Ang 262–296

Sukhmani Sahib

The Commentary

Sukhmani Sahib — "the Jewel of Peace" or "Peace of Mind" — is Guru Arjan's masterwork and the largest single composition by any Guru in Raag Gauree: 24 sections, each consisting of a Salok (couplet) followed by an Ashtapadee of eight pauris, framed by an opening salok that the text itself instructs be read "at the beginning, and at the end." Tradition commonly associates Sukhmani with Ramsar at Amritsar around 1602–1603. It has since become widely used in Sikh devotional practice, including in times of daily reflection and care — because its subject is exactly what its title names: the peace of a mind in which the Name has come to live.

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Contents

1Before Peace, Bow to the Wisdom That Gives It
2The Deepest Prayer: God, Be With Me Commentary →
3Who Read Everything Concluded: None Equals the Name Commentary →
4Wake and Remember the One Who Made You Commentary →
5Chase the Gifts and Lose the Giver Commentary →
6The Five Loud Voices Quiet in Sanctuary Commentary →
7The Unreachable Becomes Reachable in Good Company Commentary →
8One Presence Seen Everywhere Is God-Consciousness Commentary →
9Purity That Hides From the World Saves No One Commentary →
10The Creator Has No Edge to Arrive At Commentary →
11One Doer Fills the Waters, Lands, and Skies Commentary →
12Pride Needs No Punisher; It Eats Its Owner Commentary →
13You Become What You Do With Others' Goodness Commentary →
14Pain, Doubt, and Fear Are Children of Misplaced Reliance Commentary →
15All Power, and Full Knowledge of Your Pain Commentary →
16What Has No Shape Cannot Be Grabbed, Only Given Commentary →
17True Then, True Now, True Forever Commentary →
18The Guru Knows the True One Firsthand Commentary →
19Only Love and the Name Go Through the Crossing Commentary →
20The Wandering Ends at a Door, Not a Prize Commentary →
21Creation Is Not the End of His Meditation; It Is It Commentary →
22Can You Find a Second Anywhere?Commentary →
23The World Was Never Dark; the Eyes Were Commentary →
24At the End of the Journey, One Word: Complete Commentary →