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AMRIT AND KAKAARS
This Sacred Uniform acts as a Spiritual Shield on the battle-field of life. Fortified with this Sacred Armour (Uniform of five Kakaars), Khalsa fights heroically on the battle-field of life and successfully subdues the five arch enemies-Kam, Krodh, Lobh, Moh, Ahankaar.
On the auspicious day of Baisakhi, Guru Gobind Singh Ji blessed the sikhs with the immortal boons of Amrit and Five Kakaars. He created Khalsa.
Five Kakaars are articles of faith and veneration for a devoted sikh. They remind us of the sacred commandments of the Divine Guru on the auspicious occasion of creation of the Khalsa. These facilitate awakening Guru consciousness in our minds.
These articles of faith and attendant commandments have become part and parcel of our daily life, of our body, mind and soul. It is only in perpetual faithful obedience of Guru's commandments that a true sikh can consecrate his body, mind and soul in a befitting and worthy manner.
Tan Man Dhan Sab Saunp Gur Ko
Hukam Maniey Paaiey
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 918
A true sikh so devoted to the Guru always basks in the sunlight of His eternal living presence Gur Mere Sang Sada Hai Naley, and his character is par excellence.
Guru consciousness thus awakened, reins of his thoughts, speech and actions are held, controlled and guided by the beloved Satguru.
Through these boons He infused truthful living in the very veins of Khalsa, raising his character to the point of excellence.
A sikh is aware of his Guru's eternal presence with him with this holy gift of personal identity.
A true sikh mentally and physically attired in Guru's identity feels totally possessed by the Divine Guru. He remains in His holy grip. With this holy possession and holy grip, his mind, his thoughts, his speech, his actions become holy. Totally devoid of egoism, he lives in perfect tune with the sweet will of the beloved Satguru.
Adorning this uniform, a sikh lives in the light and grace of the Great Guru. With Guru consciousness awakened, this uniform becomes a powerful source of strength. This uniform prompts consecration of all activities unto the Satguru. The Great Guru glorified His total identity with the Khalsa in His most wonderful outpouring Khalsa Mero Roop Hai Khas. And it is for us now to sanctify and uphold the sanctity of this outpouring. We have to prove equal to the faith reposed in us and sanctify this holy identification.
In this attire, uniform of pride, let us cognise the perpetual presence of our beloved Satguru with us in all ups and downs of our life.
The life of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, our Saviour and Protector, was highly disciplined and so were the lives of His five Beloved ones and all others who had adorned this uniform, uniform of sacred five Kakaars. Their precious lives and identity in this uniform of great pride passes on to us a code of unique discipline. And as children of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, inheritors of this proud uniform, we must abide by this code of discipline as upholders of Truth.
The flashing sword of Guru Gobind Singh leads true sikhs, the upholders of Truth, the protectors of Dharma and the oppressed everywhere. Sword worn by a sikh is a Sword of Honour given personally by Sri Guru Gobind Singh, in inheritance.
Observance of this code of discipline is holy in its origin and effect. It not only facilitates awakening Guru consciousnessness but also sustains and deepens it. It attracts Satguru's pleasure and grace. Spiritually it is most rewarding. It strengthens the bond of Guru-Sikh relationship. It leads to total spiritual satisfaction.
Khalsa Mero Roop Hai Khas
Khalsa Meh Hon Karon Niwas
Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib
Identity should not be limited to the gross body only. Subtle and casual bodies should also be moulded in this sacred identity and filled to the brim with the love, adoration and worship of most lovable, most adorable, most worshipable Guru Gobind Singh. Cognisance of this physical body is limited to a short span of physical existence, whereas true love of the Guru is a taste of the Eternity, of the Bliss Eternal, of an honourable place at His Lotus Feet in Sachkhand.
Let us attire our heart with this holiest of the holy cosmic identity of Guru Gobind Singh Ji with all sublime ideals set forth, practiced and lived by Him. And let us fill our hearts to the brim with the Nectar of Prema on which our Beloved Guru Gobind Singh thunders as the Greatest Spiritual Lion.
