The Importance of Japji Sahib: A Spiritual Journey

Japji Sahib is the cornerstone of Sikhism, offering spiritual seekers liberation and enlightenment, as seen in historical and contemporary examples.

### Importance and Significance of Japji Sahib
* 📜 Japji Sahib is considered the "**introduction to Sikhi**," and it is hoped that by reading it, individuals will be inspired to **learn more about Sikhi** and **make it a part of their daily routine**.
* 🌅 In English, Japji Sahib has been referred to as the "**stamp**" or "**agenda**," signifying its **importance** and the role it plays in **setting the tone for the day**.
* 📖 The essence of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is said to be found in **Japji Sahib**, making it a **crucial part** of Sikh scripture.
* 🙏 According to a Sakhi, even reciting just **one teaching of Maharaja Nanak** can bless individuals with **spiritual jewels**.
* 💊 Japji Sahib is likened to "**medicine**," and just as a doctor provides instructions on how to take medicine, the Guru has prescribed how Japji Sahib should be **recited**.
* 📅 As New Year is a good time to set goals, individuals are encouraged to take steps such as **starting to read Japji Sahib**, **memorizing it**, or **increasing the number of readings**.
* 📚 The ultimate aspiration is to have Japji Sahib memorized, and it is emphasized that even if one cannot read or write Gurmukhi, they should start by **listening to Japji Sahib**.
* 🎯 The goal is to strive towards the ideal set by the Gurus and Gursikhs, such as Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who **recited multiple Japji Sahibs daily**.

very blessed to be joined together as we start this new course. This basics of Japanese, so basics of Japanese, of course, we can say where for the next, however many weeks, we'll be going through some of the simple art. Arts meaning translations of job design and sharing some of the inspirational stories Sakia about good sex in our Theos in our history related to this beautiful pop bought city jobs. So just before, just before we begin, before I get into my PowerPoint presentation, um, I just want to ask as a show of hands, how many of us read or listen to job desire daily? So quite a good amount. And how many of us listen to Qatar, all have listened to Qatar of job desire in our life? Again, quite a good, good show of hands. The reason I ask is I think the point of this course, if you ask the purpose or the why, we're hoping that as the weeks go on, this will be sort of your introduction to Japan. But we're hoping that on the back of this, you'll do your

you you do your own efforts to also listen to japji sahib. If you can read the job desire, if you can't read job describe taking Santa and start reading. Just decide if you're already reading jump decide start with let's all start reading more job desires together and daily and make it part of our routine. Now this slide um just so you guys know what's out there for you. In English we've had great good sex. I've already done the effort. They've done the chords um the effort to make a Qatar accessible to us in English those of us who are British born and maybe we had the excuse before that I can't understand Punjabi. I find it hard to to understand what they're saying but now it is accessible to us in English so organic from seek to inspire. He's done his job design course which is amazing good stick that I know even today a lot of them will cite that as the the Cornerstone of their saki or something that really helped them make steps in their city.

for me personally, actually, by the garage of Japanese, I started listening to it when I was in second year of uni. Just a normal, normal guy and part of my routine actually, instead of listening to DMX and Tupac at the gym. Although an hour of the Qatar is probably, you know, better if I want to make steps in my city, instead of having those lyrics. Can't maybe I'll get some, some meanings of Japji. So I'm going to meaning memorized, maybe I'll get some sick here memorized if I listen to that at the gym or an hour gym session. And now I've got a we. It comes in gurga grantology as well, is above everything, above anything. So I highly recommend on the back of this. I'm a muppet from Greenfield. So just you're not going to get much secure for me. Use the OG good sex. I've done the effort and the resources that are available to us. Um, so before we get into Japanese, the meanings, I think it's important to just

understand the context. Why did why did why Guru why did God even give us Sikhi when there were other religions already in place? And then from that, we can then go into why Japji side. So what state was the world in when Guru, not when Waheguru, God sent Guru Nanak Dev Ji? So for many years, many, many years ago, God, the man above, whatever you want to call it, created the world, created the creation, the city, and everything we can imagine and everything we can't, we can't even comprehend all of those things God created. But over time, I've got a clear cut underneath the laptop over over time, the Dunya, the world actually began to be filled with more and more falseness. Falseness meaning people starting to follow the Jew, Talmudic, the false path like we can even see today. So God had sent many different Messengers or prophets or this determined Sikhi would use this authorities and many different Messengers, but they didn't quite have the full ticket, you could say. They didn't have the full answer. And as

