"There is no deity like the true teacher; no gap between the One and the Guru."
The Arc
Picture a spring on a hill. It needs nothing poured in, and it gives to everyone who comes. Your True Guru is like that: dressed in Truth, giving to all, shaping what comes to be. Nothing compares. If you get the chance to serve, count yourself lucky. The Guru looks after everyone, holds every ending and every new start, and shows up everywhere. When your strength runs out, the Guru is your strength and your home. The Guru makes the path plain and shows it to you. Serve, and fear and pain loosen their hold. Search all the old holy books, and you find the Guru and the One are one. At the centre, the Rahao: nothing compares to the Guru, and getting to serve is good fortune.
"Strength for the weak" and "home for the homeless" carry the tradition's lifting of the overlooked, echoed in Shabad 62 and Shabad 65.
For Raag Bhairao
Praise in a bright, strong raag; the intensity is devotion, the fierce gratitude of one who was shown the path.
Hukumnama
Subject: Nothing compares to the Guru Preview: a Giver who needs nothing, life taken and given back, strength for the weak, a path made plain.
Today: Picture a spring on a hill. It needs nothing poured in, and it gives to everyone who comes. Your True Guru is like that: dressed in Truth, giving to all, shaping what comes to be. Nothing compares. If you get the chance to serve, count yourself lucky. The Guru looks after everyone, holds every ending and every new start, and shows up everywhere. When your strength runs out, the Guru is your strength and your home. The Guru makes the path plain and shows it to you. Serve, and fear and pain loosen their hold. Search all the old holy books, and you find the Guru and the One are one.
Nothing compares to the Guru, and getting to serve is good fortune.
For today: Pick one job at home today, do it without being asked, and do it gladly.
"There is no deity like the true teacher; no gap between the One and the Guru."
The Arc
Picture a spring on a hill. It needs nothing poured in, and it gives to everyone who comes. Your True Guru is like that: dressed in Truth, giving to all, shaping what comes to be. Nothing compares. If you get the chance to serve, count yourself lucky. The Guru looks after everyone, holds every ending and every new start, and shows up everywhere. When your strength runs out, the Guru is your strength and your home. The Guru makes the path plain and shows it to you. Serve, and fear and pain loosen their hold. Search all the old holy books, and you find the Guru and the One are one. At the centre, the Rahao: nothing compares to the Guru, and getting to serve is good fortune.
Key Vocabulary
Themes and Cross-Connections
"Strength for the weak" and "home for the homeless" carry the tradition's lifting of the overlooked, echoed in Shabad 62 and Shabad 65.
For Raag Bhairao
Praise in a bright, strong raag; the intensity is devotion, the fierce gratitude of one who was shown the path.
Hukumnama
Subject: Nothing compares to the Guru Preview: a Giver who needs nothing, life taken and given back, strength for the weak, a path made plain.
Today: Picture a spring on a hill. It needs nothing poured in, and it gives to everyone who comes. Your True Guru is like that: dressed in Truth, giving to all, shaping what comes to be. Nothing compares. If you get the chance to serve, count yourself lucky. The Guru looks after everyone, holds every ending and every new start, and shows up everywhere. When your strength runs out, the Guru is your strength and your home. The Guru makes the path plain and shows it to you. Serve, and fear and pain loosen their hold. Search all the old holy books, and you find the Guru and the One are one.
Nothing compares to the Guru, and getting to serve is good fortune.
For today: Pick one job at home today, do it without being asked, and do it gladly.