Wellbeing that lasts comes from a mind and body settled in what is true.
The Arc
Give the One your whole self, your thoughts and your body too. Meditate with all of it. The perfect Guru is pleased, and peace settles in to stay. That steady peace has a name: kalyaan, wellbeing. Sing the praises of the Lord of the World, and the tangled things in your day come right. Join the Sangat, people who gather to remember the One. Remember the One together, and even the pain of death runs off. Then ask for one more kindness: the chance to serve, day and night. Rest in the shelter of the perfect One. At the centre, the Rahao: meditate on the One with mind and body, and the perfect Guru blesses you with lasting peace.
Key Vocabulary
sadaa sookh kali-aan — lasting peace and wellbeing; the raag-word as promise. gur pooray suparsan — the perfect Guru, fully pleased. sarab kaaraj siDh — all affairs come right. saranaagatee — taking sanctuary.
Themes and Cross-Connections
A landmark: the word kalyaan (wellbeing) that names the raag is spoken here as its very promise. The Sangat is where knots loosen and the pain of death runs off; service is asked as a gift, not a duty.
For Raag Kalyaan
This shabad names the raag's heart out loud: sadaa sookh kali-aan, lasting wellbeing. It is Kalyaan describing itself—peace, resolution, and glad service.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the One, and peace lasts Preview: mind and body in meditation, a pleased Guru, tangled tasks set right, a servant asking to serve day and night.
Today: Give the One your whole self, your thoughts and your body too. Meditate with all of it. The perfect Guru is pleased, and peace settles in to stay. That steady peace has a name: kalyaan, wellbeing. Sing the praises of the Lord of the World, and the tangled things in your day come right. Join the Sangat, people who gather to remember the One. Remember the One together, and even the pain of death runs off. Then ask for one more kindness: the chance to serve, day and night. Rest in the shelter of the perfect One.
Remember the One with mind and body, and peace and wellbeing last forever.
For today: Do one small act of service today, and do it with your whole heart.
Wellbeing that lasts comes from a mind and body settled in what is true.
The Arc
Give the One your whole self, your thoughts and your body too. Meditate with all of it. The perfect Guru is pleased, and peace settles in to stay. That steady peace has a name: kalyaan, wellbeing. Sing the praises of the Lord of the World, and the tangled things in your day come right. Join the Sangat, people who gather to remember the One. Remember the One together, and even the pain of death runs off. Then ask for one more kindness: the chance to serve, day and night. Rest in the shelter of the perfect One. At the centre, the Rahao: meditate on the One with mind and body, and the perfect Guru blesses you with lasting peace.
Key Vocabulary
sadaa sookh kali-aan — lasting peace and wellbeing; the raag-word as promise. gur pooray suparsan — the perfect Guru, fully pleased. sarab kaaraj siDh — all affairs come right. saranaagatee — taking sanctuary.
Themes and Cross-Connections
A landmark: the word kalyaan (wellbeing) that names the raag is spoken here as its very promise. The Sangat is where knots loosen and the pain of death runs off; service is asked as a gift, not a duty.
For Raag Kalyaan
This shabad names the raag's heart out loud: sadaa sookh kali-aan, lasting wellbeing. It is Kalyaan describing itself—peace, resolution, and glad service.
Hukumnama
Subject: Remember the One, and peace lasts Preview: mind and body in meditation, a pleased Guru, tangled tasks set right, a servant asking to serve day and night.
Today: Give the One your whole self, your thoughts and your body too. Meditate with all of it. The perfect Guru is pleased, and peace settles in to stay. That steady peace has a name: kalyaan, wellbeing. Sing the praises of the Lord of the World, and the tangled things in your day come right. Join the Sangat, people who gather to remember the One. Remember the One together, and even the pain of death runs off. Then ask for one more kindness: the chance to serve, day and night. Rest in the shelter of the perfect One.
Remember the One with mind and body, and peace and wellbeing last forever.
For today: Do one small act of service today, and do it with your whole heart.