What does SGGS tell us about "munn" (mind)? Sides from Gurbani Vichaar session

1. Title
What does SGGS tell about “mun”, and how do we work on our “mun”

2. Abstract
•Let us look at what is SGGS telling us about “mun” which is mostly translated as “mind”. How is it different or same from the “no mind” or “zero mind” concepts in various spiritual practices. And how to work on our “mun” to stay on the path our Satguru’swant us to be on –the processes, the Maryadas, the systems setup by our Gurus. Let us explore if we are utilizing them for the final goal, and are we on the path.

3. Topics
•mn/mun (Mind) what is it?
•Religions and Mind
•Essence of “Mind” in Spiritual Practices
•Other Terminologies
•Some Quotes from Scriptures
•SGGS -What is Mind mn
•Control mind –mun marna
•Achieving mun marna
•Reform/Transform mind
•What do I do with my mind?
•How to Purify Mind, What to Practice?

4. mn/mun (Mind) what is it?
•Closest translation of mnis Mind
•History for meaning of Mind
–originally from a PIEverbal root *men-, meaning "to think, remember", Latin mens"mind", Sanskrit manas"mind“
–The generalization of mindto include all mental faculties, thought, will, feeling and memory, gradually develops over the 14th and 15th centuries
•Mind understood in different ways
–Mind is subject of study in different fields –Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience, Parapsychology, Animal Intelligence, Religion and even Artificial intelligence
–Property exclusive to humans, links mind to theories of birth- death, even life after death

5. Religions and Mind
•Judaism -"moachshalital halev", the mind rules the heart
–Humans can approach the Divine intellectually, through learning and behaving according to the Divine Will as enclothedin the Torah, and use that deep logical understanding to elicit and guide emotional arousal during prayer.
•Christianity -see the mind as distinct from the soul(Greek nous) and sometimes further distinguished from the spirit
•Western esoteric traditionssometimes refer to a mental bodythat exists on a plane other than the physical.
•Taoismsees the human being as contiguous with natural forces, and the mind as not separate from the body.
•Confucianismsees the mind, like the body, as inherently perfectible.
•Buddhism: Human beings consist of merely a body and a mind, and nothing extra. Mind is “space-like” and “illusion-like”
•New religious movements e.g. Sri Aurobindounited Eastern, Western Psycologicaltraditions–Integral Psychology (spiritual understanding of various planes and parts of being )

6. Essence of “Mind” in Spiritual Practices
•Essence is same in all of them, worded differently
–You give up your mind, merge it with higher reality, go beyond mind
–In this state you achieve what you have to achieve, but now assisted by the power behind all creation
–Prepare your mind for nothing other than Divinity, by being no-mind, one-mind….
•You might achieve above state with awareness or you might have it by Grace
–In both these cases you achieve the same purpose either Guided Unconsciously with Grace or with awareness by following certain practices
•Beyond mind or with higher mind –there is Oneness, its enlightenment
•Non-Realized or Un-enlightened mind
–Living within limited view because of mind, inhabiting little prisons in minds; totally trapped in mind, creating conflicts with creation, with reality and with other minds, other minds becoming your enemy
•Spiritual awakening is realizing
–that there is more deeper dimension in you
–and its liberating to know that there is more to you than knowing you and associating you as a mind entity

7. Other Terminologies
•Original Mind
–Prior to thought, prior to desire, prior to any conceptualization
–Discovered by removing all sensation, desires, concepts, intellection, violation and any awareness of “I”
–Budhismcalls it BudhaNature or no mind
•No-mind
–Taoist background, and used by Buddhists
•Chan [Zen] translates it as "no deliberate mind of one's own" or "no mind of one's own,“.As he explain in his discussion of the Neo-Taoism of Wang Pi (d. 249) and Kuo Hsiang (d. 312), the Taoist sage rises beyond all distinctions and contradictions while remaining in the midst of human affairs."In dealing with things he has 'no deliberate mind of his own' (wu-shin) but responds to them spontaneously without any discrimination....
–Final analysis concludes -no-mind, true-mind, original-mind all the same!
•Zero Mind
–From one of Zen’s talk -Child’s mind is zero mind –no memory , like a clear mirror, reflects. Boring is imp, else you keep craving, if you can get bored, means you can get enlightened. You get enlightened, get to zero mind, then you can do anything

