How to do Ardas? English Katha - Bhai Satpal Singh - Nanak Naam - Sikhism
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- What is the meaning of Ardas and what is the way we can ask and pray to God without being lost in materialism (Maya). What is Ardas? What is the Power of Ardas (Sikh Prayer)?
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English Katha (Sikh Lecture) by Bhai Satpal Singh, recorded in October 2015 at Singh Sabha Gurdwara, Hitching UK.
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Although I'm not Sikh, I've just started to receive so much clarity thanks to your teachings. Expressing my sincere appreciation. Thank you.
+delias29 Hi, A Sikh is anyone who is in search of the ultimate truth. So welcome to the family! :o)
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Satnam whaeguru
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Nanak Naam absolutely! No ritual or extreme practices required. Sikh is a faith of love anyone can feel!!
"universe is going to do what it's going to do" beautiful words
1 year
Your teaching truly helped me to understand that my prayer was so self centered. I should pray for reconciliation, reconcile me to the ultimate path and give me the strength to walk the straight path. Thank you!
Teachings are of guru nanak dev ji and other gurus..they explained those teaching s..btw 3 years old comment
We need more of this guy
True,my ardaas daily to waheguru is do whatever you want good or bad, just keep my morale high , always keep me in chardikala,teh Apne charni layi Rakhi,
I listened to you and kind of had my mind blown. I thought, what, really? Is this what Ardas could be? And now genuinely reading it I don't know how I missed it before. Excellent video and excellent channel, I feel you give the most honest and productive account of what is most important in Sikhi.
Thanks so much for this! I totally agree; to ask for the strength and willingness to be at peace with the Universe's ways - to accept His 'bhaana' - is the greatest prayer (ardaas) of all. In addition to this, 'ardaas' can take many forms, as it is simply a spilling out of all internal dialogue, to the Universe - it is a conversation with God. Ardaas can take place at any time and place, and need not always take the form of the formal ardaas discussed here.
As humans, we are full of emotions, anxieties, excitements, etc., and knowing that we can talk about these to someone who is always listening, is such a blessing. And doing so, gives us solace. And I believe that upon hearing our ardaas, Vaheguru Ji helps our situation in whatever way is right; our ardaas never goes unheard.
And because as humans, we don't have the power to do anything ourselves, ardaas is our greatest weapon - it is the way in which we can confide in our creator, knowing that he is all-knowing! Ultimately, I think doing ardaas is simply us reminding ourselves that the Universe is taking care of us... How intriguing!
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Do not ask Guru for anything for the Guru has given us everything. Ask how may we be the Gurus servants and change reality to be a heaven on earth
very nice sir i as a hindu i want to promote dhyana and meditation and yoga in the world you are doing exactly the same spirituality you are promoting so thankyou so much thankyou i am still learning and i am compassionate aboit every soul you are trying to heal let them rise from pain waheguru waahey guru
“It gonna do what it’s going to do” his greatest line🌝
2 years
Thank you for the thorough explanation of the understanding of the Ardaas. Very detailed and well explained.
How should I thank you.... wrds become limited when it comes to show gratitude to the Guru and his sikhs. Once in a life, I really really want to meet you. Thank you
Waheguru bless everyone always
waheguru waheguru waheguru ji awesome
Thanks for the amazing work bhai Satpal. Ardas is the true prayer. 🙏
I am not yet shik still I have a keen liking for ONKAR from my child.
Yours words are making my feelings more exclusively dominant.
I m not Sikh but I really believe in naank teaching of oneness..coz my guru Mohammed s.a.w teach same thing...
Ik onkar Satnaam karta purakh nirpo Nirvar ajuni saibham Gurparsat jaap Aad Sach jugaad Hai Sach 🙏🙏
Waheguru ji bless u
Thank you for your beautiful teachings paji. My baba ji taught us, all grandkids, gurbani & this from infant age. Its true. So much love for your teachings. Wah
Bless you.
Thank u so much for telling right path of sikhi. Otherwise we were misleaded.
Beautifully explained
Thank you so much for this wonderful explanation🙏
Thankyou for your beautiful videos - they are so educational n I love the way you speak Ji . It’s very soothing .
Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
Sat pal Singh ji ..You are so amazing. I have learnt so much from this short clip. thank you
beautifully explained thankyou
+sun east Thank you.