a result, the world began to be filled with more and more meaning, the opposite of meaning of righteousness. So, as time went on, there was more and more unrighteousness, unrighteous actions, and even those people who were practicing spiritual practices, there were less of that. And as a result, and the reason we've got this gift here is that the jagiasus, the gujagiasu, is meaning spiritual Seekers. They were finding it hard. Okay, my large God, whoever you are, being DT, please send someone, send a messenger, or even come down yourself to spread the true message of Liberation, which is our true goal. And this is the goal of a jigasso, right, the spiritual Seeker. They want to be adjoined to God, and they want to be liberated, in essence. So, they cried out to God, and we hear the Sunni Pattaya that hearing the cries Of The World, God waheguru sent Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The history of Japji Sahib. Now we can go.

into a bit of the context of Japanese we know why why God sent Guru Nanak Dev Ji but then why did Guru Nanak Dev Ji give us a Japji side so unlike other parts job disciples recited in different places and in different times was sent by Waheguru Hawaii Guru gave them the Maha mantra anyone here know what the Maha Mantra is Arjun Singh yeah for those of us who didn't hear because the code of conduct from those times and even to now is that when someone made someone their Guru the Guru would give them a mantar like not at the money he gave through the Mantra when he wanted to recite in the jungles was five years old and him not at the money asked him what are you going to even to to recite on what you're going to jump I said I don't know I just I just want to pray and think of God and then they gave him the Manta the same way Guru Nanak Dev Ji was given the Maha

mantar by Waheguru foreign was given money by their father to for their business uh Guru Nanak Dev Ji actually used that money to feed sadhus and one saw those being like um a type of spiritual spiritual group of people right and one uh yeah he gave the money to feed those others the jeted or the leader you could say those sadhus was Sundar energy so this is when Guru Nanak Devi was young now many many years later Angie came to see Guru Nanak Dev Ji once Guru Nanak Devi had become Guru Nanak Dev Ji and they asked by Lanaji who he obviously know then became Guru Anger Dev Ji they asked by Lionergy what is your Mala Mantra because Japji Sab is actually a compilation of question and answers that Guru Nanak Dev Ji had with the SIDS SIDS being ascetic beings a type of Spiritual Beings that would practice different spiritual practices they'd do their meditation in their bhagati bhagati

meaning meditation in different ways so Santa anji asked by Leonardi at the time what is your Mala mantra and Paul energy answered I know what our Muhammad that is and I know what our beach Mantra is. Beach meaning the root the root is anyone know the gurmantar okay we all know if you don't know. Yeah and I know that because I'm gonna have to do Bentley to Guru nanak Dev because this is I don't know what it is. So by Leonardi went back and did BNT to Guru nanak Dev ji what is our Mala Mantra. The SIDS are asking and Santa ranji is asking to which Guru nanak Dev ji responded and showed him the different discourses. The discourses meaning the conversations as I said wsib is a series of Q and A's the different question and answers that Guru nanak Dev ji had had with the SIDS as they were on their travels for many years. They showed that to buy Leonardi and gave them the order gave them hukum.

to order order those conversations in the way we read jubbed this up today in its important form. Oh, that makes sense. I'll see a few notes that will do, I guess. Yeah, so that's the history of japji soil, the history, the wife, why of japji sahib. You can say now the importance of Japanese is. I think a lot of us are Punjabi here. When we speak to our elders, we'll say G, right? The title of the part is actually job, but we are D to show the respect. That is the Mahan mahanta, that is the greatness of Shri japji sahib. It's also in some grants, you'll see on some potia, it will be recited or cited title as Japanese son, meaning stamp or way to spot something out, like agenda. I know, um, yeah, cool translation of that that I heard yesterday from Singh Ji is that they used that Nissan like a stump when we post a letter. We need a stamp, right? Without the stamp, that letter is not going to get anywhere, is it? It's not.

going to get where we're trying to send it to the Nissan job design by reciting Japanese puts a stamp on our heads to get us to work to get us to such Khan if that's what we're trying to get if we're trying to get in Liberation by reciting job desire model puts a stamp on our head to get us Liberation get us get us girls are placed in such can get us our ticket to such Khan that's the mahanta that's the importance that's how important Japanese Arab is on its own Japanese sign Japanese liberation also Japan is the first part that we read it's the first pop part in City Guru granth sahib ji so often people will refer to japji side as a summary of Sri Guru granth sabji but it'll probably be all more accurate to refer to it as a preface right because summary would is at the end of something usually right but Japanese I was at the beginning but the key point when people wrote it as a

