There's a steadiness beneath both the good days and the bad, and once you've tasted it, you stop looking elsewhere.
The Arc
You can own a lot and still feel far from the One. Everything gets labeled "mine." Try something else this morning. Remember the Naam, bead by bead, and rise above the highs and lows. The One is a treasure with no bottom. The same light shines in every person you meet, like one sun in every puddle after rain. The Guru's teaching holds your running mind still. The dizzying shows lose their pull, and the fire inside you goes out. Stay awake to the One, day and night. You can be free while you're alive. Taste this sweetness once, and nothing else compares. At the centre, the Rahao: remember the Naam bead by bead, and you rise above pleasure and pain.
Key Vocabulary
Japmaalee (the mala or rosary of naam simran). Dukh sukh parhar (rising above the seesaw of pleasure and pain). Gun niDhaan (the bottomless treasure of virtue). Sagal sarovar jot samaanee (one Light filling the pools of all beings). Jal meh aagee (fire within water, the restless craving). Jeevan mukat (free while alive). Mahaa ras chaakhi-aa (having tasted the supreme essence).
Themes and Cross-Connections
The hymn moves from attachment (P0) to direct tasting (P8), with the mala rahau as its steadying center. Naam simran is a joyful practice: the beads turn attention toward wonder. Sagal sarovar jot samaanee (P3) is a luminous statement of Ik Onkar; jeevan mukat (P7) is close to jeevat marnaa, freedom in the midst of life.
For Raag Prabhaatee
Second in Guru Nanak's Prabhaatee run, this Ashtapadee turns the dawn raag toward tasted sweetness, ending on mahaa ras, the supreme essence savored directly rather than argued.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam lifts you above highs and lows Preview: a world calling everything mine, prayer beads, one sun in every pool, fire in water, a taste sweeter than all
Today: You can own a lot and still feel far from the One. Everything gets labeled "mine." Try something else this morning. Remember the Naam, bead by bead, and rise above the highs and lows. The One is a treasure with no bottom. The same light shines in every person you meet, like one sun in every puddle after rain. The Guru's teaching holds your running mind still. The dizzying shows lose their pull, and the fire inside you goes out. Stay awake to the One, day and night. You can be free while you're alive. Taste this sweetness once, and nothing else compares.
Remember the Naam bead by bead, and you rise above pleasure and pain.
For today: When your mood swings up or down today, take one slow breath and remember the Naam.
There's a steadiness beneath both the good days and the bad, and once you've tasted it, you stop looking elsewhere.
The Arc
You can own a lot and still feel far from the One. Everything gets labeled "mine." Try something else this morning. Remember the Naam, bead by bead, and rise above the highs and lows. The One is a treasure with no bottom. The same light shines in every person you meet, like one sun in every puddle after rain. The Guru's teaching holds your running mind still. The dizzying shows lose their pull, and the fire inside you goes out. Stay awake to the One, day and night. You can be free while you're alive. Taste this sweetness once, and nothing else compares. At the centre, the Rahao: remember the Naam bead by bead, and you rise above pleasure and pain.
Key Vocabulary
Japmaalee (the mala or rosary of naam simran). Dukh sukh parhar (rising above the seesaw of pleasure and pain). Gun niDhaan (the bottomless treasure of virtue). Sagal sarovar jot samaanee (one Light filling the pools of all beings). Jal meh aagee (fire within water, the restless craving). Jeevan mukat (free while alive). Mahaa ras chaakhi-aa (having tasted the supreme essence).
Themes and Cross-Connections
The hymn moves from attachment (P0) to direct tasting (P8), with the mala rahau as its steadying center. Naam simran is a joyful practice: the beads turn attention toward wonder. Sagal sarovar jot samaanee (P3) is a luminous statement of Ik Onkar; jeevan mukat (P7) is close to jeevat marnaa, freedom in the midst of life.
For Raag Prabhaatee
Second in Guru Nanak's Prabhaatee run, this Ashtapadee turns the dawn raag toward tasted sweetness, ending on mahaa ras, the supreme essence savored directly rather than argued.
Hukumnama
Subject: The Naam lifts you above highs and lows Preview: a world calling everything mine, prayer beads, one sun in every pool, fire in water, a taste sweeter than all
Today: You can own a lot and still feel far from the One. Everything gets labeled "mine." Try something else this morning. Remember the Naam, bead by bead, and rise above the highs and lows. The One is a treasure with no bottom. The same light shines in every person you meet, like one sun in every puddle after rain. The Guru's teaching holds your running mind still. The dizzying shows lose their pull, and the fire inside you goes out. Stay awake to the One, day and night. You can be free while you're alive. Taste this sweetness once, and nothing else compares.
Remember the Naam bead by bead, and you rise above pleasure and pain.
For today: When your mood swings up or down today, take one slow breath and remember the Naam.