Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The truest kind of worship is simply whatever fills your heart with love for the good.
Loves built only on grabbing don't last — they can fade in a moment; real love stays.
A landmark verse that relocates all of religion to love: "that is chanting, deep meditation, fasting and worship, which inspires love for the Lord." Guru Ram Das cuts straight through outer religious performance — the real worth of any practice is whether it grows love. And the honest contrast: "without the Lord's Love, every other love is false; in an instant, it is all forgotten" — loves built only on getting-and-having fade fast, while love of the good lasts. For a child: the truest kind of worship is whatever fills your heart with love — and love built only on grabbing fades, while real love stays.
What's the difference between loving something for what it gives you and loving it truly?
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