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 - Mender of Hearts — 

Verses of the Sikh Scriptures Put to Music

You are the mender, the mender of hearts.

You are the sustainer of all.

You are the mender of the wounds of life.

You are the sustainer of all.

In your heart you care for everyone.

Within all hearts, in everyone.

In your heart you care for everyone.

Within all hearts, within all hearts you’re there.

O my mind, meditate forever on the One.

You are the mender of the wounds of life.

You are the sustainer of all.

So remember Him who alone will carry you.

Who alone will carry you to your destination.

Meditate forever on the One.

O my mind,meditate forever on the One.

Waahay Guroo, Waahay Guroo,

Waahay Guroo, Waahay Jeeo.

— Mender Of Hearts — Singh Kaur

and of my body a hermit's robe,

if I bathe in the fount of myself,

If the One Word dwells in my breath,

I will not return to the circle of life.

Mother, my mind is pierced

with love for the Compassionate One.

But who can know another's pain?

The Divine is my only concern.

You who are unfathomable, unknowable,

ineffable, infinite, do watch over us.

You pervade the waters and the lands and the air above,

Your Light shines in each and every heart.

All teaching, all wisdom, all enlightenment is Yours,

all temples and shelters are Yours.

My Sovereign, I know no one else but You,

and I sing your glory forever.

All creatures seek refuge in Your lap,

responsibility for all rests with You.

Whatever pleases You is good,

This is all Nanak has to say.

In addition to the Adi Granth and Dasam Granth, there are several other lesser-known Sikh scriptures as well. One of them is the Bhai Gurdas Vaaran. "Bhai Gurdas (Punjabi: ਭਾਈ ਗੁਰਦਾਸ; 1551 – August 25, 1636) was an influential Sikh figure, writer, historian and preacher. He was the original scribe of the Guru Granth Sahib [Adi Granth] and later served as the first Jathedar of Akal Takht... Bhai Gurdas completed the Adi Granth in 1604. It took him nearly 19 years to scribe. He not only wrote the Adi Granth, as dictated by Guru Arjan, but also supervised four other scribes (Bhai Haria, Bhai Sant Das, Bhai Sukha and Bhai Manasa Ram) in the writing of various Sikh scriptures. His other works in Punjabi are collectively called Vaaran Bhai Gurdas." (Wikipedia)    

Bhai Gurdas Vaaran Hymns: https://archive.org/details/HymnsFromBhaiGurdasCompositions/page/n21

Bhai Gurdas Vaaran: https://www.searchgurbani.com/bhai-gurdas-vaaran/vaar/1/pauri/1/line/1  

Bhai Gurdas Vaaran: https://www.searchgurbani.com/bhai-gurdas-vaaran/index/vaar  

Bhai Gurdas Vaaran: https://archive.org/details/BhaiGurdasTheGreatSikhTheologion-HisLifeAndWork/page/n21  

PODCAST: Guru Nanak and the Adi Granth: The Sikh Scriptures -- Spiritual Awakening Radio With James Bean @ Youtube: https://youtu.be/sjr3jcJJ5AY

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Notes About Today's PODCAST: Guru Nanak and the Adi Granth: The Sikh Scriptures

During this human existence we have an opportunity to experience God. As we experience communing with God's love during meditation -- Surat Shabd Yoga -- we can rise above body-consciousness and explore Inner Space, the "Kingdom of the Heavens" that are within us. "We travel back from the realm of Darkness to the realm of Light, from the Light to Divine Sound, and from the realm of Sound to the Soundless State." (Swami Santsevi Ji Maharaj) The drop merges back into the Ocean of Love.

As we get initiated into Shabd Naam by a Living Satguru, the purpose of our life is fulfilled. Reuniting with God is our reason to be here: "It was for the sake of the God-conscious beings that our True Lord created this earth, and began this play of death and birth". (Adi Granth)

The Mind is Filled with the Divine Music of the Spheres

The Lord placed the soul in the body's cave, And the breath held the Music of Life. He made each body with nine gates, (1) With the Tenth Gate (2); remaining well hid. And the Tenth Door was opened to him Who truly loved the Guru's wisdom. And there lives the Lord in His myriad forms, as well as the nine treasures of the Name. His limit cannot be found.

Says Nanak, the Lord placed the soul in the body's cave and the breath held the Music of Life.

Listen to this Song of Bliss, you blessed ones, And all your heart's longings shall be fulfilled. You will reach the Transcendent Lord, and your sorrows will depart. All afflictions and sorrows are destroyed at the Sound of the True Word, And my friends, the saints were in ecstasy when the perfect Guru revealed it. Those who speak and those who listen are pure, And they see the All-pervading Lord everywhere. Nanak prays: Attaching to the feet of the Guru, The mind is filled with the Divine Music of the Spheres.

-- Guru Amar Das, from Anand Sahib _____ Notes:

(1) "nine gates": The nine visible orifices of the body.

(2) "The Tenth Gate": The Tenth, or Hidden, Gate of the body: The Third Eye, in essence, is the Portal to inner realms. The Upanishads describe a human being as a city with ten gates. Nine gates (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus) lead to the outside world. The Tenth Gate, the Third Eye, opens onto inner worlds: the whole spectrum of levels of consciousness.

God is the Ocean of Love.

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Sikh Scriptures: The Adi Granth, the first rendition, was compiled by the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan (1563–1606). Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, did not add any of his own hymns; however, he added all 115 hymns of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru.

The Complete Adi Granth Online, Dr. Gopal Singh Translation, Four Volume Set: