How To Make A Prayer

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What is the right thing ,to accept whatever is happening as GURU'S BHANA or to make a prayer and ask for help.How to make ARDAAS for Waheguru ji's help?

[sikhni777]

Ardaas always for strength to accept what Waheguru's wish is.

There is a sakhi where a sant always had a thal presented to him at night. This is an old sakhi when sants used to do bhagti and in the middle of the night, they are sent some food from heaven. Taliya akash to utardiya - if you have ever heard of that line.

This sant saw that it was raining too heavily and he wished it to end. The rain stopped. That night no thali for him. He prayed for an explanation and another sant told him that he had interfered in the hukam of Waheguru. It is very hard to say what hukam is.... hukam na keheya jaye. Therefore always pray for strength to bear whatever you are having to go through.

Dukh sukh prabh dhevanhar. Avar teyag tu tise chitaar.

Dukh sukh prabh devanhaar. Jo tis kare soi sukh maan.

Guru Arjun Dev Ji even on the tati tavi said - tera kiya meetha laage.

Ardaas always for thankfulness too even for dhukh because dhukh is the real medicine. Dhukh daru sukh rog peya.

Sukh makes us forget God and we think it is all right if we don't pray. However we suffer afterwards then when we have wasted time and not said our prayers.

http://spiritofthesikh.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/ardaas-what-are-rules.html

[simran345]

http://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php?/topic/60127-how-to-do-ardaas/?hl=ardaas

http://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php?/topic/77812-bhakti/page-10?hl=ardaas#entry649908

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" What is the right thing ,to accept whatever is happening as GURU'S BHANA or to make a prayer and ask for help.How to make ARDAAS for Waheguru ji's help? "

ਹੁਕਮੀ ਹੋਵਨਿ ਆਕਾਰ ਹੁਕਮੁ ਨ ਕਹਿਆ ਜਾਈ ॥

हुकमी होवनि आकार हुकमु न कहिआ जाई ॥

Hukmī hovan ākār hukam na kahi▫ā jā▫ī.

By the Lord's order bodies are produced. His order cannot be narrated.

ਹੁਕਮੀ ਹੋਵਨਿ ਜੀਅ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਮਿਲੈ ਵਡਿਆਈ ॥

हुकमी होवनि जीअ हुकमि मिलै वडिआई ॥

Hukmī hovan jī▫a hukam milai vadi▫ā▫ī.

With His fiat the souls come into being and with His fiat greatness is obtained.

ਹੁਕਮੀ ਉਤਮੁ ਨੀਚੁ ਹੁਕਮਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਦੁਖ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਈਅਹਿ ॥

हुकमी उतमु नीचु हुकमि लिखि दुख सुख पाईअहि ॥

Hukmī uṯam nīcẖ hukam likẖ ḏukẖ sukẖ pā▫ī▫ah.

By His command the mortals are make high and low and by His written command they obtain woe and weal.

ਇਕਨਾ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਬਖਸੀਸ ਇਕਿ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਸਦਾ ਭਵਾਈਅਹਿ ॥

इकना हुकमी बखसीस इकि हुकमी सदा भवाईअहि ॥

Iknā hukmī bakẖsīs ik hukmī saḏā bẖavā▫ī▫ah.

Some obtain gifts through His order and some through His order are ever made to wander in transmigration.

ਹੁਕਮੈ ਅੰਦਰਿ ਸਭੁ ਕੋ ਬਾਹਰਿ ਹੁਕਮ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥

हुकमै अंदरि सभु को बाहरि हुकम न कोइ ॥

Hukmai anḏar sabẖ ko bāhar hukam na ko▫e.

All are subject to His fiat and none is exempt from His fiat.

ਨਾਨਕ ਹੁਕਮੈ ਜੇ ਬੁਝੈ ਤ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਹੈ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥੨॥

नानक हुकमै जे बुझै त हउमै कहै न कोइ ॥२॥

Nānak hukmai je bujẖai ṯa ha▫umai kahai na ko▫e. ||2||

O Nanak! if man were to understand Lord's fiat, then no one would take pride (speak in ego).

