2553 - Khajana Darshan April 5, 2023 – Bochum, Germany
2553 - Khajana Darshan April 5, 2023 – Bochum, Germany (English Translation)
Transliteration Key for Gurbani
Black text - as uttered by Baba Ji; Blue text - translation
ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ॥
॥ ਜਪੁ॥
ਆਦਿ ਸਚੁ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ। ॥ ਹੈ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੋਸੀ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ॥
Please either come at the hirdaa which is a space just behind the heart, or at the ears, and start drinking the Celestial Music.
ਅਨਹਦੋ ਅਨਹਦੁ ਵਾਜੈ ਰੁਣ ਝੁਣਕਾਰੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
anhado anhad vaajai run jhunkaaray raam
He says those who keep drinking the Celestial Music, they become imbued with His ishq.
There is a letter from Surrey, BC, Canada. The writer says that the celebrations of oneness are so beautiful; they made me peaceful and fulfilled. After this gathering, I want to stay alone and dive deep into this feeling of bliss. The divine is spreading all around me and rising upwards towards the stars.
There is another letter from Surrey, BC as well. The writer says, with what beautiful words should I start this letter to you, that God has blessed me with this pious and true congregation. He has filled my empty heart with His love. I’m aching to meet my true self. I feel very uncomfortable with this egoistic I. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to come to the Purab celebrations. But when I see the sangat is going to India for the celebrations, my eyes start shedding tears. And then she wrote these lines:
Dhaarnaa:
ਕਈ ਰਾਤਾਂ ਲੰਘੀਆਂ ਸੱਜਣਾ, ਇਹ ਸ਼ਗਨਾਂ ਵਾਲੀ ਰਾਤ ਵੇ
ka-ee raataaN langhee-aaN sajanaa, eh shaganaaN vaalee raat vay
Oh, my Beloved, I have come and gone so many times and remained in darkness. But this time, in this life, even though the darkness is still there, I am convinced this night is so beautiful and blessed; it is a night of celebration.
ਤੂੰ ਆ ਮਿਲ ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮਾ, ਮੇਰੇ ਦਿਲ ਦੀ ਏਹੀ ਖਾਹਿਸ਼ ਵੇ
tooN aa mil mayray preetamaa, mayray dil dee ay-hee khaahish vay
Oh, my Beloved, please come and meet me, this is the only cherished desire of my heart.
ਜਨਮਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਬੈਠੀ ਉਡੀਕਦੀ, ਮੇਰੀ ਜਨਮਾਂ ਦੀ ਇਹ ਪਿਆਸ ਵੇ
janamaaN toN baithee udeekadee, mayree janamaaN dee ih pi-aas vay
I have been waiting for you since ages, and this has been my only thirst.
ਤੂੰ ਪਿਆਸ ਬੁਝਾ ਮੇਰੇ ਸਾਜਨਾ, ਮੈਂ ਲਾਈ ਏਹੀ ਆਸ ਵੇ
tooN pi-aas bujhaa mayray saajanaa, maiN laa-ee ay-hee aas vay
Be merciful to me, come and satiate me, extinguish this desire of mine, fulfill this hope of mine.
Now, regarding the question that all those who merge in God, are they the same? Maharaj Ji says, no. He says:
mannai maarag thaak na paa-ay
mannai pat si-o pargat jaa-ay
mannai mag na chalai panth
mannai Dharam saytee san-banDh
Maharaj Ji says when someone with His mercy, and many lifetimes efforts, dissolves in God, melts down in God, then he is no more; he or she is immaterial. Then, at his grave, a Divine flower blossoms. The condition is that he has to go; he has to be no more. The Divine blossoms at that place. Which is that place? It’s the body of that person; the body in which that person used to be. He used to dwell in that body, now he’s gone, he’s no more, and this beautiful flower blossoms on his grave; the divine flower! Maharaj Ji calls it a flower; He is gesturing to the fragrance.
