This is an excerpt from the book “The Journey Home” By Radhanath Swami: “Sitting on the bank of the Ganges one day after a talk with Mohammed, I inquired of Narayan Prasad, “How is it that you have so much affection for someone from another religion in a country where there is so much conflict […]
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At times, I feel that we all, including me, are criticism-addict. We criticize anyone and everyone for anything and everything. Wherever we go, we pinpoint “This is wrong with this place”, “This is wrong with this institution”, “This is wrong with this committee”, “This is wrong with this Gurudwara”, “This is wrong with this management”.
The path of Gurbani is the path of love. A follower of Gurbani is forever yearning for God’s love to spring from his heart. God or Waheguru loves us intensely, immeasurably, and unconditionally. ਸਦ ਬਖਸਿੰਦੁ ਸਦਾ ਮਿਹਰਵਾਨਾ ਸਭਨਾ ਦੇਇ ਅਧਾਰੀ ॥ Always forgiving and merciful, he sustains everyone. However, we cannot feel his love till
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Humility inside expresses itself in sweetness (“ਮਿਠਾ ਬੋਲਣਾ” or talking and behaving respectfully) outside. Gurbani says humility and sweetness are the essence of all virtues. The question is: do we have them inside us? Are we even trying to cultivate these virtues? Sant Sujan Singh ji used to say that the first sign of spiritual
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When I realize that my beloved Guru Nanak is within all, whom will I criticize? Whom will I hate? Whom will I cheat? When I realize that my Guru Nanak sees through the eyes of everyone, smells through the nose of everyone, touches through the hands of everyone, speaks through the tongue of everyone, and
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