Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru

這是1978年《錫克正法兄弟會》的一篇文章，由 M.S.S. Krishna Kaur Khalsa 撰寫，她講述了她在1971年第一次聽到「Guru Guru Wahe Guru，Guru Ram Das Guru」曼陀羅的經歷。 

那是一月中旬的一個涼爽的早晨。我像往常一樣在凌晨3點起床，洗了個澡，在黑暗中，把床鋪平，穿好衣服，然後穿過街道，來到 Siri Singh Sahib 住的小房子。 外面很安靜，很清爽，雖然我什麼也聽不到，但我很清楚人們在 Amrit Vela 早課起床唱誦神之名的耳語之聲。

那一年是1971年。 這個地方是印度旁遮普地區的一個小鎮Basi。 凌晨3點50分左右，Siri Singh Sahib、Premka Kaur 和我一起前往早課 Sadhana。 我們默默地沿著狹窄的住宅街走到主幹道上。 我們把毯子圍在肩上，非常有條不紊地大步前往薩達納所在地。 唯一的聲音是風在樹上跳舞吧，我的聲音正唱誦著 Ek Ong Kar Sat Nam Siri Wahe Guru。

我們是85名來自西方的錫克，第一次來到印度，體驗我們古魯大師的土地。觸動了這麼多美麗的人的心，這麼多美國人接受錫克信仰是如此地令人歡欣鼓舞，這是多麼的幸運啊。 

當我們第一次到達印度時，我們遇到了一些人，他們對我們的真誠和 Siri Singh Sahib 的真誠持懷疑態度，最終對我們所有人來說都是一個相當大的考驗。 他們一直堅持讓 Siri Singh Sahib 向一個特定的 Baba 鞠躬，並宣佈他是他的老師。 Siri Singh Sahib 拒絕了，說：「Guru Ram Das是我的老師。」 這一宣告引起了各種反應。 其中有嘲笑者訕笑著說：「好吧，如果他是你的老師，他給你的曼陀羅在哪裡？ 老師必須給學生一個曼陀羅。」

這些不相信的人對 Siri Singh Sahib 的影響很小。 他知道 Guru Ram Das 是他的老師，因為他在 Guru Ram Das 的腳下得到了「知識」。 正是在清洗神聖的金廟的地板時，他得到了永恆之光的祝福。 在這個特殊的早晨，在 Siri Singh Sahib 的冥想中，他的老師 Guru Ram Das 給了他一個曼陀羅。 「Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru 」 他以 Guru 之子的精神，在心中帶著這個曼陀羅到了早課薩達納的所在，並與我們所有人分享。 我們坐在一個髒兮兮的儲藏室的地板上。 一個燃木爐在房間中央噼裡啪啦地響著，散發著唯一的光和溫暖。 Siri Singh Sahib 帶領我們進行了一系列熱身運動，以鬆弛我們的血液迴圈，將我們的四肢從我們已經習慣的緊張中解放出來。 練習結束後，我們把毯子拉到周圍，緊緊地擠在一起，聽著他教我們幾分鐘前老師給他的曼陀羅。

「Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru.」 他的聲音帶著如此溫柔和信念地響起，「Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru.」 他就像一個坐在父親腿上的孩子，看著這瘋狂的世界，他也知道他必須帶著這個訊息來到這瘋狂世界。 他不得不帶著一線希望面對這種瘋狂，「Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru.」 此時我感覺一股能量湧上我的脊柱。 我無法閉上眼睛。 我只是一直看著 Siri Singh Sahib，意識到他使命的力量和範圍，我默默地決定將我的一生奉獻給錫克正法的服務。 

如果我以前什麼都不知道，我那時肯定知道，我們來印度不只是為了參觀聖地。 我們在那兒，以時間之沙畫一支箭，上面寫著：「西方的太陽將升起。」 「Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru.」開始在我內心深處激起。 我不明白我當時使用這曼陀羅感受到或經歷的一切，但我發現它非常令人慰藉。 你可以在我們所在的校區裡聽到它，有些人有意識地唱著，有些人不自覺地唱著。 Guru Ram Das 的精神幾乎在我們所有人身上都被喚醒了。

