I love GOD

English translation of
Guru Granth Sahib
by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa , taken from http://www.gurbanifiles.com/
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Raag Basant - Part 008

1175 : 350
In the Court of the True Lord, he obtains true glory.

1175 : 351
He comes to dwell in the home of his own inner being. ||3||

1175 : 352
He cannot be fooled; He is the Truest of the True.

1175 : 353
All others are deluded; in duality, they lose their honor.

1175 : 354
So serve the True Lord, through the True Bani of His Word.

1175 : 355
O Nanak, through the Naam, merge in the True Lord. ||4||9||

1175 : 356
Basant, Third Mehl:

1175 : 357
Without the grace of good karma, all are deluded by doubt.

1175 : 358
In attachment to Maya, they suffer in terrible pain.

1175 : 359
The blind, self-willed manmukhs find no place of rest.

1175 : 360
They are like maggots in manure, rotting away in manure. ||1||

1175 : 361
That humble being who obeys the Hukam of the Lord's Command is accepted.

1175 : 362
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, he is blessed with the insignia and the banner of the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

1175 : 363
Those who have such pre-ordained destiny are imbued with the Naam.

1175 : 364
The Name of the Lord is forever pleasing to their minds.

1175 : 365
Through the Bani, the Word of the True Guru, eternal peace is found.

1175 : 366
Through it, one's light merges into the Light. ||2||

1175 : 367
Only the Naam, the Name of the Lord, can save the world.

1175 : 368
By Guru's Grace, one comes to love the Naam.

1175 : 369
Without the Naam, no one obtains liberation.

1175 : 370
Through the Perfect Guru, the Naam is obtained. ||3||

1175 : 371
He alone understands, whom the Lord Himself causes to understand.

1175 : 372
Serving the True Guru, the Naam is implanted within.

1175 : 373
Those humble beings who know the One Lord are approved and accepted.

1175 : 374
O Nanak, imbued with the Naam, they go to the Lord's Court with His banner and insignia. ||4||10||

1175 : 375
Basant, Third Mehl:

1175 : 376
Granting His Grace, the Lord leads the mortal to meet the True Guru.

1175 : 377
The Lord Himself comes to abide in his mind.


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1175 : 378
His intellect becomes steady and stable, and his mind is strengthened forever.

1175 : 379
He sings the Glorious Praises of the Lord, the Ocean of Virtue. ||1||

1175 : 380
Those who forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord - those mortals die eating poison.

1175 : 381
Their lives are wasted uselessly, and they continue coming and going in reincarnation. ||1||Pause||

1175 : 382
They wear all sorts of religious robes, but their minds are not at peace.

1175 : 383
In great egotism, they lose their honor.

1175 : 384
But those who realize the Word of the Shabad, are blessed by great good fortune.

1175 : 385
They bring their distractible minds back home. ||2||

1175 : 386
Within the home of the inner self is the inaccessible and infinite substance.

1175 : 387
Those who find it, by following the Guru's Teachings, contemplate the Shabad.

1175 : 388
Those who obtain the nine treasures of the Naam within the home of their own inner being,

1175 : 389
are forever dyed in the color of the Lord's Love; they are absorbed in the Truth. ||3||

1175 : 390
God Himself does everything; no one can do anything at all by himself.

1175 : 391
When God so wills, He merges the mortal into Himself.

1175 : 392
All are near Him; no one is far away from Him.

1175 : 393
O Nanak, the Naam is permeating and pervading everywhere. ||4||11||

1175 : 394
Basant, Third Mehl:

1175 : 395
Through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, remember the Lord with love,

1175 : 396
and you shall remain satisfied by the sublime essence of the Lord's Name.

1175 : 397
The sins of millions upon millions of lifetimes shall be burnt away.

1175 : 398
Remaining dead while yet alive, you shall be absorbed in the Lord's Name. ||1||

1175 : 399
The Dear Lord Himself knows His own bountiful blessings.

1175 : 400
This mind blossoms forth in the Guru's Shabad, chanting the Name of the Lord, the Giver of virtue. ||1||Pause||

1175 : 401
No one is liberated by wandering around in saffron-colored robes.

1175 : 402
Tranquility is not found by strict self-discipline.

1175 : 403
But by following the Guru's Teachings, one is blessed to receive the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

1175 : 404
By great good fortune, one finds the Lord. ||2||

1175 : 405
In this Dark Age of Kali Yuga, glorious greatness comes through the Lord's Name.

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