Summary: Why do you think they call it a summary? When pleasing, help me out, man ji. The nature is the word people use in Punjabi terms. Then a Jordan, you know, when we get Dolia and we didn't enjoy it, that means the essence of it, the essence of Grand Sahib ji, the essence of the key teachings we can get in Japji Sahib, and we can read this time in 15 minutes. That's the importance of Japji Sahib. Look how amazing Japji Sahib done itself tells us all we need to know about the importance and Amrit Sanskar. For those of us that have been blessed with Amrit, we know that when the Punjabi make Amrit and when Guru Gobind Singh ji asked for five heads in Syrian in 1699 and blessed the Panj Pyare with the Shabda with the title Panj Pyare, the first part used again emphasizing you can't make Um. Is also referred to as for those reasons. It's that important in our city and then with the I'm going to try some.

sock here as well so there's these final two points uh not with the presentation you've got to do with me for a bit longer but the final points of these two slides is I jumped this up can bless us with mukti. It can bless us with sikhi. What does that mean the dart of sikhi because even sikhi this Murdock we're lucky we're blessed right and job yourself can bless us with security dot like the guru like the gurus have done for many of the good sex and Sakia that we're going to share. I'm going to share a bit later on and it can bless us with meaning enlightenment being one with God because there's one thing talking about something right like I'm talking about this stuff but you know I've not experienced it. It's like I can talk about going to Russia but unless I've not been I can't give you a great description of it right if if I've been to Russia I can say oh yeah this part of Moscow Moscow is in Russia right.

yeah, oh yeah, that part's wicked. Yeah, go there, you'll have a good breakfast. Then I can give you a good, good uh, description of it. Same way, Abrahamian, he wants to join to God. They know it, they're joined with God. They can, they, they're one with God. Point being, Job Desalab can give us anything we want. And let's talk to a quick Psychiatry. This isn't in my slideshow, but I thought of it, uh, on the way. There's a Bank Day in Japanese. Let's look at it back and go from the back to the start. If a sec listens to just one teaching of Maharaja Marath, can bless us with meaning, jewels, rubies, anything we want. And there's a sake of the travels with Guru Nanak Dev Ji, and they were finally returned home. I've got to give something to my family. They've been waiting me for me for so long. I can't just come back empty-handed, as we do right when we see our guests and stuff, we think.

all right, we shouldn't go empty-handed. Guru Nanak Dev Ji gave them a pala and filled it with rocks and stones and said, Mardana, when you go back, whatever you want this to be, don't worry, it will be when you go home. Just don't open it until you get home, okay? Cool, I'll do that. He walked home, he didn't open the pala. When he went home, his family was so happy to see him and then he opened up the pala and those meaning just like, Yeah, okay. So he opened up that couple of that cloth and it was filled with various different diamonds, loads of diamonds. Guru Nanak, that's what they go to, that's what miracles can do for us. Anything we want, miracles can give. Okay, the slides aren't working at the moment, but I'm gonna next slide anyway. So my next slide just talking about the greatness of Japji Sahib. In three go into one side, which is in Gurmukhi script and is often recited as the home of Sikhi at Guru.

third Guru spent many years there and go into WhatsApp, right? And goes down the 84 steps because it's 84 steps there. And at the bottom of those 84 steps there's like a pool, um, yeah, there's a pool where we can, where you can bathe. And Guruji has given the button that the gorsek that goes down the 84 steps then does a job desire part. At each step he'll be blessed with mukti, meaning liberation. That's the mahanta, that's the greatness of Sri job desire. And those 84 steps are significant as we know there's 8.4 million life cycles. So doing that process and fulfilling that budget that go to Amar dasti has given us, we can obtain mukti and we're cut out from those 8.4 million life cycles. Okay, another sucky, this is this Sasaki is a bit long-winded, so you have to stay with me and try to ignore cut and be messing about. Um, so there's a saki of by lakuji.

