Book III / VII
Amrit: How one gets It
1. Through the Grace of God:
God's Word is the Water of Life, one gets It through His Grace. Remember God every moment of your life, and make this your constant practice.
Guru Arjan, Malar M5
Everyone sows his field, but blessed are such as God approves of, with the help of the Master is sown the seed of divine Nectar, and then one gets the fruit of the Tree of Life (Amrit).
Guru Ram Das, Gauri War M4
2. Through preordination. By one's good deeds one may get Amrit within, if so ordained.
One with earned merit in the past ages may by preordination find Nectar within, highly blessed is God's Word; one may taste of It through the instructions of the Master.
Guru Ram Das, Sri Rag War M4
3. Through devotion to Satguru. Amrit is All-Pervading in Its fullness, but we can hardly taste It on the plane of the senses.
Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.
Amrit is much sought after; even the gods and goddesses are in search of It, but one can partake of It only through the grace of the Master.
Amrit, which is sought after by Rishis, Munis and gods, that I have found with the aid of the Master, I have got Amrit through the Master's grace and Truth is now implanted within me.
Guru Amar Das, Ramkali M3
One cannot by his own unaided efforts get to the Hauz-i-Kausar or the Fountain of Life. For this purpose we have of necessity to seek the aid of a living Master who has for himself found this Fountainhead and is competent to lead others to it.
And he showed me a pure river of Water of Life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
St John, Revelation 22:1
The sovereign remedy of Naam lies in the Pool of the Crystal clear Water of Life which one gets by the Grace of the Master, Nanak therefore saith: one preordained to get It meets a Master and thereby says goodbye to his ills.
Guru Arjan, Sorath M5
The elixir of life (Amrit) one gets from a Master, and thereafter he lives by the bread of the holy Word, all patterns, all colors and all designs are from Him, a rare soul, oh Nanak! lives by this Amrit.
Guru Arjan, Majh M5
Oh my Master! I would like to be a sacrifice unto Thee, Thy very sight is a great bliss, for Thou out of compassion hast given me the elixir of Naam.
Guru Arjan, Sri Rag M5
God Himself directs and grants communion with His holy Word, by His grace one meets the Master and drinks of the ambrosia (Amrit).
Guru Amar Das, Gauri M3
Shabd is Amrit and Bani, the Voice of God, as well; by devotion to the Master, It has become audible.
Guru Amar Das, Majh M3
4. By acceptance of Master's Will and commandments.
If ye love me keep my commandments.
St John 14:15
Oh mind! Lead a life acceptable to the Master, for He shall lead thee to thy Native Home, and grant thee the Water of Life to quench thy thirst, and all comforts and blessings shall be thine.
Guru Amar Das, Sri Rag M3
The gift of elixir depends on the sweet Will and Pleasure of the Master, a rare soul may get It without much effort.
Guru Amar Das, Sri Rag M3
In the company of the Saints ye partake of the precious Amrit.
Guru Ram Das, Sri Rag War M4
A drop of the divine vintage is a great blessing, you can drink of It through some Sadh.
Guru Arjan, Majh M5
Oh Nanak! He alone lives who practices the Naam, and partakes of the Water of Life with Saints.
Guru Arjan, Gauri M5
Amrit in Its fullness abides in a Saint, and His Glance of Grace is enough to transform a person.
Satguru is Amrit incarnate for He is one with Hari (God), oh Nanak! one remembers God through Grace and find Him through the Master.
Guru Amar Das, Gauri War M3
Satguru is the Pool of Nectar and blessed soul dips into It, and gets cleansed of the dirt of ages and communes with the pure Naam.
Guru Ram Das, Sri Rag M4
Man comes into the world just to find the river of the Water of Life and this he can do through a Master-Soul. But all orders and sects based on outer observances are a source of sorrow, duality and affliction, and one cannot reach the Fountain of Life through such practices. Without the Amrit of Naam, nothing is of any avail, and whoever gets entangled in them cannot find a way out.
The precious Water of Life for which you came into the world you can get from a Master-Saint. Rise above all thoughts of distinctive labels of various religious and clerical orders, cast aside all raiments and rituals as also all cunning and cleverness and mental oscillations, these shall avail thee not on this Path.
Guru Nanak, Sorath M1