This is amazing,so deep and powerfull
I only understand today the meaning of ardas thank you .wahaguru ji
🙏 SSA ji, I believe that Ardas is the way to connect to almighty, if we are already programmed what is happened to us and what would be our actions, then there is no need to connect with God. As I heard is we can change our destiny by connecting with God. Whatever is coming in our way that will come but with our good karma and gurbani and doing ARDAS to our almighty we can change the impact.
Example if I would have fight or something at high level but with the power of gurbani the impact will be super low. Whatever is happening would happen but it's impact will be not that high if we have faith on God and we do the prayer.
Your parchar is God but as you speak, it gives the direction that nothing will goes change.. love the God is Good, trust the is also good but the believe that he is with us and also listen our request is and helping us to achieve is also a right direction.
Waheguru.
Namaste waheguru ji
I'm glad that I found this video. The best part said by you .. "Just get in line so you can also walk the path , just like all the Gurus did". You have cleared so many doubts that arisen in me regarding the explaination of "Ardas". And See what has been said by "Sikhwiki" regarding the Ardas , the meanings what Sikhwiki is providing , I don't agree upon these meanings because it just saying to meditate upon all the Guru's one by one , but why Guru will tell us to meditate upon the Guru's?.. We have to meditate upon the "True Naam" and not on Guru's , or maybe i misunderstood sikhwiki explaination .. What you say? See the Explaination ,
The ardas begins:
ਅਰਦਾਸ: ੴ ਵਾਹਿਗਰੂ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਫਤਹਿ ॥ ਸਰੀ ਭਗੌਤੀ ਜੀ ਸਹਾਇ ॥ ਵਾਰ ਸਰੀ ਭਗੌਤੀ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਪਾਤਸ਼ਾਹੀ ੧੦॥
Ardaas, Ekh-oonkaar Vaaheguroo jee kee Fat'eh. Sree Bhagautee jee Sahaa-e; vaar Sree Bhagautee jee kee Paat'shaahee D'assveen
Plea: One God, Victory belongs to Waheguru. The sacred Bhagauti pervails; Ode to the Bhagauti by the tenth master
After first contemplating the one Primal Power of the Almighty, Ek- Onkar, Waheguru, the ardas continues with: Call to the mind Guru Nanak. Then let your mind dwell on Guru Angad, Guru Amar Das and Guru Ram Das, may they watch over us. Meditate in remembrance upon Guru Arjan, Guru Hargobind and Sri Har Rai. Dwell upon Guru Har Krishan, seeing whom all sufferings shall depart. Meditate in remembrance upon Guru Tegh Bahadar, and the nine treasures shall hasten to your home. May they protect and help us everywhere. And the Tenth Master Guru Gobind Singh Jee, father of the Khalsa who has blessed us with the gift of Amrit - may we enjoy his protection everywhere…
+harpreet singh Gurfateh Ji, This is a very common translation which mentions remembering each Guru individually. So it cannot be said that it is wrong. Only some of the older translations of Chandi Di Vaar (where the beginning verse of the Ardas comes from) translate it as mentioned in this video. Either way, we have to remember that in Sikhi we only view the Guru as Shabadh/Wisdom, which means that we do not worship the Guru's physical body in Human form, but rather we see all the Gurus as a personification of the One Divine.
But there is no need to remember each Guru Sahib one by one in Meditation. When we meditate on "Waheguru" that covers everything. I know there are references from the Gurbani only that tells Guru and God is same. And I will not say that this is wrong but according to my understanding no need to meditate on Guru's.If this is so then why not remember every Enlightened Being on this earth ? .. Buddha , Mahavira , Krishna , Jesus etc. And I'm talking about all Guru's names and not on a particular word Guru. Guru is already covered in Waheguru. So no need to remember any by their names. That's my point.
+harpreet singh veerji without GURU JI S we are. nothing
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Thanks lot of clarity here. Your channel is the way forward
bahut att explaination by this bhai sahb
Brilliant. I agree completely. Our Ardas, the way it is done, is so not Ardas.
Yes.. We go as beggars too often to Vaheguru ji... Maybe we should go in Chardi Kulla with a "Hukam Rajai Chalna Nanak Likhya Naal" attitude 🙏🙏🙏
@@jatinderdaniels True.
