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I Want to Meet God: We must fall in Love with Naam

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July 2015

Gurmantra v. Naam • Has Letters • It can be given • It can be written • It can be spoken • It works when you listen and

follow Gurmat. • It is done in Maya. • It comes from your physical

Mouth.

• No letters • It is in you/ pargat • It can not be written • It can not be spoken • It can be heard only by the mind

when you are 100% gurmat. • Beyond Maya. • It comes out of Waheguru’s

mouth. • Can come as Amrit Ras

ਜਨ ਨਾਨਕ ਕੇ ਗੁਰਸਿਖ ਪੁਤਹਹ ੁਹਸਰ ਜਸਪਅਹ ੁਹਸਰ ਸਨਿਤਾਸਰਆ ॥੨॥ Servant Nanak says: O GurSikhs, O my sons, meditate on the Lord; only the Lord shall save you. ||2||

The purpose of our life is to meet God.

Bani is Important because it teaches us how to meet God.

ਗੁਰਮੁਸਖ ਨਾਦ ਬੇਦ ਬੀਚਾਰ ੁ॥ The Gurmukh contemplates the sound current of the Naad for his Vedas.

ਗੁਰਮੁਸਖ ਨਾਦ ੁਬੇਦ ੁਹ ੈਗੁਰਮੁਸਖ ਗੁਰ ਪਰਚੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਿਆਵੈਗੋ ॥ The Guru's Word is the Sound-current of the Naad, The Guru's Word is the wisdom of the Vedas; coming in contact with the Guru, meditate on the Naam. ਹਸਰ ਹਸਰ ਰਪੂੁ ਹਸਰ ਰਪੂੋ ਹੋਵੈ ਹਸਰ ਜਨ ਕਉ ਪੂਜ ਕਰਾਵੈਗੋ ॥੬॥ In the Image of the Lord, Har, Har, one becomes the Embodiment of the Lord. The Lord makes His humble servant worthy of worship. ||6||

ਤੂਟੀ ਤੰਤੁ ਰਬਾਬ ਕੀ ਵਾਜ ੈਨਹੀ ਸਵਜੋਸਗ ॥ The separated are like the broken string of a guitar, which does not vibrate its sound. ਸਵਛੁਸਿਆ ਮੇਲੈ ਪਰਭੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਕਸਰ ਿੰਜੋਗ ॥੩੨॥ God unites the separated souls with Himself, awakening their destiny. ||32||

ਦੇਹੀ ਅੰਦਸਰ ਨਾਮ ੁਸਨਵਾਿੀ ॥ The Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides deep within the body. ਆਪ ੇਕਰਤਾ ਹੈ ਅਸਬਨਾਿੀ ॥ The Creator Lord is eternal and imperishable.

ਕਾਿੀ ਤੇ ਿਸੁਨ ਊਪਜੈ ਿੁਸਨ ਕਾਿੀ ਜਾਈ ॥ The sound made from bronze, that sound goes into the bronze again. ਕਾਿੀ ਫਟੂੀ ਪੰਸਿਤਾ ਿੁਸਨ ਕਹਾਾਂ ਿਮਾਈ ॥੧॥ But when the bronze is broken, O Pandit, O religious scholar, where does the sound go then? ||1||

ਨਾਸਦ ਿਮਾਇਲੋ ਰੇ ਿਸਤਗੁਰ ੁਭੇਸਟਲੇ ਦੇਵਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ Meeting the Divine True Guru, I merge into the sound current of the Naad. ||1||Pause||

ਮਨ ਅੰਦਸਰ ਅੰਸਮਰਤੁ ਗੁਰਮਸਤ ਹਸਰ ਲੀਵਾ ਜੀਉ ॥

In the temple of the mind, is the Ambrosial Nectar of the Lord; through the Guru's Teachings, we drink it in.