2592 - Khajana Darshan June 27, 2023 – Indianapolis
2592 - Khajana Darshan June 27, 2023 – Indianapolis
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॥
There is a letter from my son in Canada. Five years ago, he wrote a letter to me when he first felt the presence of the Divine within; He said, I am so excited that everyone can meet the Divine by walking this path; I want to change the whole world! God saw that there is ego so He spread maayaa and brought him down. Now, this son of mine has written a letter again. He writes:
My dear beloved Dad, this year’s Bolivia samaagam was an enormous demonstration to me of how new, unique, and beautiful each stroke of Maharaj Ji’s paintbrush is in every manifestation. When I arrived in Bolivia, I knew some Spanish but not much. Even though there was a communication barrier, the radiance coming out of everyone was so infectious; it overpowered that barrier. I knew a few words but quickly learned more; which were mainl:y hermosa which in Spanish means beautiful, tu in Spanish is you, Dios is God, and vida is life. I would try my best and put together some sort of sentences with the locals that God is beautiful and life is beautiful. Everywhere I used my broken Spanish I felt so much overwhelming resonance as if we were speaking exactly in the same frequency.
I feel as though being called to Bolivia has put me so many thousands of miles ahead of where I would be if He did not have pity on me and bring me there. I feel so much growing Divine presence in my forehead now, and like you said, all day I’m feeling my surtee (consciousness) there and building the habit to permanently house it there, and not let it fall.
More frequently, now my eyesight feels just like a camera after meditation. I open my eyes, I see beauty, but it’s different. I used to focus on things and say that person or thing is beautiful. Now I focus on nothing, and I just feel like this experience of life unfolding in front of me like a movie, is beautiful. Transforming in the congregation in Bolivia brought out the playful child in me that I had forgotten. With His blessing, I’m feeling joy. Because your brush is always fresh and has a new color, a day exactly like today will never ever come again, and I left my mark on this day, having an adventure with the One who brought me here.
What kind of drug is this, where the high does not go away? Every day I attend deewaans here in Canada, this feeling is rejuvenated and recharged. You once read a letter where a member of the sangat said that missing one day once will make me form a habit of missing more days; that is such a monumental loss, I simply cannot afford it. I feel so sad that during the past many days robbed me. I let those days rob me willingly.
Many days I did vichaar on how you explained that everything in the universe is Dios manifested in different forms. I feel I didn’t truly get hit by this arrow until Bolivia. I feel the pain of those arrows, and I also feel that my heart has grown one size bigger. But there is an underlying fear now, a big one, and it follows me everywhere I go. A fear that makes me shed a tear and do ardaas that never take this for granted and never be less scared of making mistakes as the days go by.
This thing happens in the holy congregation. Maharaj Ji says:
ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤਿ ਬਿਨਾ ਭਾਉ ਨਹੀ ਊਪਜੈ ਭਾਵ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਹੀ ਹੋਇ ਤੇਰੀ ॥
saaDhsangat binaa bhaa-o nahee oopjai bhaav bin bhagat nahee ho-ay tayree.
He says without the holy congregation, you can never feel ishq for the Divine, and without feeling ishq for Him, there is no real meditation.
ਭੈ ਬਿਨੁ ਭਗਤਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ਕਬ ਹੀ ਭੈ ਭਾਇ ਭਗਤਿ ਸਵਾਰੀ ॥੬॥
bhai bin bhagat na ho-ee kab hee bhai bhaa-ay bhagat savaaree. ||6||
Without fear, you can never go deep into meditation. Never! He says both are absolutely necessary - the fear of making a mistake, the fear of slipping, and having ishq for him.
At the end of his letter, he says:
Thank you Dad. This summer it’s time to build a skyscraper on the foundation you poured. I promise to stay scared, do sangat everyday no matter what, and never lose touch with my innocent insides that once wrote, I’m ready to change the world.
This path is very slippery. Mind is always alert, always on the lookout, always ready to make us slip. We must run scared.
Maharaj Ji says:
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਸਦਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਜਿਸ ਨੋ ਆਪੇ ਮੇਲੇ ਸੋਇ ॥
satgur mili-ai sadaa sukh jis no aapay maylay so-ay.
If we meet the True Guru, then we become truly peaceful.
Meeting the True Guru means to obey Him and live life as He tells us to, because we don’t know how to use the human body and human consciousness. Maharaj Ji says that if you meet the True Guru, then the Guru is going to make you meet the Divine.
jis no aapay maylay so-ay.
You don’t even have to beg the Guru; He would do it Himself without asking. How beautiful!
