ਪੂਰਾ ਸੁਖੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ॥
pooraa sukh pooraa santokh.
Perfect is the peace; perfect is the contentment.
ਪੂਰਾ ਤਪੁ ਪੂਰਨ ਰਾਜੁ ਜੋਗੁ ॥੨॥
pooraa tap pooran raaj jog. ||2||
Perfect is the penance; perfect is the Raja Yoga, the Yoga of meditation and success. ||2||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
The peace is complete, the contentment is complete. Even the deepest practice and the highest inner mastery -- all of it is already whole when the Name is home in you.
Peace and contentment are complete from within, not chased from without.
Pooraa sukh, pooraa santokh -- perfect peace, perfect contentment. Pooraa tap, pooran raaj jog -- perfect discipline, perfect royal union of meditation. Guru Arjan sweeps up the goals other paths strive toward and says: these are fulfilled from within, by the Name. Santokh (contentment) is a key virtue -- the settledness that stops the endless reaching.
A Question to Sit With
When have you felt so content that you did not need anything else in that moment?
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