Saach Kahou Sun Laih Sabhai
Jin Prem Kio Tin Hi Prabh Paio
Guru Gobind Singh carved a golden path to blessedness for us; a sublime culture which is a sure path to blessedness. He planted the banner of Truth, the banner of Divine Peace and Universal Love, the banner of Righteousness and True Dharma and the banner of the Eternal Glory of Lord's Nam.
When mind and body are offered at the lotus feet of the beloved Satguru they are purified. With body attired in His identity, in His proud uniform and with mind rolling at His holy feet both mind and body are controlled by the Divine. The mind remains dyed with the Nectar of the Divine Name and the body performs only pure and heroic deeds.
Sarb Dharam Mein Shreisht Dharam
Har Ko Nam Jap Nirmal Karam
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 266
Best of all religions is the thirst for the Divine and pure deeds, says Sri Guru Arjan Sahib.
Khalsa remains always enveloped in the halo of the Divine. Mighty rays of the Divine Love of the Amrit Nam and purity of deeds radiate from his whole being.
This is the way a true sikh, a khalsa can lose and merge his little individuality in the Divine and cosmic identity of the Great Guru called GURU GOBIND SINGH.
This most auspicious day for the Khalsa reminds us of the flashing and bleeding sword in the hand of our Lord Guru Gobind Singh asking for another head. This in itself is indicative of a total surrender, a total sacrifice as the first and the foremost essential pre-requisite for earning and attaining His Grace Eternal. We have to offer our head at His Holy feet, at the altar of the flashing Bhagauti in His Holy Hand. Thereafter, with headless (egoless) existence, having died while living, be blessed with Nectar of Immortality from the holy hands of our beloved Guru Gobind Singh.
Baisakhi is a holy festival of total sacrifice, total surrender at the lotus feet of our Holy Guru Gobind Singh to attain Vision Eternal. It is a festival which awakens in us Love of Death. Love of life had been abandoned by the Five Beloved Ones before seeking holy death. True lovers of the beloved Lord seek death and not life.
From its very inception Sikh religion is universal, non-sectarian; it embraces all religions alike in its divine folds.
It is a religion of the Glory of God, Glory of His Immortal Nam, Glory of Love, Glory of Spirit, Glory of true lovers and saints of all religious faiths.
THE KHALSA
It is the immortality of sacred identification with Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, the immortality of a mystical union with Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, and the immortality of total reliance in the Divine Name that distinguishes and marks the Khalsa from others.
Khalsa is the product of the Creative Impulse of God. Khalsa is born directly out of the purest Creative Vision of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. It is a Holy Army of the Deathless (Akal), at once pure and perfect, baptized and sculptured in purity of love and total sacrifice. It sustains itself purely on the Divine Name. Khalsa remains untouched by the world of sin, impurity and evil.
Khalsa is the holy child of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. Being the holy child of a Divine Parent, Khalsa can never become orphan and will perpetually shine in the Eternal Glory of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. These Divine Children of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib live their holy life in Divine Presence and Abode, in utter humility and devotion, spiritually far above this mortal plane of existence. They are the holy instruments in the hands of the Divine, holding aloft the Banner of Truth, Purity, Love and Bliss. Khalsa is the repository of all virtues. He is the true embodiment of all the excellences of the Great Religion of Love established by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib.
Khalsa by virtue of his divine nature is a Benefactor and Redeemer of mankind. Blessed is the Khalsa as he was baptized and initiated personally and directly by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Himself.
Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib had eventualized the Will of God in creating the Khalsa and He Himself is the Divine Guide of their destinies.
Baba Narinder Singh Ji
It is a blessed Army of the Akal (Timeless). Khalsa is a Soldier of God designed for the performance of Divine Mission assigned to him by his Beloved Satguru.
Khalsa is born for Universal Welfare and Redemption. In his redemptive life, his concern is not limited to his own salvation but it embraces the whole humanity in which he clearly beholds his own All Pervading Beloved Satguru.
Salvation is a very small achievement in search of Truth.
Baba Narinder Singh Ji
Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib is the Beloved of the Khalsa and the Khalsa is the Beloved of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. Both are the Lovers and the Beloveds at the same time.
