Week 6 · Gurbani by meaning · Day 36
The Mool Mantar — the first words
Welcome to Week 6 — a week of exploring Gurbani, the sacred words of the Guru. We begin at the very beginning: the Mool Mantar, the opening lines of the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, composed by Guru Nanak Dev Ji. These few words describe the Creator — One, True, Fearless, without hatred, beyond time, self-lit. Sikhs have held these words in their hearts for five hundred years because they answer life’s biggest question: what is the Creator like?
The very first words of the Guru Granth Sahib Ji tell us everything we need to know — One Creator, Truth, Fearless, Timeless.
Watch together Baba Farid and The Sweetness of the Naam ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
Ik Onkar Sat Naam Kartaa Purakh Nirbhau Nirvair Akaal Moorat Ajoonee Saibhang Gur Prasaad
“One Creator. Truth is the Name. The Maker of all. Without fear. Without hatred. Timeless. Unborn. Self-lit. By the Guru's grace.”
Ask: 'Nirbhau means fearless and Nirvair means without hatred — how would the world be different if everyone lived this way?'
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