Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
Remain dead while alive — and after you are dead, you will live forever.
Through the Word of the Guru's teaching, subdue your egotism. And then find the Door of Liberation.
The ego dies first — in this lifetime, through practice. What comes after that death is what cannot die.
Jeevat marat rahae — remain dead (to the ego) while alive. Then mar jeevai — after dying (to the ego), live permanently. This is the core of the jeevat marnaa teaching.
The Door of Liberation (mukti darvaajaa) is found through this death. And it is found while living, not after biological death. The liberation available in this lifetime is not a preview — it is the actual thing. Biological death then is simply a transition, not an end, for the one who has already died the meaningful death.
What part of you do you most protect and defend? What would your life look like if you held that part more lightly — not abandoned it, but weren't enslaved to protecting it?
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