2590 - Khajana Darshan June 24, 2023 – New York
2590 - Khajana Darshan June 24, 2023 – New York
English Transcription and 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॥
While telling His disciples how to live everyday, Guru Nanak Dev Ji said that we must share everyone’s pains, and also become included in others happiness. Today is that day on which some souls have been blessed with Divine nectar; the Divine Himself operated through the Five Loved Ones (Panj Pi-aaray), and these souls are not ordinary souls any more. They have become the rare souls. They will never be able to forget this day; the day when He chose them to transform mortals to immortals. The whole sangat congratulates each and every one of you, and we are so thankful to God and pray to Him that please open the doors for everyone. I think He is going to ask us: then what about the bazaars, they must stay alive too.
ਤੇਰਾ ਏਕੋ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੰਜੀਠੜਾ ਰਤਾ ਮੇਰਾ ਚੋਲਾ ਸਦ ਰੰਗ ਢੋਲਾ ॥
tayraa ayko naam manjeeth-rhaa rataa mayraa cholaa sad rang dholaa.
Oh my Beloved, the word blessed by the Guru alone dyes one’s consciousness with the deep everlasting color of ishq, and I have been blessed with that. Unbelievable! Are You able to see me in Your infinite creation? This is a miracle that you picked me!
ਸਾਜਨ ਚਲੇ ਪਿਆਰਿਆ ਕਿਉ ਮੇਲਾ ਹੋਈ ॥
saajan chalay pi-aari-aa ki-o maylaa ho-ee.
ਜੇ ਗੁਣ ਹੋਵਹਿ ਗੰਠੜੀਐ ਮੇਲੇਗਾ ਸੋਈ ॥
jay gun hoveh ganth-rhee-ai maylaygaa so-ee.
The question: whom does He unite with Himself? Those who have Divinely virtues acquired through meditation upon the sacred word.
ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹੋਇ ਨ ਵੀਛੁੜੈ ਜੇ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹੋਈ ॥
mili-aa ho-ay na veechhurhay jay mili-aa ho-ee
Whomsoever He unites with Himself can never become separated from Him.
ਆਵਾ ਗਉਣੁ ਨਿਵਾਰਿਆ ਹੈ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੋਈ ॥
aavaa ga-on nivaari-aa hai saachaa so-ee.
He takes them out of the cycle of birth and death because they have been transformed into immortals. The new us, if you will, can never separate from Him.
hai saachaa so-ee.
How beautiful! Maharaj Ji says that when He makes you immortal, even though you would be called soul but in fact it would be Him. There would be no difference between you and Him. Then you would be able to recognize and realize that the one you have been calling me and I, in reality that’s the truth. You, in fact, are not; you never have been! It’s just an idea which we are carrying.
ਆਵਾ ਗਉਣੁ ਨਿਵਾਰਿਆ ਹੈ ਸਾਚਾ ਸੋਈ ॥
aavaa ga-on nivaari-aa hai saachaa so-ee.
It’s the same whom we call the truth - God, Allah, Dios, all the names.
And you know how this happened? He made you totally egoless!
ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰਿ ਨਿਵਾਰਿਆ ਸੀਤਾ ਹੈ ਚੋਲਾ ॥
ha-umai maar nivaari-aa seetaa hai cholaa.
He’s saying, you know how this miracle happened? The Divine made you ego free. Ego - the idea, the thought, that I’m separate from His creation. Then He sewed you with Himself.
ਗੁਰ ਬਚਨੀ ਫਲੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਹ ਕੇ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਬੋਲਾ ॥
gur bachnee fal paa-i-aa sah kay amrit bolaa.
It happened because you heard your Beloved. Only the rare ones can hear Him. Others remain full with their own world, there’s no room for God’s utterances in them. They are not peaceful enough, they are not hungry enough to know the reality. You heard Him and then you did what He asked you to do. His utterances were nectar and you had known the art of drinking His utterances. When we hear Him at the hirdaa, we are drinking His utterances. His utterances were nectar, and He secretly told you within how to drink His utterances. Beautiful!
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਕਹੈ ਸਹੇਲੀਹੋ ਸਹੁ ਖਰਾ ਪਿਆਰਾ ॥
naanak kahai sahayleeho saho kharaa pi-aaraa.
sahayleeho - my sister-friends.
Nanak says, oh my dear sister-friends, know this; I know this and I’m telling you that our Beloved is boundlessly full of ishq. His ishq for us is boundless.
ਹਮ ਸਹ ਕੇਰੀਆ ਦਾਸੀਆ ਸਾਚਾ ਖਸਮੁ ਹਮਾਰਾ ॥
ham sah kayree-aa daasee-aa saachaa khasam hamaaraa.
Oh, my sister friends, we all should surrender to Him out of ishq for Him. He is true, everlasting, never-changing, alive, and He is our creator, our Lord, our Beloved. We all will realize that we are the truth. We will never die; this would be our last birth.
Human life is so precious; living human life requires awareness, total awareness. We will become aware of what we are doing, why we are doing it. I’m going to the theater, is it really needed? Do I have the time to? Life is shrinking everyday. The days given to us are diminishing by the moment.
As long as we keep walking on the path of realizing the truth, and help others to do that, we are using the time, the day, that portion of life as a profitable time. Other times we do not live, we only exist. So, please, we all should remember that if we keep walking the path, moving closer to our Beloved, and helping others to do that, we would really enjoy life. Then He will bless us with all the happiness in the world.
