(GG, 1314) “Deprived of sangat, one’s self remains begrimed.” (GG, 96) “Without sans ego will not be dispelled.” (GG, 1098) Says Guru Arjan in Sukhmani, “Highest among all works is joining the sangat and thereby conquering the evil propensities of the mind.” (GG, 266) Again, “As one lost in a thick jungle rediscovers one’s path, so will one be enlightened in the company of the holy.” (GG, 282) He who comprehends the Guru’s word realizes this truth. (GG, 67-68) “Amid sangat abides the Lord God.” (GG, 94) “God resides in the sangat. “Sitting among sangat one should recite God’s praise and thereby swim across the impassable ocean of existence.” (GG, 95) As satsangat is obtained through the Guru’s grace, the Name blossoms forth in the heart. “Satsangat is the Guru’s own school where one practises godlike qualities.” (GG, 1316) Attendance at sangat wins one nearness to God and release from the circuit of birth and death. Guru Nanak said, “satsangat is where the Divine Name alone is cherished.” (GG, 72) This is where virtues are learned. Though sangat has the freedom to discuss secular matters affecting the community, it is its spiritual core which imparts to it the status and authority it commands in the Sikh system. Those intent on blessings, bliss, and spiritual advantage must seek it. It is in the company of pious men that true religious discipline ripens. The seva can take the form of looking after the assembly’s shoes for all must enter the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib barefoot preparing and serving food in Guru ka Langar and relieving the rigour of a hot summer day by swinging over the heads of the devotees large hand-fans. Here the seeker learns to make himself useful to others by engaging in acts of seva, or self-giving service, so highly prized in Sikhism. The holy fellowship is morally elevating. Worship and prayer in sangat count for more than isolated religious practice. It is a means of religious and ethical training. This is considered essential for the spiritual edification and progress of an individual. In Sikh faith, the highest merit is assigned to meeting of the followers in sangat. sangat is a Punjabi word it means company. Social and political matters of interest for the community may as well be discussed. At sangat there may be recitals of the holy writ with or without exposition, lectures on religious or theological topics, or narration of events from Sikh history. The sangat may collectively chant the sacred hymns, or, as it more often happens, there may be a group of musicians to perform kirtan. The purpose is religious prayer, instruction or ceremony. Such a gathering may be in a gurdwara, in a private residence or in any other place, but in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib. In the common and current usage, the word signifies an assembly of the devotees or believers. the Sikhs of Patna) and Dhaul ki Sangat (the Sikhs of Dhaul). the entire Sikh congregation of Banaras (Varanasi)), Patna ki Sangat (i.e. In the hukamnamas there are references to Sarbatt Sangat Banaras Ki (i.e. Purpose of this app is to let busy and mobile young generation reconnect with Sikhism and Gurubani by reading path on gadgets like mobile and tablets.Sangat is used in the Janamsakhis, or traditional life-stories of Guru Nanak, as well as the hukamnamas, or edicts issued by the Gurus to their followers in different parts of the country. The location is still marked on the bank of the Ramsar pool in the city of Amritsar, near the famous Golden Temple the Harimandir Sahib. The physical site, where the Guru around AD 1602-03 composed this composition was once enclosed by a dense wood. This path give us Complete Happiness or Bliss.
This path is composed in the metre chaupai. There are 10 lines(Tuks) in each stanza(five couplets).
Sukhmani Sahib consists of 24 Astpadis or cantos each of which begins with a Salok and is followed by 8 Pauris or stanzas. This Bani appears on pages 262 to 296 of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji(Sikh Holy Scriptures). Sukhmani Sahib is a lengthy composition, written by the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev Ji.