2605 - Khajana Darshan July 12, 2023 – Fresno
2605 - Khajana Darshan July 12, 2023 – Fresno
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॥
ਭਗਤ ਸੋਹਨਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵਦੇ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਅਚਲੈ ॥
bhagat sohan gun gaavday gurmat achlai.
Maharaj Ji says that the blessed ones met the True Guru, and the true Guru taught them how to become unmoving, still within by uniting with the Divine, and they look so beautiful when they sing.
The Guru’s teaching was to remember God by keeping the word Waheguru in your consciousness. Remember Him with all your being, and you would feel Him, and thus you would become still.
One of the blessings for the ones who are blessed with holy congregation is that we ponder over His utterances with our other sisters-friends. We share our experiences, and learn from each other. That’s the reason I read your letters in the sangat.
A son of mine wrote this letter:
Again and again, I hear Khajana Darshan, make notes, and many times I spend my nights this way. This has become my meditation. I highlight Gurbani, dhaarnaas, and the mutual discussions with separate highlighters. By the time I complete my notes of a Khajana Darshan, it usually takes from 8 to 10 pages. Then at the end, one or one-and-a-half-page summary is written too.
Beta how blessed you are, how blessed. He writes that during the time I write notes, my consciousness within remains blossomed, the Divine remains felt, celestial music is there all the time, I remain in Divine toxication.
Let’s come at the hirdaa please.
ਸਚੁ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਹੋਵੈ ਨਾਹੀ ਸੀਤਾ ਕਦੇ ਨ ਪਾਟੈ ॥
sach puraanaa hovai naahee seetaa kaday na paatai.
Maharaj Ji says that truth never becomes stale, and whoever He sews with Himself cannot be separated from Him.
Everything outside in his nature is getting old; everything, except one thing and that is the skies because God Himself has expanded to become the skies.The only thing outside which never becomes old are the skies. Everything else is becoming old by the second.
ਨਾਨਕ ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਸਚੋ ਸਚਾ ਤਿਚਰੁ ਜਾਪੀ ਜਾਪੈ ॥
naanak saahib sacho sachaa tichar jaapee jaapai.
Maharaj Ji says I’m calling my Beloved the Truth; He never becomes old. He says as long as you remember Him, as long as all of your consciousness remains absorbed in feeling Him, He is going to stay only that long. The moment you start having a thought, He disappears instantly.
He is asking us, are you fully absorbed in feeling Me?
Maharaj Ji says, all of me comes to meet you and if all of you is not there, I’m not going to stay. If you don’t do that, then you don’t know the meeting of ishq.
Please keep feeling Him at the hirdaa (heart area).
jaapee jaapai……..jaapee jaapai……….jaapee jaapai………..jaapee jaapai.
Please keep feeling Him. Our rebirth is going to happen by remaining united with Him.
Another child of mine wrote a letter:
Yesterday when the dhaarnaa was read that I was joined from my navel to my mother’s body and she was my source of life, instantly my navel point opened up.
The navel point is a very important junction. It’s only the fortunate ones whose consciousness completely rises above that point because the five robbers - anger, greed, lust, attachment, and ego dwell in the area from the navel point and below. Once we are liberated from that, then we are on autopilot.
The writer says: my navel point opened up instantly and its mouth opened inwards. My stomach became very light and cool and I could feel light air going to the navel from the mouth. I felt this for quite some time. Baba Ji, what was this?
This is when Maharaj Ji is making us free of the five robbers.
Baba Ji, I am convinced that Maharaj Ji gives out blessings in the sangat. The way Maharaj Ji is felt in the sangat, He is not felt with the same intensity when we are by ourselves. I pray to Him to always keep me in the sangat.
Maharaj Ji has drawn a line. He says:
ਜਿਨਿ ਕਿਨੈ ਪਾਇਆ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਤੀ ਪੂਰੈ ਭਾਗਿ ਬੈਰਾਗਿ ॥
jin kinai paa-i-aa saaDhsangtee poorai bhaag bairaag.
He says I meet only those who dwell in the holy congregation, and it’s the holy congregation where the pain of separation from Him is felt, and the longing to meet Him arises in us.
