Sikhism·Raag Raamkalee·Shabad 72
Verse 5 of 5

What All the Old Books Point To

ਸੰਤ ਸਭਾ ਮਿਲਿ ਕਰਹੁ ਬਖਿਆਣ ॥
sant sabhaa mil karahu bakhi-aan.
So join the Society of the Saints, and chant the Lord's Name.
ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਸਾਸਤ ਬੇਦ ਪੁਰਾਣ ॥
simrit saasat bayd puraan.
So say the Simritees, Shaastras, Vedas and Puraanas.
ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ਕੋਇ ॥
barahm beechaar beechaaray ko-ay.
Rare are those who contemplate and meditate on God.
ਨਾਨਕ ਤਾ ਕੀ ਪਰਮ ਗਤਿ ਹੋਇ ॥੪॥੪੩॥੫੪॥
naanak taa kee param gat ho-ay. ||4||43||54||
O Nanak, they attain the supreme status. ||4||43||54||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

Join the Sangat, and speak and sing of the One together.

The Simritis, the Shastras, the Vedas and the Puranas say so too.

Rare are those who stop and think deeply about the One.

Nanak says: they reach the highest state of all.

All the great books, at their best, point toward the same One.
The deeper layer

Sit together with others and speak of the One. The great old books of India, the Simritees, Shaastras, Vedas and Puraanas, point the same way. The Sangat means people gathered together to remember the One.

The close is generous: the scriptures of the surrounding traditions are named as agreeing, all pointing toward the One. And it is honest that deep thinking about the One is rare, which makes it something precious to grow into.

A Question to Sit With

What do you notice is the same across different people's ways of finding meaning?

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