Sabad of the Week

Sabad of the Week

We are finite; our understanding is finite. Our understanding was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad. In this trans-creation, we have chosen to keep the repeating words in the Sabad same. We aspire to learn and retain the Divine attribute used in the original Sabad and avoid terms like God or Lord.

We are finite; our understanding is finite. Our understanding was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad. In this trans-creation, we have chosen to keep the repeating words in the Sabad same. We aspire to learn and retain the Divine attribute used in the original Sabad and avoid terms like God or Lord.

Videos

Monday
,
5
June
2017

Guru Nanak Sahib in Rag Bilaval | Guru Granth Sahib 795 | Artist: Ranbir Singh

Guru Nanak Sahib expresses his humility, recognizing his ignorance and inability to fully capture the Majesty of the One. The Guru then makes a heartfelt plea for the grace to understand and sing the virtues of the One, aspiring to remain connected...

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Monday
,
22
May
2017

Guru Ramdas Sahib in Rag Bairari | Guru Granth Sahib 720 | Artist: Unknown

O! My mind, utter the Charmer-Divine’s Nam for liberation. Millions upon millions of transgressions totally eliminated, All-Pervasive enables world-ocean crossing. 1. Reflect. All-Pervasive Divine abides in the body-town, All-Pervasive is fear-less, foe

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Sunday
,
14
May
2017

Guru Arjan Sahib in Rag Todi | Guru Granth Sahib 713 | Artist: Bhai Avtar Singh

O! Eternal-Guru, I have come to Your sanctuary to receive the comfort and glory of All-Pervasive Nam, and to remove my anxieties. 1. Reflect. Cannot think of another abode, defeated, I fall at Your door. Ignore the record, liberate without the record, fre

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Monday
,
8
May
2017

Guru Arjan Sahib in Rag Dhanasari | Guru Granth Sahib 683 | Artist: Gurmit Singh

The imagery of seeking the Divine's gracious glance, saving embrace, and a pull from the well of worldly entanglements invites reflection.

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Sunday
,
30
April
2017

Bhagat Namdev in Rag Asa | Guru Granth Sahib 485

This composition by Bhagat Namdev is in Rag Asa, a musical mode used to evoke a mood of hope, expectation, inspiration, and courage. In Bhagat Namdev’s earlier worship mode, he was a follower of the “Bithal” deity.

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Thursday
,
20
April
2017

Guru Arjan Sahib in Rag Dhanasari | GGS 681 | Artist: Bhai Baljit Singh & Gurmeet Singh

The Sabad begins by vividly illustrating the Divine's omnipotent strength, which extends in all directions and places a protective Hand on the devotee's head.

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Monday
,
16
January
2017

Rang Ratta Mera Sahib in Rag Siri | Guru Granth Sahib 23

This composition by Guru Nanak Sahib is in Rag Siri, an ancient musical mode sung at dusk. Its mood is majestic, reflective, and meditative. The reflection: The Creator is in the creation. Everything is brimming with love, operating in love.

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Monday
,
16
January
2017

Bhai Avtar Singh in Tohi Mohi Mohi Tohi Antar Kaisa | Guru Granth Sahib 93

This composition by Bhagat Ravidas is in Rag Siri, an ancient musical mode sung at dusk. Its mood is majestic, reflective, and meditative.

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Monday
,
23
January
2017

Guru Arjan Sahib in Rag Majh | Guru Granth Sahib 96

This composition by Guru Arjan Sahib is in Rag Majh. This rag (musical mode) evolved from the folk music of the Majha area of the Panjab. There is no reference to this rag in Indian music. It is only sung in Panjab and is in the Guru Granth Sahib.

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Monday
,
30
January
2017

Guru Arjan Sahib in Rag Majh | Guru Granth Sahib 102

This composition by Guru Arjan Sahib is in Rag Majh. This rag (musical mode) evolved from the folk music of the Majha area of the Panjab. There is no reference to this rag in Indian music. It is only sung in Panjab and is in the Guru Granth Sahib. 

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Tuesday
,
7
February
2017

Guru Nanak Sahib in Rag Gauri Bairagan | Guru Granth Sahib 157

This composition by Guru Nanak Sahib is in Rag Gauri Bairagan, a musical mode sung in the morning. It is a rag (musical measure) of sadness, separation, and longing as opposed to depression.

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Tuesday
,
14
February
2017

Bhagat Ravidas in Rag Gauri Bairagan | Guru Granth Sahib 345

This composition by Bhagat Ravidas is in Rag Gauri Bairagan, a musical mode sung in the morning. It is a rag (musical measure) of sadness, separation, and longing.

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Articles

Friday
,
20
March
2020

Whatever will be, will be (Part 1)

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Wednesday
,
8
May
2019

How Can Bithal Exist There?

Jasleen Kaur reflects on a Sabad by Bhagat Namdev to help her through some questions she has had during Mental Health Awareness Month: how can the Divine exist in places or situations that we feel are devoid of the One?

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Wednesday
,
27
February
2019

The Ungraceful Bride

Sabad is Infinite; we are very finite. This is our understanding at the moment, which was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow, as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad. In this trans-creation, we have chosen to keep the repeating words in the Sabad same. We aspire to learn and retain the Divine attribute as used in the original Sabad and avoid terms like God or Lord.