was a good sick in the times of Guru Arjun Dev ji Maharaja well by local audio was actually a bandit. He was a thief. He's not Winnie the Pooh. I'm gonna yeah because we're all just gonna get distracted back but all right there we go. So if I look at say this is the cool gift for them but look who G was a thief. He was a bandit in the times of sriya Guru Arjun devji. Now he met a gosek, a great good sick, an enlightened being by badanaji. By badanaji was by a lake doing meditation and by look who do you had the thought that but I'm a thief. So so if I steal from the forest, if I go and steal some gold, I'm going to steal some gold and I'm gonna give it as Peter. Peter meaning offering and offer it to Baba but I'm gonna get them to do it for me okay please like make good things happen to me and let me be rich.

that's quite pretty. Sound Logic to be, you know, you thinking away. My friend actually asked me what I'm wrong. Why don't we make a good daughter or diesel, get their money in the Golic and stuff, but we'll use it for good. So, and I was like, no, I don't think it works out there. I told him to suck, yeah. So, balakudi was a thief, and he gave. He stole the gold, and in his mind, he thought, I'm going to give 10 to. But when he stole the golden, he was given the offering. He actually gave 50. He gave more, and he thought, I'm going to get their cushion. I'm going to get their happiness big time, and they're going to do nice sort of those for me, and I'm going to be sorted. He actually gave them a set off, and they give him a curse, and they said, I know that you've stolen this gold. The means in which you got this gold, I know that you've stolen it, and instead of good things happening to you, bad things are

going to happen. That's not very good. Then that's my plan and my plans flocked. So he asked for forgiveness. You told him the goal that you've stolen. Give it back. And then you know there's still a chance because the guru will always give us a chance, right? And you took them to Sri Guru Arjun Devji, and he became a good SEC of civil. Arjun Devji became a devoted God. Arjun Devji, and he started reciting many disciples, then send him to Lahore to teach Japanese and all the local Villages teach kids and people how to read and write Japanese himself. Then started to get. He got Japji, and he started reciting 21 Japji Sahibs a day. Now, how does this relate to Jap this the way? The reason this relates is because then now there was a good set called by Badooji. As I said, this is a quite long-winded story, so just stay with me. By Buddhuji was a bricklayer. He used to make bricks, and he took out big

time loans to get the Machinery which like a kiln to be able to make bricks now he he took out these loans and he was now quite poor he was in heavy heavy debt so he did he went to see Guru Arjun Dev ji and he did binti okay Guru Arjun Dev ji I'm in severed that I've taken out these loans to build bricks and and uh I bought these cones to make bricks can you do others for me that um make bricks that are hard because soft bricks aren't really helpful are they any Builders here you'll know soft bricks are useless I'm doing a lot that you can I'll make hard bricks from my kiln and I can sell my bricks for profit go back to your home feed language to everyone that's there and your bricks will be hard and you'll sold them for a profit so he went back he went back to his home he did a program and he fed longer but halfway through a good sick walked in his name is kuji

and polokoji asked for longer but by bunduji said no sorry mate over you've come too late longer is finished there's no longer for you. [Music] I'm I'm by looking okay and then when the others was happening when by Buddhism is happening for his bricks okay he can make hard breaks and sell them for profit by lakuji said three times in the back your bricks are going to stay soft why and well could you say three times no your bricks are going to stay cut too they're going to stay soft and by buddhuji still thought no I'm all right because if I feel longer my bricks will be hard and I'll send them for profit but what happens those bricks stayed soft why did they stay soft because doing 21 japji sahibs a day but the gurus button also can't be false can it so palaku by buddhuji whose bricks are now soft went back to the guru and said what happened I fed longer to your to

the sun god my bricks are soft. I'm in trouble now. I'm in I'm in heavy debts. I can't sell. I can't sell these soft bricks. Said you didn't feed longer to everyone. You sent away a good sick of mine got sick of mine that reads 21 Japanese orbs a day. So I can't overturn overturn his button even the guru saying. I can't overturned his button but the guru still gives us a chance. He said don't worry go back feed the Sangha the lunga again and don't worry. Those bricks that you made that are soft they'll still be sold for profit so you can do the next slide nope. I know you come back you come back again. So what happened in Lahore or in in City. There was a brick there was a there was a wall that just got butted it got it got ripped down. So the mayor of the city needed bricks urgently so he bought bricks from buddhuji. So the god six button stayed true and Guru Arjun devji's button stay

