Remember, celebrate, and stay steady within yourself — and hold no ill will toward anyone, for that alone keeps you untroubled; the Name, given by the Guru, is the tantra and mantra, the practice through which Nanak knows this peace.
The Arc
Pauri 0: remembering the One brings peace, ends suffering. The Pause (Pauri 1): celebrate, make merry, sing, and surrender to the Guru. Pauri 2: live by the Word, stay steady in the home of the self. Pauri 3: hold no ill will, and you will not be troubled. Pauri 4: the Name is the tantric exercise and mantra given by the Guru; the peace Nanak knows night and day.
Key Vocabulary
joyful devotion: celebrate and make merry, not grimness
the home of the self: the One found by staying steady within (cf. Shabad 36)
no ill will = no trouble: goodwill toward others as one's own peace
the Name as tantra and mantra: the Guru's gift is itself the practice (The Inward Turn)
Themes and Cross-Connections
The ethical jewel — "hold no ill will, and you shall not be troubled" — is the harvest law turned inward: contempt harms its holder most (cf. Shabad 101, Shabad 132). "Stay steady in the home of the self" is the interior home (Shabad 36). The Name named as the tantra and mantra is The Inward Turn and Naam. Devotion as celebration adds a joyful note.
For Raag Aasaa
Aasaa's hope is simple and kind: remember, rejoice, stay home in yourself, and wish no one harm. The mood is warm and practical — a peace anyone can keep, in the Name the Guru gives.
Remember, celebrate, and stay steady within yourself — and hold no ill will toward anyone, for that alone keeps you untroubled; the Name, given by the Guru, is the tantra and mantra, the practice through which Nanak knows this peace.
The Arc
Pauri 0: remembering the One brings peace, ends suffering. The Pause (Pauri 1): celebrate, make merry, sing, and surrender to the Guru. Pauri 2: live by the Word, stay steady in the home of the self. Pauri 3: hold no ill will, and you will not be troubled. Pauri 4: the Name is the tantric exercise and mantra given by the Guru; the peace Nanak knows night and day.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The ethical jewel — "hold no ill will, and you shall not be troubled" — is the harvest law turned inward: contempt harms its holder most (cf. Shabad 101, Shabad 132). "Stay steady in the home of the self" is the interior home (Shabad 36). The Name named as the tantra and mantra is The Inward Turn and Naam. Devotion as celebration adds a joyful note.
For Raag Aasaa
Aasaa's hope is simple and kind: remember, rejoice, stay home in yourself, and wish no one harm. The mood is warm and practical — a peace anyone can keep, in the Name the Guru gives.