2653 - Khajana Darshan September 8, 2023 – Toronto
2653 - Khajana Darshan September 8, 2023 – Toronto
English Transcription and Translation
Transliteration Key for Gurbaanee and Dhaarnaas
Black text - as uttered by Baba Ji in English;
Blue text - translation of Baba Ji’s utterances in Gurmukhi
ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ॥
॥ ਜਪੁ॥
ਆਦਿ ਸਚੁ ਜੁਗਾਦਿ ਸਚੁ। ॥ ਹੈ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਹੋਸੀ ਭੀ ਸਚੁ॥
With closed eyes please become totally focused either at the hirdaa (heart area) or in between the eyebrows.
ਜਹ ਅਛਲ ਅਛੇਦ ਅਭੇਦ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥
jah achhal achhayd abhayd samaa-i-aa.
The Divine who is undeceivable, indestructible, and mysterious, is hidden deep within everybody and everything.
ਊਹਾ ਕਿਸਹਿ ਬਿਆਪਤ ਮਾਇਆ ॥
oohaa kiseh bi-aapat maa-i-aa.
Please feel the Divine there. Maharaj Ji says the Divine is hidden deep within you.
ਆਪਸ ਕਉ ਆਪਹਿ ਆਦੇਸੁ ॥
aapas ka-o aapeh aadays.
The Divine is worshiping Himself, feeling gratitude towards Himself, bowing to Himself. This is amazing! He is One; there is none other, so who is He bowing to, who is He worshiping, and who is He feeling gratitude towards? Only Maharaj Ji can say this! The way an ocean plays with itself, the Divine plays with Himself in the entire space. The oceans on this Earth can be counted and measured but the space is infinite; the entire space is nothing but the Divine expanded Himself. He is present everywhere in space just like water is present everywhere in the ocean. The Divine plays with Himself because He is alive. It does not mean that He is bowing to anyone, it means that His consciousness is that state of consciousness when one bows before somebody - holy consciousness. The Divine consciousness is the state of consciousness as if worshiping someone; His consciousness is that state of consciousness when feeling gratitude towards someone.
Maharaj Ji says:
ਸੋ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਦੂਰਿ ਨਾਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਤੂੰ ਹੈ ॥
so parabh door naahee parabh tooN hai.
Our mind cannot understand this. It is beyond the mind. A thought arises in us that how is it possible that I am the Divine. When the ego is eradicated with His grace, then what remains is that state of consciousness, the holy consciousness.
When Maharaj Ji says that God is bowing down to Himself, He is worshiping Himself, He’s feeling gratitude towards Himself, it doesn’t mean what we usually understand. It means that the state of God’s consciousness is that state of consciousness when it bows down before somebody, feels gratitude towards someone, worships someone. This is so beautiful, and only Maharaj Ji could have stated the state of God’s consciousness.
God is also consciousness but that consciousness is not like ours. One may ask how did He make all these oceans, where did he bring the water from, and so on. What can we little creatures understand about Him!
ਆਪਸ ਕਉ ਆਪਹਿ ਆਦੇਸੁ ॥
aapas ka-o aapeh aadays.
ਤਿਹੁ ਗੁਣ ਕਾ ਨਾਹੀ ਪਰਵੇਸੁ ॥
tihu gun kaa naahee parvays.
We know how there are three states of our consciousness but the Divine consciousness remains in the same state.
ਜਹ ਆਪਨ ਆਪੁ ਆਪਿ ਪਤੀਆਰਾ ॥
jah aapan aap aap patee-aaraa.
How beautiful! He remains happy with Himself. We start getting into this state when we start enjoying His blissful presence. I receive many letters from you that I feel like remaining alone and not talking to anyone.
So you enjoy your company. But then again it’s not to be intellectually understood that who enjoys whose company.
I want to share a story with you. On 17 January 1863, a child was born in Manchester, England. He was 3 months old when his father passed away. His mother takes him to her brother in South Wales; it is a hilly area with many small hills. One day, the mother took her young son to the other side of the hills to play. Suddenly, a fierce snow storm came with snow and hail; it was so fierce that one could not see anything. Once the storm calmed down a bit, and the woman didn’t return home with her son, her brother and others started looking for her. After a few hours of searching, they saw the woman’s hand; the rest of her body was frozen and there was a lot of snow on top of her. They removed the snow and were shocked to see that the thick scarf on her neck was missing, and her thick coat was also missing. She had taken both of them off. She was laying there as a corpse. They were shocked why she took her scarf and thick coat off. They removed the snow and picked up the body from the ground. They saw that she had taken her scarf and thick coat to carefully bundle her baby in it. She was holding him close to her neck, and laying down when she died. When they removed the coat and scarf, they were amazed to see that the baby was alive. They brought the baby home; his maternal uncle raised him. He loved him very much and told him what had happened to his mother, and how he survived. This happening influenced him deeply, the love and sacrifice that arose out of that love; that my mother died to save me. This is ishq! The Ninth Guru Sahib also had ishq with humanity.
That child grew up; love and sacrifice were deeply ingrained in his consciousness. He became a Member of Parliament in England. Over the next 20-25 years, he served as the head of many ministries. In 1916, he became the Prime Minister of England. Because he knew the love and sacrifice of his mother, after becoming the Prime Minister of England, he brought forth so many things for others out of love and sacrifice . What we call sick benefits were started by him in England. At that time there was no insurance, so if anyone got sick they would simply charge them for it. If someone lost a job that person would be provided with a pay; these are known as unemployment benefits now. There were no pensions at the time; he started the system of retirement pension. Women did not have any rights; he helped establish many rights for women in the constitution. Farmers who lost crops, he helped them get aid. This man was responsible for establishing many such benefits, which are now prevalent throughout the world. He said that he owes this to the people. He died in 1945. His name was David George, but because his maternal uncle raised him and loved him very much, to honor his love he changed his name to David Lloyd George. He is one of the most respected names in the history of England. This is the story of someone who understood what love is, what sacrifice is!
