Jaap Sahib is a prayer written by Guru Gobind Singh when he was 19 years old. Guru Gobind Singh was the fearless young Guru who transformed simple people into royal beings by teaching them the techniques of Kundalini Yoga. He led, he served, he honored, he taught, he inspired- and we live by his legacy and his teachings to be great in this changing age. The story goes that one morning, Guru Gobind Singh had so much love in his heart to do his daily

meditation that the Awesome power of God sat just in front of Guru Gobind Singh. The young Guru then recited a prayer, invoking such a

presence saying to the presence before him “your presence and your quality cannot be described, but I shall bow to you in all the deeds you express” and recited 199 stanzas in which holds over 900 expressions of God all done in a sacred sound current. He bowed to each one and so we call it Bowing Jaap Sahib meditation.

Yogi Bhajan on the Bowing Jaap Sahib Meditation:“If God is not alive in you, you are not alive on this Earth. For centuries and centuries you have been taught wrong, and the result is God has become outside of you and you have become outside of God. Let’s get out of it the way Guru Gobind Singh says. His version is to bow to all aspects of God, every aspect. First he prays, to bring the invocation of God, true and clear, then he bows. If you can proceed in that rhythm, you can find that oneness…” Jaap Sahib is the salutation to God in which Guru

Guru Gobind Singh, embodied in full glory and

royalty

Gobind Singh recites every facet of God. As many as have been explained there, that many facets as a person you to cover in your life. That’s what Jaap Sahib is. It gives you the key to the opening of that hemisphere where you want to be. That’s what Jaap Sahib does and when you do it with these exercises, it will keep you healthy, happy and holier than you can think. You can enjoy life. Jaap Sahib is Guru Gobind Singh’s Banee. You have to understand one thing. The disciples of Guru Gobind Singh were in a position to run at the speed of a horse. What miracle that gave them such a power? Jaap Sahib. Jaap Sahib gives you the strength of the mind behind every muscle of you. And if we have to change, take the Name of God everywhere, with every breath. This is how we can do it. The Name should be in us and we should receive it, we should be with it, and we should become it. And that is the way to be spiritual. Everything you do should be right from your spirit, and your spirit should be in it. That’s the way to succeed. That’s why he recited the Jaap Sahib. This banee* is a gift to you to use when your grace, your power, and your position are threatened. Whoever will recite this banee shall never fall flat on his face. That’s why an ordinary bunch of bones could fight with thousands and thousands of armed, trained soldiers and defend themselves beautifully;

because they had the spirit with them. **Guru Gobind Singh was the 10th Guru of the Sikh way of life. Sikh means student, disciple of the Guru. Guru Gobind Singh embodied the quality of Royal Courage and established the Khalsa- the path of the Pure Ones. **Banee- is a prayer, a sound current to elevate the spirit, transmitted through the Guru. The recitation, meditation, or practice of the Banee brings in the qualities of the light the Guru’s had themselves. 

This Is an event that we practice Friday morning accompanied by music. The meditation Is 35 minutes In length. On Friday's we replace the Aquarian meditations with the Bowing Jaap Sahib meditation. We start at 6:00am and Is held at Dukh Niwaran's home. For more Information or directions to Dukh Niwaran- please contact Daljit Singh at royalradiance@gmail.com or by phone 831.588.3474 or contact Dukh Niwaran Kaur at dniwaran@pacbell.net.

Blessings

Sat Nam

A young modern Khalsa women, student of Guru

Gobind Singh