943 : 3003
From the air came the beginning. This is the age of the True Guru's Teachings.

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The Shabad is the Guru, upon whom I lovingly focus my consciousness; I am the chaylaa, the disciple.

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Speaking the Unspoken Speech, I remain unattached.

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O Nanak, throughout the ages, the Lord of the World is my Guru.

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I contemplate the sermon of the Shabad, the Word of the One God.

943 : 3008
The Gurmukh puts out the fire of egotism. ||44||

943 : 3009
"With teeth of wax, how can one chew iron?

943 : 3010
What is that food, which takes away pride?

943 : 3011
How can one live in the palace, the home of snow, wearing robes of fire?

943 : 3012
Where is that cave, within which one may remain unshaken?

943 : 3013
Who should we know to be pervading here and there?

943 : 3014
What is that meditation, which leads the mind to be absorbed in itself?"||45||

943 : 3015
Eradicating egotism and individualism from within,

943 : 3016
and erasing duality, the mortal becomes one with God.

943 : 3017
The world is difficult for the foolish, self-willed manmukh;

943 : 3018
practicing the Shabad, one chews iron.

943 : 3019
Know the One Lord, inside and out.

943 : 3020
O Nanak, the fire is quenched, through the Pleasure of the True Guru's Will. ||46||

943 : 3021
Imbued with the True Fear of God, pride is taken away;

943 : 3022
realize that He is One, and contemplate the Shabad.

943 : 3023
With the True Shabad abiding deep within the heart,

943 : 3024
the body and mind are cooled and soothed, and colored with the Lord's Love.

943 : 3025
The fire of sexual desire, anger and corruption is quenched.

943 : 3026
O Nanak, the Beloved bestows His Glance of Grace. ||47||

943 : 3027
"The moon of the mind is cool and dark; how is it enlightened?

943 : 3028
How does the sun blaze so brilliantly?

943 : 3029
How can the constant watchful gaze of Death be turned away?

943 : 3030
By what understanding is the honor of the Gurmukh preserved?

943 : 3031
Who is the warrior, who conquers Death?

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Give us your thoughtful reply, O Nanak."||48||

943 : 3033
Giving voice to the Shabad, the moon of the mind is illuminated with infinity.

943 : 3034
When the sun dwells in the house of the moon, the darkness is dispelled.

943 : 3035
Pleasure and pain are just the same, when one takes the Support of the Naam, the Name of the Lord.

943 : 3036
He Himself saves, and carries us across.

943 : 3037
With faith in the Guru, the mind merges in Truth,

943 : 3038
and then, prays Nanak, one is not consumed by Death. ||49||

943 : 3039
The essence of the Naam, the Name of the Lord, is known to be the most exalted and excellent of all.

943 : 3040
Without the Name, one is afflicted by pain and death.

943 : 3041
When one's essence merges into the essence, the mind is satisfied and fulfilled.

943 : 3042
Duality is gone, and one enters into the home of the One Lord.

943 : 3043
The breath blows across the sky of the Tenth Gate and vibrates.

943 : 3044
O Nanak, the mortal then intuitively meets the eternal, unchanging Lord. ||50||

943 : 3045
The absolute Lord is deep within; the absolute Lord is outside us as well. The absolute Lord totally fills the three worlds.

943 : 3046
One who knows the Lord in the fourth state, is not subject to virtue or vice.

943 : 3047
One who knows the mystery of God the Absolute, who pervades each and every heart, knows the Primal Being, the Immaculate Divine Lord.

943 : 3048
That humble being who is imbued with the Immaculate Naam,

943 : 3049
O Nanak, is himself the Primal Lord, the Architect of Destiny. ||51||

943 : 3050
"Everyone speaks of the Absolute Lord, the unmanifest void.

943 : 3051
How can one find this absolute void?

943 : 3052
Who are they, who are attuned to this absolute void?"

943 : 3053
They are like the Lord, from whom they originated.

943 : 3054
They are not born, they do not die; they do not come and go.

943 : 3055
O Nanak, the Gurmukhs instruct their minds. ||52||

943 : 3056
By practicing control over the nine gates, one attains perfect control over the Tenth Gate.

943 : 3057
There, the unstruck sound current of the absolute Lord vibrates and resounds.

943 : 3058
Behold the True Lord ever-present, and merge with Him.

943 : 3059
The True Lord is pervading and permeating each and every heart.

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