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Thursday
,
21
February
2019

ਅਵਲਿ ਅਲਹ ਨੂਰੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕੇ ਸਭ ਬੰਦੇ ॥ The Entire Universe was Created from One Light

Sabad is Infinite; we are very finite. This is our understanding at the moment, which was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow, as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad.

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Thursday
,
21
February
2019

ਗਰੀਬਾ ਊਪਰਿ ਜਿ ਖਿੰਜੈ ਦਾੜੀ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਸ ਅਗਨਿ ਮਹਿ ਸਾੜੀ Creator Administers Complete Justice

Sabad is Infinite; we are very finite. This is our understanding at the moment, which was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow, as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad. In this trans-creation, we have chosen to keep the repeating words in the Sabad same. We aspire to learn and retain the Divine attribute as used in the original Sabad and avoid terms like God or Lord.

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Thursday
,
21
February
2019

Reflect on the Truth and the Contentment

Guru Arjan Sahib’s Mundavani (seal) serves as a closing testament to the teachings of the Guru Granth Sahib, offering a metaphor that encapsulates the essence of spiritual wisdom.

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Monday
,
16
January
2017

My Sovereign is Dyed in Color-Love

This composition by Guru Nanak Sahib is in Rag Siri, an ancient musical mode sung at dusk. Its mood is majestic, reflective, and meditative. The reflection: The Creator is in the creation. Everything is brimming with love, operating in love.

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Monday
,
16
January
2017

You & I, I & You; What’s the Difference?

This composition by Bhagat Ravidas is in Rag Siri, an ancient musical mode sung at dusk. Its mood is majestic, reflective, and meditative.

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Sunday
,
22
January
2017

My Mind Pines for Guru’s Vision

This composition by Guru Arjan Sahib is in Rag Majh. This rag (musical mode) evolved from the folk music of the Majha area of the Panjab. There is no reference to this rag in Indian music. It is only sung in Panjab and is in the Guru Granth Sahib.

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Monday
,
30
January
2017

Slowly and Gently Rains the Immortal Stream

This composition by Guru Arjan Sahib is in Rag Majh. This rag (musical mode) evolved from the folk music of the Majha area of the Panjab. There is no reference to this rag in Indian music. It is only sung in Panjab and is in the Guru Granth Sahib.

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Monday
,
6
February
2017

Your Nam is the Merchandise and the Trade, Indeed!

Delve into the Sabad (Shabad) of Guru Nanak Sahib in Rag (raag) Gauri Bairagan, from the Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs. Read the translation done by Harinder Singh and Inni Kaur.

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Sunday
,
12
February
2017

O! People, if I Meet a Trader of the Charmer-Divine...

Explore the Sabad (Shabad) of Bhagat Ravidas in the Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs. Read the translation done by Harinder Singh and Inni Kaur. Listen to Inni Kaur’s reflection on this Sabad.

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Podcasts

Wednesday
,
23
October
2019

Whichever day comes, that day goes (Pt.2)

At this point in my life, this sabad has come to me for reasons other than telling me to keep moving even when everything feels big and hard to navigate.

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Thursday
,
26
September
2019

Whichever day comes, that day goes (Pt. 1)

Jasleen Kaur says "This sabad has gently nudged me forward, too many times to count — moved me in some tangible direction, reminded me that the hard days — the days when I cannot get myself to do much of anything — are transient."

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Tuesday
,
26
December
2017

Reflect on the Truth and the Contentment

Sabad is Infinite; we are very finite. This is our understanding at the moment, which was different yesterday and may evolve tomorrow, as we deepen our relationship with the Sabad.

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Tuesday
,
19
December
2017

Enticer Enticed My Mind

The Sabad opens with the Guru's profound declaration of being a "maiden-slave" of the Divine Ruler, symbolizing complete surrender and dedication.

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Monday
,
30
October
2017

"Be-gam-pura" – City’s name is "Sorrow-less-ville"

The imagery of "Be-gam-pura" conveys a city free from grief, fear, and oppression—a place of eternal sovereignty and stability. This vision is not of a distant afterlife but a present reality available through inner realization.

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Tuesday
,
24
October
2017

Love With My Beloved Developed

The imagery of this unbreakable love conveys the Divine’s omnipresence in the devotee’s life. The Sabad points out that, even amidst the chaos of life, the Divine resides within the mind, day and night, offering constant comfort and guidance.

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Monday
,
20
February
2017

Guru Hasn’t Held It Back From the Mind

Listen as we explore the Sabad (Shabad) of Guru Arjan Sahib in Rag (raag) Asa from the Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs. Sabad is the bond between the Guru and the Sikh. Read the translation done by Harinder Singh and Inni Kaur.

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Wednesday
,
15
March
2017

Day and Night I Ask for Nam Within

This Sabad by Guru Ramdas Sahib within Rag Sorath encompasses a tapestry of emotions: seriousness, love, separation, longing, and detachment. Traditionally performed, it encapsulates a spectrum of human experiences.

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Sunday
,
19
March
2017

Charmer-Divine Permeates all Beings, in Water and on Land

This Sabad, composed by Guru Arjan Sahib, unfolds in the musical essence of Rag Sorath, celebrated for its simplicity and sweetness.

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Tuesday
,
4
April
2017

My Sovereign is New Every Day, Ever and Ever the Giver

In the enchanting melody of Dhanasari, a rag that exudes happiness, Guru Nanak Sahib crafts a Sabad, resonating with profound devotion.

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