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ਕਰਮ ਤੇ ਨਦਰਿ · Karma, Memory, and Grace

The Warehouse and the Door

Wahe World  ·  15 chapters · 53 min

Everyone has heard the word karma. Few have asked what it means. This book asks. It follows the idea step by step: karma as the doing and what the doing leaves behind, the eight layers of memory we carry, the great warehouse of all that is stored, the portion packed for this life, the choice that is made only now, and the trap hidden in liking and disliking. At every step it listens to what the Gurus say. The map is true, and it is useful. At the end of it the Guru shows a door.

The accounts of Guru Nanak at Sultanpur, of Guru Nanak and Sajjan, and of Bhai Kanhaiya are sakhis of the Sikh tradition, told in our own words. The four names of karma come from the old thinkers of India. The ideas about memory and choosing are shared by wise teachers of many paths, and the last chapter names them with thanks.

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Wahe World · 2026

An original Wahe World book. The prose and the English renderings are our own. The last chapter lists every verse and every source.

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An original Wahe World publication

Fourteen short chapters, written plainly enough for a young reader and deeply enough for any reader. Each builds on the one before. The Gurmukhi is quoted word for word from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. The last chapter gathers the whole book on one page, with the words to know and the sources.

  1. 1 The Word With Two Roots “You sow it yourself, and you yourself eat what grows.” (Japji Sahib) 3 min read ›
  2. 2 The Doer “This is the way of haumai, the ‘I am’: whatever a person does, he does out of it.” (Asa Ki Vaar) 3 min read ›
  3. 3 Paper and Ink “Our deeds are the paper, and the mind is the inkpot.” (Guru Nanak, Raag Maru) 3 min read ›
  4. 4 The Deep Floors “Whatever is in the universe is in this body too.” (Bhagat Pipa) 5 min read ›
  5. 5 The Near Floors “The grime of many, many lives sticks to this mind.” (Guru Amar Das) 5 min read ›
  6. 6 The Storehouse “The wrongs of your many lives are cut away.” (Guru Amar Das) 2 min read ›
  7. 7 The First Box “The Creator who shaped this creation, He alone knows.” (Japji Sahib) 2 min read ›
  8. 8 The Portion “Whatever You do feels sweet to me.” (Guru Arjan) 3 min read ›
  9. 9 The Arrow in the Hand “The body is the field where deeds are planted.” (Guru Ram Das) 3 min read ›
  10. 10 The Trap in Choosing “The night is a net, and the day is a net.” (Guru Nanak, Raag Maru) 3 min read ›
  11. 11 The Wide Heart “No one is my enemy, and no one is a stranger.” (Guru Arjan) 5 min read ›
  12. 12 Fire and Seed “Doing good deeds, he seeks no reward for them.” (Sukhmani Sahib) 3 min read ›
  13. 13 The Door “By that glance of grace, the door that sets us free.” (Japji Sahib) 4 min read ›
  14. 14 Walking in the Will “Walk in Hukam, the One’s ordering will.” (Japji Sahib) 3 min read ›
  15. 15 The Whole Map “We were separated by the push of our own deeds. Be kind, O Lord, and bring us back to You.” (Guru Arjan, Barah Maha) 5 min read ›
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