34 Shabads · 97 Verses
Raag Todee
The Commentary
The opening shabad of Raag Todee, and it sets the raag's keynote: the peace of the settled heart. The sant who needs no backup, sheltered under the One's high canopy, having found what is deathless (v.0); and the promise that disease, sorrow, old age and death cannot reach the fearless, surrendered center of such a person (v.1).
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Guru Arjan (Mehl 5)
- Shabad 1The Most at Peace Have Stopped Seeking a Backup Plan
- Shabad 2Win at Everything Outside and Miss the One Game
- Shabad 3A Restless Mind Chases What Fades Fastest
- Shabad 4Decoration Does Nothing If the Inside Isn't Alive
- Shabad 5The Deepest Prayer: Wake Up Enough to Love
- Shabad 6Ask for the One Thing You Can Carry With You
- Shabad 7The Deepest Connection Is Constant as Breathing
- Shabad 8Turning Toward the Good Shows as Light on Your Face
- Shabad 9Sometimes the Bravest Thing Is Asking for Shelter
- Shabad 10The Good Fills the Room Until Sadness Has No Seat
- Shabad 11Trust Can Disarm the Harm Without a War
- Shabad 12Carrying Something Heavy? The Cure Isn't Hiding
- Shabad 13Sometimes the Medicine Is an Axe at the Root
- Shabad 14Gratitude and Remembering Are the Same Act
- Shabad 15Peace Comes When You Stop Auditioning Smaller Saviors
- Shabad 16Almost Everything We Call 'Mine' Is Borrowed
- Shabad 17The Peace of Having the One and Needing Nothing Else
- Shabad 18Presence Quietly Undoes the Doubt That Blocks Love
- Shabad 19The Trap Is Wanting More and Forgetting What Matters
- Shabad 20You're Not Loved for Measuring Up, Simply Held
- Shabad 21The Deepest Love Reorganizes Your Whole Life
- Shabad 22The Thing to Fear Isn't Punishment but Forgetting
- Shabad 23The Deepest Tenderness Is Reserved for the Small
- Shabad 24Spiritual Thirst Isn't a Problem but a Compass
- Shabad 25Your Life Is a Field; You Live Inside What You Plant
- Shabad 26The Glitter Is Real but Leaving, Like Fire in Straw
- Shabad 27You Crowd Out Craving by Loving Something Sweeter
- Shabad 28Some Good Planted Long Ago Waits to Sprout
- Shabad 29A Settled Mind Is Richer Than a Million Luxuries
- Shabad 30When the Center Holds, the Tangles Settle