Dhaarnaa:
ਲਾਭਦਾਇਕ… ਜਿੰਨਾ ਚਿਰ ਰਹੇ ਬੰਦਾ……ਓਨਾ ਚਿਰ ਹੀ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ ਮਾਣੀਦੀ ਵੇ
laabh-daa-i-ak….jin-naa chir rahay bandaa…….onaa chir hee zindagee maaneede vay
As long as we are profiting from this opportunity.
ਇਸ ਡਿਊਟੀ ਤੇ…. ਸਦਾ ਜੇ ਖੜੇ ਰਹੀਏ…
is di-oo-tee tay…..sadaa jay kharhay rahee-ay
If we keep standing on this duty as a soldier; if we understand that this is my duty, my responsibility.
…ਸਾਂਝ ਦਿਲਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਇੰਝ ਹੀ ਪਾਲੀਦੀ ਵੇ
…saaNjh dilaaN naal injh hee paaleedee vay
Then ishq would start originating or revealing itself, and we would be able to distribute that ishq among others. We would then love everyone, and that is life. Without that it’s no life, it’s ego, and one burns in ego. This is how we have the deepest relationship with everyone. That’s the real relationship. Right now, we have a relationship with our own world, which is fake, selfish, stressful, and all that.
Dhaarnaa (end)
I want to share this story with you. Just outside New York City, near the harbor, a grand Statue of Liberty is towering. There’s a great story behind that statue. When Hitler invaded France during the second World War, a great deal of damage was done to the country. America joined the war; almost all countries in the world did. When Hitler died, normalcy returned again and the people of France saw a stark difference between freedom and being slaves. A gentleman from France, Mr. Bartholdi had an idea to build a Statue of Liberty. He consulted very wise people about what should be the model of that statue. They all said that the pattern should be after some very well known heroes of the world. He looked at the pictures of all the heroes, past and present. He said that I’ve seen all the faces of all your heroes, but the face of my mother when she smiles, is incomparably beautiful. She spreads life around her, she spreads love around her, she enlivens everything. I have seen all the faces of your heroes, but my mothers face when she smiles, there is no face like hers. He built this Statue of Liberty, raised 4 million dollars to build it. Even then it was not complete. He spent every penny of his own to build it. It took 20 long years. Then the French government saw it, bought it from him, and gave that statue as a gift to America because America had helped them. It’s called the Statue of Liberty. That tells us that our faces, the pictures of our faces, are not something that does not matter. They are making a difference all the time. All the time! Not only to mothers, but to all of us, let us please become the faces who are most genuine, truly caring and loving others; truly giving, truly sharing. I love this story.
I am seeing that Maharaj Ji is really showering His blessings on everyone. Maharaj Ji is changing your faces; you all look so beautiful.
say-ee sundar sohnay.
saaDhsang jin baihnay.
This daughter of mine from Canada gave me a note on Father’s Day. All of them gave me so beautiful notes, but there is no time to read all of them. I really appreciate it baytay, and I’m grateful to you. This daughter of mine from Canada writes: Everyday is a great day because I’m alive. What a time to be alive! With your grace, (then she writes her name), with your grace she is thriving. Then again she writes her name, and says: she used to be anxious, weak, and scared. Now she is confident, strong, and courageous. Thank you for your blessing. She is saying to God. There is no challenge she cannot work on now. Happy Father’s Day. Love, your daughter. What a gift! Baytay, what a gift to me. I’m so proud and thankful of you.
The sangat whom the Divine has brought to His court. He says:
aapay sangat sad bahaalai
Maharaj Ji says that God puts the idea in us to go to the holy congregation.
I’m forever grateful to you for blessing me with the dust of your feet, and making this past week so beautiful, so blissful. It all happened because of you.
One thing I want to remind everyone: The day of the first appearance of Guru Nanak Dev Ji falls in November, and we are going to light up our homes and businesses for the whole month of November.
ਉਪਦੇਸੁ ਚਹੁ ਵਰਨਾ ਕਉ ਸਾਝਾ ॥
updays chauh varnaa kau saNjhaa.
He says my message is to the whole world.
Guru Nanak Dev Ji, when he was in His human body during those ten appearances, He was known as the Jagat Guru - Guru of the world, because the Divine spoke through Him. We should feel so grateful and pray for the whole of humanity.
Now for all those souls who are not here.
Dhaarnaa:
ਕੋਲੋਂ ਲੰਘਦੀਏ ਨੀ ਵਾਏ…..ਸਾਡੇ ਸੱਜਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਡਾ ਸਲਾਮ ਆਖਣਾ
koloN langh-dee-ay nee vaa-ay….saaday sajanaa noo saadaa salaam aakhanaa
ਨਿੱਤ ਮੰਗਦੇ ਹਾਂ ਤੇਰੀਆਂ ਖੈਰਾਂ….ਵੇਲੇ ਸੁਬਹ ਸ਼ਾਮ ਆਖਣਾ
nit maNg-day haaN tayree-aaN khairaaN……vaylay subah shaam aakhanaa
Oh, the wind that is passing by me, please take this message of mine to my friends, and tell them that I bow down to them, and I’m praying for their welfare-ness everyday, at least once in the morning and in the evening.
ਤੇ ਦਿੱਲ ਸਾਡੇ ਗੂੰਗੇ ਦਾ….ਬੋਲੀ ਦਿਲਾਂ ਦੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਹਿਗਾਮ ਆਖਣਾ
tay dil saaday gooNgay daa…..bolee dilaaN dee vich paigaam aakhanaa
Oh the wind going to all my friends everywhere, please listen to my heart and give that message to everyone in the language of the hearts. My heart cannot speak, so you have to know the language of the heart. So please hear my heart, and then give its message to everyone.
Give my heart's message to everyone who is not here.