GuruDuarai Hoi Sojhi Paaisee

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Sat sangati kaisee jaaneeyai. Jithai eko naam vakhaaneeyai:
How is the Society of the saintly souls to be known?
There, only God's Name is chanted (sggs 72)

Attributes Of Saadh Sangat

In addition to defining it, the Gurbani also provides us with numerous redemptive attributes of Saadh Sangat. A few of these divine attributes are summarized as follows. For example, in the True Association:

• The joy of God's Kirtan is obtained (1204).
• Prema-Bhagti or loving devotion of God wells up (sggs 384).
• One is rid of false ego (sggs 1181).
• God's Name tastes sweet (sggs 272).
• God's Name is churned (sggs 587)
• The treasure of Naam is obtained (sggs 271).
• Hari-Ras or God's elixir is attained (sggs 374).
• Practice of Naam-Simran or God's meditation becomes easy (sggs 262).
• The God's Name abides in the mind (sggs 1417).
• Spiritual awakening takes place (215).
• Mind's filth is removed (sggs 520).
• Mind becomes calm and stable (sggs 271).
• Fear and doubts depart (sggs 193).
• One gets to drink Amrit or Lord's Name Nectar (sggs 299).
• One become free of sinful reactions (sggs 271).
• Five vices are restrained (sggs 271).
• The sense of duality vanish (sggs 254).
• Freedom from death and birth is attained (sggs 1146).
• Discriminating intellect and spiritual wisdom are attained (sggs 377).
• Evil-mindedness departs (sggs 503).
• God's Path is found (sggs 1122).
• One learns to serve (sggs 1182).
• Eternal happiness and bliss is obtained (sggs 271).
• Freedom from sorrows is attained (sggs 461).
• All places of pilgrimage and ablution are realized (sggs 965).
• The true Heaven is found (sggs 742).
• Faith becomes strong (sggs 981).
• Animosity departs (sggs 271).
• True friends, intimates and helpers are found (sggs 453).
• "Stable Abode" is found (sggs 1146).
• The state of desirelessness is obtained (sggs 913).
• Contentment is obtained (sggs 889).
• Mental peace is attained (sggs 256).
• Sinners become Pure and Accepted (sggs 861).
• Mortal becomes Beauteous, Wise and Valiant (sggs 531).
• The stage of absorption in devotion is attained (217).
• Search for God becomes priority and reality (848).
• Understanding of God's inexpressible gospel is realized (sggs 997).
• Darkness of ignorance is dispelled and salvation is obtained (sggs 675).
• Kundilini is awakened (sggs 1402).
• God or the real Self is Realized (sggs 607).

Working in day-to-day life, we —consciously or unconsciously—collects a lot of inner "dirt" or pollution. Saadh Sangat (Spiritual Association) helps detoxify us, removing all the pollutants we have collected. Thus, as the soap cleans the body of its dirt, the Spiritual Association cleans the mind of its corrupt thoughts. In the process, our ignorance gets dispelled. As this cleansing process progresses, the seeker feels more and more closer to his True Being (Pure Consciousness).

[Source: TRUE ASSOCIATION (SAADH SANGAT)]