true because by duty was still able to sell his bricks and by local G. The 21 uh the Gorsuch it was a nickname of 21 Japji Subs a day. His budget also stayed true and by lakoji actually revisiting 21 Jumpy subsidies so going from a Band-Aid sometimes we think no I've done too much Bob Bob I've done bad Bob. I can't be I can't be any I can't be a good sick. I can't take a minute. I'm not worth um then he recited 21 Jumpy Subs a day and he he became a Brungan he became enlightened. His bhajans stayed true and by lakoji comes up Empire is such a great good sick from going from a bandit to reciting 21 Japanese Subs a day and becoming a Bram gyani and being immortal like being in Guru Guru Gran sabji's bani to this day. Next slide so I've now got a bit of a concept that.

was stolen from a video study from the Hang Center study tender Singh where on a worldly sense we hear quite often apart from have we got any people who do intermittent fasting here no intermittent fasting. I've got a couple hands. All right so intermittent fasting people aren't going to agree with this but we hear usually that breakfast is the most important meal of the day right but intermittent fastest skip breakfast but we do hear that in the west breakfast is the most important meal of the day and we're breaking our fast so in a spiritual sense is our spiritual breakfast because we're keeping a fast of some type right when we go to sleep however long we sleep eight and six seven eight nine hours we're fasting in the spiritual sense because unless you're you know you're not doing simran in your sleep right well I'm not I'm not so we're not doing parts so we're taking a break from Bart we and then when we wake up in the morning we're breaking our fast with gives us that nourishment and if we read

Japanese sub correctly with shot. The part showed the meaning correct Donaldson here and we're reading with Prem. Then it's going to set us right for the rest of the day like our worldly breakfast, our spiritual breakfast. If we're reading just decide the way it's been administered to us, it'll set us out right for the rest of the end. The rest of our day will be Charlie next slide, please. So how has Japji Sahib been administered in administered to us then I'm hoping for a bit of a better response on this one. How many have we got any doctors here, medicine students, students studying medicine? We've got Dr. Basic Deep Singh, a lot of upset parents then we felt a lot of our parents. 80% of parents are gutted this children didn't fulfill their doctor dream or jealous. We're here, the doctor analogy quite often in saki right cerebral organ all our diseases on medicine. It's the medicine to our disease that the world is diseased Norm is our medicine. Now if we've said earlier that Japji Sahib

is the sharomani Bonnie is the greatest. Barney is the arguably the most important Bonnie then. If we're using this medicine analogy, it's arguably our most important medicine we can take, right? It's our most important medicine we can take to fight this, you know Maya and all these distractions we have. It's important that we take our medicine and the point, even if even if none of us adopted, we're all patients, right? We've all been to the doctor when the doctor gives us a Dua. He gives us a medicine. Not only does he just hand us the capsules, he tells us how to take the capsules, right? How do we need to take our medicine? And modern has also administered or the way to us. He's told us how to take this medicine and told us how to take our medicine of japji soil. So in return, is a completion of questions that go to six asked Guru Gobind Singh Ji. And before Mart left there, and then it says us all of us, the God said that eats before reciting Japan.

but also can just mean yeah, he's essentially wasted this life and will face consequences in the next life. That's not too scary. I see that because a lot of us obviously might not know. I didn't know this. I was having my Weetabix and then listening to Japanese because I was in. I was in uni. Actually, my mom gave me a good kosai with the English translations on one side, English transliteration on the other side. And also, is this a morning prayer? What was the sketch with this? I don't really know. And she said no, don't you just read it whenever you can and, you know, modest goodbye. I was a monitor then and modest goodbye made steps um, yeah, then you'd realize these things afterwards you've been doing something that I've got sex and reading, you know, okay then there is a way to take this medicine. So if we are doing it, don't worry, but let's make steps. Let's see because it's an easy step we can make just follow the intermittent fasting.

people they don't even have breakfast till 2 PM. So just do your nickname dude or just start with let's do Japanese oven and see if you can have the rest of your uh government has pot noodles or breakfast. So just have you put noodle after. Now this is there's also a bit of a scary one so not to scare us because we'll you know as a collective we all can learn something from this talk. But there is foreign meaning memorized. He's not actually a sick. He's just sick by name like a student is just you know you can wear the uniform or like a sec we can wear the uni from where to start and stuff. But according to by kavi the sector hasn't got job desire memorized. He's just a second by name so that's another aspiration we can make look with this. And there's as many weeks of this talk to come to come if we can try remember a party a week go back remember body a week by the end of the course we'll have job design memorized.