SGGS Ang 1

?? Dhan Guru Nanak Dev ji

- Both, but think about help with what?

This shabad is from Bhai Gurdas ji's Varan - Vaar 27 Pauri 15

ਦਾਤਾ ਓਹੁ ਨ ਮੰਗੀਐ ਫਿਰਿ ਮੰਗਣਿ ਜਾਈਐ। ਹੋਛਾ ਸਾਹੁ ਨ ਕੀਚਈ ਫਿਰਿ ਪਛੋਤਾਈਐ।

ਸਾਹਿਬੁ ਓਹੁ ਨ ਸੇਵੀਐ ਜਮ ਡੰਡੁ ਸਹਾਈਐ। ਹਉਮੈ ਰੋਗੁ ਨ ਕਟਈ ਓਹੁ ਵੈਦੁ ਨ ਲਾਈਐ।

ਦੁਰਮਤਿ ਮੈਲੁ ਨ ਉਤਰੈ ਕਿਉਂ ਤੀਰਥਿ ਨਾਈਐ। ਪੀਰ ਮੁਰੀਦਾਂ ਪਿਰਹੜੀ ਸੁਖ ਸਹਜਿ ਸਮਾਈਐ।੧੫।

Don't ask for a gift that you have to ask for again and again.

Employ not an untrustworthy banker who will afterwards make you repent.

Serve not such a master who will render you liable to punishment later.

Engage not a physician who cannot cure your illness.

The filth of your sins cannot be cleansed so why bathe at places of pilgrimage.

The Love between the Guru and the disciples brings happiness and stability.(15)

dhaathaa ouhu n ma(n)geeai fir ma(n)gan jaaeeai.

hoshhaa saahu n keechee fir pashhothaaeeai.

saahib ouhu n saeveeai jam dda(n)dd sehaaeeai.

houmai rog n kattee ouhu vaidh n laaeeai.

dhuramath mail n outharai kiou(n) theerathh naaeeai.

peer mureedhaa(n) pireharree sukh sehaj samaaeeai .15.

[singhbj singh]

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What is the right thing ,to accept whatever is happening as GURU'S BHANA or to make a prayer and ask for help.How to make ARDAAS for Waheguru ji's help?

Waheguru ji ka khalsa

Waheguru ji ki fateh

Bheinji I know a couple who got blessed with a baby after 13 years of doing Ardas & begging at Gurdwara's.

Furthermore a Nihang told my friend to do Paath at Amrit Vela and Ishnaan at Sarovar which stopped his "Phulwari" Vitiligo disease after all medicine failed.

So it all comes down to Faith & persistence but most of all Ardas mustn't be against Gurmat.

Do Seva along with Ardas and hope for the best.

Waheguru ji ka khalsa

Waheguru ji ki fateh

[Not2Cool2Argue]

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What is the right thing ,to accept whatever is happening as GURU'S BHANA or to make a prayer and ask for help.How to make ARDAAS for Waheguru ji's help?

Ask for help first then accept bhana. Do ardaas like a child asking parents for help. The child has full trust and faith in parents. It knows that its parents will do whatever will make the child happy. So if parents say no, child knows they said no because they care for him and the parents knew it wouldn't make him happy.same way, do ardaas with full faith that god hears u, cares for u, and will give u watever will make u happy. And so if u do ardaas and u dont get that, then u have to follow bhana. Then u have to say, watever u do is good guruji. I know i didnt get wat i wanted because it isnt good for me. God like a parent knows, wat u need and wat is good for u. So u have to accept the results of ur ardaas with bhana. If ur ardaas is fulfilled, great, god is kind. If ur ardaas is not fulfilled, great, god knows best.

