hir nwmu hmwrI sMgiq Aiq ipAwrI
The Lord's Name is my most beloved society
At one point in life, when I did regular meditation, I didn't feel like going to the temple for a regular service. I felt disturbed by too many people sitting too close to me. Then I wanted to meditate as the kirtan started but was forever conscious about people watching me and thinking I shouldn't be doing it here, as they might judge me. After a few months of internal conflict, I started meditating whenever I felt like it, without worrying about the people around me. One of these days, in a conversation the granthi / priest said to me that it is not necessary for me to come to the Sangat / congregation. I was worried if it was my ego that stops me from being in sangat as I meditate and think that most others don't. I was worried that the Guru says that meditation in Sangat was the most supreme act with most benefits and I ignore the sangat. He had mentioned Naam as Sangat then, but today I found the gurbani lines that convinced me that its acceptable to not attend the congregation if you are immersed in Naam / meditation at home.
pauVI ]pourree ||Pauree:
ijn kY hir nwmu visAw sd ihrdY hir nwmo iqn kMau rKxhwrw ]jin kai har naam vasiaa sadh hiradhai har naamo thin ka(n)o rakhanehaaraa ||Those whose hearts are forever filled with the Name of the Lord, have the Name of the Lord as their Protector.
hir nwmu ipqw hir nwmo mwqw hir nwmu sKweI imqRü hmwrw ]har naam pithaa har naamo maathaa har naam sakhaaee mithra hamaaraa ||The Lord's Name is my father, the Lord's Name is my mother; the Lord's Name is my helper and friend.
hir nwvY nwil glw hir nwvY nwil msliq hir nwmu hmwrI krdw inq swrw ]har naavai naal galaa har naavai naal masalath har naam hamaaree karadhaa nith saaraa ||My conversation is with the Lord's Name, and my counseling is with the Lord's Name; the Lord's Name always takes care of me.
hir nwmu hmwrI sMgiq Aiq ipAwrI hir nwmu kulu hir nwmu prvwrw ]har naam hamaaree sa(n)gath ath piaaree har naam kul har naam paravaaraa ||The Lord's Name is my most beloved society, the Lord's Name is my ancestry, and the Lord's Name is my family.
jn nwnk kMau hir nwmu hir guir dIAw hir hliq pliq sdw kry insqwrw ]15]jan naanak ka(n)o har naam har gur dheeaa har halath palath sadhaa karae nisathaaraa||15||The Guru, the Lord Incarnate, has bestowed upon servant Nanak the Name of the Lord; in this world, and in the next, the Lord ever saves me. ||15||
The Lord's Name is my most beloved society
At one point in life, when I did regular meditation, I didn't feel like going to the temple for a regular service. I felt disturbed by too many people sitting too close to me. Then I wanted to meditate as the kirtan started but was forever conscious about people watching me and thinking I shouldn't be doing it here, as they might judge me. After a few months of internal conflict, I started meditating whenever I felt like it, without worrying about the people around me. One of these days, in a conversation the granthi / priest said to me that it is not necessary for me to come to the Sangat / congregation. I was worried if it was my ego that stops me from being in sangat as I meditate and think that most others don't. I was worried that the Guru says that meditation in Sangat was the most supreme act with most benefits and I ignore the sangat. He had mentioned Naam as Sangat then, but today I found the gurbani lines that convinced me that its acceptable to not attend the congregation if you are immersed in Naam / meditation at home.
pauVI ]pourree ||Pauree:
ijn kY hir nwmu visAw sd ihrdY hir nwmo iqn kMau rKxhwrw ]jin kai har naam vasiaa sadh hiradhai har naamo thin ka(n)o rakhanehaaraa ||Those whose hearts are forever filled with the Name of the Lord, have the Name of the Lord as their Protector.
hir nwmu ipqw hir nwmo mwqw hir nwmu sKweI imqRü hmwrw ]har naam pithaa har naamo maathaa har naam sakhaaee mithra hamaaraa ||The Lord's Name is my father, the Lord's Name is my mother; the Lord's Name is my helper and friend.
hir nwvY nwil glw hir nwvY nwil msliq hir nwmu hmwrI krdw inq swrw ]har naavai naal galaa har naavai naal masalath har naam hamaaree karadhaa nith saaraa ||My conversation is with the Lord's Name, and my counseling is with the Lord's Name; the Lord's Name always takes care of me.
hir nwmu hmwrI sMgiq Aiq ipAwrI hir nwmu kulu hir nwmu prvwrw ]har naam hamaaree sa(n)gath ath piaaree har naam kul har naam paravaaraa ||The Lord's Name is my most beloved society, the Lord's Name is my ancestry, and the Lord's Name is my family.
jn nwnk kMau hir nwmu hir guir dIAw hir hliq pliq sdw kry insqwrw ]15]jan naanak ka(n)o har naam har gur dheeaa har halath palath sadhaa karae nisathaaraa||15||The Guru, the Lord Incarnate, has bestowed upon servant Nanak the Name of the Lord; in this world, and in the next, the Lord ever saves me. ||15||
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