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The True Name, Vol 1 Talks given from 21/11/74 to 30/11/74 Original in Hindi 10 Chapters Year published: 1993 Original title of Hindi series Ek Omkar Satnam The True Name, Vol 1 Chapter #1 Chapter title: The Singer 21 November 1974 am in Chuang Tzu Auditorium Archive code: 7411210 ShortTitle: TRUE101 Audio: Yes Video: No HE IS ONE, HE IS OMKAR, THE SUPREME TRUTH. HE IS THE CREATOR, BEYOND FEAR, BEYOND RANCOR. HIS IS THE TIMELESS FORM. NEVER BORN, SELF-CREATING. HE IS ATTAINED BY THE GURUS GRACE. HE WAS TRUTH BEFORE THE AGES AND AS TIME RAN ITS COURSE. NANAK SAYS, NOW IS HE TRUTH ETERNAL, AND FOREVER WILL HE BE. WE CANNOT COMPREHEND HIM THOUGH WE THINK A MILLION TIMES; NOR QUIET THE MIND BY SILENCE, HOWEVER LONG WE SIT; NOR A MOUNTAIN OF BREAD APPEASE THE HUNGER OF THE SOUL; NOR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEATS OF MIND ACHIEVE UNITY WITH HIM. HOW CAN TRUTH BE ATTAINED AND THE VEIL OF FALSEHOOD TORN? NANAK SAYS, BY SUBMISSION TO THE DIVINE ORDER WHICH IS PREORDAINED. It was a dark moonless night; the clouds were heavy with rain because it was the monsoon season. Suddenly thunder sounded and lightning flashed as a few rain drops started to fall. The village was asleep. Only Nanak was awake and the echo of his song filled the air. Nanaks mother was worried because the night was more than half over and the lamp in his room was still burning. She could hear his voice as he sang. She could restrain herself no longer and knocked at his door, Go to sleep now, my son. Soon it will be dawn. Nanak became silent. From the darkness sounded the call of the sparrowhawk. Piyu, piyu, piyu! it called. Listen, mother! Nanak called out. The sparrowhawk is calling to his beloved; how can I be silent, because I am competing with him? I will call my beloved as long as he calls his -- even longer, because his beloved is nearby, perhaps in the next tree! My beloved is so far away. I will have to sing for lives upon lives before my voice reaches him. Nanak resumed his song. Nanak