Dhaarnaa:
ਆਖੇਂ ਤਾਂ ਮੈਂ ਬਾਤ ਪਾਵਾਂ…..ਅੱਜ ਇੱਕ ਸੱਜਣਾ ਵੇ…..ਤੇ ਤੂੰ…..ਰੱਖੀਂ ਉਸ ਬਾਤ ਦਾ ਨਾਅ
aakhayN taaN maiN baat paavaaN …..aj ik sajanaa vay……tay tooN…..rakheeN us baat daa naa
If you let me, I want to tell you a story. I don’t know the caption of this story but maybe you can name it.
ਨਾਭੀ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਜੁੜੀ ਸਾਂ ਮੈਂ…..ਸੁੱਚੀ ਉਸ ਮਾਂ ਨਾਲ…ਜਿਵੇਂ ਦਿੱਲ ਤੇ ਜਿਸਮ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਆ…..
naabhee raaheeN jurhee saaN maiN……suchee us maa naal…..jivayN dil tay jisam hunday aa
I was joined from my navel to my mother’s body. She was my very source of life. My mother was my source of life, and I was one with her through the navel.
Even though we know because we are seeing this happening, that once Maharaj Ji has completed the child’s formation in his mother’s womb, He sends the child into the world. But the child does not know. He never knows that I have to leave this place one day. This has never happened to him. Ever since the child came into being, he remained there.
These are big things but the mind does not let us see it; the mind says I know it. We don’t know anything. The day we come to know something all we would know is that I don’t know anything and neither am I capable of knowing anything. So, let’s forget about knowing and just unite with Him.
ਨਹੀਂ ਸਾਂ ਅਲੱਗ ਮੈਂ……ਨਾ ਹੀ ਕਦੇ ਸੋਚਿਆ ਸੀ…..ਕਿ…ਦੋ ਵੀ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਆ
nahee saaN alag maiN….naa hee kaday sochi-aa see…..ki….do vee hunday aa
I was one with my mother through the navel point. I never thought that there was something called two or three or four; I only knew that I was one.
ਪੁੱਗੀ ਸੀ ਜਾਂ ਮੁਹਲਤ…. ਗਰਭ ਚ’ ਰਹਿਣ ਦੀ ਵੇ……ਜਬਰੀਂ …..ਜੱਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਘੱਲ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਸਾਂ
pugee see jaaN muhlat…. garabh ch’ rahin dee vay……jabreeN….jag vich ghal ditee saaN
I never knew that there was a time limit to stay in my mother’s womb. And once that time was up, I was sent into the world forcefully. Nobody asked me if it was my choice.
Dhaarnaa (end)
In the 19th paurhee of Japji Sahib, Maharaj Ji says:
asaNkh naav asaNkh thaav.
Maharaj Ji says the space Divine has created by expanding Himself is limitless, immeasurable, unfathomable, and the names of His creation are also countless.
agamm agamm asaNkh lo-a.
He says there are inaccessible, unapproachable universes.
asaNkh kehahi sir bhaar ho-ay.
He says that to say that He is immeasurable, He is infinite is a sin because we are saying that everything can be measured. He cannot be measured. It means that we are comparing Him to other things, and that itself is a sin. Sin is that thing which separates one from God. If we are united with Him and thought comes that separates us, that is a sin.
akhree naam akhree saalaah.
He says when we name something or somebody, we name them with letters with words. When we sing glories of God that too is done with words.
akhree gi-aan geet gun gaah.
Please understand this. It’s very deep. He says even though I speak in words; these are words too; even though my songs are formed with words, but these words are such, these songs are such that if you sing my songs, you would feel God.
gi-aan - means to feel the Divine.
Even though my songs are formed of words too, if you sing these words, they will unite you with God. Remember when He said:
gaavee-ai sunee-ai man rakhee-ai bhaa-o.
Everything he has created has souls, and the words also have souls. Some souls are so beautiful, some souls are not so beautiful. If we say the word anger, can the soul of anger be beautiful? Just saying the word anger will bring anger within us because the soul of that word affected us.
We’ll talk more about this.
A beautiful soul sent this lovely poem a few months ago. We will read a paragraph everyday.