When you merge with God, you are no-more. God is there now, and suddenly you feel weightless. You can’t say what is this, that new thing is totally weightless. The body’s weight would be there but that being is weightless, just like fragrance; that’s why Maharaj Ji calls it a flower. You don’t feel like you are something solid, not at all! It’s just like fragrance, something weightless but so beautiful. And then everything outside seems weightless to you. This cannot be talked about, I just want to give a hint. Then everything outside feels weightless, the same fragrance that you are. The Himalayas feel weightless, the whole earth feels weightless. You are traveling in a car and you are feeling the car is moving on something weightless; the car is weightless, you are weightless, nothing is solid. You feel that the Earth is not solid, all the oceans are not solid, the mountains, nothing is solid. The veil is lifted off of His creation and you feel it’s something mysterious, so mesmerizing, and you are somewhere way beyond this worldly consciousness.
ਅੰਤਰਿ ਕਮਲੁ ਪ੍ਰਗਾਸਿਆ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਭਰਿਆ ਅਘਾਇ ॥
antar kamal pargaasi-aa amrit bhari-aa aghaa-ay
And you feel full of that fragrance, full! Maharaj Ji says at that place, the Divine blossoms, and that place, that house, that body, that space becomes full of that fragrance. So that’s where Maharaj Ji says that you feel that it’s all God. It’s not that you have heard from somebody, you experience it! He says, the way that flower is going to exist now, that path has never been traveled. Then you never walk a traveled path.
He says that now you do not walk any path, may that be the path of Lord Jesus, Judaism, or Prophet Mohammad’s way, Guru Nanak’s path, or any other path. No! This is so strange that for ages you have been living in a certain way and now all of a sudden, you are free. Your existence is going to be totally unique; no flower has ever been like you or would ever be like you. Flowers will be there, flowers have been there, but each and every one of them are uniquely individual. Then you will not fit into any path. You will not fit into any category that this is a Christian saint, this is a Hindu saint, this is a Muslim saint. No! No category, no path; you have gone beyond the -isms. And -isms are there in us only until we do not cross the territory of the mind. The path is going beyond the mind; it’s a revolution against the mind, revolution against the egoistic ego-centered life. And going into no-I, Maharaj Ji calls it anhataa. Then you are beyond all kinds of -isms, ideologies, world views, philosophies, paths, you are beyond all those. This is the ultimate freedom from everything. Even to walk the path, a certain path, path of Lord Jesus, path of Mohammad Sahib, or any path, even to walk on this path is a bond, you are bonded with the path, and now you are free of everything. Now you are beyond all of that.
ਜਿਨੀ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਇਆ ਗਏ ਮਸਕਤਿ ਘਾਲਿ ॥
jinee naam Dhi-aa-i-aa ga-ay maskat ghaal.
ਨਾਨਕ ਤੇ ਮੁਖ ਉਜਲੇ ਕੇਤੀ ਛੁਟੀ ਨਾਲਿ ॥੧॥
naanak tay mukh ujlay kaytee chhutee naal. ||1||
So, this is the ultimate freedom. We’ll pick up from here tomorrow.
Dhaarnaa:
ਦੋ ਘੁੱਟ ਮੱਦ ਦੇ ਪਿਆ ਵੇ ਬਾਬਲਾ, ਦੋ ਘੁੱਟ ਮੱਦ ਦੇ ਪਿਆ
do ghut mad day pi-aa vay babalaa, do ghut mad day pi-aa
Oh, my beloved Father, please give me a couple sips of ishq, the Celestial Music. I want to drink ishq.
ਮਨ ਚੋਂ ਜੀਣਾ ਰਾਹ ਖੁਦਕੁਸ਼ੀਆਂ, ਰਾਹ ਮੇਰਾ ਬਦਲਾ
man choN jeenaa raah khudkushee-aaN raah mayraa badlaa
To live out of the mind is to walk the path of death, to walk the path of suicide. We are walking straight into the house of death, we cannot escape it. Oh, my Beloved, I’m walking the path of death, I’m on a suicidal path, please save me, please save me. Please take me out of this path of suicide where the death is certain.
Now, to the conversation between Guru Nanak Dev Ji and the Siddhas.