我曾經和 Siri Singh Sahib 叫來的人，一起坐了幾個小時來誦讀這個曼陀羅。 我看著他們在我面前改變了，他們臉上的疼痛和不適感因此消融。 當他們的聲音與無限的聲流融合時，我感到他們的心是敞開的，他們的心智也在擴張。 我當時處於祝福之中。 還有什麼比讚美古魯大師 Ram Das 更好的度過一天的方式呢。 

那是七八年前的事了。 是的，那是個開始。 今天，我們的西方音樂家已經創作了至少一百首旋律來伴奏曼陀羅「Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru.」。 此外，大約一半的歌曲講述了古魯大師 Ram Das 的故事，並闡述了他啟發了Sangat 同修的許多方式。 我們從他那裡得到的保護和指導，加強了我們個人和集體的力量，使我們能夠經受住時代的考驗。

透過誦讀 Siri Singh Sahib 向我們揭示的神聖曼陀羅，我們的許多兄弟姐妹奇蹟般地得到了療癒。 從 Guru Nanak 到 Guru Gobind Singh，我們古魯大師的教導的力量正在西方迅速顯化。 在 Khalsa卡沙（純潔）的孩子們身上清清楚楚地看到它。 這些古魯大師的 Bani 經文的純然頻道是在真實身份「Nam」上培養的，與我們大多數成年人截然不同。 它們反映了古魯的純潔和優雅，並不斷提醒我們，這條偉大而光榮的道路並不容易走。 

我覺得我們必須贏得稱自己為錫克的權利。 我們必須贏得站在這個地球上的權利，成為孩子們的燈塔。 大師每天都在考驗我們，每天我們必須跟上。 如果我們聆聽 Guru Ram Das 的話語，並跟隨他的 hukam 指引，我們就會優雅地度過難關。 神保佑 Siri Singh Sahib，Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji，他與我們分享了他對老師的愛，並教會了我們誦讀神之名的榮耀。 願他作為卡沙 Khalsa 的真正之子被人們銘記。

查看本文最初發表於 1978 年冬季《錫克教佛法兄弟會》雜誌上的文章

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This is an article from a 1978 issue of Sikh Dharma Brotherhood, written by M.S.S. Krishna Kaur Khalsa, where she recounts her experience in 1971 of hearing the “Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru” mantra for the first time.

It was a cool morning in mid-January. I got up as usual at 3:00 a.m., showered and got dressed in the dark, smoothed out my bed and made my way across the street to the little house where the Siri Singh Sahib was staying. It was quiet and crisp outside, and though I couldn’t hear anything, I was quite aware of the murmur of people rising in the Amrit Vela to chant the Name of God.

The year was 1971. The place was Basi, a small town in the Punjab area of India. At about 3:50 a.m., the Siri Singh Sahib, Premka Kaur and I left for Sadhana. We walked in silence down the narrow residential street and on to the main road. We kept our blankets around our shoulders and strode very methodically to the Sadhana site. The only sounds were the wind dancing off the trees and my voice chanting Ek Ong Kar Sat Nam Siri Wha Guru.

We were 85 Sikhs of Western origin who had come to India for the first time to experience the land of our Gurus. What a blessing it was to touch the hearts of so many beautiful people who rejoiced at the thought of so many Americans embracing the Sikh faith.

When we first got to India we met a few people whose skepticism about our sincerity and the sincerity of the Siri Singh Sahib ended up being quite a test for all of us. They kept insisting that the Siri Singh Sahib bow to a particular Baba and proclaim him as his teacher. The Siri Singh Sahib refused, saying, “Guru Ram Das is my teacher.” This statement drew various reactions. Among them were scoffers who sneered, “Well, if he is your teacher, where is the mantra he gave you? A teacher has to give a student a mantra.”