Wow thank you so much for this detailed description! Im trying very hard to connect with the divine Waheguru ji and get rid of this Maya.. Starting with Ardas is a great idea and you helped me so much. Thank you so much Wjkk Wjkf
Noorneet Sahota you cannot connect with waheguru by penance as you suggest.. you just have to walk the path of the sword without expecting or even in the remotest corner of your mind have any expectation.. that is what I gather from this katha.. ty
Beautifully explained.Thank you so much🙏🙏
Nice effort.
Your videos are really deep. They are thought changing. But for some reason I usually feel sad and cry listening to your teachings. Like I don't understand any of your videos. Maybe its my ego but I feel like I'm nothing and not worthy to be following this path because I don't know anything.
GM S not knowing anything is the first step...just listen with your heart and turn your grief into happiness. Let it resonate with happy love.
GM S i feel exactly the same... i sometimes start crying listening to all this knowledge. Dont know how to interpret...
Ardas creates faith, faith creates devotion, devotion creates bhagti and bhagti leads to the brahm awastha that gives us the mentality and state of mind of Vin Boleya Sab Kich Janda.
Very Meaningfully described what is Ardaas🙏🙏
So nice listening u I was not aware of ur videos today got one what’s up where i saw u will watch ur videos very nice 👍🙏🙏
This is helpful
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Thanks a lot
Clearly understood everything about ardaas ❤️
now i clearly understand the reason of ardass
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Hi, really good videos looking forward to future ones. Insightful videos about the self and how we build up a fortress. The only thing I noticed was that you have BoS under the channel section which is really good, i've been following them and its been helpful in learning more about Sikhi. Not sure about that OSHO channel saw a few weird videos, e.g about the mystic talking about marriage and children - he was saying some pretty strange (un-gurmat) stuff... it may be best to review if you want that under that section. Thanks and keep up the gd work
+Aran Z Thanks for your comment. I have always held the view that where there is something positive that we can learn from someone then we should. Anything negative we should discard. I have learned a lot of useful things from Osho, especially his Katha on Jap Ji Sahib. So this is why I have shared his channel. Thanks
i need learn in spanish my english still is not good
Hey I'm not sikh bt I have to much faith in waheguru hi...will you please tell me how to do Ardaas
@nanaknaam many people describe ardas as a "plea" - like a humble request. Without a more in depth translation of each line of ardas, I'm finding it hard to understand. Especially when looking at other translations online. I can appreciate that when keeping in line of not asking for more and more, we must accept the hukam - I'm just sat here trying to write down my translations and this one has me puzzled!! Please help :)
Thank you. WJKKWJKF
What is the Hukum? And the path to follow?
What r the nine treasures
There is a useful article on SikhiWiki about this: www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Nau_Nidh
Can some one help me who will teach about Sikhism and it's principles in Hyderabad
Mere ly har roz gurudwara jana possible nei aa kyo ki mere city ch koi gurudwara nei aa but main apne ghare nitnem path kardi aa , te ghare kida kariye ardas?
Phaji I have a question… when doing an Ardas should one remove their shoes and cover their head, when not in the presence of Guru Granth Sahib ji i.e. at a milni or at a funeral?
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Wahaguru Ji Ka Khalsa Wahaguru Ji Ki Fateh SSA uncle Ji is the Vasu bhardwaj story true that a light came out of the bani and went towards him and cured his cancer, is their evidence and medical reports he did have cancer and got cured please answer back uncle Ji
Cosmic Fatty thank you so are you sure darbar Sahib has its copies
Gurbani does not believe in miracles. Period. Everything happens because of His Hukam - "Hukmeh ander sab koh bahar hukam nah koay". Guru Angad Sahib Ji, Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji, Guru Gobind Singh Ji could have used miracles if they wanted to, BUT that would have been going against the Hukam of Akal Purakh. So whatever happens beyond your understanding, is Hukam and not miracle.
volume is low a bit.... otherwise excellent
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I thought time ago, that preaching UNIVERSE makes me away from akaal purakh. Now i understood, i was wrong.
I have always been disturbed with the reference of violence in the ardas from a very young age......
Bhagawati ji is Maa Bhagavati and not the sword wt it's said I feel. Have heard about this in many places.
Someone please reply In Sikh and I believe in Sikhism of course and I also believe in Hanuman g…. Does Sikh allow you to believe in other gods ?
@@bengaloffset ok
he two people ardas for it to rain or not to rain well they are not going to be in the same area so it will rain for the person and for the other person it wont rain and they might be in different countries
Nice ....
