Spring has come and the plants have blossomed; kept near the Guru, the mind blossoms too.
The Arc
Spring has come. The plants are bursting into flower. Your mind can blossom too, close to the Guru. So think on the True One, restless mind, and you find peace. When your mind blooms, joy bubbles up on its own. You are given the sweetest fruit there is, the Naam. Everyone says the One is the only One. You come to know it by seeing how the flow of life moves. Ego cannot put the One into words. Every word you speak, and everything you see, is a gift from the Great One. At the centre, the Rahao: think on the True One, and your mind finds peace.
Key Vocabulary
banaspat maulee — the plants have blossomed; spring has come.
amrit fal — the nectar-fruit; the Name as the ripe fruit of the mind.
hukam boojhai — knowing the One by understanding the flow of existence.
aakhan vaykhan — speech and seeing, given by the One.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The blossoming-plants image is the seasonal heart of the raag (compare Shabad 29's the world His garden). Language-as-the-One's-gift echoes Raag Bhairao's opener (Shabad 1).
For Raag Basant
This is a quintessential Basant shabad: the outer spring and the spring of the mind made one image.
Hukumnama
Subject: Think on the True One and find peace Preview: spring, plants bursting into flower, a mind in bloom, a nectar fruit, a whole world saying One.
Today: Spring has come. The plants are bursting into flower. Your mind can blossom too, close to the Guru. So think on the True One, restless mind, and you find peace. When your mind blooms, joy bubbles up on its own. You are given the sweetest fruit there is, the Naam. Everyone says the One is the only One. You come to know it by seeing how the flow of life moves. Ego cannot put the One into words. Every word you speak, and everything you see, is a gift from the Great One.
Think on the True One, and your mind finds peace.
For today: Step outside today, find one thing in bloom, and take a slow breath with it.
Spring has come and the plants have blossomed; kept near the Guru, the mind blossoms too.
The Arc
Spring has come. The plants are bursting into flower. Your mind can blossom too, close to the Guru. So think on the True One, restless mind, and you find peace. When your mind blooms, joy bubbles up on its own. You are given the sweetest fruit there is, the Naam. Everyone says the One is the only One. You come to know it by seeing how the flow of life moves. Ego cannot put the One into words. Every word you speak, and everything you see, is a gift from the Great One. At the centre, the Rahao: think on the True One, and your mind finds peace.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The blossoming-plants image is the seasonal heart of the raag (compare Shabad 29's the world His garden). Language-as-the-One's-gift echoes Raag Bhairao's opener (Shabad 1).
For Raag Basant
This is a quintessential Basant shabad: the outer spring and the spring of the mind made one image.
Hukumnama
Subject: Think on the True One and find peace Preview: spring, plants bursting into flower, a mind in bloom, a nectar fruit, a whole world saying One.
Today: Spring has come. The plants are bursting into flower. Your mind can blossom too, close to the Guru. So think on the True One, restless mind, and you find peace. When your mind blooms, joy bubbles up on its own. You are given the sweetest fruit there is, the Naam. Everyone says the One is the only One. You come to know it by seeing how the flow of life moves. Ego cannot put the One into words. Every word you speak, and everything you see, is a gift from the Great One.
Think on the True One, and your mind finds peace.
For today: Step outside today, find one thing in bloom, and take a slow breath with it.