Please sing from your heart. He sang the song of ishq from His heart, and He only accepts what is sung from the heart.
Dhaarnaa:
ਵੇ ਸੋਹਣਿਆ…..ਮੰਜਲਾਂ ਨੇ ਦੂਰ….ਕਦੋਂ ਆਉਣੀਆਂ
vay sohni-aa….manjalaaN nay door….kadoN aa-ouni-aaN
Oh my beautiful Beloved, the destination is far away. When would I reach the destination? The destination seems far away, when would I reach there?
It should create bairaag in us, a pain of separation.
ਚੁੱਕ ਚੁੱਕ ਅੱਡੀਆਂ ਮੈਂ ……ਲੱਭਦੀ ਰਹਾਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ
chuk chuk adee-aaN maiN……labh-dee rahaaN tainoo
I stand on my toes looking for you in the crowd.
ਲੁੱਕ ਲੁੱਕ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ……ਤੱਕਦੀ ਰਹਾਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ
luk luk lokaaN toN maiN……takdee rahaaN tainoo
I stand on my toes to look for you, and at the same time I hide in people, while hiding I look for you. When we close our eyes, we hide from the world.
ਇਹ ਉਮਰਾਂ ਤੇ ਛੇਤੀ ਮੁੱਕ ਜਾਣਿਆਂ….ਵੇ ਸੋਹਣਿਆ……ਮੰਜਲਾਂ ਨੇ ਦੂਰ ਕਦੋਂ ਆਉਣੀਆਂ
ih umraaN tay chhaytee muk jaanee-aaN…..vay sohni-aa….manjalaaN nay door kadoN aa-ouni-aaN
Dhaarnaa (end)
When one comes this way, starts living his life by prioritizing the Divine in one’s life, then the life becomes so beautiful, so colorful; an unimaginably beautiful journey.
Hundred years ago, a businessman used to live in Boston,Massachusetts. One day he called home. He had three children of a young age - five, three, and one year old. It was quite late. He said I have a guest with me, I want to bring him over for dinner. Both him and his wife were devotees of God. His wife said, please bring him. Even though she was very busy taking care of the children and there wasn’t enough time, she prepared a nice meal and served the guest in a very welcoming and polite manner.The guest was very moved and thanked them many times for a nice homemade meal and an opportunity to be in the warmth of their family. That guest was from Spain. This businessman from Boston had some missionary friends who wanted to go to Spain and build a church there. When they went there, they faced many regulations of Spain due to which they could not build the church. They became very dejected. God made arrangements and it so happened that the missionary friends met the guest who had dinner at their friend’s house in Massachusetts.He happened to be a minister in Spain's government. The missionaries told him that the family with whom you had dinner in Massachusetts is our friend. The minister removed all obstacles and made way for them to build the church. The church still stands there and it is written that: this church came into being because of Mr. Doverin from Boston.
So, we don’t know why God is making us meet someone. Whosoever we meet, we should meet them with love, politeness, humility; who know what God has planned.
Dhaarnaa:
ਸੁਣ ਨੀ ਮਾਏ ਮੇਰੀਏ….. ਮੈਂ ਜੋਗੀ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਇੱਕ
sun nee maa-ay mayree-ay, maiN jogee mili-aa ik
Oh, my mother, I have met a Yogi, he’s called Satguru (True Guru).
ਮੇਰੇ ਸੱਭੋ ਰਿਸ਼ਤੇ ਉਹ ਨੀ……..ਮਾਪੇ ਮਾਹੀ ਜਿਗਰੀ ਮਿੱਤ
mayray sabho rish-tay oh nee…..maapay maahee jigree mit
He’s everything to me, all relations, my parents, my siblings, my beloved, my most intimate friend.
ਬਿਨ ਡਿੱਠੇ ਮਿਲੇ ਸਕੂਨ ਨਾ……ਅਖੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਮਿਟੇ ਨਾ ਤਿੱਖ
bin dithay milay sakoon naa…..akhee-aaN dee mitay naa tikh
sakoon - means deep peace.
Without seeing Him, I don’t feel deep peace, and my eyes remain thirsty.