ਸੁਖੈ ਏਹੁ ਬਿਬੇਕੁ ਹੈ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਹੋਇ ॥
sukhai ayh bibayk hai antar nirmal ho-ay.
He says if you have become truly peaceful, it’s the sign that your consciousness has purified.
In New York we started talking about what Guru Amar Das Ji told the Sikhs about the way to live life: to get up about 2.5 to 3 hours before sunrise, take bath, go to sangat, and if there is no sangat then sit in isolation and do simran of the sacred word Waheguru until the sun rises. Contemplate on His utterances; your livelihood should be totally honest; nobody other than your spouse and anyone else’s wealth should never be touched. We should never utter a word that is false or a lie; never slander anyone. Then He says:
- God’s will should be sweet to us if we are in ishq with Him.
- Never blame the Divine for your ills. It is your own doing.
- To realize the true self is the highest thing you can do in this universe, in this human life.
- To win over lust, anger, ego, greed, attachment, is the real victory.
- Remain content with your honest earnings.
- Never express the good deeds you do. Never!
- Never go for false appreciation.
- Never hear if somebody is slandering the Guru, or the Divine. Just get up and leave.
- Falsehood, jealousy, and greed must be forsaken.
- To become liberated from the mind, do meditation on the Divine.
- Never let your faith waver. Never!
- Always remember that you are here on this planet for a limited time.
- Do not become entangled in the worldly pleasures.
- Do holy congregation everyday.
- Inculcate love for His utterances, and if you really understand His utterances, after reading or singing those, you would feel bliss.
- When His utterances start feeling sweet to you, know that He has opened the door to your liberation.
This is very precious! It happens when we meet the True Guru. It cannot happen on its own. It cannot happen if we don’t do holy congregation, otherwise we will only become more egoistic that I do so much meditation, that I tell others how to meditate; that will only enhance our ego, it’s in the holy congregation where He keeps us humble.
ਅਗਿਆਨ ਕਾ ਭ੍ਰਮੁ ਕਟੀਐ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥
agi-aan kaa bharam katee-ai gi-aan paraapat ho-ay.
By meeting the True Guru, ignorance is dispelled, ego is gone, and you know the truth; the truth is within you.
The only “being”, the only truth in this universe is the Divine. Everything else except God is changing from moment to moment and it’s heading towards destruction. He is the only truth. That’s why Maharaj Ji says:
aad sach jugaad sach.
hai bhee sach naanak hosee bhee sach.
It’s only God, it has been only God, it shall be only God.
ਨਾਨਕ ਏਕੋ ਨਦਰੀ ਆਇਆ ਜਹ ਦੇਖਾ ਤਹ ਸੋਇ ॥
naanak ayko nadree aa-i-aa jah daykhaa tah so-ay.
Through meeting the True Guru, I realize my true self and then wherever I look I see the Divine. It’s just Him. If somebody is smiling, it’s Him smiling. Somebody is walking, it’s Him walking. Somebody is quarreling, it’s Him quarreling.
We must not please become lazy and accept to live with this egoistic I, which does not recognize Him. It only sees everything as separate.
Dhaarnaa:
ਐਸ ਮੈਂ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਡਾ…. .ਲਗਦਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਦਿੱਲ ਹੁਣ…..ਨੀ ਮਾਏ ਸਾਨੂੰ….. ਕਾਹਲੀ ਜਿਹੀ ਪਵੇ
ais maiN naal saadaa…..lagdaa nahee dil hun……nee maa-ay sanoo……kaaHlee jihee pavay
Oh, my mother, I feel so uncomfortable with this egoistic I. I feel so uncomfortable with it.
ਮੂੰਹ ਵੱਟੀ ਰੱਖਦੀ ਹਾਂ…….ਸਦਾ ਹੀ ਮੈਂ ਨਾਲ ਇਹਦੇ……ਜਿਥੇ ਵੀ ਖਲੋਵੇ ਜਾਂ ਬਵੇ
mooNh vatee rakh-dee haaN sadaa hee maiN naal eihday…..jithay vee khalovay jaaN bavay
I always remain upset with it.
ਕਬਰ ਜਿਹੀ ਲੱਗਦੀ ਹਾਂ…… ਆਪਣੇ ਹੀ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਮੈਂ ……. ਤੇ ਕੁਤਬਾ ਨਾ ਕਿਤੇ ਵੀ ਦਿਸੇ
kabar jihee lagdee haaN……aapnay hee aap noo maiN……tay kutbaa naa kitay vee disay
I feel like I am a grave, nothing alive inside, but I don’t see any headstone. I don’t see the headstone, whose grave is this?
