I found the treasure of the Naam, and my running mind sat down to rest.
The Arc
Picture running into the kitchen to tell your mom good news. You found a treasure: the One's Naam. Your mind used to race from thing to thing. Now it sits down and rests. The grabby pull of stuff slips away. Clear understanding sprouts like new leaves. Greed and clinging can't touch you, because your hands are full of love for the One. A doubt carried for lifetimes falls away. The "I need more" goes quiet. You sink into the peace inside you. This gift comes from the kind One. It reaches the one who turns toward the Guru. At the centre, the Rahao: when you find the Naam, your racing mind sits down to rest.
Key Vocabulary
dhan paaio har naam — the wealth of the Naam, found.
dhaavan te chhootio... bisraam — the running mind coming to rest.
nirmal giaan upjio — clear wisdom welling up, fresh as new leaves.
nij sukh — the peace of one's own inner being, there all along.
gurmukh paavai — gathered by the gurmukh, the one who turns toward the Guru.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The rest that comes when the mind stops chasing; peace already within; wealth open to all.
For Raag Basant
The most spring-bright of Guru Tegh Bahadur's Basant shabads — wisdom welling up like new growth.
Hukumnama
Subject: Find the Naam, and your mind comes to rest Preview: news for Mother, a found treasure, a mind at rest, new leaves of wisdom, a jewel, a peace within.
Today: Picture running into the kitchen to tell your mom good news. You found a treasure: the One's Naam. Your mind used to race from thing to thing. Now it sits down and rests. The grabby pull of stuff slips away. Clear understanding sprouts like new leaves. Greed and clinging can't touch you, because your hands are full of love for the One. A doubt carried for lifetimes falls away. The "I need more" goes quiet. You sink into the peace inside you. This gift comes from the kind One. It reaches the one who turns toward the Guru.
When you find the Naam, your racing mind sits down to rest.
For today: Find five quiet minutes today and let your mind sit down and rest with the One.
I found the treasure of the Naam, and my running mind sat down to rest.
The Arc
Picture running into the kitchen to tell your mom good news. You found a treasure: the One's Naam. Your mind used to race from thing to thing. Now it sits down and rests. The grabby pull of stuff slips away. Clear understanding sprouts like new leaves. Greed and clinging can't touch you, because your hands are full of love for the One. A doubt carried for lifetimes falls away. The "I need more" goes quiet. You sink into the peace inside you. This gift comes from the kind One. It reaches the one who turns toward the Guru. At the centre, the Rahao: when you find the Naam, your racing mind sits down to rest.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The rest that comes when the mind stops chasing; peace already within; wealth open to all.
For Raag Basant
The most spring-bright of Guru Tegh Bahadur's Basant shabads — wisdom welling up like new growth.
Hukumnama
Subject: Find the Naam, and your mind comes to rest Preview: news for Mother, a found treasure, a mind at rest, new leaves of wisdom, a jewel, a peace within.
Today: Picture running into the kitchen to tell your mom good news. You found a treasure: the One's Naam. Your mind used to race from thing to thing. Now it sits down and rests. The grabby pull of stuff slips away. Clear understanding sprouts like new leaves. Greed and clinging can't touch you, because your hands are full of love for the One. A doubt carried for lifetimes falls away. The "I need more" goes quiet. You sink into the peace inside you. This gift comes from the kind One. It reaches the one who turns toward the Guru.
When you find the Naam, your racing mind sits down to rest.
For today: Find five quiet minutes today and let your mind sit down and rest with the One.