Today it is springtime in my house — and the color that stains me is love.
The Arc
Bow to the Guru, and today turns into a celebration. Worry slides off your shoulders when you meet the One. Spring can come to your own house, any day, when you sing. Holi is the festival of colors. Your Holi can be helping people who love the One, and you come home dyed deep red with love. A heart like that bursts into bloom. It stays green in the hot sun and in the shade, in every season. Something like a wish-granting tree grows inside you, heavy with flowers and jewel-bright fruit. Sing the One's praises, and you feel full. At the centre, the Rahao: sing the praises of the One, and it is spring in your home today.
Key Vocabulary
grihi basant — springtime in the household; the season turned inward.
faag / holee — the spring festival of colors, reframed as loving service that stains the heart red.
paarjaat — the wish-fulfilling tree that sprouts within.
sad basant — eternal spring, blooming in every season.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The Basant keynote at its brightest: the season as a state of the awakened heart, blooming in all weathers.
For Raag Basant
This is Raag Basant's signature mood — hari-aa (turning green/alive), blossom, festival, the wish-tree in fruit. The anchor shabad for the raag's spring imagery.
Hukumnama
Subject: Sing, and it is spring in your home today Preview: a day to celebrate, a Holi of service, deep red love, blossoms in sun and shade, a wish-granting tree
Today: Bow to the Guru, and today turns into a celebration. Worry slides off your shoulders when you meet the One. Spring can come to your own house, any day, when you sing. Holi is the festival of colors. Your Holi can be helping people who love the One, and you come home dyed deep red with love. A heart like that bursts into bloom. It stays green in the hot sun and in the shade, in every season. Something like a wish-granting tree grows inside you, heavy with flowers and jewel-bright fruit. Sing the One's praises, and you feel full.
Sing the praises of the One, and it is spring in your home today.
For today: Sing or hum one song of praise at home today, and let it fill the room like spring.
Today it is springtime in my house — and the color that stains me is love.
The Arc
Bow to the Guru, and today turns into a celebration. Worry slides off your shoulders when you meet the One. Spring can come to your own house, any day, when you sing. Holi is the festival of colors. Your Holi can be helping people who love the One, and you come home dyed deep red with love. A heart like that bursts into bloom. It stays green in the hot sun and in the shade, in every season. Something like a wish-granting tree grows inside you, heavy with flowers and jewel-bright fruit. Sing the One's praises, and you feel full. At the centre, the Rahao: sing the praises of the One, and it is spring in your home today.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The Basant keynote at its brightest: the season as a state of the awakened heart, blooming in all weathers.
For Raag Basant
This is Raag Basant's signature mood — hari-aa (turning green/alive), blossom, festival, the wish-tree in fruit. The anchor shabad for the raag's spring imagery.
Hukumnama
Subject: Sing, and it is spring in your home today Preview: a day to celebrate, a Holi of service, deep red love, blossoms in sun and shade, a wish-granting tree
Today: Bow to the Guru, and today turns into a celebration. Worry slides off your shoulders when you meet the One. Spring can come to your own house, any day, when you sing. Holi is the festival of colors. Your Holi can be helping people who love the One, and you come home dyed deep red with love. A heart like that bursts into bloom. It stays green in the hot sun and in the shade, in every season. Something like a wish-granting tree grows inside you, heavy with flowers and jewel-bright fruit. Sing the One's praises, and you feel full.
Sing the praises of the One, and it is spring in your home today.
For today: Sing or hum one song of praise at home today, and let it fill the room like spring.