How are we bound, and how do we obtain liberation?

How do we merge with intuitive ease into the Eternal, Imperishable Lord? ||1||

With the Naam in the heart and the Ambrosial Naam on our lips,

through the Name of the Lord, we rise above desire, like the Lord. ||1||Pause||

With intuitive ease we come, and with intuitive ease we depart.

From the mind we originate, and into the mind we are absorbed.

As Gurmukh, we are liberated, and are not bound.

Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, we are emancipated through the Name of the Lord. ||2||

At night, lots of birds settle on the tree.

Some are happy, and some are sad. Caught in the desires of the mind, they perish.

And when the life-night comes to its end, then they look to the sky.

They fly away in all ten directions, according to their pre-ordained destiny. ||3||

Section 07 - Raag Gauree - Part 003

Those who are committed to the Naam, see the world as merely a temporary pasture.

Sexual desire and anger are broken, like a jar of poison.

Without the merchandise of the Name, the house of the body and the store of the mind are empty.

Meeting the Guru, the hard and heavy doors are opened. ||4||

One meets the Holy Saint only through perfect destiny.

The Lord's perfect people rejoice in the Truth.

Surrendering their minds and bodies, they find the Lord with intuitive ease.

Nanak falls at their feet. ||5||6||

Gauree, First Mehl:

The conscious mind is engrossed in sexual desire, anger and Maya.

The conscious mind is awake only to falsehood, corruption and attachment.

It gathers in the assets of sin and greed.

So swim across the river of life, O my mind, with the Sacred Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||

Waaho! Waaho! - Great! Great is my True Lord! I seek Your All-powerful Support.

I am a sinner - You alone are pure. ||1||Pause||

Fire and water join together, and the breath roars in its fury!

The tongue and the sex organs each seek to taste.

The eyes which look upon corruption do not know the Love and the Fear of God.

Conquering self-conceit, one obtains the Name. ||2||

One who dies in the Word of the Shabad, shall never again have to die.

Without such a death, how can one attain perfection?

The mind is engrossed in deception, treachery and duality.

Whatever the Immortal Lord does, comes to pass. ||3||

So get aboard that boat when your turn comes.

Those who fail to embark upon that boat shall be beaten in the Court of the Lord.

Blessed is that Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate, where the Praises of the True Lord are sung.

O Nanak, the One Creator Lord is pervading hearth and home. ||4||7||

Gauree, First Mehl:

The inverted heart-lotus has been turned upright, through reflective meditation on God.