Author Topic: what is sukhmani sahib ? (Read 3900 times)

EvIL_DhoCThoR · « **on:** June 29, 2011, 07:43:32 AM »

The savior of the world, jewel of the Sodhi dynasty, He, Himself the Almighty, identified as the Lord, Sahib Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji Maharajah, came to this world in the form of a human being, only to shower His benevolence upon its people. He is very soft-hearted and tender towards humanity, so much so, that His heart always beats for the welfare of society, His heart leaps out to any and everybody, whosoever, is in suffering.
If one was to count the benevolence showered by Him, he would be dumbstruck and would feel “Satguru, nobody can be like you, only you are you.” He has conferred infinite blessings on us; so many of us have benefited, so many of us are benefiting and many more will continue to benefit.
Guru Sahib’s tender heart melted and He blessed the ‘Sarovar’ of ‘Taran Taraan sahib’ with the strength to cure all, who ever concentrates upon His ‘daya drishti’ and takes a holy dip in this sacred pond gains freedom from his ailments related to the skin, be it leprosy or any skin disease, the physical pain subsides and he is cured, such is His power.
‘Gurudwara Maldi Sahib’ situated near Jalandhar on Nakodar Road, has been blessed by Him, with the power to cure anyone suffering from joint pains, anyone just by being present over here physically, will get cured of joint pains, such is His mercy.
Not only this, He has given to us the ‘Sahib Shri Guru Adi Granth Sahib’; ‘Shri Sukhmani Sahib’; ‘Gurudwara Santokhsar’ in Amritsar; the unique honor of ‘Shri Harimandir Sahib’ bestowed upon the Sikh community. So much so, He sacrificed Himself so that humanity could live in harmony. As Baba Nand Singh Ji said, that who knows what adversity was to fall upon this world; what fire was to blaze at that time, when the Master of time, the fifth light of Sahib Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the One who knows all, and who could not bear to see anyone suffering, took all the pain on Himself, and saved the world from this terrible fire. When you will realize this then your heart will overwhelm with love, then you will want to be of use, even giving up your life will seem insufficient to you; it will seem less. We can never repay Sahib Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji for the countless blessings He has bestowed upon us.
Baba Nand Singh Ji said, “All fathers get gifts for their children, some get fruit; some get wealth; some get clothes; but our father, Sahib Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, has for us “Dhur Ki Bani” (meaning the divine voice from heaven). He has the holy Gurbani for us. He has done a great favour to us by giving us this blessing. He has uplifted the spiritual strength and welfare of the whole world through Gurbani. To cure the pain and suffering; to arouse compassion; Sahib Shri Guru Nanak Dev came in the fifth house as the benevolent Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. He gave the ambrosial Shri Sukhmani Sahib to the world, which is static and is there with us for keeps. This Bani takes care of us, gives us peace, not only in this world but in the next world as well. It even guides us to salvation. By reciting the Sukhmani Sahib daily we are blessed:
“Eh lok sukhiya perlok suhalae
Nanak har prabh aphae mela.” (Ang….292)[/size]Eighth Characteristic Feature of Shri Sukhmani Sahib :
The scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib protects one from witchcraft, black magic, ghosts and spirits, superstitions and from others being envious of you.
In today’s world, envy and jealousy are reigning supreme. Those who are ignorant cannot see or tolerate others hard work and progress. In today’s era, such people are uncountable, who are not troubled because of their troubles but are troubled because of others happiness. A person, who has not been to religious congregations and has not enjoyed the Sangat of wise people, is perpetually stuck in such feelings; such people’s heart is always burning with why someone is progressing whereas I am where I was or why is someone happy when I am not, they feel jealous all the time. Just remember a small truth, that is, that the people who are jealous of your happiness and welfare are none other than your own relatives or your blood relations. Do not get annoyed but this is the truth that these people are the ones, who are really close to you.
Do not get disheartened on reading this; instead take shelter in the invaluable scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib, given to us by Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. If you have the support of the scripture of the Shri Sukhmani Sahib, then it even protects you from those people, who are envious of you. If you keep the security of the scripture of the Shri Sukhmani Sahib i.e. recite the scripture daily with love, faith and devotion; then whosoever may try to conspire against you, the scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib will protect you against it.
The house of the Guru or the Guru preaches us to do good, our actions should be good. When you do good, automatically you are praised for it, you are glorified. When one gets glory, then it is someone from the near and dear ones who is unable to tolerate it, nobody from outside but someone from within, he further plans to cause destruction.
Today’s era, is the era of the kalyug, it is at its peak, and therefore, jealousy and enviousness are highly influencing people. If someone progresses even slightly towards prosperity or maybe that one progresses towards Gurbani, he starts meditation and concentration then people who are really close to him will begin to feel envious, they will be unable to tolerate it. (I have seen people going to extreme of not wishing each other when they meet because they are from opposite institutes (taksal), they do not realize that the basic of all the institutes is the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. This does not mean that out of fear of resentment of such people you stop your good actions. Be strong and do good, at the same time barricade yourself with the scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib. Then nobody can harm you, no covetousness can harm you, you will continue to progress.
There is a ‘kirteniya’ (one who sings hymns in the praise of the Lord). He sings melodiously, there is a lot of sweetness in his singing. I really liked one of his qualities, I was deeply impressed. I am presenting this quality to you, after reading it, try to imbibe it. This kirteniya has made a rule for himself that whenever he sings the praises of the Lord (Kirtan) anywhere, after the completion of the Kirtan, he makes it a point to recite a scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib before eating anything. After having sung the hymns, he recites the scripture of the Shri Sukhmani Sahib to barricade himself from the peoples envy and thank the Lord that He has granted him this service of doing Kirtan.
(There is a distinction in this. Those who are not aware when they do good Kirtan or they do good katha or they do any good action then their pride overtakes them and their ego gets inflated; they desire that after katha Kirtan, they should be looked after and served. This varies from one individual nature to another, some kirteniyas are happy to be served after Kirtan, they want that someone should massage their feet, rub oil or do any other act of service; just remember one fact that such acts of taking service from others, make you lose your earnings in your practice of Kirtan. That’s why, he who is a Gursikh, who is wise, he protects himself from taking such service, only if it is of utmost urgency then only get served.)
There is another unknown person, a ‘paathi’(a person who reads and recites the scripture of the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji) reads the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji for 2-3 hours, then gets served. Now there is a lot of difference between this paathi and that kirteniya. This paathi is ignorant, ego has gone to his head, and he feels that he has recited the scripture so he should be served, on the other hand the kirteniya, who is aware, recites the scriptures and thanks the Lord that God allowed him to serve by singing the hymns. By doing this he is fencing his fame, this will help him and protect him from people who are jealous of him or those who out of jealousy will try to bring harm to him but will be unable to do so.
This is with reference to all that if someone in his happiness and prosperity, who has been blessed with honour and fame, takes the shelter of the scripture of Shri Sukhmani Sahib, then this scripture protects him from the jealous world. I am amazed, there is a phrase in the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji :
‘avkhed sabha kitien nindek ka daru nahi’ (Ang…315)
Avkhed means medicine, Satguru says that all sorts of medicines have been made on this earth for all cures but alas there is no medicine to cure a malignant person, to stop him from malignancy. At the same time, at one place in the Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji there is a purport that:
‘nindek gur kirpa ta hatyo’ (pg714)
Take the message, he, who has the treasure of Gurbani and the Gurus blessings then malignant and defaulters stay away from such a perso[/color]

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