The Closing Saloks, Savaiye in Praise of Guru Ram Das (the bard Nal)
Seeing the Guru's face, the long thirst is answered.
The Arc
You know the relief of seeing a face you love after a long time apart. Seeing the Guru's face brings that kind of peace. You were thirsty for something sweet and deep, and the Guru showed you how to drink. Your mind used to run in ten directions at once, chasing every taste and every new thing. Now it is full, and it stays home with the One. Goindwal, the Guru's town on the bank of the Beas river, feels like the city of the One. Years of pain drift far away. At the center, the opening line: seeing the Guru's face, I have found great peace.
Key Vocabulary
mukh - face
pi-aas - thirst
pooran - full, complete
bipaas - the Beas river
Hukumnama
Subject: Seeing the Guru's face brings peace Preview: A long thirst, a mind racing in ten directions, Goindwal on the bank of the Beas.
Today: You know the relief of seeing a face you love after a long time apart. Seeing the Guru's face brings that kind of peace. You were thirsty for something sweet and deep, and the Guru showed you how to drink. Your mind used to run in ten directions at once, chasing every taste and every new thing. Now it is full, and it stays home with the One. Goindwal, the Guru's town on the bank of the Beas river, feels like the city of the One. Years of pain drift far away.
Seeing the Guru's face, the mind finds great peace.
For today: Sit for two quiet minutes and let your mind come home from everything it is chasing.
Seeing the Guru's face, the long thirst is answered.
The Arc
You know the relief of seeing a face you love after a long time apart. Seeing the Guru's face brings that kind of peace. You were thirsty for something sweet and deep, and the Guru showed you how to drink. Your mind used to run in ten directions at once, chasing every taste and every new thing. Now it is full, and it stays home with the One. Goindwal, the Guru's town on the bank of the Beas river, feels like the city of the One. Years of pain drift far away. At the center, the opening line: seeing the Guru's face, I have found great peace.
Key Vocabulary
Hukumnama
Subject: Seeing the Guru's face brings peace Preview: A long thirst, a mind racing in ten directions, Goindwal on the bank of the Beas.
Today: You know the relief of seeing a face you love after a long time apart. Seeing the Guru's face brings that kind of peace. You were thirsty for something sweet and deep, and the Guru showed you how to drink. Your mind used to run in ten directions at once, chasing every taste and every new thing. Now it is full, and it stays home with the One. Goindwal, the Guru's town on the bank of the Beas river, feels like the city of the One. Years of pain drift far away.
Seeing the Guru's face, the mind finds great peace.
For today: Sit for two quiet minutes and let your mind come home from everything it is chasing.