Sikhism·Siree Raag·Shabad 71
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Peace Is Found in the Saadh Sangat

ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਸੁਖੁ ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
bhaa-ee ray sukh saaDhsang paa-i-aa.
O Siblings of Destiny, peace is found in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
ਲਿਖਿਆ ਲੇਖੁ ਤਿਨਿ ਪੁਰਖਿ ਬਿਧਾਤੈ ਦੁਖੁ ਸਹਸਾ ਮਿਟਿ ਗਇਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
likhi-aa laykh tin purakh biDhaatai dukh sahsaa mit ga-i-aa. ||1|| rahaa-o.
If the Supreme Lord, the Architect of Destiny, writes such an order, then anguish and anxiety are erased. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

O Siblings of Destiny — peace is found in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy.

If the Supreme Lord, the Architect of Destiny, writes such an order, then anguish and anxiety are erased.

The order is not punishment or restriction. It is the grace-given condition that makes peace possible.

Peace is found in the Company of the Holy — and being led there is itself the divine's gift.
The deeper layer

The rahao identifies Saadh Sangat as the source of peace — peace that is not available from power, from pleasures, or from the emperors' thrones. The Company of the Holy is where peace resides.

Dhur kee baanh — "if the Lord writes the order from His primal place." The peace of the Sangat is not accessed by cleverness or social maneuvering. It comes when the divine orders it. The Saadh Sangat is itself a gift of grace — you don't build it, you are given it.

A Question to Sit With

What do you experience when you're in the company of genuinely good people — people who are at peace themselves? Does their peace affect you?

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