Riches
The Gurus say that the sole purpose of man's birth in this world is to enable him to gather the merit (riches or merchandise) through which he may be accepted at the door of the Lord. What is this merit, this wealth or Vakhar? The Gurus say that it is the practice of the Naam or Shabd.
Gather the riches of Naam; oh Nanak, this is true wealth to acquire.
Nanak has gathered in the wealth, the merchandise of the Naam; this is the true capital.
Guru Arjan Dev –
Adi Granth, Var of Jaitsri M5, p. 710
Acquire the true riches of Naam; follow the Master. He who has true riches, merges in the Shabd which is Truth.
They purchase the true merchandise, contemplating the Guru. One who has the wealth of the true commodity in his lap, is blessed with the rapture of the True Shabd.
Guru Nanak Dev –
Adi Granth, Maru M1, Solhas, p. 1032
These riches are the Name or the Word of God. The Saints are Its keepers and It can be obtained only through them.
The wealth you were born for, the Lord's Naam, is with the Saints.
This merchandise, which you have come to obtain, the Lord’s Name is obtained in the home of the Saints.
Guru Arjan Dev –
Adi Granth, Gauri M5, Sukhmani, p. 283
Just as material goods and merchandise are available in the market, the wealth of Naam is available in our body. The body may be likened to a shop with the merchandise of Naam in it. It may be searched for and found in the body with the aid of a Master.
This body is a jeweller's shop; the riches of the infinite Naam are sold in it. That tradesman gets these riches, who contemplates on the Master's Shabd.
This body is the jeweler’s shop, oh Siblings of Destiny; the incomparable Naam is the merchandise. The merchant secures this merchandise, oh Siblings of Destiny, by contemplating the Word of the Guru’s Shabd.
Guru Nanak Dev –
Adi Granth, Sorath M1, Ashtapadi, p. 636
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