Week 6 · Gurbani by meaning · Day 40
Shabad — one light, no strangers
One of Gurbani’s most powerful teachings is that of sarbat da bhala — the well-being of all. Bhagat Kabir Ji, whose words appear in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, writes that the Creator first made light, and from that one light the entire world was born. If we all come from the same source, the same divine light, then no one is truly a stranger or an enemy. This teaching breaks down every wall that people build between each other — caste, religion, race, wealth — and replaces it with one vision: one family.
Gurbani says the One Creator lives in every person — so there are no enemies, no strangers, only one human family.
Watch together Guru Nanak and The Brahmans of Haridwar ਅਵਲਿ ਅਲਹ ਨੂਰੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ; ਕੁਦਰਤਿ ਕੇ ਸਭ ਬੰਦੇ ॥ ਏਕ ਨੂਰ ਤੇ ਸਭੁ ਜਗੁ ਉਪਜਿਆ; ਕਉਨ ਭਲੇ ਕੋ ਮੰਦੇ ॥
Aval alah noor upaa-i-aa; kudrat ke sabh bande. Ek noor te sabh jag upji-aa; kaun bhale ko mande
“First, the Creator made light; from that power all people were made. From the One light the whole world was born — so who is good and who is bad?”
Ask: 'If the same light is in every person — how should that change the way we treat people we disagree with?'
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