8. Some Quotes from Scriptures
•“For the one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be his greatest enemy” –BhagvatGita-6.6
•“The peace of God is with them whose mind and soul are in harmony, who are free from desire and wrath, who know their own soul” -BhagvatGita
•“The mind is everything, what you think you become” - Buddhist Quote
•“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few”-ShunryuSuzuki, Zen Mind
•“No mind is enlightened mind”

9. SGGS -What is Mind mn
Ang441: What are you?
ਮਨ ਤੂੂੰ ਜੋਤਤ ਸਰੂਪੁ ਹੈ ਆਪਣਾ ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਣੁ ॥
O my mind, you are the embodiment of the Divine Light -recognize your own origin.
ਮਨ ਹਤਰ ਜੀ ਤੇਰੈ ਨਾਤਲ ਹੈ ਗੁਰਮਤੀ ਰੂੰਗੁ ਮਾਣੁ ॥
O my mind, the Dear Lord is with you; through the Guru's Teachings, enjoy His Love.
ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਣਤਹ ਤਾਂ ਸਹੁ ਜਾਣਤਹ ਮਰਣ ਜੀਵਣ ਕੀ ਸੋਝੀ ਹੋਈ ॥
Acknowledge your origin, and then you shall know your Husband Lord, and so understand death and birth.
ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਣਤਹ ਤਾਂ ਦੂਜਾ ਭਾਉ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥
By Guru's Grace, know the One; then, you shall not love any other.
ਮਤਨ ਸਾਂਤਤ ਆਈ ਵਜੀ ਵਧਾਈ ਤਾ ਹੋਆ ਪਰਵਾਣੁ ॥
Peace comes to the mind, and gladness resounds; then, you shall be acclaimed.
ਇਉ ਕਹੈ ਨਾਨਕੁ ਮਨ ਤੂੂੰ ਜੋਤਤ ਸਰੂਪੁ ਹੈ ਅਪਣਾ ਮੂਲੁ ਪਛਾਣੁ ॥੫॥
Thus says Nanak: O my mind, you are the very image of the Luminous Lord; recognize the true origin of your self. ||5|
If my mnis Jot, Divine light already, why can't I see the Divine, the Parmatma?
Ang1160: What can you see?
ਹੈ ਹਜੂਤਰ ਕਤ ਦੂਤਰ ਬਤਾਵਹੁ ॥
God is present, right here at hand; why do you say that He is far away?
ਦੁੂੰਦਰ ਬਾਧਹੁ ਸੁੂੰਦਰ ਪਾਵਹੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Tie up your disturbing passions, and find the Beauteous Lord. ||1||Pause||

10. SGGS –What is Mind
Why am I like this?
Soohi Mahala3:
ਏ ਮਨ ਜੈਸਾ ਸੇਵਤਹ ਤੈਸਾ ਹੋਵਤਹ ਤੇਹੇ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇ ॥
O mind, as you serve, so do you become, and so are the deeds that you do.
ਆਤਪ ਬੀਤਜ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਖਾਵਣਾ ਕਹਣਾ ਤਕਛੂ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥੭॥
Whatever you yourself plant, that is what you shall have to eat; nothing else can be said about this. ||7|||

11. Control mind –mun marna
What is “mun marna” –Killing mind or conquering mind or reforming mind?
Mystery-
ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥
ਮਨ ਕਾ ਸੁਭਾਉ ਮਨਹਿ ਹਬਆਪੀ ॥
Your inherent nature, keeps your mind occupied all the time
ਮਨਹਿ ਮਾਹਰ ਕਵਨ ਹਸਹਿ ਥਾਪੀ ॥੧॥
By killing mind, who has become Sidha, one with supreme spiritual powers
ਕਵਨੁ ਸੁ ਮੁਹਨ ਜੋ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੈ ॥
Who is the Muni, sage, who has killed his mind.
ਮਨ ਕਉ ਮਾਹਰ ਕਿਿੁ ਹਕਸੁ ਤਾਰੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਿਾਉ ॥
Even if you have killed your mind, what worth is it, who have you saved.
ਮਨ ਅੰਤਹਰ ਬੋਲੈ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਈ ॥
Everyone speaks thru mind
ਮਨ ਮਾਰੇ ਹਬਨੁ ਭਗਹਤ ਨ ਿੋਈ ॥੨॥
So, without killing mind, cannot do true devotional worship
ਕਿੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੋ ਜਾਨੈ ਭੇਉ ॥
Says Kabeer, onwwho knows secret of this mystery
ਮਨੁ ਮਿੁਸੂਦਨੁ ਹਤਿਭਵਣ ਦੇਉ ॥੩॥੨੮॥
Beholds within his own mind, the God of three universes

