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Jaap Sahib English Katha #9 - Chand 74 - 86

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    Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa,
    Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh!
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    We are going through Jaap Sahib
    in English every week.
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    Those who have come today because
    it's a Gurpurab and the weekend,
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    Beware that every Sunday at 6 pm,
    we have Katha in English of Gurbani.
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    We are going through Jaap Sahib by
    Guru Gobind Singh Ji,
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    Every week, the Katha
    program will be here.
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    If you came today, do try to come
    again next week or the week after.
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    With Maharaj Ji's Kirpa, the Gurudwara
    has given us the opportunity to do this.
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    We should all, if we can, use that time.
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    Sangat is very important.
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    It's June now, which is a very
    emotive time for the whole Panth.
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    Firstly, we are remembering
    Guru Arjan Dev Ji's Shaheedi in 1606,
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    We are also trying to remember what the
    indian government did in Harimandir Sahib.
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    These are very emotive topics.
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    But if the youth is going to
    do anything about the future,
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    It's going to have to come from Gurbani.
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    A lot of people don't realize that the
    whole of Sikhi is about Gurparsaad.
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    It is about getting the Guru's blessings.
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    Guru Sahib has given us the Hukam that,
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    Here, Sevak means Sikh.
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    So, if a Sikh listens to
    Bani and follows it,
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    The Guru themselves will
    come to save that Sikh.
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    When we see ourselves in the Panth,
    we see the situation we are in right now,
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    It's very easy to look for
    someone to save us.
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    We are looking for a saviour.
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    Ultimately, that saviour is our Guru.
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    It's only our Guru who can help a Sikh.
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    So, before we start asking anybody else
    for help, we have to turn to our Guru.
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    And our Guru is Bani.
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    Before we do anything else,
    return to Gurbani,
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    And ask Maharaj to give us a Hukam
    about what we should know in our lives.
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    What we are going to go through
    today is Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Bani,
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    Which is also Amrit Bani; it makes Amrit.
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    We make Amrit from Dasam Bani,
    including Jaap Sahib.
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    Hence, it is Amrit Bani.
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    Last week, we got to Chhand 73.
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    This week, Maharaj starts
    with Charpat Chhand.
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    Which is a very quick Chhand, and
    there are 4 parts to each one.
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    Maharaj says,
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    O Vaheguru Ji!
    This is with your blessings.
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    Maharaj is not saying
    through their own Kirpa,
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    But that God is making
    them say these words;
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    It's your (God's) Kirpa.
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    It is revelation for us.
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    Maharaj says,
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    O Vaheguru Ji, your actions are immortal.
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    Karam means actions.
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    So, Vaheguru Ji does actions as well,
    but their actions are immortal.
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    A lot of people don't understand
    what the word Amrit means,
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    Even though we have got a lot of
    people in our Panth called Amrit.
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    There are probably people sitting
    in the Sangat right now,
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    With the name Amritpal or even just Amrit,
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    But the word has been anglicized and
    has lost all of its meaning.
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    The word Mrit means death.
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    So A-mrit means the opposite of
    death, which is immortality.
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    The things that you do are immortal.
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    Another way to understand the
    word Amrit is not just immortality,
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    But that amazing nectar which is God,
    because he is immortal.
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    Your actions are so amazing,
    that they are Amrit.
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    That's why Amrit Naam is Vaheguru's name,
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    And if we get that,
    we can become immortal.
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    Also, it's amazing and beautiful.
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    Things that are Amrit are
    also amazing and beautiful.
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    Vaheguru Ji, your actions are
    amazing and beautiful.
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    If something tastes nice,
    we will say that it was like Amrit.
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    Which means, it was amazing and beautiful.
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    Maharaj says, your actions are amazing.
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    Also, Karam can mean Grace/Kirpa.
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    Like we just talked about
    Tav Prasad, Karam can mean that.
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    But if we take this word to
    mean Karam as in Grace,
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    Then it would mean that
    Vaheguru Ji's Grace is Amrit.
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    We just read now in Chaupai Sahib that
    your Drishti [glance] is Amrit.
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    Kirpa-Dristi is the same as Amrit.
