The treasure is already inside the home; a costume can never calm a restless heart.
The Arc
Grace brings you to the Guru, and the One comes to live in your mind. Your thinking grows steady, like a tree with deep roots. You sing about the ocean of goodness. Forget the Naam, and life fills up on poison. It goes round and round and gets wasted. You can wear holy clothes and still feel restless. Pride makes you lose your honor. Know the Word, and your wandering mind comes home. Inside that home is a treasure without end, the nine treasures of the Naam. Stay there, and you are dyed in love. The One is near everyone. The Naam fills every corner. At the centre, the Rahao: without the Naam, a precious life goes to waste.
Key Vocabulary
nihchal mat — a steady, unshakable mind.
bikh — poison; what tastes sweet and harms.
baho bhaykh — many religious robes; outward form without inner change.
ghar meh vasat / nav nidh — the treasure, the nine treasures, found within.
naam rahi-aa bharpoor — the Name pervading everywhere.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The inward-home theme connects to Shabad 21 (nij ghar) and is the counterpart to the outward-robes critique. Relocating the sacred from out there to in here is a through-line of Guru Amar Das's Basant.
For Raag Basant
The steadying, rooting language fits the raag: a mind that has set deep roots, ready to bloom.
Hukumnama
Subject: Without the Naam, a life goes to waste Preview: a deep-rooted mind, sweet poison, holy robes, a mind brought home, nine treasures inside.
Today: Grace brings you to the Guru, and the One comes to live in your mind. Your thinking grows steady, like a tree with deep roots. You sing about the ocean of goodness. Forget the Naam, and life fills up on poison. It goes round and round and gets wasted. You can wear holy clothes and still feel restless. Pride makes you lose your honor. Know the Word, and your wandering mind comes home. Inside that home is a treasure without end, the nine treasures of the Naam. Stay there, and you are dyed in love. The One is near everyone. The Naam fills every corner.
Remember the Naam, because without it a precious life goes to waste.
For today: Find one quiet minute today to sit still and call your wandering mind back home.
The treasure is already inside the home; a costume can never calm a restless heart.
The Arc
Grace brings you to the Guru, and the One comes to live in your mind. Your thinking grows steady, like a tree with deep roots. You sing about the ocean of goodness. Forget the Naam, and life fills up on poison. It goes round and round and gets wasted. You can wear holy clothes and still feel restless. Pride makes you lose your honor. Know the Word, and your wandering mind comes home. Inside that home is a treasure without end, the nine treasures of the Naam. Stay there, and you are dyed in love. The One is near everyone. The Naam fills every corner. At the centre, the Rahao: without the Naam, a precious life goes to waste.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The inward-home theme connects to Shabad 21 (nij ghar) and is the counterpart to the outward-robes critique. Relocating the sacred from out there to in here is a through-line of Guru Amar Das's Basant.
For Raag Basant
The steadying, rooting language fits the raag: a mind that has set deep roots, ready to bloom.
Hukumnama
Subject: Without the Naam, a life goes to waste Preview: a deep-rooted mind, sweet poison, holy robes, a mind brought home, nine treasures inside.
Today: Grace brings you to the Guru, and the One comes to live in your mind. Your thinking grows steady, like a tree with deep roots. You sing about the ocean of goodness. Forget the Naam, and life fills up on poison. It goes round and round and gets wasted. You can wear holy clothes and still feel restless. Pride makes you lose your honor. Know the Word, and your wandering mind comes home. Inside that home is a treasure without end, the nine treasures of the Naam. Stay there, and you are dyed in love. The One is near everyone. The Naam fills every corner.
Remember the Naam, because without it a precious life goes to waste.
For today: Find one quiet minute today to sit still and call your wandering mind back home.