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Japji Pauri 33 Aakhan Jor

by Sara Prem Kaur

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This is an original composition of Japji Pauri 33 – Aakhan Jor.

Japji was written by Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion. He was a great man who hated the caste system and lived during the time of Christopher Columbus. He was the first of a line of 10 enlighted Gurus who created the Sikh religion. After the 10th Guru, the Guru Granth Sahib became the eternal living Guru. It is the Sikh bible. The words by the enlighted masters in this book is referred to as Gurbani.

Japji is a spiritual poem comprised of 40 pauris (stanzas). It is the first poem in the Sikh bible. Our song is Pauri 33 from this poem. The poem is Guru Nanak’s spiritual message, his bliss and I have been chanting it in a Spirit Voyage Global Sadhana since January 1, 2016. This Sadhana was led by Snatam Kaur to teach us Japji. I love her music which speaks to my heart.

Kundalini and Sikh believe that through the repetitive chanting of these Gurbani hymns, spiritual benefits are obtained. Sikh and Kundalini are very musical. This is what Sadhana, also Kriya is all about.

Basically you chant a Gurbani hymn for forty days in a row, for example, which gives enough time to start noticing the spiritual benefits. Sometimes you just listen, sometimes you chant, and sometimes there are postures and mudras associated with the kriya. It is a beautiful form of meditation and I have very much been enjoying doing this.

Here is what Yogi Bhajan who founded Kundalini Yoga in the west and is also devoted to Gurbani says about the benefits of Pauri 33: “The THIRTY-THIRD PAURI destroys your ego and brings forth your divinity. It removes negativity, neutralizes your destructive nature, and prevents harm to others by your hand”

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ਆਖਿਣ ਜਰ ਚਪ ਨਹ ਜਰ ॥
aakhan jor chupai nah jor.
No power to speak, no power to keep silent.

ਜਰ ਨ ਮਗਿਣ ਦਿਣ ਨ ਜਰ ॥
jor na mangan dayn na jor.
No power to beg, no power to give.

ਜਰ ਨ ਜੀਵਿਣ ਮਰਿਣ ਨਹ ਜਰ ॥
jor na jeevan maran nah jor.
No power to live, no power to die.

ਜਰ ਨ ਰਾਿਜ ਮਾਿਲ ਮਿਨ ਸਰ ॥
jor na raaj maal man sor.
No power to rule, with wealth and occult mental powers.

ਜਰ ਨ ਸਰਤੀ ਿਗਆਿਨ ਵੀਚਾਿਰ ॥
jor na surtee gi-aan veechaar.
No power to gain intuitive understanding, spiritual wisdom and meditation.
ਜਰ ਨ ਜਗਤੀ ਛਟ ਸਸਾਰ ॥
jor na jugtee chhutai sansaar.
No power to find the way to escape from the world.

ਿਜਸ ਹਿਥ ਜਰ ਕਿਰ ਵਖ ਸਇ ॥
jis hath jor kar vaykh ai so-ay.
He alone has the Power in His Hands.
He watches over all.

ਨਾਨਕ ਉਤਮ ਨੀਚ ਨ ਕਇ ॥੩੩॥
naanak utam neech na ko-ay. ||33||
O Nanak, no one is high or low. ||33||


My commentary:

No one is high or low. We all have soul inside us. And it is by God's grace alone that we do anything including waking up to our own compassionate nature and to realize our connection with source and snap out of our fear-based and self-limiting thinking. We are essentially spiritual beings who have forgotten this through all the chicanery of physicality.

What a beautiful thing it is to open one's eyes to truth and drop ego (pride). Then mind and emotion start to fall in line and serve the greater good. That is Naad - hearing the celestial music and following it. God's will not my will. Me and God, God and me. Wahe guru! God bless you all.❤ ❤ ❤

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released November 21, 2016
Sara Prem Kaur/Cynthia Agard - Singer/Collaborator/Orthoepist
Srijit Anand Singh/Jeremy Quintin - Composer/Arranger/Mix Engineer

The Japji text was composed by Guru Nanak

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