2556 - Khajana Darshan April 8, 2023 – Bochum, Germany
2556 - Khajana Darshan April 8, 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॥
dayh tayjan jee raam upaa-ee-aa raam
Maharaj Ji says our bodies are our horses; we are the consciousness. Our bodies are our horses, which have been created by the Divine himself.
Ji - He’s saying most respectfully, oh sir, do you know this? Have you ever sat down and thought about this?
ਧੰਨੁ ਮਾਣਸ ਜਨਮੁ ਪੁੰਨਿ ਪਾਈਆ ਰਾਮ ॥
Dhan maanas janam punn paa-ee-aa raam.
He says that out of all His creation, the human life, human body, human consciousness, is the most blessed because only this form has an infinite potential.
Do you know that the human body, human consciousness, is the most blessed, precious gift to you from God. Also, do you know that it was given to you for free? Are you aware of it?
He has gifted you this human body. He could have made us snakes, frogs, flies, anything, what could we have done before Him? Say, no I don’t want this? No! Please we must come where we are and see what a gift we have from Him.
Free! What value can you put on your eyes? What value can you put on your ears? What value can you put on your tongue? What value can you put on your legs, feet, hands, arms, consciousness? What value?
ਮਾਣਸ ਜਨਮੁ ਵਡ ਪੁੰਨੇ ਪਾਇਆ ਦੇਹ ਸੁ ਕੰਚਨ ਚੰਗੜੀਆ ॥
maanas janam vad punnay paa-i-aa dayh so kanchan changrhee-aa
With His great mercy, He has gifted you this beautiful gift.
He says, the creation of the human body is the most precious creation. Why? Because it is the house of all the virtues of God; all the virtues which God has. You cannot even begin to understand this thing, let alone fathom this.
ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਰੰਗੁ ਚਲੂਲਾ ਪਾਵੈ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਵ ਰੰਗੜੀਆ ॥
gurmukh rang chaloolaa paavai har har har nav rangrhee-aa
He says that if someone recognizes the value of this indescribable human body, then he or she turns their consciousness towards the Creator, starts feeling gratitude and having love for Him. Then the Divine permanently imbues them with ishq; the deep intoxication of ishq.
har har har nav rangrhee-aa
He says that those who recognize this gift, start remembering Him, and His presence, and they become an ever fresh ishq. The worldly attachments start with great intensity and then the graph goes downward while the intensity of this relationship with the Divine keeps increasing; the graph of this relationship moves upward.
How blessed, how merciful He has been to us that He has introduced us to the beauty and purpose of this life. How many people in the world are just living, just existing, and remain engrossed in relationships with other bodies, which is always friction. They finish their journey while being engrossed with others; they never come to know the beauty, the grace, the glory of the human body, human consciousness.
We must please recognize this truth. If we forget this, that’s when we start living a pitiful life; you said this to me, that person said this to me. Imagine where we fall and in what pit. What type of gift we have and still we fall. So please, we must remain continuously aware of this gift and the one who gifted us, and the purpose that why He gifted us. It’s a question of our lives; we have been blessed with the most beautiful gift, and He is watching every moment how we are using it, how we are spending this Divine wealth - our breaths. It’s a question of life. We must come and stay where His gift is. When our mind is wandering somewhere else and the gift is somewhere else, then that time just becomes wasted.
Dhaarnaa:
ਸਵਾਲ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ ਦਾ ਸੱਜਣਾ, ਤੇ ਮਨ ਤਾਂ ਦੂਰ ਫਿਰਦਾ ਏ
savaal zindagee daa sajanaa, tay man taaN door firdaa ay
Oh, my darling friend, it’s a question of human life, and our mind is always wandering faraway from it.
ਤੇ ਇੱਧਰ ਯਾਰ ਵੀ ਚੰਨ ਵੇ, ਤੇਰੇ ਹਦੂਰ ਫਿਰਦਾ ਏ
tay iDhar yaar vee chan vay, tayray hadoor firdaa ay
And the Beloved who blessed us with this gift is right here in your house. Your mind is wandering faraway, and here your Beloved is waiting for you.
So many people are coming into this world every day. And so many people are departing from here every day. Only a few come to know the purpose of human life. Please understand this: human life can only be lived successfully, contently, if we know the purpose of human life; this is the condition. The condition of successful life is to know the purpose, and this condition is timeless. A purpose is the timeless condition of success. If we don’t have any purpose, we are going to perish; our journey is going to end in the graveyards. It is up to us where we want this journey to end, in the graveyards, or by becoming immortal.
