O my mind, chant forever the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises.
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
O my mind, sing the praises of the One forever.
By singing, hearing, and keeping the One in mind, everyone — high or low — is carried across.
The great leveling appears right in the refrain: "whether of high or low status, all are saved." The practice Guru Arjan names — singing, hearing, remembering — requires no rank, no wealth, no learning. This is among the most democratic teachings in the tradition. There is no spiritual elite here. The child and the scholar, the powerful and the forgotten, all have equal access to the one thing that matters, through the simplest possible means: a song and an open ear.
Why is it fair that the deepest thing in life needs no money or status to reach?
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