ਐਸ ਮੈਂ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਡਾ…. .ਲਗਦਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਦਿੱਲ ਹੁਣ…..ਨੀ ਮਾਏ ਸਾਨੂੰ….. ਕਾਹਲੀ ਜਿਹੀ ਪਵੇ
ais maiN naal saadaa…..lagdaa nahee dil hun……nee maa-ay sanoo……kaaHlee jihee pavay
Dhaarnaa (end)
We must never please let our insides become a grave. We must keep feeling the life in it.
A sincere and wise soul from Bulandpuri Sahib sent a few lines for the True Guru, that I keep bathing in His utterances day and night. Please keep feeling Him within.
ਕਰ ਕੇ ਮਸਤ ਹੈ…. ਦਿਲਾਂ ਨੂੰ…. ਮੋਹ ਲੈਂਦੀ…..ਤੇਰੀ ਰਸਨਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਐਸੀ …..ਤਾਸੀਰ…. ਚੰਨਾ
kar kay mast hai……dilaaN noo…..moh laiNdee….tayree rasnaa vich aisee….. taaseer….chanaa
ਸਾਰੀ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ…..ਕੰਠ ਲਾਇਆ…..ਸਾਰੇ ਜੱਗ ਦਾ….ਤੂੰ…ਦਸਤਗੀਰ ਚੰਨਾ
saaree dunee-aa noo aapnay…..kanth laa-i-aa…..saaray jag daa…..tooN dastageer chanaa
We will read the remaining lines later.
Now, to Sidh Gosht.
ਕਿਸੁ ਕਾਰਣਿ ਗ੍ਰਿਹੁ ਤਜਿਓ ਉਦਾਸੀ ॥
kis kaaran garih taji-o udaasee.
Siddhas are asking Maharaj Ji, what happened that you left the world?
kis kaaran ih bhaykh nivaasee.
What happened that you are wearing these robes, these thoughts which are not worldly?
kis vakhar kay tum vanjaaray.
What is the merchandise that you trade in?
ki-o kar saath langhaavahu paaray.
Those who are accompanying you, those who listen to you - how are you going to take them across the dreadful ocean of “I”? How are you going to take them to the other side?
How beautiful!
Maharaja Ji answers.
gurmukh khojat bha-ay udaasee.
I am searching for the Gurmukhs. Gurmukh is the one who chooses to dwell with God rather than the world. He says I am searching for Gurmukhs who want to dwell with God. This is the reason I have not created my own little world. I am searching for the Gurmukhs.
darsan kai taa-ee bhaykh nivaasee.
I am searching for the Gurmukhs who are longing to behold the Divine. I am searching for them. That's why I have adorned these robes.
Please see the answers. So simple, no complicated details. Just that I am searching for Gurmukhs.
saach vakhar kay ham vanjaaray.
Yes, I am a merchant, you are right. I am a merchant of the Truth.
naanak gurmukh utras paaray.
Those who long to dwell with the Divine will be carried across. That’s how they are going to be saved. Because God dwells on the other side and if you accept to dwell with God then you are automatically on the other side.
Please see how beautiful, how down to earth are the answers. No big words, no big definitions. So simple and succinct.
Please let us now make it a habit not to waste our energy and so precious time in futile talking, and make it a habit to dwell with Him all the time.
Dhaarnaa:
This planet called earth, oh my mother, is the garden of my Beloved in which there is Him, His creation, and me.
ਨੀ ਬਾਗ ਮਾਏ ਸੱਜਣਾ ਦਾ….. ਜੀਹਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੁਣੀ, ਮੈਂ, ਤੇ ਉਹ ਆਪ
nee baag maa-ay sajanaa daa….. jeeHday vich dunee, maiN, tay oh aap
Yesterday we sang that the Divine Himself assumed the form of breath and He is blessing everyone with life through breath.
ਨੀ ਸਾਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਰੂਪ ਧਾਰ ਕੇ……ਯਾਰ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ ਦੇ ਬਣੇ ਭਾਈਵਾਲ
nee saahaaN daa roop Dhaar kay…….yaar zindagee day banay bhaa-ee-vaal
Sweets are distributed when some good news has been received, somebody has been blessed with a child, somebody has been de-blessed with marriage (laughter). The breaths are distributing the sweets because they are bringing the news of life, that life is continuing.
ਸਾਹ ਵੰਡਦੇ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗਿਆਂ ਫਿਰਨ……ਭਾਜੀ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ ਦੀ ਘਰ ਘਰ ਪਾਉਣ…..ਨੀ ਬਾਗ ਮਾਏ ਸੱਜਣਾ ਦਾ
saah vand-day zindagee-aaN firan…..bhaajee zindagee dee ghar ghar paa-oun…nee baag maa-ay sajanaa daa