But Universe , Multiverses , Parallel Unverses or Millions of Universes
Ardas is done to Creator ( Almighty Lord Akaalpurkh ) of Infinite Universes .
Ek OnKar means One God does it not ?.you talk rubbish mate . The universe was created by WaheGuru Ji not by Guru Nanak and GuruNanak and All the Gurus said you should connect with WaheGuruJi and whatever happens between you and WaheGuruJi will happen only if WaheGuruJi wills it to happen
You r trying to say . No hope .
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Bhaugati means sword. Period. Pls do not kid yourself nor mislead the innocent. I liken your interpretation as the "Blind leading the Blind." Bhaugati refers to Durga the Hindu Goddess. The whole ardas is lifted from Markandeh Puran, a Hindu text. So in the Ardas it says Pray to Durga FIRST, and it is mentioned not once but 3 times. Then only think about Guru Nanak after praying to Durga first. To understand Gurbani, use Gurbani and look for the contextual meaning of Bhaugati. The SGGS Ji will confirm that the word Bhaugati used in the Ardas is Durga and nothing else.Repent before it is too late.By the way what is that emblem that you have affixed on your turban. For those who do not know it is not the Khanda but a Hindu emblem. Don't believe me, look at it carefully and compare it to a Khanda.
You claim that "Bhagauti" refers to Durga in "chandi di vaar". But if you continue reading "chandi di vaar", you will notice that Guru gobind singh ji says, "durga picked the Bhagauti in her hand". LOL so does this mean that the guru is saying that durga held herself in her own hand?? LOL. The answer is NO! "Bhagauti" refers to the sword. Therefore, guru gobind singh ji does NOT call out to durga before calling to Guru Nanak and the other gurus in the ardas, but rather the guru calls out to the sword. NOT Durga.
And there is a story behind why guru gobind singh ji calls out to "bhagauti" (sword) before he calling out to the other gurus. Here it is:
In a certain place in india in the time of Guru Nanak dev ji, the mughal king "Babur" had attacked. Just before attacking this news had reached the hindus of that area that "Babur" has attacked or is going to attack.
Then, the hindus of that area went to their hindu temples and prayed to their hindu gods and goddesses to protect them from the islamic king "Babur". The hindu priests said to the people, "do not worry, we will recite a certain prayer/mantra which will turn the army of Babur blind and they will not be able to harm us". Hearing this, the people of that area got happy and trusted the priests to actually stop Babur and his army from attacking. So they never got ready to fight, they never took out any weapons , with the foolish hope that the hindu priests will actually stop the army of Babur simply by reciting a mantra (prayer).
What happen then is that, Babur and his army attack and kill all the people (lol) and the priests could not do anything though their superstitious practices which they thought will benefit them. Guru Nanak dev ji talks about this and says, "none of the mughals became blind, no one could perform miracles".
Therefore, putting all this together, this is the reason why Guru Gobind singh ji calls out to the "bhaguti" (sword) before he calls out to the other gurus. It is because it represents the fact that the sword is essential to fight against injustice, and simply doing unless rituals will NOT benefit. This is JUST ONE of the stories behind why Guru Gobind singh ji gives importance to the sword. Because if the people of that area had took out a sword against the mughal army instead of just sitting down like morons peforming rituals with the hope that the army will turn blind, they would have actually been able to save themselves or at least they could have protected themselves somewhat . Thus guru ji gives importance to the sword and calls out to it before calling out to other gurus in Ardas. He does NOT call out to Durga.
It must be understood that Sikhism points these stories out from chandi di vaar simply as stories to learn from. Durga is NOT made an object of worship. If the guru was calling out to Durga, then can you explain why did guru ji give Durga such a low status in Guru granth sahib ji?? I gave you references from Guru Granth Sahib Ji above which basically depict Durga as an ordinary creation and nothing more. Therefore, Guru Granth Sahib JI is very very VERY clear that Durga is nothing special and should not be worshiped. Chandi di vaar on the other hand highlights how nothing is beyond the almighty God and if any deities / beings with divine powers exist or existed, they are solely God’s creation, and it is to show that women are able to do same stuff as men as well such as fighting on battlefield.
Durga is NOT supposed to be worshipped in sikhism. Sikhism is against the worship of durga. Durga is NOT given importance in sikhism. Therefore, your claim that, "sikhs call out to Durga", is complete and utter nonsense. I have proof which I will provide.
