Shabads Imploring Searching Inside/Self
- Nau nidh amrit prabh ka naam, Dehi main iska bisraam - Maskeen ji Notes
- Bahar tolai so bharam bhulai - Maskeen ji Notes
- Nanak parkhe aap ko ta paarakh jaan - Guru Angad (See below)
Shabads that implore you to understand
- Sun mundhe harnakhiye goodha vain apaar, Pehlan vast siyaniyeh taan keejai vapaar - Guru Nanak
Shabads that implore you to discover your mind:
- Khoj dil har roj - Bhagat Kabir
- Is Man Ko Koi Khojo Bhai - Bhagat Kabir
- Jo Prabh Ko Milbo Chahai, Khoj Shabad Mai Leh - Guru Gobind Singh
- Kat Jaiye Re Man Lago Rang - Bhagat Ramanand
- Āp kẖoj kẖoj mile kabīrā - Bhagat Kabir
Mirza Ghalib - Why do we need to mine diamonds when we have a soul:
Sukhan kyaa kah nahin saktey ke joyaa hon jawahir ke
Jigar kya hum hanin rakhte ke jaakey khoden maadan ko
Going Deeper in an ocean
Kabir:
Jin DhoonDha tin paaiya, gahare paanee paiTh.
Main baura dooban dara, raha kinaare baiTh.
Bashir Badr
āñkhoñ meñ rahā dil meñ utar kar nahīñ dekhā
kashtī ke musāfir ne samundar nahīñ dekhā
Stories
- Guru Nanak Namaz in Sultanpur
- Hanuman tearing body to show Raam
Importance of Word
- Jo Prabh Ko Milbo Chahai - Guru
- Shabad - keeta pasao eko kavao
- First there was the word. Bible
- waiting for my clothes - Leanne O’Sullivan
Discovery leads to the knowledge that self is what needs improvement - Kabir
Jo Munn Khoja Apnaa, To Mujhse Bura Naa Koye
Translation
I searched for the crooked, met not a single one
When searched myself, "I" found the crooked one
Self needs to be assessed - Guru Angad
ਮਹਲਾ ੨ ॥
ਨਾਨਕ ਪਰਖੇ ਆਪ ਕਉ ਤਾ ਪਾਰਖੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥ ਰੋਗੁ ਦਾਰੂ ਦੋਵੈ ਬੁਝੈ ਤਾ ਵੈਦੁ ਸੁਜਾਣੁ ॥
ਵਾਟ ਨ ਕਰਈ ਮਾਮਲਾ ਜਾਣੈ ਮਿਹਮਾਣੁ ॥ ਮੂਲੁ ਜਾਣਿ ਗਲਾ ਕਰੇ ਹਾਣਿ ਲਾਏ ਹਾਣੁ ॥
ਲਬਿ ਨ ਚਲਈ ਸਚਿ ਰਹੈ ਸੋ ਵਿਸਟੁ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
ਸਰੁ ਸੰਧੇ ਆਗਾਸ ਕਉ ਕਿਉ ਪਹੁਚੈ ਬਾਣੁ ॥
ਅਗੈ ਓਹੁ ਅਗੰਮੁ ਹੈ ਵਾਹੇਦੜੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥੨॥
Mėhlā 2.
Nānak parkẖe āp ka-o ṯā pārakẖ jāṇ.
Rog ḏārū ḏovai bujẖai ṯā vaiḏ sujāṇ.
Vāt na kar-ī māmlā jāṇai mihmāṇ. Mūl jāṇ galā kare hāṇ lā-e hāṇ.
Lab na cẖal-ī sacẖ rahai so visat parvāṇ.
Sar sanḏẖe āgās ka-o ki-o pahucẖai bāṇ.
Agai oh agamm hai vāheḏaṛ jāṇ. ||2|| (SGGS148)
The bani of Second Nanak.
In essence: Oh Nanak! If a man assesses his “inner self”, only then he should be called an assessor. If one understands and diagnoses the disease and gives its medicine, one should be considered a shrewd physician. One should not involve in strife; instead one should live like a guest here. One should know Akalpurakh, the origin of all; one should live in the company of likewise devotees. If one does so, one doesn’t hold on to avarice but remains imbued with Akalpurakh. Thus, one becomes broker for others to bring them close to Akalpurakh. Such a broker becomes accepted one. If an arrow is aimed in the sky, which is inaccessible, what can it hit? It will fall back on the archer (because of his ignorance).
Wishes
In essence: Oh Nanak! If a man assesses his “inner self”, only then he should be called an assessor. If one understands and diagnoses the disease and gives its medicine, one should be considered a shrewd physician. One should not involve in strife; instead one should live like a guest here. One should know Akalpurakh, the origin of all; one should live in the company of likewise devotees. If one does so, one doesn’t hold on to avarice but remains imbued with Akalpurakh. Thus, one becomes broker for others to bring them close to Akalpurakh. Such a broker becomes accepted one. If an arrow is aimed in the sky, which is inaccessible, what can it hit? It will fall back on the archer (because of his ignorance).
Wishes
Singing oneness!