I bow to the tongue that says the praises of Guru ji. It is like the swan that loves the Mansarovar and cannot leave it.
One day, after testing all of the Sikhs was done, Guru ji was sitting in the Dharamsala. To give the Gem of the Trehans the Aatam Gyan, Guru ji called Bhai Lehna ji to him. Guru ji said to him: "Lehna, you have done a lot of Seva. Ask about the highest gyaan. You have worked very hard in your Seva. There is nothing that I can't give you." Bhai Lehna ji heard the compassionate words. He sat in front of Guru ji to receive the good wisdom. He folded his hands and bowed his head. He bowed to the Master's Lotus Feet. He spoke humbly: "I wish to know my real form. I don't know who I really am. I am stuck in joy and sorrow, deeply. Attachment and hatred, I am stuck in day and night. I am not in the single state while in pain and pleasure. Please tell me everything. I will be happy to know all this. My heart is filled with the darkness of Agyaan. Your words are like the sun. Please illuminate the Gyaan and show me my form."
Sri Prabhoo ji heard this and said: "oh fortunate one, listen to the deep meanings which will erase the falsehood and pain of the world. The Aatma is the light that is self-illuminated. It is without attachment or hatred. It is indestructible. It is never happy nor sad. It is never born nor does it ever die. It is always in the blissful state, completely in the single state. Understand the Aatma in this way. It is the witness of the 3 states of awake, dream and Sakopat (deep sleep). It is unaffected by anything, completely independent and separate. This is your form. What you see of your body, thinking it is the actual form, is just the illusion. Just as the red flower shining behind a crystal, makes the crystal look red; you perceive the body as your Aatma because of this reflection. You feel like you are the body but it is not true. The 5 primal elements made combinations with each other to form 25 different combinations. The body and mind are made up of these 25 combinations known as the “Panchiskaran.” Before the solid (space, wind, fire, water and earth) came to be, the concept, the power of the element was created (sound, touch, sight, taste and smell). The solid is only the physical form of the element. The body and the Antiskaran is made of the power of the Primal Elements. The Antiskaran is made of 4 concepts: Munn (makes efforts), Bhuddi (judges and describes everything), Chit (finds meaning of use), Hankaar (the ego). The Aatma Ram is away from these 4. The Antiskaran is part of the Maya. The Aatma is the energy source for the Antiskaran. The Satogun in the Antiskaran, its reflection causes the consciousness to exist. The clean Antiskaran (purified by Seva) can see the Aatma. The dirty Antiskaran (by the filth of Karma- good and bad; from many lives) cannot see the Aatma, like a dirty mirror. For this reason, the people have forgotten their real form. The Jeev sees itself as limited. The Jeev takes on 3 bodies for this reason and keeps coming into the world: the Sthool Sareer (solid body), in which the Jeev casts Ego and attachment towards and feels pain; the Ling/Sooksham Sareer, which is comprised of the 10 Indriyas (5 Karam- hands, feet, urethra, anus and voice; 5 Gyaan- skin, eyes, tongue, nose and ears), 5 senses (sound, touch, sight, taste and smell), Munn and Bhuddi. That is a total of 17. This is the Ling Sareer. By good and bad Karma, one comes to experience them through this body. This body comes into this Lok and travels to the Parlok. The body that works this is even deeper. That is the Kaaran Sareer. It is really small and difficult to understand. It is the Agyaan, the doubt, the Maya. It is the reason for the darkness. The other bodies are seen because of this Agyaan. In Gyaan, the world is not seen. The Aatam Ram is separate from all this. It is without joy and sorrow. It is illuminated by saying Nayt Nayt -eliminating the other bodies. Cancel what you see of yourself that is not infinite. You are not the body, Munn, chit, Bhuddi or Hankaar. One distinguishes the Aatma (by eliminating the finite) and immerses into the Nijananda- the ultimate bliss."
