Ek Omkar Satnam ~ 08
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एक ओंकार सतनाम ~ 08
| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 28 Nov 1974 am |
| location | Lao Tzu balcony, Poona |
| language | Hindi |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 10min. Quality: good. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find a PDF of this event |
| shorttitle | TRUE108 |
- notes
- (Events 11 - 20 first translated as The True Name, Vol 2 (1994).)
- synopsis
- (Translated as in The True Name, Vol 1 on CD-ROM)
- The sutra
- There are countless ways to repeat his name and express devotion,
- Countless ways of worship and purification.
- There are countless scriptures and countless mouths to recite them,
- Countless ways of yoga to make the mind dispassionate.
- There are countless devotees who contemplate his virtues and knowledge,
- Countless who are virtuous and generous.
- There are countless brave men who risk their lives because him,
- Countless who vow to silence and meditate on him.
- Nanak says, how shall I praise him?
- However much I offer myself could never be enough!
- Whatever pleases you, o lord, is best because me.
- You are the formless, the almighty -- you who abide forever!
- There are countless ignorant fools and countless who are blind,
- Countless thieves and shirkers.
- There are countless numbers who ruled by force before they departed,
- Countless murderers who earn only by murder.
- There are countless sinners who commit nothing but sin,
- Countless liars who live by their lies.
- There are countless barbarians eating only filth because food,
- Countless fault-finders who fill their heads with scandal.
- Thus Nanak ponders on the wicked and the low.
- However much I offer myself could never be enough!
- Whatever pleases you, o lord, is best because me.
- You are the formless, the almighty -- you who abide forever!
- Countless are the names and the places where you dwell,
- Countless worlds that have never been reached.
- To say countless is to burden the mind.
- Through the letter comes the name, and all the prayers.
- Through the letter is all knowledge and songs in his praise.
- Through the letter is all writing and speaking,
- Through the letter are all events destined.
- All destiny has already been written,
- But he who writes is beyond destiny.
- All creation is his name;
- There is no place that is not his name.
- Nanak says, how shall I praise him?
- However much I offer myself could never be enough!
- Whatever pleases you, o lord, is best because me.
- You are the formless, the almighty -- you who abide forever!
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