ਕਰਮ ਕਾਂਡ ਬਹੁ ਕਰਹਿ ਅਚਾਰ ॥
karam kaaNd baho karahi achaar.
They may perform all sorts of religious rituals and good actions,
ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਧ੍ਰਿਗੁ ਅਹੰਕਾਰ ॥੩॥
bin naavai Dharig Dharig ahaNkaar. ||3||
but without the Name, the egotistical ones are cursed and doomed. ||3||
Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
You can do every ritual and every good deed there is -- but without the Name, a heart full of ego is still lost.
Every ritual and good deed, done from ego without the Name, still leaves you lost.
The sharp Amar Das edge: rituals and good actions without the Name and with intact ego are cursed -- not because action is bad but because action from ego does not free you (cf. show without inner death). The Name is the one indispensable thing.
A Question to Sit With
Can a good deed done for the wrong reason still ring hollow? Have you felt that?
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