Paudi - 10 - Japji Sahib in English by Sant Teja Singh Ji, AM Harvard, founder Baru Sahib
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ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਅਠਸਠਿ ਕਾ ਇਸਨਾਨੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਪੜਿ ਪੜਿ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਮਾਨੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਲਾਗੈ ਸਹਜਿ ਧਿਆਨੁ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਗਾਸੁ ॥ ਸੁਣਿਐ ਦੂਖ ਪਾਪ ਕਾ ਨਾਸੁ ॥੧੦॥
Translation in English :
By listening to the teachings of the Satguru with rapt attention one attains the realization of Truth, the stage of permanent contentment (remaining resigned to His will under all circumstances), and the knowledge of the Divine within and without (a realization that the whole created universe lives, moves and has its being in the One-in- All and the All-in-One and is controlled by Him).
By listening to the teachings of the Satguru with rapt attention, one acquires the fruit of bathing the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage in Bharat Varsha (Hindustan).
By listening to the teachings of the Satguru with rapt attention, one acquires the same amount of respect that a person acquires by years of painful study. By listening to the Divine teachings of the Satguru, (without any worldly desire) one acquires freedom from all attachment; and his mind remains permanently fixed on the Divine within and without, the all-pervading Eternal Reality. He is in tuned with the Infinite in though, word and deed and rises above all temptation. Sayeth Nanak His devotees who meditate on His name are filled with ecstasy.
Their faces beam with Divine joy. No pain or sin can touch them. They rise above all pain and sin.
Note: - There are very few people who listen attentively to spiritual truths. Being slaves of mammon and hunters after pleasures of flesh, their minds always wander away. The body is present but the mind is absent. Hardly one in millions imbibes the spiritual teachings of God conscious persons of scriptures.
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