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DIVINE MYSTIC REFLECTIONS ON GURMAT TALKS AND DIALOGUES BOOK 1 SAINT SCHOLAR NARANJAN SINGH JI (SHIROMANI KATHAKAR) Divine Mystic Reflections on Gurmat Book 1 ISBN: 981 250 078 - 2 First Edition – 1992 Second Edition-December 2004 eBook Version 1.0 - May 2015 Published by Mighty Minds Publishing Pte Ltd Blk 1008 Toa Payoh North #06-18 Singapore 318996 Reg No: 199806419Z Email : [email protected] Copyright Dr Vikramjit Singh Malaysia ies pusqk iv~c gurbwxI drj hY [ ikrpw krky ies nUM ipAwr Aqy sqkwr nwl sMBwlnw jI [ This book contains Shabads and quotations from Gurbani. Kindly handle it with care and respect. THIS BOOK IS DISTRIBUTED FREE and is STRICTLY NOT FOR SALE. ieh pusqk mu&q vMfI jw rhI hY, vycx leI nhI hY [ ies pusqk dw mu`l(kImq) mwXw nhI, blik pVH ky Awqimk igAwn dI pRwpqI krnw hY [ ikrpw kr ky Awpxw kIm- qI smW k`F ky, ies pusqk nUM pVHo, smJo Aqy Apxy jIvn ivc Fwln dI koiSS kro [ The price of this spiritual guide is not monetary but spiritual. Kindly read, understand and make an attempt to follow the teachings explained in this book. OTHER INSPIRING BOOKS BY SAINT SCHOLAR NARANJAN SINGH JI 1. Divine Mystic Reflections on Gurmat – Book 2 2. Ardws klw 3. The Miracle of Ardaas(English translation of Ardws klw) 4. Ak`Q kQw 5. jIvn jugiq 6. Guide to Spiritual Consciousness(English translation of jIvn jugiq) For details, kindly go to the following website www.gurukhoj.com Contents A Note From The Publisher 9 Acknowledgement 10 Message From Sant Giani Naranjan Singh Ji 11 Foreword 14 Sant Naranjan Singh Ji 22 An Appraisal And A Remedy 29 The Mool Mantar 33 The Sikh Dharam 36 What Is Religion? 42 Why Should We Believe In Religion? 45 How Do We Make Religion Practical? 58 Religion And Man 61 The Power Of Naam 70 Naam And The Mind 81 Naam Perkash 95 Naam And Uniformity(iekswrqw) 97 Naam And Religious Books(Drm gRMQ) 99 Naam And Human Birth 101 Naam, Distress And Happiness(duK Aqy suK) 103 Naam And Grace 104 Naam And Sadhu 105 The Dye(rMg) Of Naam And Grace(ndr) 107 Naam And Kirtan 108 Naam And Amritvela 109 Naam And Celestial Sounds 111 Naam And Naam Japna 115 What Is Time, Space And Cause ? 125 Bani 130 The True And Authentic Guru 138 Who Is A True Guru? 147 Relationship Between A Guru And His Disciple 156 Guru As The Spiritual Perceptor In Hinduism And Sikhism 161 Interfaith Movement 176 Sahaj Parwah 192 Gurmukh And Munmukh 198 Khalsa 207 God’s Love 213 Drink The Holy Amrit 217 Prayer 228 Sensual Pleasures And Naam Ras 231 Maya 234 Union With God 237 The Meaning Of One 240 Sanyaas 243 Company Of A Saint Or Sadhu 246 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Vibrations 251 Life 252 Knowledge 254 Illusion 255 The External Symbols 256 Good And Evil 257 Anti-Forces 259 Ego 260 Fear 261 Soul Or Atma 262 Spirit And Spiritual 263 Belief And Faith 264 Dhian 265 Sword 266 Religion And Spiritualism 267 Desire 268 Jyot And Jugat 269 The Sikh Way Of Life 271 What Is Sewa Or Service? 272 God’s Grace? 276 Criticism 279 Waheguru Gurmantar 280 Amrit 283 Sangat 286 Mind 288 Sat Sangat And Sadh Sangat 290 Ardaas 291 Daswand 292 Who Is A Sikh? 293 Purpose Of The Human Body 295 Samadhi 297 Thought 299 Spiritual Vision (Darshan) 303 Vanis 308 Yoga 312 Kirtan 316 LECTURES ON GURMAT Lecture On Gurmat 1 321 Lecture On Gurmat 2 325 Lecture On Gurmat 3 327 Lecture On Gurmat 4 336 Lecture On Gurmat 5 339 Lecture On Gurmat 6 346 Lecture On Gurmat 7 355 Lecture On Gurmat 8 362 Lecture On Gurmat 9 366 Lecture On Gurmat 10 371 Lecture On Gurmat 11 380 Lecture On Gurmat 12 384 Lecture On Gurmat 13 396 Lecture On Gurmat 