These unbelievers had very little effect on the Siri Singh Sahib. He knew Guru Ram Das was his teacher, because it was at the feet of Guru Ram Das that he received “knowledge”.  It was while washing the floors of the Sacred Harimandir Sahib that he was blessed with the Eternal Light.

On this particular morning during the Siri Singh Sahib’s meditation, his teacher, Guru Ram Das, had given him a mantra. “Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru.” He carried that mantra in his heart to the Sadhana site with the spirit of a true son of the Guru and shared it with us all.

We sat on the floor of a dingy storage barn. A wood burning stove crackled in the center of the room, giving off the only light and the only warmth. The Siri Singh Sahib led us through a series of warm up exercises to loosen our circulation and free our limbs from the tension that we had become so accustomed to. When the exercises were finished, we pulled our blankets around us, huddled close together and listened as he taught us the words of the mantra his teacher had just given to him minutes before.

“Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru.” His voice rang out with such tenderness and conviction, “Guru Guru Wahe Guru. Guru Ram Das Guru.” He was like a child sitting in the lap of his father looking out into the insane world and knowing that he had to go there with this message. He had to go face the insanity with a ray of hope. “Guru Guru Wahe Guru. Guru Ram Das Guru.” I felt such a surge of energy flowing up my spine. I couldn’t keep my eyes closed. I just kept looking at the Siri Singh Sahib, realizing the power and scope of his mission, and I silently dedicated my life to the service of the Sikh Dharma.

If I didn’t know anything before, I certainly knew then that we were not in India just to sight see and visit holy places. We were there to draw an arrow in the sand of time saying, “The sun shall rise in the West.”

“Guru Guru Wahe Guru. Guru Ram Das Guru“ began to stir deep within my heart. I didn’t understand everything I was feeling or experiencing with that mantra, but I found it very comforting. You could hear it all over the campus where we were staying, being sung consciously by some and unconsciously by others. The spirit of Guru Ram Das had been awakened in practically all of us.

I used to sit for hours with people that were sent to me by the Siri Singh Sahib to chant this mantra. I watched them change in front of me as they chanted. I watched the pain and discomfort dissolve from their faces. I felt their hearts open and their minds expand as their voices merged with the infinite sound current. I was in bliss. What better way to spend the day than singing the praises of Guru Ram Das.

That was seven or eight years ago. Yes, that was a beginning. Today our western musicians have composed at least one hundred melodies to accompany the mantra “Guru Guru Wahe Guru, Guru Ram Das Guru.” In addition, there have been about half that many songs written telling the story of Guru Ram Das and expounding on the many ways he has inspired the sangat. The protection and guidance we get from him has strengthened us individually and collectively, making it possible for us to endure the tests of the times.

And by chanting that divine mantra, revealed to us through the Siri Singh Sahib, many of our brothers and sisters have been miraculously healed.

The power of the teachings of our Gurus from Guru Nanak to Guru Gobind Singh is rapidly manifesting itself in the West. It is most clearly seen in the children of the Khalsa. These pure channels for the Guru’s Bani have been raised on “Nam”, quite unlike most of us adults. They reflect the purity and grace of the Guru and serve as a constant reminder to us that this great and glorious path is not an easy one to tread.

I feel we have to earn the right to call ourselves Sikhs. We have to earn the right to stand on this earth and be as beacons of light for the children. Every day the Guru tests us and every day we must keep up. If we listen to the words of Guru Ram Das and follow his hukam, we will make it through with grace.

God bless the Siri Singh Sahib, Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji who shared with us the love he has for his teacher and taught us the glory of chanting the Name of God. May he be remembered throughout the times as a true son of the Khalsa.

View this article as it originally appeared in the Winter 1978 Sikh Dharma Brotherhood magazine.

More about this mantra, including musical versions.

本文選自 StudentsofYogiBhajan

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