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Original ji wrote: be safe when driving ! Enjoy the "Indian summers" in England - weddings galore ! Many thanks for your good wishes ji. Off to Leeds today. I have been belting down the M1, M4 and M6 for over 48 years now; you just take life as it comes, I suppose; and gur merai sang sadaa...

Original ji wrote: "Poets on the other hand, have called 'love' God in essence." Absolutely right. Reminds me of Heer's sajda to Takhat Hazara (Ranjha' s abode) rather than Qabba. Famous singer Surinder Kaur ji summed it very well in one of her songs. More later, hitting the M1 in a few...

Chaz ji A wonderful and an educational blog. Years ago I perceived a spark in you and even commented on it, you may recall, in one of the threads. This is not to boost your ego, as you may respond, but to show my appreciation. I know you make every effort to keep a tight grip on your ego, as...

Dear Harry ji The answer to your question is obviously yes; but the definition of ‘love’ may vary from person to person. We, also, often qualify the term with a prefix e.g., true, false, matlabi (self-interest), anokha (strange, extraordinary), durlabh (not easily attainable) etc. In respect...

There are times when I have not concurred with Sahni ji’s interpretation of Gurbani. However, in this case, I feel, he has a point regarding ‘the son of maya’ interpretation. I am not exactly sure Sahni ji’s understanding is but this is how I see it with my meagre understanding of Kabir Ji’s...

Sahni ji As mentioned earlier Kabir Ji uses two scenarios, one of kakree-aa (khakhree-aa) and the other of a wedding to drive home his message. My main purpose of the earlier post was to point out the inaccurateinterpretation, in my opinion, of kakree-aa as marbles of ice and that kakree-aa...

Aristotle ji <?"urn:</st1:country-region>Kenya when I left School at the end 1960. After a lot of sarak shap I had a choice between becoming a surveyor (involving field work) and cartography. Being a coward, I opted for the comfort of four walls. However, that proved to be an excellent choice as...

Lucky ji Bhagat ji depicts a couple of scenarios, but the central idea here, of course, lies in the Rahau pankti. The concluding pankti also helps in deciphering the meaning of the shabad. I think the English translation here is inaccurate, kakree-aa, here, refers to the Punjabi term...

Mai ji. I may have mentioned in our earlier dialogues, I worked as a cartograkher in the sixties and most of the seventies, the last few years as a free-lancer to support my studies, my family, with two children and a mortgage, to qualify as a chartered certified accountant. Cartography, as you...

Harinder Kaur ji You have made a man in his early 70s extremely happy. When it comes to colours, I am well-catered for in the variety you have offered. I wear several colours except green, purple etc. We are all indebted to you. Many thanks Mai ji. Rajinder Singh 'Arshi'

<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT size=2>Akasha ji<?"urn: You wrote: <o:p> </o:p> I mentioned in my earlier post (#15) that, although I went through you post rather hurriedly, I found it interesting. Fortunately, I am enjoying the break between university semesters (the...

Akasha ji, a great thread, quite aptly placed under ‘hard talk’. <?"urn:nis din bhajai’</STRONG> </I>M:9 Slok 29 – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji 1427-19). This is also repeated in Slok 43 (jeh ghat simran). Akasha ji, I have gone through your post quickly, which reverberates a number of my own...

Excellent post Chaz ji.....couldn't have put it better myself. The more you research Gurbani the more you realise how little we know. This is why Guru Nanak repeatedly reminds us to nurture humility, above all. Bless you. Rajinder Singh 'Arshi'

Excellent thoughts Ishna ji and Ambarsaria ji, echoing some of my own sentiments. Punjabi/Gurmakhi is rich in grammar and vocabulary. Gurbani has it's own viakaran (grammar), and some wonderful work has been done by scholars such as Giani Harbans Singh ji and Prof Sahib Singh ji amongst others...

Gyani ji Excellent guidelines for any human being. I appreciate this is not an exhaustive list but one I may be permitted to add is: To see and seek good in all and, from the depths of our hearts, seek, as we invoke in our daily ardas, 'Sarbat da bhalaa'. Kind regards veer ji...