Jewels of Contentment

Preamble to Part 23

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The True Guru vanquishes the darkness of ignorance and enlightens the mind with knowledge. With the grace of the True Guru one meets saints who illuminate the mind, says Nanak.

A Summary of the Verses of Part 23

The Creator is realized within oneself in the company of saints through the Name, which is the fountain of all true treasures. Through the Name one tastes divine nectar within the body and hears the heavenly “un-struck” melody that cannot be described. Such a deserving devotee sees the omnipresence of the Creator.

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Preamble to Part 24

Meditation on the Supreme Creator whose Naam reigns Supreme, and singing the praises of the Supreme Creator, one realizes the Supreme, says Nanak.

A Summary of the Verses of Part 24

Follow the guidance of the Supreme Teacher, and behold the Creator within. Abandon the waves of desires and arrogance. Seek the company of the pious. Fill your stores with the wealth of the Name. Attain eternal bliss in the company of the pious. Follow the all-powerful and priceless words of true saints. Meditate and sing the praises of the Creator with true devotion. Read and act upon the guidance in this divine Sukhmani, and attain eternal bliss and all the treasures of the Name described therein.

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The lineage of the ten Sikh Gurus started in the fifteenth century, A.D. with Guru Nanak. The tenth Sikh Guru was Gobind Singh. The word Guru means teacher – one who transforms darkness or ignorance of the mind into light. The word Sikh means student, or seeker of truth. The sacred Sukhmani is a collection of twenty four sets of verses. Each set contains a preamble, or Salok, followed by eight verses, or Astpadis.

This was adapted from a translation by Harbans Singh Doabia, Singh Brothers, India, 13 th edition, 1994.