12. Control mind –mun marna
•Kill duality, dubhida
ਭੈਰਉ ਮਹਲਾ ੩ ॥
ਸੋ ਮੁਤਨ ਤਜ ਮਨ ਕੀ ਦੁਤਬਧਾ ਮਾਰੇ ॥ਦੁਤਬਧਾ ਮਾਤਰ ਬਰਹਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੇ ॥੧॥
He alone is silent sage, who subdues his mind's duality. Subduing his duality, contemplates God.
ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਕੋਈ ਖੋਜਹੁ ਭਾਈ ॥ਮਨੁ ਖੋਜਤ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਉ ਤਨਤਧ ਪਾਈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Let each person examine his own mind, O Siblings of Destiny. Examine your mind, and you shall obtain the nine treasures of the Naam.
M3:
ਤਵਣੁ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਤਸਝਈ ਵੇਖਹੁ ਕੋ ਤਲਵ ਲਾਇ ॥ ਭੇਖਧਾਰੀ ਤੀਰਥੀ ਭਤਵ ਥਕੇ ਨਾ ਏਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਤਰਆ ਜਾਇ ॥
Without conquering his mind, no one can be successful. See this, and concentrate on it. The wandering holy men are tired of making pilgrimages to sacred shrines; they have not been able to conquer their minds.
ਗੁਰਮੁਤਖ ਏਹੁ ਮਨੁ ਜੀਵਤੁ ਮਰੈ ਸਤਚ ਰਹੈ ਤਲਵ ਲਾਇ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕੀ ਮਲੁ ਇਉ ਉਤਰੈ ਹਉਮੈ ਸਬਤਦ ਜਲਾਇ ॥੨॥
The Gurmukhhas conquered his mind, and he remains lovingly absorbed in the True Lord. O Nanak, this is how the filth of the mind is removed; the Word of the Shabadburns away the ego.
Liberating state
Prabhati M 1: 1343:
ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਜੀਵਤ ਮਤਰ ਜਾਣੁ ॥

13. Achieving mun marna
How to achieve this state
Can I force it?
A39: SriRaag; M 4:
ਮਨਹਤਿ ਤਕਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਆ ਕਤਰ ਉਪਾਵ ਥਕੇ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ ॥
No one has found Him by stubborn-mindedness. All have grown weary of the effort.
ਸਹਸ ਤਸਆਣਪ ਕਤਰ ਰਹੇ ਮਤਨ ਕੋਰੈ ਰੂੰਗੁ ਨ ਹੋਇ ॥
Thousands of clever mental tricks have been tried, but still, the raw and undisciplined mind does not absorb the Color of the Lord's Love.
ਕੂਤਿ ਕਪਤਿ ਤਕਨੈ ਨ ਪਾਇਓ ਜੋ ਬੀਜੈ ਖਾਵੈ ਸੋਇ ॥੩॥
By falsehood and deception, none have found Him. Whatever you plant, you shall eat. ||3||
How to Reform?
A593: M3
ਤਰਤਧ ਤਸਤਧ ਸਭੁ ਮੋਹੁ ਹੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਨ ਵਸੈ ਮਤਨ ਆਇ ॥
Riches and the supernatural spiritual powers of the Siddhas are all emotional attachments; through them, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, does not come to dwell in the mind.
ਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਮਨੁ ਤਨਰਮਲੁ ਹੋਵੈ ਅਤਗਆਨੁ ਅੂੰਧੇਰਾ ਜਾਇ ॥
Serving the Guru, the mind becomes immaculately pure, and the darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled.
ਨਾਮੁ ਰਤਨੁ ਘਤਰ ਪਰਗਿੁ ਹੋਆ ਨਾਨਕ ਸਹਤਜ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੧॥
The jewel of the Naam is revealed in the home of one's own being; O Nanak, one merges in celestial bliss.