but it's about. It's about right. We need to have that bill. Need to do effort to uh. These things are meant to hurt us. So if we. If we haven't got job design memories. If we as a collective haven't got a job. This on memory. We just think oh look. For me personally again. I've got two pack memorized. I can really wax off of lyrics easy. Why though so we can. It's not that all metal demography. I can't remember stuff. If we want to. We can remember stuff. But it depends. What do we want to program our mind to remember. What do we want to make efforts. Do we want to remember. Do we want to remember about Barney. Remembering Barney having Barney memorized. It's like if you've got money in your wallet. You can spend it whenever. That currency same way. If we've got Bonnie those 84 steps are going to all the sub. It's going to be very very hard. If you're doing a national and you've got a good guy in your hand or trying to you know

don't know if you've got a waterproof phone. Are going to need money memorized. They're going to need Japanese are memorized. So again, we've talked about why, but there's also a wow, a how, a how-to Japanese. Simon, this is the way it's been administered to us. And on the point of getting job design memorized, do we all know, all know this gorsec? Someone tell me my mouth is dry. Hanji, Santa General. And we all see Saturday. And when we see Santa G for me anyway, especially when I get into saki, we just think of Santa D in June 84. We put that post up. We'll make them our WhatsApp DP. Maybe put up a two-minute clip of Santa Gina or because Santa G was beer. I see Santa Divas Khalsa, but there's more to Santaji than just the supply side. Santri was doing a hundred japji sobs a day. Can't obviously Santaji had a something you were doing a hundred Japanese arms a day. Now one day God sex went to see Santa.

General in the height of the mortar, in the height of the protests, and obviously at the time Santa he was doing loads of speeches. They were walking, they were going around Village to Village, and they're very busy so the gorsex had the question naturally Cassandra importation. They are suddenly speaking so much when are they getting time to do this 100 Japanese of the day. I've heard so one day they asked obviously somebody looks scary as also probably took them a little courage to us. They asked something we've heard you're doing 100s of the day how are you doing this. Something he laughed and he brought the head of the good sex closer to his chest and all the good sex could hear roam room in each hair was japji's of their pot being recited. Now we can only aspire to that we can only aspire to that but the point of this is to take inspiration from it right must I must see people like myself doing one job deserve a day or struggling to get anybody.

but Santa ji is Santa doing all the good sections and not just Santry got six of the past like past deep Singh he said earlier in the Qatar they would do regularly natural it wasn't even a big thing 25 Japanese Subs a day doing pan granthina name can't doing loads upon you look at the Juvenile Santa moon is plugged to boss series watch those videos these markers were doing things that we can only imagine in the next one more so this isn't to demotivate us either now if I go to gym within the whole thing and I see them deadlifting 200 kg it'll be a bit irresponsible of me to think maybe chocolate I can do it yeah no you've got you've got built to that right so we see that Santa is done 100 Japanese you can do it okay that'd be good but you got Bill to it like said earlier downstairs maybe you have the goals that each year I'll do an extra job this time or if that seems or not I can do that

maybe each month, or each however long, whatever suits you. Only we know what we can do, Hannah, but we always have to do. Adidas tomorrow, we go have the payoffs, but then we go do those tomorrow. Foreign santaji was doing a hundred Japanese jobs a day, but the sake of Pie gopalaji shows us that even reciting one japji side, we can get anything we want. So, by gopalaji was a good sick in the times of Sri Guru har Gobind sabji Maharaja. Now, just to set the scene after one of the early battles in Guru har Gobind sahib ji is a guru ship, there were five horses that were offered as Peter to Sri Guru har Gobind sabji. Five horses. Now, after the battle, one day in hargobind can anyone have a side should meaning correct. They asked three times in the Sangha that didn't respond. On the third time, by gopalaji said maybe, maybe I've got a chance. Maybe akmasai showed the correct japji solve.