Bhai Lehna ji heard this. He folded his hands and said: "by saying Nayt Nayt, can one achieve the Aatam Gyaan? Tell my Great Guru." The Wise Gyaan Guru spoke sweet words: "oh fortunate one, listen to how Nijananda is achieved. Understand first the 5 Koshes. First take the ego and Bhuddi out of the body that it is not you. The first is Anmay Kosh. It is the outside body which runs on food. It is seen as yourself while you are awake. It is not the Aatma. It is insentient without the Aatma. The Aatma has no body parts. The Praanmay Kosh is inside the first Kosh. It is not the Aatma either. It consists of the 5 Pranas (and 5 Karam Indriyas). The Manomay Kosh is next. It is the Munn and the 5 Gyaan Indriyas. The Munn controls the Gyaan Indriyas. It is not the Aatma either. The Munn sleeps in the Sakopat state (deep sleep) so therefore it can’t be the Aatma. The 4th Kosh is Bigyaanmay Kosh. It consists of the Bhuddi and the 5 Gyaan Indriyas. Away from these, when one is in sleep, who you see, that is not the Aatma as well. The Aatma is separate. Deeper than the 4 Koshes is the Anandmay Kosh. When good Karma comes to fruition, the consciousness gathers and touches the Anandmay Kosh. This is where pleasure lives. In fact, no worldly item has pleasure. Pleasure is only experienced when the awareness focuses and touches the Anandmay Kosh due to Karma. Without focus, pleasure is not experienced. In the Sakopat (deep sleep) state, that is where the consciousness goes. There is no greater pleasure or joy than when one is in the deep sleep. This is not your Aatma form. Away from the Anandmay Kosh is the Niranjan form, the form away from Maya. It does not have any body parts (Niravayav). It is beyond beauty. It is never born nor does it die. It does not deal with joy or sorrow. It never takes birth nor does it die. It is away from love, hatred, attachment, Maya, illness, separation, indulgence and birth. It is the Sat, Chetan and Anand from. It is great. See yourself as that form. The Aatma has no change and therefore it has no vices. The body is just the illusion. It is like Agyaan in the rope. The illusion makes the rope look like a snake which gives rise to fear. Some will see the rope (in the dark with little light) as a flower garland and some will see it as a crack in the ground. The lightly-lit state forms because of the Aatma’s relation with the Antiskaran, forming a mish-mash of reality vs illusion. If one becomes aware with Gyaan (knowledge), one can know that it is nothing but a rope. (The whole world is actually only Brahm. The Jeev sees the world as a serious and actual thing, not as an illusion. There is, in fact, nothing to achieve and nothing to possess from this world of illusion) The whole world is shrouded in Agyaan. The world (perception of) is destroyed with Gyaan."
Guru ji casted his blessed vision and stopped the Agyaan. He made Bhai Lehna ji see the Aatma. Bhai Lehna ji was immersed in the ocean of bliss. Bhai Lehna ji went into Samadhi. His Samadhi was set into his infinite form. It was like millions of suns, shining brightly. He was blessed with light. The Agyaan was all gone. Not even a little bit remained. After a long time, when Bhai Lehna ji opened his eyes and saw Guru Nanak Dev ji sitting in front of him. He bowed to Guru ji's lotus feet. Bhai Lehna ji praised Guru Nanak Dev ji:
"I bow to your lotus feet oh Guru, Gyaan of Gyaan. You destroy the attachment and give the great bliss. I bow to you oh Ishwar of all the Loks; you are the controller of all the Loks. You are in every place; you nurture all of the life forms in every place. You do the destruction. I bow to you who destroys the whole universe. You are the Giver of Mukti. You destroy hypocrisy and throw it away. You took on a human body, seeing the pain of the life forms. You are compassionate; infinite; timeless; endless. You saved millions upon billions of sinners. You destroyed pain. You are the giver and the saviour. You are the greatest Ishwar and the greatest knower. You are the greatest support and the greatest victor. You are the blissful form and the Master of Maya. You live with your lovers. You are the complete Prabhoo. You love your servants. Your form is great which is in the hearts of the Gyaanis, both visible and invisible. You control Maya. There is no one equal to you. What can I say? You are the greatest treasure and the omniscient one. You are the Aad form and the ancient one. You are self-illuminating. You are love and pure. You are the master of the supportless. Your form needs no support. You are without form. You are the only form. Your form is above Maya. You can't be described, eaten, spoken or quantified. You are without attachment. You can't be defeated. You can't be seen. You are without form. You can't be counted. You are without bodily functions. You are forever. You are the great victor. You are above Maya. You protect the servants. You are the (only) consciousness. In the jungle of the mind; lust and anger live as elephants. Your words are the lions that kills all of these vices. You are the sun that destroys the darkness of attachment. You are without desire. You are without sections. You destroy the ocean-like pains of the two worlds like August Muni. You are beautiful. I bow to thee, I bow to thee, I bow to thee; to your form."
