Happy Gurpurab everyone! Raam So Daas. Guru Ramdas!  If you ask Bhai Santokh Singh who Guru Ramdas is, this is his answer. The daas is just like raam, the servant is a reflection of the master.  Truly in the gurmat spirity of Har Jan Aisa Chahiye, Jaisa Har Hi Hoye (Bhagat Kabir: A true Hari jan is just like Hari). 

A couple of weeks ago I was working on Gur Ramdas Rakho Sharnayi in a new raag that is a gift from Guru Ramdas. It is inspired both by Kalavati and komal Ni Asa.  As a tribute to the great guru, I am calling it Raag Daas.  At one of the live meditations I will cover this raag.  There are 2 other compositions that I have landed on me in this raag in the past week or so, and I look forward to sharing those as well. 

Thanks to Rajesh Prasanna for recording Bansuri on this track. I only composed this three days ago, recorded and sent it to him, he sent it back to me today and I mixed and produced this beautiful poem.  I shared an earlier version of this poem with the Seekers group and they agreed with me: the spirit of Guru Ramdas is in these words.  

This is the first time I have read any poem by Bhai Santokh Singh, and I must say I am blown over. The depth and the gurmat sikhya in each phrase is amazingly beautiful. I tried to share the lines of Gurbani that each phrase reminded me of in the video.  

May the spirit of Guru Ramdas reside with you.