Loving the One is my springtime, and it makes any place bloom.
The Arc
Love the One, and the old heaviness lifts. Hold the One in mind, and the hurting eases. The dark corners fill with light. Your springtime is love for the One, and you can carry it all year. Stay close to people who love the One. A place where they live is green and blessed. A place without that love feels like a bare wilderness. With the Guru's help, you see the One in every heart. Sing, and taste how sweet that love is. Hold back from doing wrong. The Maker is right here, setting your life in order. Even the dust under the saints' feet is worth longing for. At the centre, the Rahao: love for the One is your springtime, kept close by the One's people.
Key Vocabulary
basant hamaarai raam rang — the love of the One is my springtime.
dhann days — blessed the land where loving hearts dwell.
ghat ghat pachhaan — recognize the One in each and every heart.
nikat paykh prabh — behold the One near at hand.
Themes and Cross-Connections
Love-as-season: the Basant refrain that devotion, not weather, makes the spring.
For Raag Basant
A core Basant shabad: 'raam rang' (love of the One) named directly as springtime.
Hukumnama
Subject: Loving the One is my springtime Preview: darkness lifted, a land that blooms with loving hearts, the sweet taste of praise, the dust of saints' feet
Today: Love the One, and the old heaviness lifts. Hold the One in mind, and the hurting eases. The dark corners fill with light. Your springtime is love for the One, and you can carry it all year. Stay close to people who love the One. A place where they live is green and blessed. A place without that love feels like a bare wilderness. With the Guru's help, you see the One in every heart. Sing, and taste how sweet that love is. Hold back from doing wrong. The Maker is right here, setting your life in order. Even the dust under the saints' feet is worth longing for.
Love for the One is your springtime, kept close by the One's people.
For today: Spend a few minutes today with someone whose kindness makes you bloom, and tell them so.
Loving the One is my springtime, and it makes any place bloom.
The Arc
Love the One, and the old heaviness lifts. Hold the One in mind, and the hurting eases. The dark corners fill with light. Your springtime is love for the One, and you can carry it all year. Stay close to people who love the One. A place where they live is green and blessed. A place without that love feels like a bare wilderness. With the Guru's help, you see the One in every heart. Sing, and taste how sweet that love is. Hold back from doing wrong. The Maker is right here, setting your life in order. Even the dust under the saints' feet is worth longing for. At the centre, the Rahao: love for the One is your springtime, kept close by the One's people.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
Love-as-season: the Basant refrain that devotion, not weather, makes the spring.
For Raag Basant
A core Basant shabad: 'raam rang' (love of the One) named directly as springtime.
Hukumnama
Subject: Loving the One is my springtime Preview: darkness lifted, a land that blooms with loving hearts, the sweet taste of praise, the dust of saints' feet
Today: Love the One, and the old heaviness lifts. Hold the One in mind, and the hurting eases. The dark corners fill with light. Your springtime is love for the One, and you can carry it all year. Stay close to people who love the One. A place where they live is green and blessed. A place without that love feels like a bare wilderness. With the Guru's help, you see the One in every heart. Sing, and taste how sweet that love is. Hold back from doing wrong. The Maker is right here, setting your life in order. Even the dust under the saints' feet is worth longing for.
Love for the One is your springtime, kept close by the One's people.
For today: Spend a few minutes today with someone whose kindness makes you bloom, and tell them so.