If you can please come at the hirdaa, otherwise in between the eyebrows.
ਹਠ ਮੰਝਾਹੂ ਮੈ ਮਾਣਕੁ ਲਧਾ ॥
hath manjhaahoo mai maanak laDhaa.
I have found a diamond in my heart.
It is not possible to talk about this. There was a letter from Michigan and they talked a little bit about it. The writer says:
Baba Ji, all the time between the eyebrows on the forehead, I keep feeling something moving, something tingling and this keeps me happy all the time; like there is some kind of fullness within. Baba Ji lots of the time now, what happens is that listening to Khajana Darshan or singing Gurbani, I feel something is going upward into my head, and there is a storm rotating inside. I don’t know how to explain it. This feels like something really really big and powerful inside my head.
This is the thing Maharaj Ji is talking about.
ਹਠ ਮੰਝਾਹੂ ਮੈ ਮਾਣਕੁ ਲਧਾ ॥
hath manjhaahoo mai maanak laDhaa.
He says, I have found a diamond in my hirdaa. This is such a wonderful thing; one becomes totally numb experiencing this thing.
ਮੁਲਿ ਨ ਘਿਧਾ ਮੈ ਕੂ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਦਿਤਾ ॥
mul na ghiDhaa mai koo satgur ditaa.
The True Guru has blessed me with this and He has not charged me anything for it because it is priceless!
ਢੂੰਢ ਵਞਾਈ ਥੀਆ ਥਿਤਾ ॥
dhoondh vanjaa-ee thee-aa thitaa.
All my search has ended. This is the most precious gift!
ਜਨਮੁ ਪਦਾਰਥੁ ਨਾਨਕ ਜਿਤਾ ॥
janam padaarath naanak jitaa.
Maharaj Ji says whosoever reaches this stage has won the game of life. It’s the highest reward.
Dhaarnaa:
ਦਰ ਨਾ ਢੋ ਵੇ…… ਬਾਬਲਾ……ਉਡੀਕ ਜਰਾ ਕੁ…… ਹੋਰ
dar naa dho vay…… babalaa…udeek jaraa ku….. hor
Oh my beloved father, please do not shut the door on me. Please wait for me, please wait for me.
ਵੇ ਮੈਂ ਬੇਰੰਗ ਜਿਹੀ….. ਕਹਾਣੀ….ਲਿਖੀ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੇ….. ਹੋਰ
vay maiN bayraNg jihee…… kahaanee….likhee kisay nay….. hor
I’m a story which is without any color; colorless, sad, boring. I haven’t written the story of my life, somebody else has. People tell me it’s your mind.
ਵੇ ਹਰ ਅੰਗ ਇਹਦਾ….. ਜ਼ਖਮੀ….ਅਣਸੀਤਾ ਅਤੇ….. ਅਭੋਲ
vay har aNg ihdaa…… zakhmee…..anseetaa atay…… abhol
Every page of the story of my life is wounded, it’s torn, and it has never been pieced together.
ਵੇ ਸੀਣੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੇ….. ਕੀ ਸੀ……ਹਰ ਕੋਈ ਲੰਘਿਆ….. ਛੇੜ
vay seenay kisay nay….. kee see…..har ko-ee langhi-aa….. chhayrh
The story of my life has been written by my mind, which is on torn pages, wounded. And the world gave another gift - instead of healing the wounds they made sure they remained fresh.
ਮੈਂ ਇਸ਼ਕ ਗ਼ਜ਼ਲ ਹੁਣ… ਬਣਨਾ…..ਤੇ ਆਸ਼ਿਕਾਂ ਵਾਲੀ…. ਤੋਰ
maiN ishk gazal hun….. bananaa….tay aashikaaN vaalee…. tor
Now I want to write my own story which is going to be a song of ishq, and my gait, the way of my life, is going to be the way of aashiqs - the people who are in ishq.
ਦਰ ਨਾ ਢੋ ਵੇ….. ਬਾਬਲਾ……ਉਡੀਕ ਜਰਾ ਕੁ…. ਹੋਰ
dar naa dho vay….. babalaa…..udeek jaraa ku hor
Dhaarnaa (end)
Now, we will read another line written by my daughter who gave this letter while leaving from Purab.
ਬਾਬਲ ਤੇਰੇ ਮਹਿਲੀਂ ਵੇ…..ਅਸੀਂ ਪਿਆਰ ਉਡਾਰੀਆਂ…. ਲਾ ਚੱਲੇ
baabal tayray mahileeN vay……aseeN pi-aar udaaree-aaN …….laa chalay
ਧੀਆਂ ਮੁੜ ਗਈਆਂ…ਤੁੰ ਵੀ ਉਦਾਸ ਹੋ ਸੈਂ……..ਤੇ ਅੱਥਰੂ ਅਸੀਂ ਵੀ ਤੈਥੋਂ….ਲੁਕਾ ਚੱਲੇ
Dhee-aaN murh ga-ee-aaN ….tooN vee udaas ho saiN……tay athroo aseeN vee taithoN…lukaa chalay
We are going back oh my dear beloved father, you too will become sad. As you are not showing your tears to us, we too are leaving, hiding our tears away from you.
End
It’s of utmost importance; we should please recognize our responsibility, our duty, to make sure our children are fluent in writing, reading, and speaking Gurmukhi, Punjabi.