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Those who are committed to the Naam, see the world as merely a temporary pasture.

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Sexual desire and anger are broken, like a jar of poison.

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Without the merchandise of the Name, the house of the body and the store of the mind are empty.

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Meeting the Guru, the hard and heavy doors are opened. ||4||

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One meets the Holy Saint only through perfect destiny.

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The Lord's perfect people rejoice in the Truth.

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Surrendering their minds and bodies, they find the Lord with intuitive ease.

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Nanak falls at their feet. ||5||6||

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Gauree, First Mehl:

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The conscious mind is engrossed in sexual desire, anger and Maya.

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The conscious mind is awake only to falsehood, corruption and attachment.

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It gathers in the assets of sin and greed.

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So swim across the river of life, O my mind, with the Sacred Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

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Waaho! Waaho! - Great! Great is my True Lord! I seek Your All-powerful Support.

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I am a sinner - You alone are pure. ||1||Pause||

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Fire and water join together, and the breath roars in its fury!

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The tongue and the sex organs each seek to taste.

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The eyes which look upon corruption do not know the Love and the Fear of God.

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Conquering self-conceit, one obtains the Name. ||2||

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One who dies in the Word of the Shabad, shall never again have to die.

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Without such a death, how can one attain perfection?

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The mind is engrossed in deception, treachery and duality.

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Whatever the Immortal Lord does, comes to pass. ||3||

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So get aboard that boat when your turn comes.

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Those who fail to embark upon that boat shall be beaten in the Court of the Lord.

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Blessed is that Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate, where the Praises of the True Lord are sung.

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O Nanak, the One Creator Lord is pervading hearth and home. ||4||7||

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Gauree, First Mehl:

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The inverted heart-lotus has been turned upright, through reflective meditation on God.

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From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the Ambrosial Nectar trickles down.

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The Lord Himself is pervading the three worlds. ||1||

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O my mind, do not give in to doubt.

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When the mind surrenders to the Name, it drinks in the essence of Ambrosial Nectar. ||1||Pause||

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So win the game of life; let your mind surrender and accept death.

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When the self dies, the individual mind comes to know the Supreme Mind.

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As the inner vision is awakened, one comes to know one's own home, deep within the self. ||2||

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The Naam, the Name of the Lord, is austerity, chastity and cleansing baths at sacred shrines of pilgrimage.

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What good are ostentatious displays?

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The All-pervading Lord is the Inner-knower, the Searcher of hearts. ||3||

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If I had faith in someone else, then I would go to that one's house.

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But where should I go, to beg? There is no other place for me.

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O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, I am intuitively absorbed in the Lord. ||4||8||

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Gauree, First Mehl:

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Meeting the True Guru, we are shown the way to die.

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Remaining alive in this death brings joy deep within.

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Overcoming egotistical pride, the Tenth Gate is found. ||1||

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Death is pre-ordained - no one who comes can remain here.

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So chant and meditate on the Lord, and remain in the Sanctuary of the Lord. ||1||Pause||

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Meeting the True Guru, duality is dispelled.

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The heart-lotus blossoms forth, and the mind is attached to the Lord God.

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One who remains dead while yet alive obtains the greatest happiness hereafter. ||2||

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Meeting the True Guru, one becomes truthful, chaste and pure.

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Climbing up the steps of the Guru's Path, one becomes the highest of the high.

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When the Lord grants His Mercy, the fear of death is conquered. ||3||

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Uniting in Guru's Union, we are absorbed in His Loving Embrace.

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Granting His Grace, He reveals the Mansion of His Presence, within the home of the self.

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O Nanak, conquering egotism, we are absorbed into the Lord. ||4||9||

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