14. Reform/Transform mind
A1342:
ਨਾ ਮਨੁ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਮਾਇਆ ਮਰੈ ॥ ਹਜਹਨ ਹਕਛੁ ਕੀਆ ਸੋਈ ਜਾਣੈ ਸਬਦੁ ਵੀਚਾਹਰ ਭਉ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਤਰੈ॥੧॥ ਰਿਾਉ ॥
Mun and mayais never killed. The One who created this, understands. Contemplating the Word of the Shabad, one is carried across the terrifying world-ocean.
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A687 M1:
ਵੀਚਾਹਰਮਾਰੈਤਰੈਤਾਰੈਉਲਹਿਜੋਹਨਨਆਵਏ॥
One who conquers his own self through contemplation is saved, and saves others as well; he does not come to be born again.
ਆਹਪਪਾਰਸੁਪਰਮਹਿਆਨੀਸਾਚੁਸਾਚੇਭਾਵਏ॥
The supreme meditator is Himself the philosopher's stone, which transforms lead into gold. The true man is pleasing to Him.
A116 M 3:
ਸਹਤਗੁਰੁ ਹਮਲੈ ਤਾ ਤਤੁ ਪਾਏ ॥ਿਹਰ ਕਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਮੰਹਨ ਵਸਾਏ ॥ ਸਬਹਦ ਮਰੈ ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੈ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਮੁਕਤੀ ਕਾ ਦਰੁ ਪਾਵਹਣਆ
If they should meet the True Guru, then they obtain the essence of reality; the Name of the Lord comes to dwell in their minds. Those who die in the Shabadand subdue their own minds, obtain the door of liberation.
A159:
ਮਨੁ ਮਾਰੇ ਿਾਤੁ ਮਹਰ ਜਾਇ ॥ਹਬਨੁ ਮੂਏ ਕੈਸੇ ਿਹਰ ਪਾਇ ॥
When you subdue your mind, the inherent wandering nature is also subdued. Without such a death, how can one find the Divine.
ਮਨੁ ਮਰੈ ਦਾਰੂ ਜਾਣੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ ਮਨੁ ਸਬਹਦ ਮਰੈ ਬੂਝੈ ਜਨੁ ਸੋਇ ॥੧॥
Only few knows the medicine to kill the mind, one whose mind dies in the Shabad, understands this.

