Think and mediate upon the divine light of the Ten Kings contained in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji and turn your thoughts to the divine teachings of and get pleasure by the sight if the Guru Granth Sahib Ji. May the kind, the respected Tenth Guru Gobind Singh Ji assist us everywhere. Remember and mediate upon Guru Teg Bahadur and then nine sources of wealth will come hastening to your home. Remember and mediate upon respected Guru Har Krishan, by having the sight of whom all pains vanish. Then remember and mediate upon Guru Arjan, Guru Hargobind and Respected Guru Har Rai. Then remember and mediate upon Guru Angad, Guru Amar das and Guru Ram Das: May they help us! Ode of the respected sword recited by the Tenth Guru.įirst remember the sword (God in the form of the Destroyer of evil doers) then remember and mediate upon Guru Nanak. May the respected sword (God in the form of the Destroyer of evil doers) help us! All victory is of the wondrous Guru (God). It is recited whenever starting or ending any reading of Guru Granth Sahib Ji or any other important task. ArdaasĪrdaas is the common prayer and through it, Sikhs remember and respect the sacrifices made by the Gurus and Sikhs to uphold religious freedom and the Sikh faith. Says slave Nanak, in the fourth round I have become one with the One.įrom “Teach Yourself Sikhism” by W. The beloved is united with the holy bride. The bride’s mind has blossomed with the beloved’s name. The beloved (God) has completed the union. By exalting God I have achieved my heart’s desire. God is dear to me and I to God on whom my mind is fixed day and night. The sweetness of the beloved pervades our souls and bodies. This blissful state is reached through the Guru’s grace. In the fourth round the mind attains divine knowledge and union with God becomes complete. In the third circling, says Nanak, God’s love is awakened in the heart. God’s love fills our minds and absorbs us, as we have been blessed with a good destiny which is recorded on our foreheads. Good fortune has brought us into the fellowship of the saints in which the story of the ineffable One is told. By our good fortune, in godly company, we encounter God whose purity is found through singing divine praises. In the third circling longing for God and detachment from the world wells up. Slave Nanak says, in the second round divine music is heard. Songs of rejoicing are header in the company of the godly. There is nothing which God does not pervade. God is the soul of the universe, the only One, being within us and outside us. I stand reverently face to face with the Guru. In the second circling you are to recognise that God has caused you to meet the True Guru who washes away the self-centredness of those that sing God’s praises. Those minds are indeed blessed which are filled with the sweetness of the Name. Devote yourself to the True Guru and all evil will depart. Cling to the righteousness and contemplate God’s name which is the theme of all scriptures. Sing the bani instead of the Vedas and hold fast to the faith which they reveal so that God may free you from all evil inclinations. There are four stanzas in the hymn and for each stanza the groom and bride circle the Guru Granth Sahib Ji re-affirming that the Guru is the centre of their lives.īy the first circling the Guru has shown the duties of the householder life. The Sikh marriage ceremony is performed using the Lavan, the hymn composed by Guru Ram Das Ji, the 4th Sikh Guru. May I die fighting with limitless courage With confident courage claiming the victoryĪnd my highest ambition be singing thy praises May I fight without fear all foes in life’s battles May I never refrain from the righteous acts Sikhism is the only religion with it’s own national anthem. The Sikh national anthem was written by Guru Gobind Singh Ji. He is realised by the kindness of the true Guru. The Mool Mantar begins the Guru Granth Sahib Ji and defines the basic belief of the Sikhs.
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