Sing the good of the One and the mind bursts into bloom — dyed through with spring's own color.
The Arc
Sing about the goodness of the One, and old wrongs wash away. A quiet, happy tune keeps playing inside you, night and day. Close to the One, your mind buds like a tree in spring. Kindness leads you to good, humble people. Their love soaks into you like bright dye. The Lord of the World shows up, kind to the small and the humble. You hold on like a child gripping a parent's sleeve in a crowd. Your pride sinks low, like dust on a path. From there you see the One, right here, every day. Craving, anger and the thirst for more cool down. The One has turned kind. At the centre, the Rahao: near the One, your mind blossoms and stays colored with the Naam.
Key Vocabulary
kilbikh binse — old wrongs dissolving in song.
man maulio — the mind blossoming, budding green: Basant's keynote.
raatou har naam rang — dyed in the color of the Name.
deen daiaal — kind to the humble and the lowly.
kaam krodh trisnaa gaee — the burning cravings cooling and going quiet.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The mind as a plant that blooms near what it loves; humility as the ground of seeing.
For Raag Basant
man maulio — 'the mind blossoms' — is Basant's spring image turned inward.
Hukumnama
Subject: Near the One, your mind blossoms Preview: a happy tune inside, a bud opening, a robe's hem held tight, dust on a path, fires cooling.
Today: Sing about the goodness of the One, and old wrongs wash away. A quiet, happy tune keeps playing inside you, night and day. Close to the One, your mind buds like a tree in spring. Kindness leads you to good, humble people. Their love soaks into you like bright dye. The Lord of the World shows up, kind to the small and the humble. You hold on like a child gripping a parent's sleeve in a crowd. Your pride sinks low, like dust on a path. From there you see the One, right here, every day. Craving, anger and the thirst for more cool down. The One has turned kind.
Near the One, your mind blossoms and stays colored with the Naam.
For today: Hum a song of praise on your way somewhere today, and let it keep playing inside.
Sing the good of the One and the mind bursts into bloom — dyed through with spring's own color.
The Arc
Sing about the goodness of the One, and old wrongs wash away. A quiet, happy tune keeps playing inside you, night and day. Close to the One, your mind buds like a tree in spring. Kindness leads you to good, humble people. Their love soaks into you like bright dye. The Lord of the World shows up, kind to the small and the humble. You hold on like a child gripping a parent's sleeve in a crowd. Your pride sinks low, like dust on a path. From there you see the One, right here, every day. Craving, anger and the thirst for more cool down. The One has turned kind. At the centre, the Rahao: near the One, your mind blossoms and stays colored with the Naam.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The mind as a plant that blooms near what it loves; humility as the ground of seeing.
For Raag Basant
man maulio — 'the mind blossoms' — is Basant's spring image turned inward.
Hukumnama
Subject: Near the One, your mind blossoms Preview: a happy tune inside, a bud opening, a robe's hem held tight, dust on a path, fires cooling.
Today: Sing about the goodness of the One, and old wrongs wash away. A quiet, happy tune keeps playing inside you, night and day. Close to the One, your mind buds like a tree in spring. Kindness leads you to good, humble people. Their love soaks into you like bright dye. The Lord of the World shows up, kind to the small and the humble. You hold on like a child gripping a parent's sleeve in a crowd. Your pride sinks low, like dust on a path. From there you see the One, right here, every day. Craving, anger and the thirst for more cool down. The One has turned kind.
Near the One, your mind blossoms and stays colored with the Naam.
For today: Hum a song of praise on your way somewhere today, and let it keep playing inside.