The Closing Saloks, Savaiye in Praise of Guru Ram Das (the bard Nal)
You slowly take on the qualities of whatever you turn toward.
The Arc
Say "Guru, Guru" and mean it. The One holds every good quality, more than you can reach. Keep the One in mind day and night, and hold the Guru's words close. Then step into the Guru's clean, bottomless water, like rinsing off after a long, muddy game. Love for the True Naam carries you across the widest sea. Keep turning toward the One who holds no hate, has no shape and fears nothing, and enjoy the Guru's Word. When your mind gets foggy with doubts, let them go. Face the Guru and remember the Naam. At the center, the opening line: repeat "Guru, Guru," and know him as true.
Key Vocabulary
bimal - clean, spotless
majan - bathing
nirvair - without hate
nirbha-o - without fear
bharam - doubt
Hukumnama
Subject: Wash your mind in the Guru's clear water Preview: Clean, bottomless water, an ocean of love, the One who holds no hate and fears nothing.
Today: Say "Guru, Guru" and mean it. The One holds every good quality, more than you can reach. Keep the One in mind day and night, and hold the Guru's words close. Then step into the Guru's clean, bottomless water, like rinsing off after a long, muddy game. Love for the True Naam carries you across the widest sea. Keep turning toward the One who holds no hate, has no shape and fears nothing, and enjoy the Guru's Word. When your mind gets foggy with doubts, let them go.
Repeat "Guru, Guru," and know it as true.
For today: Let go of one grudge today, the way the One holds none.
You slowly take on the qualities of whatever you turn toward.
The Arc
Say "Guru, Guru" and mean it. The One holds every good quality, more than you can reach. Keep the One in mind day and night, and hold the Guru's words close. Then step into the Guru's clean, bottomless water, like rinsing off after a long, muddy game. Love for the True Naam carries you across the widest sea. Keep turning toward the One who holds no hate, has no shape and fears nothing, and enjoy the Guru's Word. When your mind gets foggy with doubts, let them go. Face the Guru and remember the Naam. At the center, the opening line: repeat "Guru, Guru," and know him as true.
Key Vocabulary
Hukumnama
Subject: Wash your mind in the Guru's clear water Preview: Clean, bottomless water, an ocean of love, the One who holds no hate and fears nothing.
Today: Say "Guru, Guru" and mean it. The One holds every good quality, more than you can reach. Keep the One in mind day and night, and hold the Guru's words close. Then step into the Guru's clean, bottomless water, like rinsing off after a long, muddy game. Love for the True Naam carries you across the widest sea. Keep turning toward the One who holds no hate, has no shape and fears nothing, and enjoy the Guru's Word. When your mind gets foggy with doubts, let them go.
Repeat "Guru, Guru," and know it as true.
For today: Let go of one grudge today, the way the One holds none.