If we can throw a single ray of light on somebody’s darkened pathway, then on a page of a book of our lives, it would be written that today was successful. If we can aid someone to a clearer sight of life and duty, then another page of the book of our life would read, successful day. If we can wipe a tear off of any human cheek, another page would read successful day. If we can help someone understand that this I of ours is blind and deaf, and in order to remove the curse of this I, we must turn to our Creator. That’s the only way. If we remain attuned to the presence of God within, we will become loving and kind, and then in many pages of our book of life, it would be written, success, success, success! We all are walking the journey of life, and if we can plant a tree on the roadside of life so that the travelers who are following us would be able to spend some moments of peace and solace under the shade of that tree, then another chapter of our book of life will read success.
Whatever time we are left with, it is up to us whether we want to collect diamonds, jewels, rubies, or just collect shells or nothing. Every moment gone is gone forever. In order to have a successful day, we must have a successful morning; the morning time is so richly blessed. Last year, throughout the globe, at our Darbar Sahibs a survey was conducted asking what you think about waking up in the early morning hours. There were so many responses from all over the world, and it’s all positive. One person from Malaysia writes, I felt calm and safe after the amrit vela simran. Amrit vela is the early ambrosial hours of the morning. I could control my emotions better throughout the day. I felt more loving towards myself. I felt Maharaj Ji every second today. After doing my daily prayers, my heart was full of love. So, in order to have a successful, beautiful day, we must take care of the morning first. And this dhaarna is that oh my beloved, you are the first one whom I beheld this morning, and then my whole day was like a fragrance; like I was fragrance.
Dhaarnaa:
ਵੇਲੇ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਮੱਥੇ ਸੀ ਤੂੰ ਲੱਗਿਆ, ਮਹਿਕ ਜਿਹਾ ਦਿਨ ਲੰਘਿਆ
vaylay amrit mathay see tooN lagi-aa, mahik jihaa din langhi-aa
ਜਦ ਬੋਲਾਂ ਸਨਮੁਖ ਤੇਰੇ ਬੋਲਾਂ, ਮੈਂ ਸਾਰਾ ਦਿਨ ਯਾਦ ਰੱਖਿਆ
jad bolaaN sanmukh tayray bolaaN, maiN saaraa din yaad rakhi-aa
I remembered it the whole day that whenever I’m going to speak, I’m going to speak in Your presence. I remember this the whole day that whenever I’m going to speak today, I’m going to speak in the presence of the Divine lord.
Dhaarnaa (end)
God used our parents to create our bodies, in which there is mind and God. If we remain this way then the journey is going to end up in the village of graveyard. But we must not choose to end this journey in the graveyard. We must, with His grace and our efforts, become lodged in the Guru’s womb whereby He gives a new birth to us, re-birth, where we realize ourselves as Divine light. If we keep walking this path, we are going to end up in the hands of death. But we cannot continue like this; we must stop here and fly upwards. Fly upwards because the road is going to the graveyard. The path is upward, starting from the point deeper than the pubic bone, through the naval point, heart area, throat area, in between the eyebrows, at the top of the head; that must be our path to realize that we are the Divine light.
Sangat has arrived from all over the world, starting from one end of the world to the other, and brought the pious dust of their feet. I’m forever so grateful and I can never forget these blessings to me.
Now let us say this to all the sangat, to all our darling brothers and sisters, who are joining us through the internet, that oh my beloved friends, please make sure that the times don’t deceive you, your minds don’t deceive you, by dragging you into the world of illusions.
Dhaarnaa:
ਕੋਲੋਂ ਲੰਘਦੀਏ ਨੀ ਵਾਏ, ਸਾਡੇ ਸੱਜਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਡਾ ਸਲਾਮ ਆਖਣਾ
koloN langhadee-ay nee vaa-ay, saaday sajanaa noo saadaa salaam aakhanaa
Oh, the wind, passing by me and going towards my dear friends, please convey my regards and love to them. And give my message to them that let us remain alert of our minds taking us into the land of ruins.
ਤੇਰੀਆਂ ਮੰਗਦੇ ਹਾਂ ਖੈਰਾਂ, ਵੇਲੇ ਸੁਬਹ ਸ਼ਾਮ ਆਖਣਾ
tayree-aaN maNgaday haaN khairaaN, vaylay subah shaam aakhanaa
And tell them that I wish them all the Divinely virtues, both in times in the morning as well as in the evening.
ਦੇ ਜਾਣ ਨਾ ਸਮੇ ਕਿਤੇ ਧੋਖਾ, ਹਰ ਪਲ ਪਰਨਾਮ ਆਖਣਾ
day jaan naa samay kitay Dhokhaa, har pal parnaam aakhanaa
Lest any moment of time deceive you by showing you the illusions, please make sure that you welcome every moment by remaining conscious.