Inner Peace

We can attain peace of mind only by following what Gurbani teaches.

The mind does not become tranquil until it is connected to the ever-peaceful Supreme Being.

The eternal among the non-eternal, the conscious among the conscious — the One who fulfills the desires of many: those wise ones who see It as their own Self enjoy eternal peace, none other.

Having released ego, force, arrogance, desire, wrath, and possessiveness — free of 'mine,' and tranquil — that person becomes fit for union with Brahman.

As the ocean remains still and immovable even as rivers pour into it from all sides — so the person into whom all desires enter without disturbing attains peace, not the one who craves desires.

One whose mind is undisturbed in sorrow, who feels no longing for pleasure, who is free from passion, fear, and anger — such a sage is called a person of stable wisdom.

One from whom the world does not shrink and who does not shrink from the world, and who is free of elation, jealousy, fear, and agitation — such a one is dear to me.

Knowing Me as the enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all the worlds, the true friend of all beings — one attains peace.

There is no discernment for one who is not yoked in yoga, nor is there contemplative focus for the unyoked. Without contemplation there is no peace, and without peace, how can there be happiness?

More subtle than the subtlest, in the midst of chaos, the creator of the universe, of many forms — the one encompasser of the universe — knowing Him, the auspicious One, one attains supreme peace.

He who stands over every source, in whom all this comes together and dissolves — that Lord, the boon-granting deity worthy of praise — knowing Him, one attains supreme peace.

Serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity of inner being — these together are called the austerity of the mind.

Equal in sorrow and joy, abiding in the Self, treating a clod of earth, a stone, and gold alike; the same toward the pleasant and unpleasant; steady in mind; equal in blame and in praise of the self —

Supreme happiness comes to this yogi whose mind is at peace, whose passion has grown still, who has become Brahman, and who is without impurity.

Neither elated upon encountering the pleasant, nor troubled upon encountering the unpleasant — with steady intellect, undeluded, the knower of Brahman stands firm in Brahman.

The one who has faith and is devoted to it, with senses restrained, attains knowledge. Having attained knowledge, one swiftly reaches the highest peace.

In that inner serenity, all sorrows dissolve away for this person. Indeed, for one with a clear and tranquil mind, the intellect quickly becomes firmly grounded.

But one of disciplined self, moving among sense-objects with senses freed from attraction and aversion and held under personal command — attains inner serenity.

Just as a mirror, smeared with mud, when cleansed shines brilliantly — so too, when the embodied soul sees the truth of the Self, it becomes single, its purpose fulfilled, free from sorrow.

One who sits as if indifferent, undisturbed by the qualities, knowing that only the qualities are at play — who stands firm, unshaken —