Words on spiritual wisdom from Guru Teg Bahadur Maharaj

We worldy people are so entangled in it, that we think, that all our surroundings and envoirements are true, and somehow we will continue with them, even after passing away. 

To the extent  we are so absorbed in this so called our land, our culture, our this, our that....., that if needed, we may kill or give up our lives, and become heros in the eyes of our people.

This is how we have been educated, taught, and this is how we live. This is our condition in almost any caste, color or creed. We are filled with the poison of hatred, usually for those who are not like us, or think, and believe like us, so atrocities and  fanatism, are the results of such irrational  blind thinking.

Thus this is our religion, to be fully devoted to my land, my mazab, my culture, my history.


But  Satgur Sachay Patshah Teg Bahadur Maharaj, blows away all our illusory so called castles of sand, with His  following paviter words from Raag Jaijaavantee:


ਨਾਨਕ ਜਨ ਕਹਿ ਪੁਕਾਰਿ ਸੁਪਨੈ ਜਿਉ ਜਗ ਪਸਾਰੁ
Naanak Jan Kehi Pukaar Supanai Jio Jag Pasaar
नानक जन कहि पुकारि सुपनै जिउ जग पसारु
Servant Nanak proclaims that the vast expanse of this world is just a dream.


He says that, not only the land where we live is false, is an illusion, is a dream, but is the same with the whole world. So now, do we ever see fighting, killing or suiciding for the non existen reality of/in the dreams?

If we see anybody acting such, we shall surely call him a fool, and those who follow this type of fools, are also foolish, as they miss away the objective of their lives, of doing His bhakti and merge in Him.


Even this body of which we are so proud of belonging to a particular caste or creed, that is why He says:

ਬਿਨਸਤ ਨਹ ਲਗੈ ਬਾਰ ਓਰੇ ਸਮ ਗਾਤੁ ਹੈ
Binasath Neh Lagai Baar Ourae Sam Gaath Hai
बिनसत नह लगै बार ओरे सम गातु है
Your body is like a hail-stone; it melts away in no time at all.


So let us ask ourselves, what is there to be proud of, if  even this body of ours is false, and for it we commit so many nonsenses and injustices,  we give pain and torture to others trying to impose our false superiority.....

But as Guru Jee  clearly says, this body is not our true essence, so neither our actions of heroicity have any value in the eyes of Wahiguru.

We think, we have done something great by going after our illusory dreams; but Wahiguru takes us as moorakhs, as we were given this human birth for a different purpose, but we have wasted it for stones.... as seen in the following lines

ਬੀਤ ਜੈਹੈ ਬੀਤ ਜੈਹੈ ਜਨਮੁ ਅਕਾਜੁ ਰੇ
Beeth Jaihai Beeth Jaihai Janam Akaaj Rae
बीत जैहै बीत जैहै जनमु अकाजु रे
Slipping away - your life is uselessly slipping away.


Continung with our poor condition, He says:

ਇਹ ਜਗ ਮਹਿ ਰਾਮ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੋ ਤਉ ਨਹੀ ਸੁਨਿਓ ਕਾਨਿ
Eih Jag Mehi Raam Naam So Tho Nehee Suniou Kaan
इह जग महि राम नामु सो तउ नही सुनिओ कानि
In this world, you have not listened to the Lord's Name.


ਕਾਲੁ ਤਉ ਪਹੂਚਿਓ ਆਨਿ ਕਹਾ ਜੈਹੈ ਭਾਜਿ ਰੇ
Kaal Tho Pehoochiou Aan Kehaa Jaihai Bhaaj Rae
कालु तउ पहूचिओ आनि कहा जैहै भाजि
Death has arrived; now where will you run?


He tells us, we have done everything, but not His bhajan bandagee, so now death is at our door, with what face shall we go from here, if not of full shame and guilty.

And finally as a solution, to give a right direction to our priorities and having Him as our only objective, He says:

ਸਗਲ ਭਰਮ ਡਾਰਿ ਦੇਹਿ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਲੇਹਿ
Sagal Bharam Ddaar Dhaehi Gobindh Ko Naam Laehi
सगल भरम डारि देहि गोबिंद को नामु लेहि
Give up all your doubts, and utter the Naam, the Name of the Lord.(Means to do His Simran)


ਅੰਤਿ ਬਾਰ ਸੰਗਿ ਤੇਰੈ ਇਹੈ ਏਕੁ ਜਾਤੁ ਹੈ
Anth Baar Sang Thaerai Eihai Eaek Jaath Hai
अंति बार संगि तेरै इहै एकु जातु है
Because at the very last moment, this alone shall go along with you.


In short, as we can see in these words of Dhan Dhan Guru Sree Teg Bahadur Maharaj,  just as with any True Gurumukh, Sant Jan, none of them come here to keep us binded not only in this world, but even not in this mayavee creation. Rather through the teachings of Gurmat, they make us realize the supreme importance of His Nam, and our benefits of attaching our minds in the holy practice of repetition of His Name.

This is the essence of Gurmat, which Guru Jee has kindly placed before us, so that we may use it, and liberate ourselves from all our chains which keep us prisoners down here, away from our Father´s House.

So, if we have even one gramme of common sense, let us follow implicitly Gurmat as per instructions full of wisdom, by Sree Guru Teg Bahadur Maharaj.

Sat Sree Akal.

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