Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
I hear and sing the hymns of the teacher's Word.
I would give anything for the life-giving sight of the good.
Two simple practices, held as treasures: hearing and singing the Word (Shabad), and beholding the darshan of the good. These are the humblest, most available practices imaginable — you can hear, you can sing, you can be in good company — and the raag keeps insisting these humble things are worth "a sacrifice." There is no elaborate machinery here, no gate you must be qualified to pass. Just the Word in your ears and on your lips, and good faces before you. Guru Arjan's whole Devgandhaari corpus keeps returning to this: the deepest things are reached by the simplest means.
Why do you think the most powerful practices are often also the simplest ones?
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