the part so good. So the numerator as well. They vacated their throne and placed by Gopalaji on the throne. And Guru Har Gobind Sabji sat with the Sanghat. Now, by Gopalaji was reciting Japanese so correctly that as he was reciting it. Wow, what can I give him that is worthy of the part he's reading right now? He's reading part so beautifully. What can I give that is worthy of what he's doing reading Japanese of the part? One job, the results of the parts are beautifully. Kind of give him different treasures. No, that's not good enough. Shall I give him a Sarupa? Naive, that's not good enough. Shall I give him loads of money? No. Should I give him senior worldly positional power like in Punjab truck given the mayor duty or you know a minister, a government duty? That's not good enough for what he's doing right now. And then when you go to Slogan Sabji go up and then, oh yes, happy with me. I'm gonna ask for something, you know, I'm

gonna ask for one of those horses out of the five that were offered to them. That were paid out to them because one of them was still unassigned to them. He took the best one and then the son three three other good seats and there was still one horse remaining and upon the completion of the three Japanese of their part modern asked by groupology bhagavala. What would you like Empire lady said that horse actually yeah that horse looked quite nice yeah I I wouldn't mind one of those horses and at those times that horse was worth 125 000 of whatever the currency was at the time. So you can only imagine how much that is worth in this day and age right but they could even look at the University of biogopology that he didn't ask for you know worldly worldly things that are anti-siki let's say right does the absolute rule. He didn't ask for women or like different Treasures or like things that aren't good he asked for sure he asked for a quota which is what model.

did also modern right so he still asked for something good. He could have asked for anything. Could also Diamond monies. He asked for a horse and Mara said thika you can have the horse but you know what I was actually going to give you the guru shape. You was ready to give by gopalaji the guru the guru ship because David saw it one job this other part so beautifully so amazingly. We've seen the fall from multiple Japanese arms but from one job desire guruji was about to give by gopalaji the guru ship which is what is bigger than that what is greater than that that the guru can give. That's the that's the greatness that's the mahatan obviously Japanese just one job deserve the part models can give us anything we want and by gopala ji had the itcha the model still not only did they give them the horse they gave the beautiful buttons the pagupology 21 of your future Generations will also be liberated as well not just you your whole Generations 20.

next 10 21 Generations will also be liberated. How amazing is that? I think we go to recap now. Yeah, you just press a couple more times, do it eight lots six more times. So I think harmful to send for instructions so everybody. So we've got so just as a recap, we've gone through the introduction to job design Maharaja then why did Guru Nanak Dev ji give us the Japji's of their part. We then heard different sakyasha in the greatness of Japji Sahib by Lakhuji obtaining again the horse and 21 of his future Generations being saved being liberated. And we've seen the discussion about the spiritual breakfast which are intermittent fasting. Brothers might not agree with but the analogy of other spiritual breakfast job described can set us right for the rest of our day. And then memorizing job design. So I'm hoping to including myself that we can all get something from this talk. And the good news is even if you didn't like my talk the other three.

Speakers by God Johnson, this course is going to be really good Martin, and there's something that we can all gain from today. I can see a wide range of people in different journeys, in different stages of their journey in Sikhi, and just a humble bendy for me, those of us that can't read or write being the scripture that Guru Granth Sahib Ji is written. It's start taking Santa. If you're listening to job desire, maybe take those steps now that you can read Japji Sahib. If you're already reading Japji Sahib, maybe let's start reading multiple Japji Sahibs a day like by Loko Ji, like Sunday Jarnail Singh, like the old things would read several Japjis. Let's not just stick to the bare minimum. New Year is a good time for us to set these targets and do a bit of self-reflection. Let's and let's do it. For those tomorrow bless us that we can increase our name. And then yeah, those of us that are doing several Japji Sahibs, let's get jumped.

let's get Japanese arm memorized. I know I've made loads of mistakes, please forgive me. I'm not against me. I'm definitely not a Brandi uh. So let's. I'm on this journey with you guys. They're also Genesis [Music]. So big thank you to understand for coming down today. Um, so just to kind of explain what the Japanese because I have courses because my father's mentally at the start of the talk and then take a introduction introduction uh to this course, but I kind of forgot because they're going to be excited, I mean uh, but obviously come on. So this is a new initiative we started now in the New Year where basically we're going back to basics, which is starting with job design. So back about 10 minutes ago actually, you started off with japji saty Qatar in this granddaughter side. What's very nice is that this time it's not the quantum call the more experienced person doing the talk. What we've done now is that we've got people that are coming up who

