2509 - Khajana Darshan October 17, 2022 – New Zealand
2509 - Khajana Darshan October 17, 2022 – New Zealand
English Transcription and Translation
Transliteration Key for Gurbaanee and Dhaarnaas
Black text - as uttered by Baba Ji in English;
Blue text - translation of Baba Ji’s utterances in Gurmukhi
ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ॥
॥ ਜਪੁ॥
ਆਦਿ ਸਚੁ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ। ॥ ਹੈ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੋਸੀ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ॥
Let us please close our eyes and bring our consciousness either at the hirdaa which is just behind our heart, a little bit to the left of the center of the chest or at the forehead in between the eyebrows.
Maharaj Ji says:
ਪੂਤਾ ਮਾਤਾ ਕੀ ਆਸੀਸ ॥
pootaa maataa kee aasees.
We are seeing the different merciful faces of the Guru and have already seen about 20 different faces of the Guru. Another face of the Guru is the Divine mother, and she says: O my son, this is your mother’s blessings or prayers for you, and I am your Mother.
Please sing with all your heart.
ਇਕਿ ਗਾਵਹਿ ਇਕਿ ਭਗਤਿ ਕਰੇਹਿ ॥
ik gaavahi ik bhagat karayhi.
Maharaj Ji says that some sit in the sangat and sing. They are blessed too because they have heard Me and obeyed Me but it’s not just singing; those who know the secret, it’s a meditation, the most loving meditation.
ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਸਨੇਹ ॥
naam na paavahi bin asnayh.
If we just sing and it’s dry, without any deep longing for Him then He is not going to meet us. God does not meet us if there is no ishq with Him. We must make our insides very loving and humble.
ਨਿਮਖ ਨ ਬਿਸਰਉ ਤੁਮ੍ਹ ਕਉ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਦਾ ਭਜਹੁ ਜਗਦੀਸ ॥
nimakh na bisara-o tumH ka-o har har sadaa bhajahu jagdees.
May you not forget the Divine even for an instant - the time it takes to blink. In the beginning when we hear this, we start feeling that it’s very difficult, I can’t do this, it’s not possible. But later on, as we keep walking the path, we come to realize that to remain tilted towards our Beloved is my true nature.
ਜਿਸੁ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਸਭਿ ਕਿਲਵਿਖ ਨਾਸਹਿ
jis simrat sabh kilvikh naaseh
If we are lovingly calling Him, and feeling Him, then He says all our previously earned sins are washed away.
ਪਿਤਰੀ ਹੋਇ ਉਧਾਰੋ ॥
pitree ho-ay uDhaaro.
He says, if you fall in ishq with God, not only are you going to be liberated from your mind, even your ancestors who have passed away, would be liberated too. Just imagine, how generous!
Dhaarnaa:
ਦੱਸਿਓ ਮੇਰੇ ਬਲਰਾਮ ਜੀ….. ਕਵਨ ਸੁ ਇਹ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ
dasio mayray balraam jee…… kavan su ih jagHaa
ਇੱਥੇ ਕੀਹਨੂੰ ਮਿਲਦੀ…. ਢੋਈ ਜੀ….. ਤੇ ਬੈਠੇ ਕੌਣ ਸੁਲੱਖਣੇ ਆ
ithay keeHnoo mildee Dho-ee jee……tay baithay koun sulakh-nay aa
O my Beloved, Divine, please tell me what is this place, and who is allowed to come here; who are these most fortunate souls?
ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਕਿੱਥੋਂ ਲਿਖਾਏ…. ਲੇਖ ਜੀ……ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮਾਂ ਰੱਬ ਕਰਦਾ ਛਾਂ
inHaaN kithoN likhaa-ay….laykh jee…..jinHaaN maa rab kardaa chhaaN
From where did they get their destiny inked, that the Divine is calling them “my dear sons”, the Divine is telling them that I’m your Mother and you are my darling children.
ਸੁਣਿਆ ਤੀਰ ਵੱਜਣ ਤੋਂ…ਪਹਿਲੋਂ…..ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਸੀਨੇ ਪੈਂਦੇ ਘਾ
suni-aa teer vajan toN….pahloN…. iNhaaN seenay paiNday ghaa
They are so tender-hearted! Even before the arrow of His utterances strikes them, they become wounded at the heart.
ਇਹ ਮੰਜ਼ਲ ਮੋਹੀਆਂ…… ਕੌਣ ਜੀ……ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਰਾਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਨਾ ਪਰਵਾਹ
eh maNjal mohee-aaN…..koun jee….jinHaaN raahaaN dee naa parvaah
Maharaj Ji says:
ਮੰਨੈ ਮਗੁ ਨ ਚਲੈ ਪੰਥੁ ॥
mannai mag na chalai panth.
