(1) A Sikh should wake up in the ambrosial hours (three hours before the dawn), take bath and, concentrating his/her thoughts on One Immortal Being, repeat the name Waheguru (Wondrous Destroyer of darkness).

(2) He/she should recite the following scriptural compositions every day :

(a)

the Japu, the Jaapu and the Ten Sawayyas
(Quartets) - beginning “Sarãwag sudh” - in the morning.

(b)

Sodar Rehras compromising the following compositions:

(i) nine hymns of the Guru Granth Sahib, occurring in the holy book after the Japuji Sahib, ^* the first of which begins with “Sodar” and the last of which ends with “saran pare kì rãkhõ sarmã”. (ii) The Benti Chaupai of the tenth Guru (beginning “hamrì karõ hãth dai rachhã” and ending with “dusht dõkh te lehõ bachãi” (iii) the Sawayya beginning with the words “pae gaho jab te tumre” (iv) the Dohira beginning with the words “sagal duãr kau chhãd kai” (v) the first five and the last pauris (stanzas) of Anand Sahib ¹ and (vi) the Mundawani and the Slok Mahla 5 beginning “terã kìtã jato nãhi” in the evening after sunset.

(c)

the Sohila - to be recited at night before going to bed.
The morning and evening recitations should be concluded with Ardas (formal supplication litany).

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^* The phrase in italics has been interpolated by the translater to help locate the hymns more conveniently.
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¹ The object of reciting the Anand as part of Sodar Rehras or at the conclusion of the congregational gathering is just to express joy and gratitude for the communion with the Guru.
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