Hari
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Story-day is for cultural exploration, puraanas and
parables and finding out about leading lights in spiritual philosophy.
Yesterday, the Sikhs celebrated Guru Granth Installation Day, when
the scriptures of their great saint were accepted and acknowledged for their
worth and wisdom. The Sikh religion grew from a desire to find the common
ground between Hinduism and Islam; a balance between these two exists within the
faith and how it is practiced. To honour the Granth, here is the opening
excerpt (and if you would care to read more, you can click this link.)|
ੴ सति नामु करता पुरखु निरभउ निरवैरु अकाल मूरति अजूनी सैभं गुर प्रसादि ॥
Ik▫oaʼnkār saṯ nām karṯā purakẖ nirbẖa▫o nirvair akāl mūraṯ ajūnī saibẖaʼn gur parsāḏ.
One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth. Creative
Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying, Beyond Birth,
Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace ~
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जपु ॥
Jap.
Chant And Meditate:
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आदि सचु जुगादि सचु ॥
Āḏ sacẖ jugāḏ sacẖ.
True In The Primal Beginning. True Throughout The
Ages.
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है भी सचु नानक होसी भी सचु ॥१॥
Hai bẖī sacẖ Nānak hosī bẖī sacẖ. ||1||
True Here And Now. O Nanak, Forever And Ever True.
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सोचै सोचि न होवई जे सोची लख वार ॥
Socẖai socẖ na hova▫ī je socẖī
lakẖ vār.
By thinking, He cannot be reduced to thought, even by
thinking hundreds of thousands of times.
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चुपै चुप न होवई जे लाइ रहा लिव तार ॥
Cẖupai cẖup na hova▫ī je lā▫e rahā liv ṯār.
By remaining silent, inner silence is not obtained,
even by remaining lovingly absorbed deep within.
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भुखिआ भुख न उतरी जे बंना पुरीआ भार ॥
Bẖukẖi▫ā bẖukẖ na uṯrī je bannā purī▫ā bẖār.
The hunger of the hungry is not appeased, even by
piling up loads of worldly goods.
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सहस सिआणपा लख होहि त इक न चलै नालि ॥
Sahas si▫āṇpā lakẖ hohi ṯa ik na cẖalai nāl.
Hundreds of thousands of clever tricks, but not even
one of them will go along with you in the end.
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किव सचिआरा होईऐ किव कूड़ै तुटै पालि ॥
Kiv sacẖi▫ārā ho▫ī▫ai kiv kūrhai ṯutai pāl.
So how can you become truthful? And how can the veil
of illusion be torn away?
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