He says that those who become so intensely intimate with this story of true love, they do not care about the path. They only keep their eyes fixed on their destination, and their destination is their Beloved..
ਦੱਸਿਓ ਮੇਰੇ ਬਲਰਾਮ ਜੀ, ਕਵਨ ਸੁ ਇਹ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ
dasio mayray balraam jee, kavan su ih jagHaa
Dhaarnaa (end)
With deep focus, with consciousness full of love and gratefulness, please feel the Divine; very subtle movement at the hirdaa or at the forehead.
ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪੀਵਹੁ ਸਦਾ ਚਿਰੁ ਜੀਵਹੁ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਅਨਦ ਅਨੰਤਾ ॥
amrit peevhu sadaa chir jeevhu har simrat anad anantaa.
Feeling the Divine or hearing the Anhad Shabad (Celestial Music) or hearing His utterances while focusing at the hirdaa (heart area) is drinking the holy nectar.
Maharaj Ji says that keep feeling the Divine and you would become limitlessly intoxicated with His being, love, and you will become immortal.
ਰੰਗ ਤਮਾਸਾ ਪੂਰਨ ਆਸਾ ਕਬਹਿ ਨ ਬਿਆਪੈ ਚਿੰਤਾ ॥
rang tamaasaa pooran aasaa kabeh na bi-aapai chintaa.
He says that if you remain attached with God, then you can never ever become worrisome or full of anxiety.
We have had a disease since lifetimes upon lifetimes, that we have worries, anxiety. What is the reason for this? Let’s please understand this.
Our thinking consciousness is called the mind; it keeps us in the vicious cycle and there is no way to get out of it. So, what is that vicious cycle?
The mind keeps on swinging like a pendulum from one extreme to the other. For example, you go to a wedding and eat way more than needed for 2-3 days. Now what happens - the mind is going towards one extreme and as it is doing that, one is having thoughts that I have eaten too much, I am gaining weight, I feel bloated and so on. Now the mind is thinking I should go to the other side; I must eat a lot less than needed for the next few days. See the condition of the mind! It’s not going to stay in the middle. The longer it keeps eating more and more, the energy to fast or eat less keeps increasing. Similarly, the longer one remains in the mode of fasting or eating less, the energy to eat more is increasing. The farther a pendulum goes to one side, it’s going to go to the opposite side with equal force. It cannot stay in the middle. So, the longer it fasts, the more energy it develops to do the opposite. If it had indulged in eating more for a shorter time, it would not have gone too far on the other side.
Let’s say we spent too much time with someone, became too close and did not keep a healthy distance. At some point we get tired of it and now we want to stay alone, away from them. The longer we stay alone, it produces more energy in the mind to become attached to someone again. All our life the mind does this to us. For lifetimes upon lifetimes, this has been happening to us - worries; worry that I ate too much or I ate too less and I am getting weak.
What is the cure to this? What does Maharaj Ji tell us? Stop going to the extremes. Stop going to the left or to the right. We keep thinking about the past - regrets, I did this wrong, he said this to me, and so on. Now, after staying in the past, where is the mind going to go? It’s not going to stay there. It’s going to go to the future now. From one extreme to another. Maharaj Ji says:
ਨਿਮਖ ਨ ਬਿਸਰਉ ਤੁਮ੍ਹ ਕਉ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ
nimakh na bisara-o tumH ka-o har har
Remain with the Divine, keep feeling the Divine and He dwells in the present so you won’t be able to go to the past or future and you won’t have any worries. You will always remain tension free.
This is the vicious circle, and the only way to come out of it, the only way to become peaceful is:
ਹਰਿ ਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖਦਾਈ ॥
har ko naam sadaa sukh-daa-ee.
Maharaj Ji says I am in the present, and if you remain with me no worries can come close to you.
Dhaarnaa:
ਆ ਬੈਠ ਨੀ ਸਖੀਏ ਕੋਲ ਮੇਰੇ….. ਤੇ ਗੱਲ ਦਿਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਕਰੀਏ ਦੋ ਘੜੀਆਂ
aa baith nee sakhee-ay kol mayray…..tay gal dilaaN dee karee-ay do gharhee-aaN
Oh, my darling sister-friends, let us sit together and have a heart to heart talk.
ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਤੇ ਨਕਦੀ ਦੀ ਬਣੀ ਗੁਲਾਮ ਦੁਨੀਆ….ਆ ਹੋਈਏ ਅਜ਼ਾਦ ਵੇ ਦੋ ਘੜੀਆਂ
cheejaaN tay nakdee dee banee gulaam dunee-aa…..aa hoee-ay ajaad vay do gharhee-aaN
The world is the slave of wealth and things, let us free ourselves for sometime.