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    So, when God looks upon us,
    they look at us with Kirpa.
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    When God does Grace upon us,
    it gives us Amrit.
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    So Amrit is immortality,
    which comes by your Grace.
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    Which is why, the Guru gives Amrit.
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    When Guru does Kirpa upon us,
    then he gives us Amrit.
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    You give Amrit, and
    it's all by your Grace.
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    Some people ask,
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    "Why do I need to take Amrit?
    The Gurus were not Amritdhari!"
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    "Guru Gobind Singh Ji started it,
    but the Gurus weren't Amritdhari."
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    That's not true, all of
    the Gurus were Amritdhari.
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    Guru Nanak Dev Ji says that
    he got Amrit from Sachkhand.
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    They went up to Sachkhand, met
    Akaal Purakh, and were given Amrit.
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    They say in Gurbani, that they were
    called up to the heavenly Court.
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    After that, every Guru was
    baptised by the previous Guru.
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    Guru Angad Dev Ji met Guru Nanak Dev Ji,
    and they became an Amritdhari Sikh.
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    They took Charan Pahul Da Amrit.
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    That was the way; Charan Amrit.
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    So, they would've taken that.
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    Afterward, Guru Gobind Singh Ji
    was Amritdhari,
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    Because they took it
    from Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji.
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    Because they were a Sikh as well.
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    When they became Amritdhari themselves,
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    They made the Khalsa and then they also
    took Amrit from the next Guru.
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    The Guru after Guru Gobind Singh Ji
    was Guru Khalsa.
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    Guru Granth Sahib Ji
    got the Gurgaddi in 1708,
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    But in 1699, Khalsa Panth became
    the physical body of the Guru.
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    Therefore, Guru Gobind Singh Ji took Amrit
    from the next Guru; The Khalsa Panth.
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    They were Amritdhari as well.
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    So, the Amrit line has been through all of
    Sikhi since Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
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    Everybody who has followed this
    way has been Amritdhaari.
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    Whether it was Charan Amrit or
    Khande Di Pahul Da Amrit.
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    Now, it's Khande Di Pahul Da Amrit,
    that's the new Vela.
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    Maharaj say,
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    Your actions, O Vaheguru Ji, are immortal.
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    Your actions give Amrit and
    the whole world seek it.
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    Baani tells us,
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    The Devi Devte, develic beings, and
    angelic beings search for this immortality
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    That Amrit is sat with Guru Ji.
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    The Guru has been given this Amrit.
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    If you look at the Indiana Jones movie,
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    When he is looking for the Amrit drink,
    which will make him immortal.
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    That's a very old story, and it has
    happened many times in history.
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    People have looked for this fabled drink
    that makes you immortal.
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    The problem is, many times in life,
    Shanka (doubt) comes in.
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    We have got the drink in
    front of us, but we think,
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    "I don't think I should have this,
    I'm not sure if I should have this."
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    A famous story, if you've studied history,
    is that there was a Mughal emperor,
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    Either Tipu Sultan or somebody else.
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    He spent his whole life
    looking for this thing: Amrit.
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    When he finally got the the place,
    after so much hard work and tests,
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    He finally got to the place where
    he had the chance to drink Amrit.
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    It was in a glass,
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    The Devi Devte were really scared that
    he was going to get this Amrit,
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    Because not only would he
    become the ruler of the Earth,
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    But he would also look to attack
    them and take over their places.
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    So, they sent somebody to trick him.
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    This Devi came down in the form
    of an old woman, very haggard.
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    She started laughing at him when
    he had this glass of Amrit in his hand.
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    She said, "Why do you want to drink that?"
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    He said,
    "It's going to give me immortality."
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    She said, "I drank that and look at me,
    I have got no blood left in me.
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    "I'm laughing because
    I'm never going to die,
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    But I will look like this
    for the rest of my life."
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    It's good, if you drink it,
    you can join me and look like me."
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    In his mind, Shanka came,
    and he spilled it.
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    He left it.
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    Had he drunk it, he would've been Amar and
    gotten everything he had sought for.
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    But at the last moment,
    doubt came into his mind.
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Jaap Sahib English Katha #9 - Chand 74 - 86
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