Durga is NOT given significance in sikhism. Here is the evidence from our scriptures:
ਚਰਨ ਸਰਨਿ ਜਿਹ ਬਸਤ ਭਵਾਨੀ ॥
Charn Sarni Jih Basata Bhavaanee ॥
The goddess Durga takes refuge at His (God's) Feet and abides there.
ਅਕਾਲ ਉਸਤਤਿ - ੫/੨ - ਸ੍ਰੀ ਦਸਮ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ (end of quote)
In the above quote, the guru says that Durga is just an ordinary creation of God and she takes refuge at his (God's) feet. This quote shows she is not given any importance in sikhism and is described as a mere creation and servant of the Almighty God.
ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਉਪਾਇ ਖਪਾਏ ॥
Barhama Rudar Aupaaei Khpaaee ॥
He (GOD) hath created and destroyed Brahmas and Rudras (Shivas).
ਅਕਾਲ ਉਸਤਤਿ - ੬/੨ - ਸ੍ਰੀ ਦਸਮ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ (end quote)
In the above quote, the guru again speaks of hindu gods and says they are just creations of the one true Almighty God and they even get destroyed by the one Almighty God. They are NOT given importance in sikhism either.
Reality check: The Ardas is copied from Chandi Di Vaar which is a composition in the Bachittar Natak (Magnificient DRAMA). Chandi Di Vaar's origin is from Markanday Purana. Chandi refers to Durga and her other names are Bhagauti etc. So in the Ardas, Sikhs pray first to Durga (3 times) before they focus their thoughts on the teachings of Guru Nanak. My recommendation for every Sikh is do your own research and studies. Sikhism is a universal way of life and jogging on the same spot will not help!! We need to use our mental faculties to decipher critically what is being said by these so called preachers!!
Guru Maniyo Granth you said that your humble request to sikhs is to do their own research. Okay I did, and here is the info I got.
Durga is NOT supposed to be worshipped in sikhism. Sikhism is against the worship of durga. Durga is NOT given importance in sikhism. Therefore, your claim that, "sikhs call out to Durga", is complete and utter nonsense. I have proof which I will provide.
Durga is NOT given significance in sikhism. Here is the evidence from our scriptures:
ਚਰਨ ਸਰਨਿ ਜਿਹ ਬਸਤ ਭਵਾਨੀ ॥
Charn Sarni Jih Basata Bhavaanee ॥
The goddess Durga takes refuge at His (God's) Feet and abides there.
ਅਕਾਲ ਉਸਤਤਿ - ੫/੨ - ਸ੍ਰੀ ਦਸਮ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ (end of quote)
In the above quote, the guru says that Durga is just an ordinary creation of God and she takes refuge at his (God's) feet. This quote shows she is not given any importance in sikhism and is described as a mere creation and servant of the Almighty God.
ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਰੁਦ੍ਰ ਉਪਾਇ ਖਪਾਏ ॥
Barhama Rudar Aupaaei Khpaaee ॥
He (GOD) hath created and destroyed Brahmas and Rudras (Shivas).
ਅਕਾਲ ਉਸਤਤਿ - ੬/੨ - ਸ੍ਰੀ ਦਸਮ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ (end quote)
In the above quote, the guru again speaks of hindu gods and says they are just creations of the one true Almighty God and they even get destroyed by the one Almighty God. They are NOT given importance in sikhism either.
Here is more proof from sikh scriptures that we do NOT worship Durga or give her any significance:
ਦੁਰਗਾਕੋਟਿਜਾਕੈਮਰਦਨੁਕਰੈ॥
Millions of Durga goddesses massage His Feet.
(Sahib Shri Guru Granth Sahib, Ang 1162)
This verse is saying that millions of Durgas massage God's Feet hence why Durga is not considered important in the Sikh religion. .
sikhism promotes gender equality and encourages women to take an equal and leading role in all walks of life - including on the battlefield. In the Sikh composition ‘Chandi di vaar’, Durga is used as an example of the power of a woman on the battlefield. She is depicted slaying demons and overcoming her evil enemies. Even the greatest of deities such as Indra bow to her. This is merely used as an inspirational example rather than making Durga an object of worship.
just get to the point & say the truth
do not do the ardaas its against sikhism