ਖੋਲ ਹੱਥਕੜੀਆਂ ਜ਼ੁੰਮੇਵਾਰੀਆਂ ਦੀ….ਤੇ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਮਰਜ਼ੀ ਦੇ ਲਈਏ ਦੋ ਘੜੀਆਂ
khol hathkarhee-aaN jumayvaree-aaN dee….tay saah marjee day laee-ay do gharhee-aaN
Let us become unshackled from the handcuffs of responsibilities and breathe relaxedly.
Dhaarnaa (end)
Please stay at the hirdaa or in between the eyebrows at the forehead.
He says:
ਪੂਤਾ ਮਾਤਾ ਕੀ ਆਸੀਸ ॥
pootaa maataa kee aasees.
Guru blesses as a mother, and what a blessing! He says Oh my darling son this is my blessings to you, my prayers to you that may you always remain tightly attached to the Divine so that stress and worries and anxiety can never come close to you.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਤੁਮ੍ਹ ਕਉ ਹੋਇ ਦਇਆਲਾ ਸੰਤਸੰਗਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ॥
satgur tumH ka-o ho-ay da-i-aalaa saNtsang tayree pareet.
Wherever the word saint comes in Gurbani, it has come only for the Guru, only for the Guru. May the Guru become so merciful to you that you fall in Ishq with the Guru.
Let us revolve around our Hirda in an anti-clockwise direction while singing saNtsang tayree pareet. We will feel Maharaj Ji there as if air is moving there. Complete the first revolution while saying saNtsang, second Revolution while saying tayree preet, and the third revolution while elongating preet.
ਸੰਤਸੰਗਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ……ਸੰਤਸੰਗਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ……ਸੰਤਸੰਗਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ……ਸੰਤਸੰਗਿ ਤੇਰੀ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ……
saNtsang tayree pareet…….saNtsang tayree pareet…….saNtsang tayree pareet…….
Please feel your insides, somewhat peaceful. The eyes which were burning, looking around everywhere all the time,now their eyelids have become somewhat heavier. Insides have become more humble, there is no anger within us. As long as we remain with Him, we wil be filled with love, compassion and feel peaceful.
ਹਸੰਦਿਆ ਖੇਲੰਦਿਆ ਪੈਨੰਦਿਆ ਖਾਵੰਦਿਆ ਵਿਚੇ ਹੋਵੈ ਮੁਕਤਿ ॥
hasandi-aa khaylandi-aa painandi-aa khaavandi-aa vichay hovai mukat.
We must practice remaining in this state while working, while changing clothes - means all the time. We will feel such a deep bliss. Please do your Nitnem daily, lee singing any like of Gurbaanee or Dhaarnaa that comes to you.
This is the Dharna which we are going to read at the last stop. This so beautiful Dharna came to one of the beautiful sangats from Canada regarding being away from the holy congregation for so long due to the COVID time.
Dhaarnaa:
ਵੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ….ਤੇਰੇ ਬਾਝੋਂ ਜਿਊਣਾ….ਗੁਨਾਹ ਲੱਗਿਆ
vay mainoo…. tayray baajhoN ji-oonaa…. gunaah lagi-aa
ਦੀਦ ਚੰਨਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਜਿਉਂ….ਸਹਾਰੀਂ ਚੜ੍ਹੇ ਚੰਨ ਵੇ
deed chanaa tayree jioN……sahareeN charhay chan vay
The Sahara Desert is a huge vast desert in the middle east. Having the blessed sight of the holy congregation is like the moon rising in the Sahara Desert.
ਬੋਲ ਮਹਿੰਗੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਲਾਉਂਦੇ……ਦਿਲੀਂ ਸਾਡੇ ਸੰਨ ਵੇ
bol mahiNgay tayray laa-ouNday……dileeN saaday san vay
His so precious utterances would break into my heart, to steal my heart.
ਤੇ ਦਿਲ ਸਾਡਾ ਵੀ ਨਾ ਚੋਰਾਂ ਬਾਝ….ਕਿਤੇ ਲੱਗਿਆ
tay dil saadaa vee naa choraaN baajh….kitay lagi-aa
I didn’t get upset that you utterances came to steal my heart. In fact, I felt very comforted by them.
ਵੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ….ਤੇਰੇ ਬਾਝੋਂ ਜਿਊਣਾ….ਗੁਨਾਹ ਲੱਗਿਆ
vay mainoo…. tayray baajhoN ji-oonaa…. gunaah lagi-aa