The pure One fills every heart — inside you, and inside everyone.
The Arc
Stay near the Guru all day, and love for the One starts to color the words on your tongue. Someone who sets down the puffed-up self is easy to admire. They soak in the endless One and quietly do good work. Look inside yourself, and the pure One is there. Look into anyone's heart, and the same One is there too. Every single heart. Live in Truth, and lies slide off you like rain off a raincoat. Good people meet good people, and everyone grows richer. Serving the Guru wipes sorrow away. The Naam stays beside you as a friend. At the centre, the Rahao: someone who sets down the puffed-up self, soaks in the endless One and serves the Guru is dear to the heart.
Key Vocabulary
aap maar — conquering self-conceit; setting down the puffed-up self.
ghat ghat antar — within each and every heart.
mithi-aa mail — the filth of falsehood, which does not cling to a truthful life.
naam sakhaa-ee — the Naam as friend and companion.
Themes and Cross-Connections
The-One-in-every-heart is the ethical root that surfaces again in Shabad 12's no-looking-down and Shabad 9's caste-leveling.
For Raag Bhairao
The bright raag glows here at its warmest — presence in all, honor for all.
Hukumnama
Subject: A humble, serving heart is easy to love Preview: a tongue colored by love, the pure One in every heart, nectar on the tongue, a friend for the road.
Today: Stay near the Guru all day, and love for the One starts to color the words on your tongue. Someone who sets down the puffed-up self is easy to admire. They soak in the endless One and quietly do good work. Look inside yourself, and the pure One is there. Look into anyone's heart, and the same One is there too. Every single heart. Live in Truth, and lies slide off you like rain off a raincoat. Good people meet good people, and everyone grows richer. Serving the Guru wipes sorrow away. The Naam stays beside you as a friend.
Someone who sets down the puffed-up self, soaks in the One and serves the Guru is dear to the heart.
For today: Do one helpful job today without telling anyone you did it.
The pure One fills every heart — inside you, and inside everyone.
The Arc
Stay near the Guru all day, and love for the One starts to color the words on your tongue. Someone who sets down the puffed-up self is easy to admire. They soak in the endless One and quietly do good work. Look inside yourself, and the pure One is there. Look into anyone's heart, and the same One is there too. Every single heart. Live in Truth, and lies slide off you like rain off a raincoat. Good people meet good people, and everyone grows richer. Serving the Guru wipes sorrow away. The Naam stays beside you as a friend. At the centre, the Rahao: someone who sets down the puffed-up self, soaks in the endless One and serves the Guru is dear to the heart.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
The-One-in-every-heart is the ethical root that surfaces again in Shabad 12's no-looking-down and Shabad 9's caste-leveling.
For Raag Bhairao
The bright raag glows here at its warmest — presence in all, honor for all.
Hukumnama
Subject: A humble, serving heart is easy to love Preview: a tongue colored by love, the pure One in every heart, nectar on the tongue, a friend for the road.
Today: Stay near the Guru all day, and love for the One starts to color the words on your tongue. Someone who sets down the puffed-up self is easy to admire. They soak in the endless One and quietly do good work. Look inside yourself, and the pure One is there. Look into anyone's heart, and the same One is there too. Every single heart. Live in Truth, and lies slide off you like rain off a raincoat. Good people meet good people, and everyone grows richer. Serving the Guru wipes sorrow away. The Naam stays beside you as a friend.
Someone who sets down the puffed-up self, soaks in the One and serves the Guru is dear to the heart.
For today: Do one helpful job today without telling anyone you did it.