Dear Member,



I requested by our member sikhphilosophy, here, I provide some clarifications to my posting.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/jap-ji-sahib/299-japji-sahib-pauri-16-a.html



The five senses I referred to in my postings are (i) sense of smell (ii) sense of sound (iii) sense of sight (iv) sense of touch and (v) sense of taste. These are the five channels form which the inputs we human accept – ‘panch parvaan’.
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=299



The five faculties of action I referred in my posting are those organs that we human use for one action or the other; these are (i) organ of speech, which naturally includes mouth (ii) hands (iii) feet (iv) generative organ (v) excretory organ. These are ‘panch pardhaan’ with these we interface with the material world.



Please note that mind is not included in any of them. All these are under the control of what is in our mind i.e. the thought (Dhayaan) that is in the mind. It is this thought, which

makes our senses to alight on the object of interest to it; the actions that follow, is to realise its intent of the thought. That is why Guru Sahib has referred to Dhayaan as the Guru of the five.



This teaching is supported by the current scientific knowledge which says:



If you repeatedly think of something, one day you will act on it. If you repeatedly act that way, it becomes your habit. A set of habits gives you a character. The character finally gives you a destiny. With that your position in spiritual and material world will get decided.



Knowing all this Guru Sahib in the first four sentences of the 16th Pauri of Japji Sahib has asked us to be master of our own thoughts as it is through it one can make the five senses and the five faculties to act in a harmonious manner that gives us the place we deserve in material (dar raajaan) and spiritual (dargahi) world.



This is what my understanding is.



With Love and Respect for all



Amarpal