Week 14

4/12/12

Review

• The purpose of your life is to meet God

• You have not achieved it because your Dhayn has been in Surgun/ Triloki (3 loks of Maya)

• We need to put our Dhyan in Nirgun

• First step in that practice putting our dhyan on the the Dhune (Sound) of the Gurmantra.

• All of us have come from different Loks because none of us have achieved liberation in our previous lives.

Understanding the game

• We have come on this planet like a traveler and to play a role

• Travelers have companions and we take on different roles depending on our relationships with people

• All the members of the family are from different loks.

• Everything is a product of our past life, determined by Swas (life breath)

ਮਾਤ ਪਿਤਾ ਬਪਿਤਾ ਸੁਤ ਬੰਧਿ ਇਸਟ ਮੀਤ ਅਰੁ ਭਾਈ ॥ ਿੂਰਬ ਜਿਮ ਕੇ ਪਮਲੇ ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ਅੰਤਪਿ ਕੋ ਿ ਸਿਾਈ ॥੧॥

Mother, father, spouse, children, relatives, lovers, friends and siblings,meet, having been

associated in previous lives;

but none of them will be your companion

and support in the end. ||1||700

Family • Each Member of the

family comes from a

different Lok.

• The Family is a team

meant to get liberation

togeather.

• If we don’t do simran

then our thoughts don’t

match.

• No knowledge of

Pavan or Karma then conflict is born.

Rago gun Boom Lok

Tamo gun Patal Lok

Sato Gun Akash Lok

ਪਸਮਰਉ ਪਸਮਪਰ ਪਸਮਪਰ ਸੁਖੁ ਿਾਵਉ ॥ਕਪਲ ਕਲੇਸ ਤਿ ਮਾਪਿ ਪਮਟਾਵਉ ॥262

Meditate, meditate, meditate in remembrance of Him, and

find peace. Worry and Conflict shall be dispelled from your

body.

Sangath just means

Congregation. the company you keep.

• Sat Sangath- The sangath where we

discuss Truth.

• Everything is FALSE unless you see Truth

in it.

• Sadh Sangath- Congregation of someone

who has been successful in their

meditative efforts.

How can you tell what Sangath your in?

Key question, What do you discuss and

WHO you discuss it with?

ਿੰਪਿਤੁ ਿੜੈ ਬੰਧਿ ਮੋਿ ਬਾਧਾ ਿਿ ਬੂਝੈ ਪਬਪਖਆ ਪਿਆਪਰ ॥

The Pandits, the religious scholars, read the scriptures, but they are trapped

in the bondage of emotional attachment. In love with evil,

they do not understand. 33

ਕਬੀਰ ਮਾਰੀ ਮਰਉ ਕੁਸੰਗ ਕੀ ਕੇਲੇ ਪਿਕਪਟ ਜੁ ਬੇਪਰ ॥ਉਿ ਝੂਲੈ ਉਿ ਚੀਰੀਐ ਸਾਕਤ ਸੰਗੁ ਿ ਿੇਪਰ ॥੮੮॥

Kabeer, I have been ruined and destroyed by bad company, like the banana plant near the thorn bush.

The thorn bush waves in the wind, and

pierces the banana plant; see this, and

do not associate with the faithless cynics. ||88|| 1369

Benefits of Sat Sangath

• You will find the Lord

• You will Speak Har’s Bani

• By Chanting with this Sangath, God will be

reveled.

• You will learn the qualities of God.

ਪਮਪਲ ਸਤਸੰਗਪਤ ਿਪਰ ਿਾਈਐ ਗੁਰਮੁਪਖ ਿਪਰ ਪਲਵ ਲਾਇ ॥ ਪਜਪਿ ਿਪਰ ਿਪਰ ਿਾਮੁ ਿ ਚੇਪਤਓ ਸੁ ਅਉਗੁਪਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥

Join the Sat Sangat, the True

Congregation, and find the Lord. The

Gurmukh embraces love for the Lord.

Those who have not contemplated the

Name of the Lord, Har, Har, are unworthy;

they come and go in reincarnation. 22

ਪਮਪਲ ਸਤਸੰਪਗ ਬੋਲੀ ਿਪਰ ਬਾਿੀ ॥ In the Sat Sangat, you speak

Har’s Bani. 95

ਤੂ ਸਾਪਿਬੁ ਸਰਪਿ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਾ ਸਤਸੰਗਪਤ ਜਪਿ ਿਰਗਟਾਵਪਿਆ ॥੭॥ O my Lord and Master, You are my Sanctuary, the Giver of peace.

Chanting, meditating on You in the Sat

Sangat, You are revealed. ||7|| 132

ਸਤਸੰਗਪਤ ਸਪਤਗੁਰ ਚਟਸਾਲ ਿੈ ਪਜਤੁ ਿਪਰ ਗੁਿ ਪਸਖਾ॥

The Sat Sangat, the True Congregation of the

True Guru, is the school of the soul,

where the Glorious Virtues of

the Lord are studied. 1316

Sadh Sangath

Who is the Sadhu?

All of you should have listened to Sukmani

Shaib. In it, Guruji lays out the attributes of

the Sadhu. Here are the Highlights…

In the company of a Sadhu

• spiritual wisdom is revealed.

• God is understood to be near at hand.

• all conflicts are settled.

• one's efforts are directed toward the One Lord.

• one meets the Incomprehensible Lord.

• one flourishes forever.

• the five passions are brought to rest

In the company of a Sadhu

• the mind does not wander.

• the mind becomes stable.

• one is rid of Maya.

• God is totally pleased.

• no one is hated.

• no one seems evil.

• supreme bliss is known.

• all one's family is saved.

• one's friends, acquaintances and relatives are redeemed.

In the company of a Sadhu

• one's life becomes fruitful.

• there is no suffering.

• the separated ones are reunited with the Lord.

• You do not forget Him from your mind.

• you shall surely be saved.

• we obtain the state of salvation.

• all diseases are cured

• The greatness of the Holy people is beyond the three qualities.

• Catch up!

• 3 hours simran a day.

• No Simran, No Progress.

• Keep your Lehka

• Be prepared for last Class next week

• See you in Fresno

• Happy Baisakhi!