Raag Aasaa
Commentary

Raag Aasaa, Mehl 5 (Guru Arjan)

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 only technique you need.

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 only exercise and mantra; the one peace, 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. B00C670)
  • no ill will = no trouble: goodwill toward others as one's own peace
  • the Name as the only technique: tantra and mantra swept aside (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. B00C735, B00C766). "Stay steady in the home of the self" is the interior home (B00C670). The Name replacing tantra/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, needing no special technique.


Last updated: 2026-06-28

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