There is a story of a Christian nun, amy Carmichael. When she was small, she prayed brgore bedtime "God i like blue eyes. Could you please change my brown eyes to blue?" next morning she was really excited and she ran to the mirror. She was disappointed to see her brown eyes. She thought god has not answered my prayers. Everyone says god is nice he answers all prayers. Then she realized, he did answer. He said, "No." she realized i asked him if he could change my eye color and he hasnt which means he said no. This is the faith one should have. That god hears and answers all prayers. Sometimes he says no. And sikhi teaches us to accept his no gratefully, in bhana. To think that God is kindness itself so he said no for a good reason.

So doing ardaas is not going against hukum and does not mean u r not following bhana. Following bhana is like that good child who asks his parents for everything and when they say no, he does not get resentful or angry. He accepts cheerfully and does not forget all the other times his parents said yes and all the stuff they gave him. All parents want their kids to ask them for help so dont hesitate to ask God. However dont be like those bad kids that even parents dont like: when the parents refuse him something, he gets angry, throws a tantrum, and when the parents try to explain why or remind him look how many toys u already have, the kid says i dont care. Always ask guruji for help and things like bhagat dhanna did in aarti.

[Guest Jacfsing2]

I don't know much about Ardas; however, what you could pray for is to be a better person and for Sarbat-Da-Bhalla because only Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji can bless any human being, (and sometimes those who don't know of him still need his blessings). It's not what the prayer style is, but rather what the Ardas is about. (I understand it's for you're assistance, but don't make it selfish). Make the message of Vaheguru in your heart.

[Akalifauj]

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What is the right thing ,to accept whatever is happening as GURU'S BHANA or to make a prayer and ask for help.How to make ARDAAS for Waheguru ji's help?

If we were to accept everything has his will than the flower, grass, and trees are all our Gurus and the greatest Sikhs of all time. The flower takes everything Akal Purakh does to it, yet where is mukhti for all the flowers in the world? The animals pick at it, some animals eat it. The wind blows it around and the rain strikes it with force. Some step on it and destroy it. If we were instructed to be flowers, then out of the womb everyone human being would be jivan mukht.

It all depends on what your intentions are behind what you are asking for. Sant Jarnail Singh ji Khalsa explained Vaheguru's Hukam very well. A swami asked Sant ji what will you do if a person was going to burn a baby before your eyes? Sant ji, replies by saying I will save that baby from being burnt. The Swami adds some conditions. What if someone is holding you and you can't get to the child? Sant ji replies by saying I will try with all my strength to break the hold and save the child. Sant ji says, only when I can't do anything to save the child from being burnt alive will I accept the child being burnt alive as Vaheguru's hukam. If the flower had the ability to move when a person was about to step on it. It will move and strike the person for trying to step on it. Sant ji was explaining to the Swami how Vaheguru has given everyone a certain amount of abilities. Some have more and some have less, whatever the case. The key is to try your hardest by following the virtues of Gurmat. Our only strength is Vaheguru. Punj Pyare say nitnem Banis are like our breath. As we can't be alive without breathing, so can't we live without nitnem. How many times do the Gurus tell us to do ardas in our nitnem? Ask for help from Vaheguru is a humility act in itself. It's telling the mind how it cannot achieve all and the source of life (Akal Purakh) is needed the most. The gifts in the house of Vaheguru will never run out. So ask for his help every second of your day. There is no scale where you will owe Vaheguru back. By following Gurbani you will present yourself to Vaheguru and the gifts Vaheguru gives will only increase.

[simran345]

It's ok to ask for help from Waheguru, who else are we to do Ardaas to?

But it's not wise to ask for things we don't need, eg: expensive cars, materialistic things out of greed.

So, Hanji ask Waheguru to help you with any dukh you are facing and the rest is in their Grace.

[Guest sikh]

You do it from the heart. Its as simple as that. And you do it for True Love.

[simran345]

You do it from the heart. Its as simple as that. And you do it for True Love.

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