Khalsa lives a life-pure, a life-divine. He lives a life of Divine Sample, a life of an Holy Instrument in the Hands of the Divine. Khalsa lives in the Divine and Khalsa dies for the Divine.
In the Context of Time Frame, The life of the Khalsa is an Holy extension of the Divine personality of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib.
It is the immortality of sacred identification with Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, the immortality of a mystical union with Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib and the immortality of total reliance in the Divine Name that distinguishes and marks the Khalsa from others.
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Poems
I TRUST, I SERVE, I AM STRONG
Contributed by Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, MO
I won't pretend to understand the scope of Guru Nanak's Universal vision
And never having heard his voice I can't conceive it
But sitting, singing here Mardana-like with you I do believe it.
I do not have the grace of Guru Angad when he served
And poured the cold, cold water down upon his beloved Guru
But facing the morning's call each day I trust and know it's true.
I could not share as Guru Amar Das did
And sit, a king but humbly beside the beggar for my food
But eating here together now at last I have langar's clue.
I love and have compassion but Guru Ram Das is the saint,
An example to, and exoneration of, all sinners
I feel and know within my soul of souls, it's true each time I serve.
Guru Arjan had no fear and gracefully sat
upon the fire-heated iron without a single painful tear or cry
Pray I one day soon I too will not hesitate and finally be strong.
I cannot bring two worlds to one as Guru Hargobind could do
and live a fearless saintly life to show how to be true
But seeing brothers and sisters beginning strong I know it can be done.
Guru Har Rai earned all his food, respected every animal and plant
Walking carefully among the flowers, God's graceful loving Sant
I pray to step as he did step upon the path of infinity and love.
Guru Harkrishan blessed a beggar to expound upon the scriptures brilliantly
And that light has perhaps inspired these few words in me
God's ways are rich and varied, infinitely so, and
such grace-like water falls down upon a dry and dusty land.
In Guru Teg Bahadur, Tyag Mal Master of Renunciation
The Shah's wan and worldly offering fell on holy ears that listened calm and prayerfully
to God's graceful loving praise
And so it aids me now in my own stand to battle and to win against this maya's weary woes
When Guru Gobind Singh first realized the loss of his four sons
There was within his heart only love for God's sweet will and eternal reasons
And he knew, as I too one day will, that God prevails so far, far beyond earth's green and watery dew
Oh my beloved Siri Guru you bless my worn and worried brow
To touch your skirts each day, each day
Though even by my Guru and God's blessed grace I oath I don't know how
In this World, this Sikh has no choice but to bow
To find a solid holy place
Each memory a moment true, comforting, strong and wise in every Guru's trace.
VILLANELLE FOR THE KHALSA
by Siri Kirpal Kaur Khalsa, OR 1/9/01
May our minds be filled with the Infinite Naad
May we walk head in hand to the Guru's feet.
May our hearts resound with the Praise of God.
May we keep our bana although we look odd
To those who see us passing in the street.
May our minds be filled with the Infinite Naad.
May we read our banis and see only God
In all we see and all we greet.
May our hearts resound with the Praise of God.
May we always do seva on every sod
Where God and Guru plant our feet.
May our minds be filled with the Infinite Naad.
May Simran remind our minds of the love of God
So that every day is a holy treat.
May our hearts resound with the Praise of God.
May the Saints of the Guru always meet.
May we leave our heads forever at the Guru's feet.
May our minds be filled with the Infinite Naad.
May our hearts resound with the Praise of God.
Quotes
Remember when you gaze on Sri Guru Nanak Sahib,
He gazes on you. When you behold Him, He the All-Merciful Lord,
casts his glance of mercy on you and when you contemplate and meditate on Him,
the All-Loving Guru, out of Compassion accepts you in His Holy folds.
In this holy process, the Great Jagat Guru (The Enlightener of the world)
leads you from Darkness to Light, from Death to Life Eternal.
Baba Narinder Singh Ji
All Praise and Glory to Guru Nanak;
All condemnation of self only.
Third person does not come in.
Baba Nand Singh Ji Maharaj
Before the light oozes out of my sight let me behold you,
O my beloved Guru Nanak.
Let this be the yearning prayer from every heart.
Baba Narinder Singh Ji
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