Golden Temple Hukam for Yogi Bhajan's Birthday

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Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Fateh.

 

Sat Nam and many blessings to you.

 

Every year in honor of the Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh

Khalsa Yogiji's birth anniversary, Sikh Dharma International has

special Ramalas made for the Siri Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden

Temple in Amritsar, India. This year, a beautiful set of white Ramalas

were made and placed on the Guru during the evening of Aug. 25th. The

Ramalas will remain on the Guru through the evening and into the next

day – Aug. 26th – the birth anniversary of the Siri Singh Sahib, also

known as Yogi Bhajan.

 

The hukam taken from the Siri Guru Granth Sahib after the Ramalas were

placed during the evening of the 25th comes from the Fifth Guru, Guru

Arjan Dev ji. The hukam can be found on Ang (page) 681-682 of the Guru

Granth. This particular hukam was the first shabad that the first Sikh

Dharma kirtan jatha from the West learned in India in 1973.

 

Dhanaasaree, Fifth Mehl:

 

He has extended His power in all four directions, and placed His hand

upon my head.

Gazing upon me with his Eye of Mercy, He has dispelled the pains of

His slave. ||1||

The Guru, the Lord of the Universe, has saved the Lord's humble servant.

Hugging me close in His embrace, the merciful, forgiving Lord has

erased all my errors. ||Pause||

Whatever I ask for from my Lord and Master, he gives that to me.

Whatever the Lord's slave Nanak utters with his mouth, proves to be

true, here and hereafter. ||2||14||45||

 

In the Amrit Veyla on August 26th, the following hukam was taken from

Siri Guru Granth Sahib. It was from Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Ang (page) 671

of the Guru Granth.

 

DHANAASAREE, FIFTH MEHL: Granting His Grace, God has blessed me with

His Name, and released me of my bonds. I have forgotten all worldly

entanglements, and I am attached to the Guru's feet. || 1 || In the

Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I have renounced my other cares

and anxieties. I dug a deep pit, and buried my egotistical pride,

emotional attachment and the desires of my mind. || 1 || Pause || No

one is my enemy, and I am no one's enemy. God, who expanded His

expanse, is within all; I learned this from the True Guru. || 2 || I

am a friend to all; I am everyone's friend. When the sense of

separation was removed from my mind, then I was united with the Lord,

my King. || 3 || My stubbornness is gone, Ambrosial Nectar rains down,

and the Word of the Guru's Shabad seems so sweet to me. He is

pervading everywhere, in the water, on the land and in the sky; Nanak

beholds the all-pervading Lord. || 4 || 3 ||

 

Happy Yogi Bhajan's birthday.