Guru Nanak (1469 – 1539 CE) was an Indian spiritual teacher and the founder of the Sikh religion. This is taken from the Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs.
Build your boat, and pray, “O Merciful Lord, please be merciful to me.”
Why do you irrigate the barren, alkaline soil? You are wasting your life away!
This wall of mud is crumbling. Why bother to patch it with plaster?
Let your hands be the buckets, strung on the chain,
and yoke the mind as the ox to pull it; draw the water up from the well.
Irrigate your fields with the Ambrosial Nectar,
and you shall be owned by God the Gardener.
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Een krachtige herinnering aan menselijke verantwoordelijkheid en goddelijke leiding. Guru Nanak zegt niet: laat het veld maar liggen. Hij zegt: gebruik je handen, span de geest in, trek water uit de bron — maar vergeet niet dat de tuin aan God, de Tuinier, behoort.
“Mijne genade is u genoeg; want Mijn kracht wordt in zwakheid volbracht.”
— 2 Korintiërs 12:9
Mullah zou misschien zeggen: “Ik kan de emmer vullen, maar niet bevelen dat het zaad ontwaakt.
Dat ontwaken is genade.”
Let your hands be the buckets, strung on the chain,
and yoke the mind as the ox to pull it; draw the water up from the well.
Irrigate your fields with the Ambrosial Nectar,
and you shall be owned by God the Gardener.
So beautiful, thankyou
Thank you, dear Zubin. Yes, a beautiful image – when we irrigate our fields, the Gardener owns us!