In this way Bhai Lehna ji praised Guru ji and remained at his feet. Whoever listens to this praise with focus, they will receive the reward of all the fruits. Bhai Lehna ji said: “you are Dhan, Guru ji! Your ways are great. You showed me the amazing form of Akaal Purakh. You destroyed the gates of doubt. You connected me to the Parmanand.” Hearing this, the Cloud of Gyaan, the Compassionate One, was really happy. All of the Siddhis and powers that existed in the universe, Guru Nanak Dev ji brought them to stand in front of Bhai Lehna ji to make them his servants. Guru ji said: “Purkha, you now have the Brahmgyaan. The duality is gone from your heart. All of the powers of the universe, you are now their Master. You can do as you wish without delay. You can do as you wish but listen to what I have to say: accept the will of Akaal Purakh. The time of Kaliyuga is scary. Many unwise people will be born in Kaliyuga. The Gyaan of “Ahang Brahm,” that you have been given, whoever has it will be in bliss. It will always be in your heart but never say it from your mouth. You are the Brahm but don’t say it from your mouth. Teach others to always be servants and therefore you must always speak of love and Bhagti. Spread the Prema Bhagti to all, by teaching the Sikhs of humility. Speak of Prema Bhagti and love the Satsangat. Never make others know of who you really are. Don’t show how powerful you are to anyone. Spend your time in the Seva of the Guru. People will see your character and get inspired to do Bhagti. They will do what you do. See yourself as the lowest. Never have ego in your heart. If one is a Brahmgyaani and says he is “Ahang Brahm (I am Brahm),” he is already Brahm and without vices; the people of Kaliyuga who become such person’s Sikhs, their hearts won’t be pure; if they hear their Guru say this, they will say: “our Guru says that he is Brahm.” The people will do unorthodox things. I’ll tell you everything. The Gyaan is like ghee. It is really dense and pure. The people who have the Kaph Dosh, if they eat ghee, they won’t be able to digest it and it will cause other problems. Their chests will become more congested. They will be in pain. The ghee would make them more ill. Their body won’t get better. They ate it for peace but it caused further damage. The people who have the Pith Dosh, if they eat ghee, they will have diarrhea. This won’t go away. The wise people will then eat ghee in a better way. They would add mishri (sugar crystals) to the ghee. The sugar would help digest the ghee. It would taste better too. Listen to the way of ghee: if the gyaan is given to fools, it will be bad for then. The Kaph is like being egotistical. Their ego will grow. They will see themselves as the highest Brahm. They will do façades to gather followers. They will let go of Prema Bhagti and never bow to anyone. This would be like congestion in the chest. They will be in pain due to the cycle of birth and death. Forget peace, they will be in pain. The person with Pith (heat) Dosh, they are stuck in the vices. They will hear this and do more sins without fear. They will get stuck in their desires. They will go to Hell then. To be stuck in desires and vices is like diarrhea. The mishri is Bhagti. Bhagti added to Gyaan will make their wisdoms pure. They will undoubtedly have Gyaan in their hearts. Prema Bhagti will make them pure from the outside and the inside. They will never be in pain. They will be in peace and receive the highest status in the end. This is the best way by which the Jeev will be blessed. There is no other way in Kaliyuga. Bhagti and Gyaan will give the Kaivalya Mukti. If the person who wishes for this Mukti, they should go and find the Satsangat in the world. Do Seva with love. Listen to the words by giving your ear. Lust, anger, greed and other vices; this jungle is only cut by the axe of the Satsangat. The darkness of Agyaan, the Satsangat is the sun for it. The Satsangat is the thick shade from the heat of the vices. The Satsangat is like the ocean which has many gems and pearls. Maitri -friendly personality; Mudita- to be happy of others’ success; Sat – truth; Santokh – contentment; Karuna – compassion; Chima – forgiveness; Khaar – saltiness (the harsh words that stop you from sin); Dheeraj – patience; Gyaan; Vairagya – detachment; Vichara – to think of the Jeev-Eesh difference; Bhao Bhagat – Prema Bhagti; these are the doors to Mukti. Sam – to control the mind; Dam – to control the Indriyas; Jog and others; are grown in the Satsangat. Whoever immerses into this ocean, why wouldn’t they receive the bliss status? The Satsangat is the best effort of all of the Sadhanas. Meeting the Satsangat, everything can be achieved. Whoever did the Satsangat, they received Mukti and their doubts were destroyed. If one does Satsangat with love, without a doubt they will be blessed. The others who will do Satsangat in the future, they will easily receive Mukti. Oh fortunate Lehna, for this reason you must carry on the Satsangat tradition. Do the Prema Bhagti in a good way. The Gyaan will come to the heart in this way.”