14 402 Lecture On Gurmat 15 406 Lecture On Gurmat 16 410 Lecture On Gurmat 17 413 Lecture On Gurmat 18 418 Lecture On Gurmat 19 423 Lecture On Gurmat 20 428 Lecture On Gurmat 21 433 Lecture On Gurmat 22 444 BARA MAHA 1 Chet(cyiq) 453 2 Vaisakh(vYswiK) 457 3 Jeth(jyiT) 459 4 Assad(AwswVu) 462 5 Sawan(swvix) 464 6 Bhadon(Bwduie) 466 7 Assu(Asuin) 468 8 Katak(kiqik) 471 9 Maghar(mMiGir) 473 10 Poh(poiK) 475 11 Magh(mwiG) 477 12 Phagan(Plguix) 480 Conclusion Of Bara Maha Paath 483 Sant Baba Attar Singh Ji’s Priceless Words On Gurmat 484 ÓÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔŒ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ PRAYER FOR WORLD PEACE Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ slok mÚ 3 ] Œ ‰ jgqu jlµdw riK lY AwpxI ikrpw Dwir ] Œ ‰ Œ ‰ ijqu duAwrY aubrY iqqY lYhu aubwir ] Œ ‰ siqguir suKu vyKwilAw scw sbdu bIcwir ] Œ ‰ Œ ‰ nwnk Avru n suJeI hir ibnu bKsxhwru ]1] Œ ‰ Œ ‰ O’ Lord, the world is in flames; Œ ‰ Save it with Your Grace. Œ ‰ Save it, whatever way it can be saved. Œ ‰ The True Guru shows the path of Peace Œ ‰ in the meditation of the True Name. Œ Nanak says that other than God ‰ Œ ‰ there is no other Liberator. Œ ‰ Œ (Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji 853) ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ Œ ÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓÓ A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER The first edition of this book was published in 1992. Sant Giani Naranjan Singh Ji left this world on 25 May 1994. Dr Harcharanjit Singh Ji left his body on 18 February 1996. We are grateful to all who in one way or another, contributed to the publication of this book. We edited the original contents for grammatical and typographical errors and are responsible for any errors or omissions that may exist. For this, we beg your forgiveness. We shall be grateful to receive feedback on errors. Kindly email your feedback to: [email protected] 9 www.GuruKhoj.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are very grateful to Miss Surjit Kaur Gandhi of Patiala, India, who has been serving Sant Giani Naranjan Singh Ji for more than three decades and is his adopted daughter as well, for providing us with much of the material for the book. Our special thanks to her and may God bless her. We are also thankful to Miss Anita of New Delhi who was also a great help to us, in the compilation of this book. We thank Mr Oh Eng Swee from Malaysia who did most of the typing work and my brother-in-law Mr Surinder Singh who took the whole responsibility to get the book published. Lastly we thank all those people whose help in the compilation of this book was very much necessary, so much so that, without such help this book on Gurmat would not have become a reality. Harcharanjit Singh. 1992. APOLOGY While compiling this book on Gurmat, I would have made many mistakes while interpreting Sant Ji’s teachings for which I ask his forgiveness. REFERENCE BOOKS 1. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - translation by Bhai Manmohan Singh. 2. Sagal Jamati - magazine published by Guru Nanak Ashram 3. Naam Prakash – Giani Pritpal Singh 4. Pivoh Amrit – Giani Pritpal Singh 5. Jap(Naam) Perkash – Giani Pritpal Singh. 10 www.GuruKhoj.com MESSAGE FROM SANT GIANI NARANJAN SINGH JI Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa. Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Dr. Harcharanjit Singh, a resident of Klang in Malaysia, has worked very hard to compile these notes and lectures on Gurmat, delivered by me on several occasions all over India and abroad. He has managed to keep the language simple, for every reader to understand the purpose of this compilation in the form of a book. I hope this book will help, lift the curtain of uncertainty and lead the reader towards the actual essence. “Man does not live by bread alone”, said Jesus Christ. This book, under review is an elaboration of this revelation. The purpose of this book is to make one worthy of the love of God and to enable him to receive His bounties. NARANJAN SINGH 1992. 11 www.GuruKhoj.com soriT mhlw 5 Gru 2 AstpdIAw < siqgur pRswid ] One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: pwTu piVE Aru bydu bIcwirE invil BuAMgm swDy ] They read scriptures, and contemplate the Vedas; they practice the inner cleansing techniques of Yoga, and control of the breath. pMc jnw isau sMgu n CutikE AiDk AhMbuiD bwDy But they cannot escape from the company of the five passions; they are increasingly bound to egotism. ipAwry ien ibiD imlxu n jweI mY kIey krm Anykw ] O Beloved, this is not the way to meet the Lord; I have performed these rituals so many times. hwir pirE suAwmI kY duAwrY dIjY buiD ibbykw ] rhwau ] I have collapsed, exhausted, at the Door of my Lord Master; I pray that He may grant me a discerning intellect. Pause. moin BieE krpwqI rihE ngn iPirE bn mwhI ] One may remain silent and use his hands as begging bowls, and wander naked in the forest. qt qIrQ sB DrqI BRimE duibDw CutkY nwhI He may make pilgrimages to river banks and sacred shrines all over the world, but his sense of duality will not leave him. mn kwmnw qIrQ jwie bisE isir krvq Drwey ] His mind’s desires may lead him to go and dwell at sacred places of pilgrimage, and offer his head to be sawn off; mn kI mYlu n auqrY ieh ibiD jy lK jqn krwey but this will not cause the filth of his mind to depart, even though he may make thousands of efforts.
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    TEN UNIVERSAL VIRTUES SUPREME Munishri Ram Kumar Nandi Ten Universal Virtues Munishri Kam Kumar Nandi English Rendering by: Naresh Chandra Garg (Jain) M.A. (English & Hindi) Rtd. Vice Principal Senior-most English Lecturer J.V. Jain Inter College, Saharanpur Printed at: Vikalp Printers Anekant Palace, 29, Rajpur Road, Dehradun- 248 001 Ten Universal Virtues Munishri Kam Kumar Nandi Financiers: Shri Girnari Lal Chunni Lal Jain Chowk Fowara, Saharanpur Create PDF with PDF4U. If you wish to remove this line, please click here to purchase the full version Shri Sundar Lal Ramesh Chandra Jain Shaheed Ganj, Saharanpur Cost Price: Rs. 45/- Price for Mundane Souls: Utility First Edition: 1994, 1000 copies [c] All rights reserved Available at: Shri Vinod Jain V.K.J. Builders and Contractors (Pvt.) Ltd. 162/3/1, Rajpur Road, Dehradun 248 001 Tel: (0135) 623540, 28035 Shri Vivek Jain 229/1 Krishnapuri, Muzaffarnagar - 251 002 (U.P.) Tel: (0131) 26762 Typesetting and Printing at: Vikalp Printers Anekant Palace, 29, Rajpur Road, Dehradun -248 001 Tel: (0135) 28971 MUNISHRI 108 KAM KUMAR NANDI Monkshood Name Muni Kam Kumar Nandi Create PDF with PDF4U. If you wish to remove this line, please click here to purchase the full version Birth Place Village Khawat Kappa, Distt. Belgaum (Karnataka) Father’s Name Late Shri Bhimappa Mother’s Name Shrimati Ratnva Brothers Four brothers Sisters Three sisters Real Name Shri Bhramappa (fourth child of the family) Date of birth 6th June, 1967 Renunciation year November, 1988 Place of Celibacy Vow Ankloose (Maharastra) Celibacy Vow & Gandhar Acharya Shri Kunthu Sagarji Initiation ceremony by Place of Initiation Ceremony Holy mount Shri Sammed Shikher ji Teachers of Jain thought 1.