Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Again and again, we hear stories, read them, write them, and understand so many things. But desires grow day and night. Ego keeps filling us with corruption.
That Caretaker — the one who gives to everyone, who has given everything we have — that one is what we keep missing.
Knowledge accumulates. But desire grows faster. More information doesn't solve the longing — only the real source does.
This pauri is remarkably contemporary: in an information-saturated age, we have more access to wisdom than any previous generation. And yet desire, anxiety, and ego continue to escalate. More data is not the solution.
The daataa (Caretaker, Giver) is what is being missed. Information about the Giver is not the same as the Giver. The teaching can be read — but the teaching is not the source. The source is what the teaching points toward.
Has learning more about something ever made you want it more rather than settling the wanting? What does that tell you?
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