are doing talks in the local area. We've done some talks here and there, but now they are leading the talks. So we've got four different speakers like um read you just said Row V Singh is one. Uh, we've got my preaching, uh, then we've got, uh, go to challenge again Simon God. We're doing the talks every single week. So four different speakers rotating every single week. So the aim is that they will grow and we'll go at the same time, right? So if we're coming here, we're coming to live. We always accomplish the support our brothers and sisters who are doing the save on and the way I work every single week because this week's a bit. It's New Year's Day, right? So you know, it's a bit of a mess in that respect about every single week. We have the Qatar downstairs six to seven. As soon as Qatar finishes, upstairs will be white blue Simon about 15 minutes. And after 15 minutes and 7:15 shot, the talk will start and it'll finish by eight o'clock.

sorry today went over that was because we started late, but also the fire went off, right, and that wasn't planned, right, so it finished by eight o'clock, and they were hoping that from eight to about 8:30, we have some Q&A, then why, uh, sing a few Shepherds Roger, and then we'll finish off for today. Um, we'll start doing Q&As from next week as well, so everyone has any questions, then please ask. Please invite your friends and family. Um, this is meant to be, uh, a special Devon about everything with all the summer, right. It's not just for us, it's for all of us. So, I'm gonna be just 10 minutes or give them, and then we'll finish off. So thank you again to everybody for coming down. And this is Kion from next week. Now next week is my brisin going for the moon as well. Oh, I thought they are again. [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] [Laughter] foreign [Laughter] [Laughter]

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Sri Japji Sahib English Course - WEEK 1

Basics of Sikhi

The Significance of Japji Sahib in Japanese Culture

Japji Sahib is a fundamental part of Japanese culture, with the purpose of spreading the true message of Liberation and righteousness.

The history of Japji Sahib dates back to the time when Guru Nanak Dev Ji was given the Maha Mantra by Waheguru, in order to recite it in the jungles.

This sacred scripture is a response to the cries of the spiritual seekers for a true messenger to spread the message of Liberation, as the world was filled with unrighteousness.

The Significance of Japji Sahib in Sikhism

Guru Nanak Dev Ji used money given by his father to feed sadhus, which later influenced the composition of Japji Sahib.

Japji Sahib is considered the essence of the key teachings in Sikhism and is seen as a preface to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

It is highly significant in providing guidance and is an essential part of the Amrit Sanskar for Sikhs.

Job Desai is believed to bless people with security, meaning, and enlightenment, allowing them to experience a connection with God.

The greatness of Sri Job Desai is highlighted by the belief that by following a specific ritual, one can obtain liberation from the 8.

A story of Bylakuji, a former bandit, illustrates the transformative power of meeting an enlightened being, highlighting the potential for positive change.

A man steals gold and intends to give back a portion, but ends up giving more, resulting in a curse.

After seeking forgiveness and guidance from Guru Arjun Devji, he becomes a devoted disciple and is granted a chance for redemption.

Despite facing challenges with his brick business, his soft bricks are miraculously sold for a profit, showing the power of faith and second chances.

Reciting 21 Japji Sahib verses a day is believed to lead to enlightenment and becoming immortal.

Japji Sahib is compared to a spiritual breakfast, setting the tone for the rest of the day, and is analogized as the most important medicine for fighting distractions and challenges in life.

The way Japji Sahib is recited is emphasized as crucial, with guidance on when to recite it for maximum benefit.

The Importance of Memorization in Sikh Culture

Memorization, particularly of Japanese hymns, is a key aspect of Sikh culture and is seen as a way to strengthen the mind.

The practice of memorization is meant to inspire and motivate individuals, rather than demotivate them.

Sikh historical figures are admired for their ability to memorize lengthy texts, serving as an inspiration for others to strive for the same level of achievement.

By Gopalaji's recitation of Japji Sahib impressed Guru Har Gobind Sabji, leading to him being offered the guru ship.

Instead of worldly possessions, he asked for one of the five horses offered, worth a significant amount at that time.

In addition to the horse, he was promised that 21 of his future generations would also be liberated, showcasing the power and impact of reciting Japji Sahib.

New Initiative in Sikh Community for Studying Guru Granth Sahib Ji

A new initiative has been started in the Sikh community to go back to basics, starting with Japji Sahib.

The initiative aims to have four different speakers rotating every week to lead the talks and is open to everyone, with a designated time for Q&A.

The sessions are meant to be a special gathering for all, followed by a closing performance.