ਦੁਨੀਆ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਦੁਤਰੁ ਕਹੀਐ ਕਿਉ ਕਰਿ ਪਾਈਐ ਪਾਰੋ ॥
dunee-aa saagar dutar kahee-ai ki-o kar paa-ee-ai paaro
Siddhas are asking Maharaj Ji that the world ocean is very treacherous and extremely difficult to cross over. In other words, it is so difficult to go beyond the mind; please tell us how to go beyond the mind.
ਚਰਪਟੁ ਬੋਲੈ ਅਉਧੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਹੁ ਸਚਾ ਬੀਚਾਰੋ ॥
charpat bolai a-oDhoo naanak dayh sachaa beechaaro
Maharaj Ji says that the Siddha, Charpat AuDhoo, asks me, Oh Nanak, tell us the secret, how to go beyond the mind, and remain there?
ਆਪੇ ਆਖੈ ਆਪੇ ਸਮਝੈ ਤਿਸੁ ਕਿਆ ਉਤਰੁ ਦੀਜੈ ॥
aapay aakhai aapay samjhai tis ki-aa utar deejai
Before this, Siddhas had great question answers and arguments with Maharaj Ji, and they claimed to know everything; they wanted Maharaj ji to bow down before them because they were so accomplished, they could even fly! And now they are asking that oh young Nanak, tell us the secret of how to go beyond the mind, and how to stay there.
Maharaj Ji says to the Siddhas that you were saying you know everything, and you understand everything; what should I say to you ? You know everything. What answer can I give to someone who claims that he knows and understands everything?
ਸਾਚੁ ਕਹਹੁ ਤੁਮ ਪਾਰਗਰਾਮੀ ਤੁਝੁ ਕਿਆ ਬੈਸਣੁ ਦੀਜੈ ॥
saach kahhu tum paargaraamee tujh ki-aa baisan deejai
Maharaj Ji says that if you are claiming that you have gone beyond the mind then how can I argue with you.
Now the Siddhas say:
ਰੋਸੁ ਨ ਕੀਜੈ ਉਤਰੁ ਦੀਜੈ ਕਿਉ ਪਾਈਐ ਗੁਰ ਦੁਆਰੋ ॥
ros na keejai utar deejai ki-o paa-ee-ai gur du-aaro
They bow down to Maharaj Ji and say, kindly don’t become displeased with us, please answer us. Tomorrow we will see what answer Maharaj Ji gives.
My daughter Olia from Poland was telling me that she was sick with cancer and was in the hospital for three long years. She could not move, and the weight of her body was reduced to 28 kilograms. She said that once I came out of that, Maharaj Ji healed me, I had learned a beautiful lesson that how precious life is, and how fragile life is. And she said it’s because of that trauma, it’s because of those hard years that I am walking this path to Him, to His house where I feel totally fulfilled, peaceful, blissful. So, we should remember that the most valuable lessons of life are learned when we go through hard times. We do not learn anything valuable when the times are good. So, we should look for the gift which those hard times bring with them. There is no school in the world which teaches those so precious lessons of life which Maharaj Ji teaches us when we are going through hard times. Thank you betay for sharing that with us.
The glory of the most blessed time of 24 hours, early, early morning.
Dhaarnaa:
ਵੇਲੇ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਮੱਥੇ ਸੀ ਤੂੰ ਲੱਗਿਆ, ਮਹਿਕ ਜਿਹਾ ਦਿਨ ਲੰਘਿਆ
vaylay amrit mathay see tooN lagi-aa, mahik jihaa din langhi-aa
Throughout the day, I felt like some fragrance or light because the very first thing I experienced today was your presence.
ਹੰਝੂ ਹੋਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਨੈਣੀ ਮੇਰੇ ਚਮਕੇ, ਜਾਪੇ ਗਲੀ ਸਾਡੀ ਆਪਾ ਲੰਘਿਆ
hanjhoo horaaN day nainee mayray chamkay, jaapay galee saadee aapaa langhi-aa
Other’s tears are glazing my eyes; it seems my true self has passed through my street. It must be that my true self has passed through my street that I’m feeling the pain of others; the tears in my eyes are the tears of others.