15. What do I do with my mind?
Make Mind Friend
ਮਨ ਹਪਆਹਰਆ ਜੀਉ ਹਮਤਿਾ ਗੋਹਬੰਦ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਮਾਲੇ ॥ ਮਨ ਹਪਆਹਰਆ ਜੀ ਹਮਤਿਾ ਿਹਰ ਹਨਬਿੈ ਤੇਰੈ ਨਾਲੇ ॥
reflect upon the Name of the God of the Universe, He shall always be with you.
ਸੰਹਗ ਸਿਾਈ ਿਹਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਹਿਆਈ ਹਬਰਥਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਜਾਏ ॥ਮਨ ਹਚੰਦੇ ਸੇਈ ਫਲ ਪਾਵਹਿ ਚਰਣ ਕਮਲ ਹਚਤੁ ਲਾਏ ॥
Naamwill always be your support, never return empty handed. Medidateon Him, and get your mind’s desires
ਜਹਲ ਥਹਲ ਪੂਹਰ ਰਹਿਆ ਬਨਵਾਰੀ ਘਹਿ ਘਹਿ ਨਦਹਰ ਹਨਿਾਲੇ ॥ਨਾਨਕੁ ਹਸਖ ਦੇਇ ਮਨ ਪਿੀਤਮ ਸਾਿਸੰਹਗ ਭਿਮੁ ਜਾਲੇ
Tell mind the reality, keep telling
ਮਨ ਹਪਆਹਰਆ ਜੀ ਹਮਤਿਾ ਿਹਰ ਹਬਨੁ ਝੂਠੁ ਪਸਾਰੇ ॥ਮਨ ਹਪਆਹਰਆ ਜੀਉ ਹਮਤਿਾ ਹਬਖੁ ਸਾਗਰੁ ਸੰਸਾਰੇ ॥
without the Lord, all outward show is false. the world is an ocean of poison
ਚਰਣ ਕਮਲ ਕਹਰ ਬੋਹਿਥੁ ਕਰਤੇ ਸਿਸਾ ਦੂਖੁ ਨ ਹਬਆਪੈ ॥ ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਭੇਿੈ ਵਡਭਾਗੀ ਆਠ ਪਿਰ ਪਿਭੁ ਜਾਪੈ ॥
Let the Lord's Lotus Feet be your Boat, so that pain and skepticism shall not touch you. Meeting with the Perfect Guru, by great good fortune, meditate on God twenty-four hours a day
ਆਹਦ ਜੁਗਾਦੀ ਸੇਵਕ ਸੁਆਮੀ ਭਗਤਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਿਾਰੇ ॥ਨਾਨਕੁ ਹਸਖ ਦੇਇ ਮਨ ਪਿੀਤਮ ਹਬਨੁ ਿਹਰ ਝੂਠ ਪਸਾਰੇ ॥੨॥
He is the Lord and Master of His servants. His Name is the Support of His devotees
Tell mind, this is what you should do
ਮਨ ਹਪਆਹਰਆ ਜੀਉ ਹਮਤਿਾ ਿਹਰ ਪਿੇਮ ਭਗਹਤ ਮਨੁ ਲੀਨਾ ॥ਮਨ ਹਪਆਹਰਆ ਜੀਉ ਹਮਤਿਾ ਿਹਰ ਜਲ ਹਮਹਲ ਜੀਵੇ ਮੀਨਾ
let your mind remain absorbed in loving devotion to the Lord. the fish of the mind lives only when it is immersed in the Water of the Lord.
ਿਹਰ ਪੀ ਆਘਾਨੇ ਅੰਹਮਿਤ ਬਾਨੇ ਸਿਬ ਸੁਖਾ ਮਨ ਵੁਠੇ ॥ ਸਿੀਿਰ ਪਾਏ ਮੰਗਲ ਗਾਏ ਇਛ ਪੁੰਨੀ ਸਹਤਗੁਰ ਤੁਠੇ ॥
Drinking in the Lord's Ambrosial Bani, the mind is satisfied, and all pleasures come to abide within. Attaining the Lord of Excellence, I sing the Songs of Joy. The True Guru, becoming merciful, has fulfilled my desires.
ਲਹੜ ਲੀਨੇ ਲਾਏ ਨਉ ਹਨਹਿ ਪਾਏ ਨਾਉ ਸਰਬਸੁ ਠਾਕੁਹਰ ਦੀਨਾ ॥ ਨਾਨਕ ਹਸਖ ਸੰਤ ਸਮਝਾਈ ਿਹਰਪਿੇਮ ਭਗਹਤ ਮਨੁ ਲੀਨਾ ॥੫॥੧॥੨॥

16. How to Purify Mind, What to Practice?
ਤੁਖਾਰੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥
ਏ ਮਨ ਮੇਤਰਆ ਤਬਨੁ ਪਉਿੀਆ ਮੂੰਦਤਰ ਤਕਉ ਚਿੈ ਰਾਮ ॥
O my mind, without a ladder, how will you climb up to the Temple of the Lord?
ਏ ਮਨ ਮੇਤਰਆ ਤਬਨੁ ਬੇਿੀ ਪਾਤਰ ਨ ਅੂੰਬਿੈ ਰਾਮ ॥
O my mind, without a boat, you shall not reach the other shore.
ਪਾਤਰ ਸਾਜਨੁ ਅਪਾਰੁ ਪਰੀਤਮੁ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦ ਸੁਰਤਤ ਲੂੰਘਾਵਏ ॥
On that far shore is Your Beloved, Infinite Friend. Only your awareness of the Guru's Shabadwill carry you across.
ਤਮਤਲ ਸਾਧਸੂੰਗਤਤ ਕਰਤਹ ਰਲੀਆ ਤਿਤਰ ਨ ਪਛੋਤਾਵਏ ॥
Join the SaadhSangat, the Company of the Holy, and you shall enjoy ecstasy; you shall not regret or repent later on.
ਕਤਰ ਦਇਆ ਦਾਨੁ ਦਇਆਲ ਸਾਚਾ ਹਤਰ ਨਾਮ ਸੂੰਗਤਤ ਪਾਵਓ ॥
Be Merciful, O Merciful True Lord God: please give me the Blessing of the Lord's Name, and the Sangat, the Company of the Holy.
ਨਾਨਕੁ ਪਇਅੰਪੈ ਸੁਣਿੁ ਪਿੀਤਮ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਹਦ ਮਨੁ ਸਮਝਾਵਓ ॥੫॥੬॥
Telling us without Satguru’ssupport, Naamsupport, SaadhSangat, cannot achieve the state.