formula, and Siri Guru, the one who tells you

the universality of the formula, the application of the entire applied

formula. Siri Guru Granth Sahib always tells you what you need to hear

in order to be able to rise above the limitations of the particular time

and space. Waheguru is the ecstasy of the experience of the application

of the formula. In other words, by doing what the Guru says, you

experience the blessing of that.

 

The Science of Naad and Gurbani Naad means " the essence of all sounds. "

All languages contain sounds which relate to one or more of the five

elements of air, fire, water, earth and ether. Gurbani is a perfect

combination and permutation of sounds relating to all the five elements

in complete balance. When Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Guru Nanak, compiled

Siri Guru Granth Sahib in 1604, he only put in those banis which were in

naad. These compositions were called Gurbani.

 

When we break up the words, " Siri Guru Granth Sahib, " into their naad,

the syllables of each word tell the essence of the meaning of Siri Guru

Granth Sahib. Every word has a naad, and every naad has a combination.

 

Siri means the entire light of the sun's creativity, Lakshmi. Whatever

has been created, whatever is possibly created, shall be created or can

be created, is called siri.

 

Guru ( " Gu " means darkness, and " ru " means light) means from darkness to

light, from ignorance to knowledge. Guru is one who gives you the

technology to remove your ignorance about something.

 

Granth ( " gra " means knot, " an " means ultimate, and " naath " means owner,

master, God) is that which creates the ultimate knot with God. Anything

which creates the ultimate knot with God is called a granth. Granth is

not a book and can never be a book. Sahib ( " saa " means light, infinity,

and " hib " means now) is the totality of here and now.

 

How Naad Works In Recitation of Gurbani There are eighty-four meridian

points on the upper palate of a human's mouth. One can feel that upper

palate with the tongue and experience its different surfaces. There are

two rows of meridian points on the upper palate and on the gum behind

the upper teeth. The tongue stimulates those meridian points, and they

in turn stimulate the hypothalamus which makes the pineal gland radiate.

When the pineal gland radiates, it creates an impulse in the pituitary

gland. When the pituitary gland gives impulses, the entire glandular

system secretes and a human being obtains bliss. This is the science.

 

Gurbani is the combination of the tongue with the meridian points. When

you read and recite Gurbani, it stimulates your hypothalamus. It is

totally different than any scriptures because Gurbani is made in a

scientific way. One who knows the naad, knows the aad, which is the

primal creativity. One who knows the aad is Parameshwar, the supreme God.

 

The whole language of Gurbani has the power to make a person divine,

just in its recitation, if done correctly. One need not be concerned

with the meaning to experience a change in consciousness. Bani has to be

understood by the heart, not by the head. There is no power in the head;

it is in the heart. The lead is for God and the heart is for you. That

is why Guru Gobind Singh asked for the head, and not for the heart.

" Whosoever lives with head to God and heart for self, that prayer is

complete. " (Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan)

 

The entire Siri Guru Granth Sahib is the calling of the Beloved. It is

in naad. The following are the daily banis given by Guru Gobind Singh,

and which tattvas (element) they relate to: à Japji, Shabad Hazare Ether

à Jaap Sahib, Tavprasad Swaye Air à Anand Sahib Fire à Rehiras

(including Bentee Chaupaee) Water à Kirtan Sohila Earth

 

These banis should be read from the gutkaa (book of banis), so that one

does not get engulfed in one's thoughtfulness. They are best read, even

though one may have them memorized.

 

 

 

Experiencing and Understanding Gurbani The Guru's Word (Gurbani) is what

the Guru spoke. It is the imprint of the essence of God. It is the

pathway to God. If the ordinary human being speaks it, it will always

elevate him to that state of consciousness of the Guru. The Guru's

consciousness is united with God, so the person will automatically get

united with God, if he speaks the same words. It is a scientific and

direct way to unite the finite with the Infinite Consciousness. The

hypothalamus will get the same tingling. The impulses of the pituitary

will function the same way and get the other glands to secrete also in

the same way as it was in the body of Guru Nanak.

 

Gurbani is nothing but a total illustrated, facilitated science of naad

for human knowledge. It is an individual effort. Read Gurbani in the way

Guru says it, and understand it, and you will be in such ecstasy you

will not believe it! Concentration on the construction of the word, and

the sound is the proper way to recite Gurbani. As you are creating the

sound, the meaning will automatically come to you, now or later. It is

just a matter of time and space. You must listen to your own

construction of the Gurbani. This is the technical way in Naad Yoga.

