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Lesson 8: Nirvair inrvYru

Nirvair means that we do not have enmity towards anyone. Nirbhau and

Nirvair are important words to makes us a better person. How can the

concept of ‘Nirvair’ make us a better person?

Can you imagine if we are not afraid and we do not hate anyone and we are
not enemies with anyone, how nice it could be? We will be much happier in

our lives. How will being Nirvair make our lives better?

1. When we do not have any hate for anyone, we will try to help

everyone who needs help. We will make this world a better place for

everyone. We will have many friends as a result.

2. When we do not hate someone who does not like us, we will not be

scared or afraid of them.

3. When we do not hate anyone, our heart will be happy, and bodies will

be healthier. We will feel better about ourselves when we don’t
waste our energy on hating someone, and we will have more time to

have fun and do good things in life. You see we only have 24 hours in

our day. We can spend them doing whatever we do. We cannot be

happy and hate someone at the same time. It just won’t work, so

let’s spend our time being happy and doing good. Guru Ji also says:
pr kw burw n rwKhu cIq] qum kau duKu nhI BweI mIq]3]

Being Nirvair does not mean we do not stop bad people from doing bad

things. We can hate their actions, but not them. Being

Nirvair means we help them become better people if we can.

One important aspect of being Nirvair is to forgive people for their bad
behavior. Forgiveness frees our own mind from hating others. Instead

we can focus on doing good things.

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