Revisiting Satnam

ਬਿਸ੍ਵਾਸੁ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਗੁਰ ਤੇ ਪਾਈ ॥੬॥
ਹੇ ਨਾਨਕ! (ਜੀਵ ਨੂੰ) ਇਹ ਅਟੱਲ ਸਿਦਕ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਤੋਂ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ ।੬।
bisavaiaas sat naanak gur te paiee ||6||

बिस्वासु सति नानक गुर ते पाई ॥६॥


Satnam reminds me of Guru Nanak’s magic word: Satnam. Once on his trips to the Jogi’s, they asked Guru Nanak, show us your magic. And he said I don’t have any other magic other than the True Name. Satnam. Satnam was the main greeting when I used to live with the American Sikhs in Berkeley — as opposed to Sat Sri Akal, or Guru Fateh. I love this magical mantra.

Here is an audio recording of when Rajesh Prasanna visited me in the US many years ago — I invited a bunch of musicians (I think 8 of us) and we did a recording of this whole album in 2 hours. There was no planning of preparation. Most musicians had never played with each other. I love the organicness of this album (Guru Nanak’s Elemental Meditation — you can find it on Spotify, iTunes or YouTube music.