 

There are two ways to go about understanding Gurbani. The first is to

know the meaning through purposeful study; and the second is to recite

it, and you will automatically understand the meaning intuitively.

Gurbani has to be recited with the tongue, through japa. But, when you

read meditatively for the purpose of understanding the meaning, it is okay.

 

The Power of the Shabad, Gurbani Kirtan, and Nam Simran In Siri Guru

Granth Sahib each shabad has its own individual domain, power, ridhi

(worldly riches), sidhi (spiritual power), and nau nidhi (nine

treasures). All occult powers are there. The recitation of shabads gives

you the power to redeem the environments. Shabad is a part of the power

of God, and when the shabad merges in you, you become God.

 

The lotus feet of God is the shabad of God. The sound itself will uplift

you and take away the disease and sorrow from within you. Meditate on

the lotus feet of God in your heart. The sound of the spirit is the

shabad. Decorate yourself with it. Shabad is the fountain of spirit. It

will always keep you flowing and growing.

 

The neutral mind records the shabad, the Truth. When your mind is

freaking out, the shabad automatically comes. The shabad has the power

to control you and your mind. Otherwise there is no way you or your mind

can be controlled. Shabad brings inner balance. The power of inner

balance is the shabad, and the power of the shabad is inner balance.

 

When controlled, our minds can create great things, because the power of

the mind is also very infinite. When disciplined, it can change the

vibrations and the magnetic psyche of the earth. That is why we come

before Siri Guru Granth Sahib and do kirtan (singing of God's praises).

Kirtan is to change the magnetic psyche of the universe with those

vibrations of the Word of the Guru, the naad, so that we can principally

enrich the self in ecstasy.

 

Nam simran (continuos remembrance of God's Name, of Self) is the

preparation for Gurbani. You grind the ground, make the earth ready, and

then you do simran. Simran is gurmantra (mantra given by the Guru).

Khalsa is to recite Waheguru, and a Sikh is to recite Sat Nam. Sat Nam

can elevate the consciousness of any person to Infinity, and Waheguru

can bring you the experience of that Infinity. Wha means Infinite, he

means Thou, and guru means self. When chanted, it brings you very near

God. Sat Nam is a panch shabad (mantra containing five parts). Saa means

Infinity, taa means birth, naa means death, and maa means resurrection.

Sat Nam is the shabad in which you have superiority over God. God is a

slave in the hand of the devotees. Sat Nam purifies the entire time and

space, when you speak it even once; it does not matter when. It is

superior self-power of God. God is remembered by His actions. Nam simran

is a must to prepare for Gurbani to have its effect. It is the complete

science of the word and sound. It changes a human's biological and

psychological metabolism of his body, mind, and soul.

 

Nitnem: Daily Recitation of Guru's Bani The following is a story which

Siri Singh Sahib ji told at Khalsa Women's Training Camp: " There is a

surprising story about my grandmother. She never spoke in a loud voice.

I have never seen that woman offending anybody, and I have never seen a

single human being offend her. The respect was so great that everyone

would settle disputes by Mata ji's decision, without going to court.

Whatever she would say, people would accept it as the truth and nothing

but the truth. That reputation and non-offensiveness was built from her

perfection of her nitnem, her sadhana and Gurbani.

 

I am trying to illustrate to you that after a certain age in life, if

you do not have nitnem and sadhana, then you will not churn yourself.

When milk is churned, it takes a lot of milk to make a little butter. As

milk has to be churned to make butter, like has to be churned. Gurbani

works to churn the brain waves through the hyp0othalmus. You need not be

a Sikh. In India, for example, there are a lot of Hindus and Muslims who

recite Gurbani. Gurbani is for a person who wants to be graceful, a

person who wants to be balanced, and a person who wants to do things by

their radiance. A person's presence alone should see the job done. "

 

Nitnem in Gurbani gives you a very powerful meditative mind. It gives

you the balance required. Energy comes to a person from the head, and

the head is the distributing center through the spine. It is a must that

when one reads Gurbani, it be done in the correct harmony and rhythm.

 

It is compulsory for Khalsa to read all the five banis daily. They were

given so that a person's incarnated personality may elevate itself to

defend through any negativity or misfortune.

 

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