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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 112062" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Daya</strong> (usually spelt <em>"daia"</em> in </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Punjabi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Punjabi</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> ਦਇਆ ), is from </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sanskrit" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Sanskrit</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> "Daya" meaning <em>to sympathize with</em>, <em>to have pity on</em>, and stands for <em>compassion, sympathy and mercy</em>. It means <em>‘suffering in the suffering of all beings’</em>. It is deeper and more positive in sentiment than what is usually meant by the word sympathy. Daya, cognitively, observes alien pain; affectively, it gets touched by it and moves with affectionate responses for the sufferer; and cognitively it moves one to act mercifully, pityingly, with kindness and forgiveness. Daya is opposite to hinsa (violence). One instilled with daya “chooses to die himself rather than cause others to die” says </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Guru_Nanak" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Guru Nanak</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> (GG, 356). </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">In </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Gurmukhi" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Gurmukhi</span></a><span style="color: #000080">, <strong>Daya</strong> ( ਦਇਆ ) translates to <strong>compassion</strong> or <strong>mercy</strong> and is a most important quality for a Sikh. It is a necessary quality needed to become compliant to the teaching of the </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Guru_Granth" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Guru Granth</span></a><span style="color: #000080">. Mercy and compassion must become an integral part of a Sikh's mind set. The devotee of the Sikh Gurus must keep compassion at the forefront of his or her mind and this virtue must accompany the Sikh at all times. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Daya</strong> is a <strong>divine quality</strong> and a moral virtue highly prized in most religious traditions. In the </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh_Scripture" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Sikh Scripture</span></a><span style="color: #000080">, mahadaial (super compassionate), daiapati (lord of compassion), daial dev (merciful god), karima, rahima (the merciful one), etc., have been used as attributive names of God (GG, 249, 991, 1027, 727). In </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Sikh</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> ethics, too, daya is inter alia, a basic moral requirement, a moral vow. “Keep your heart content and <strong>cherish compassion for all beings</strong>; this way alone can your holy vow be fulfilled” (GG 299). </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000080">Detailed analysis </span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The other four qualities given prominence by the </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh_Gurus" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Sikh Gurus</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> and what should be part of every Sikh's <em>"{censored}nal of virtues"</em> are: <strong>Truth</strong> (</span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sat" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Sat</span></a><span style="color: #000080">), <strong>Contentment</strong> (</span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Santokh" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Santokh</span></a><span style="color: #000080">), <strong>Humility</strong> (</span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Nimrata" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Nimrata</span></a><span style="color: #000080">) and <strong>Love</strong> (</span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Pyare" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Pyare</span></a><span style="color: #000080">). These five qualities are essential to a Sikh and it is their duty to meditate and recite the </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Gurbani" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Gurbani</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> so that these virtues become a part of their personality. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The importance of Daya can be seen from the following </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Shabad" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Shabads</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> from </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/SGGS" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">SGGS</span></a><span style="color: #000080">: </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: green">ਨਿਰਦਇਆ ਨਹੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਉਜਾਲਾ ॥ ਬੂਡਤ ਬੂਡੇ ਸਰਬ ਜੰਜਾਲਾ ॥੪॥ Nirḏa&shy;i&shy;ā nahī joṯ ujālā. Būdaṯ būdė sarab janjālā.(4) You have no compassion; the Lord’s Light does not shine in you. You are drowned, drowned in worldly entanglements.(4)</span></p><p style="text-align: right"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=903&english=t&id=38756#l38756" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">(SGGS p903)</span></a></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">It is clear from the </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Shabad" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Shabad</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> above that if <strong>you do not have Compassion</strong>, then you will <strong>not by blessed by the Lord</strong>. You will not achieve any progress in your spiritual development and you will drown in <strong>Worldly Entanglements</strong> or <strong><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Maya" target="_blank">Maya</a></strong>. It is mandatory to not ignore tragedies that take place in the world but to face them head-on and do whatever is possible within ones means. As a </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Sikh</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> you must <strong>feel</strong> the <strong>pain and suffering of other people</strong> involved in any tragedy. These days, in addition to natural disasters, we have all too much violence and destruction inspired by mankind. Most of this crazy action is the result of peoples lack of understanding and due to a complete loss of compassion for humanity. The Devil runs the mind of these people. Let’s learn from </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Gurbani" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Gurbani</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> as only then can we make sense of the world. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">At the human level, one can comprehend the feelings of another’s anguish, but as a theological doctrine it is to risk allowing suffering in God’s life. This has often caused much controversy in theological circles. God does not suffer in the sense of pain from evil as evil, but may suffer compassion (daya) as bearing the pain of others to relieve them (of pain as also of evil). That is why at the time of Babar’s invasion of India, </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Guru_Nanak" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Guru Nanak</span></a><span style="color: #000080">, when he witnessed the suffering of people, complained to God: </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: green">Eti mar pai kurlane tain ki dardu na aia So much agony were they put through So much anguish did they suffer— Were you not, O God, moved to compassion? </span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="color: green">(GG, 360)</span> </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The Guru, in the image of God, is also daial purakh (compassionate being) and bakhasand (forgiver)—GG, 681. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>Daya</strong> is a virtue of the mind. In </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/India" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Indian</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> thought, virtues are classified into (1) those of the body: </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php?title=Dana&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">dana</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> (charity), paritrana (succouring those in distress), paricharana (social service); (2) those of speech: satya (veracity), hitovachana (beneficial speech), priyavachana (sweet speech), svadhyaya (reciting of Scriptures) and (3) those of the mind which, besides daya, also include aparigraha (unworldliness) and sraddha (reverence and piety). </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">In </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Japji" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Japji</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> sahib, the most important </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Bani" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Bani</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> for the </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Sikhs</span></a><span style="color: #000080">, Maharaj says: </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: green">ਧੌਲੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਦਇਆ ਕਾ ਪੂਤੁ ॥ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਥਾਪਿ ਰਖਿਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਸੂਤਿ ॥ Ḏẖoul ḏẖaram ḏa&shy;i&shy;ā kā pūṯ. Sanṯokẖ thāp rakẖi&shy;ā jin sūṯ. Dharma, the mystical bull, is the son of compassion; which patiently holds the earth in its place. </span></p><p style="text-align: right"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=3&english=t&id=115#l115" target="_blank"><span style="color: green">(SGGS p3)</span></a></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">meaning that </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Dharma" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Dharma</span></a><span style="color: #000080"> or <strong>Religion is the son of Compassion</strong>. Putting it another way: There would be <strong>no religion if there was no compassion</strong>. This highlights how important this quality is and that it is a central quality, one which religion cannot function without. So make no mistake, and make sure that as a Sikh, this virtue is always in your mind and that you analyse your feelings and actions whenever you seen any injustice or suffering taking place. If your heart is not moved seeing the starving in Africa, or the sufferings of the victims of terrorist bombing, then you have much intra-inspection to do to move forward in </span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080">Sikhi</span></a><span style="color: #000080">. </span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><img src="http://beacon.securestudies.com/scripts/beacon.dll?C1=2&C2=3005660&C3=3005660&C4=www.{censored}&C5=&C6=&C7=http%3A//www.{censored}/story_print.html%3Fid%3D2037550%26sponsor%3D&C8=Compassion%20for%20our%20fellow%20human%20beings%20is%20the%20key%20to%20happiness&C9=&rn=60756541" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p><span style="color: red">source:</span> <a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Daya" target="_blank">Daya - SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia.</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 112062, member: 884"] [COLOR=#000080][B]Daya[/B] (usually spelt [I]"daia"[/I] in [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Punjabi"][COLOR=#000080]Punjabi[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] ਦਇਆ ), is from [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sanskrit"][COLOR=#000080]Sanskrit[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] "Daya" meaning [I]to sympathize with[/I], [I]to have pity on[/I], and stands for [I]compassion, sympathy and mercy[/I]. It means [I]‘suffering in the suffering of all beings’[/I]. It is deeper and more positive in sentiment than what is usually meant by the word sympathy. Daya, cognitively, observes alien pain; affectively, it gets touched by it and moves with affectionate responses for the sufferer; and cognitively it moves one to act mercifully, pityingly, with kindness and forgiveness. Daya is opposite to hinsa (violence). One instilled with daya “chooses to die himself rather than cause others to die” says [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Guru_Nanak"][COLOR=#000080]Guru Nanak[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] (GG, 356). [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]In [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Gurmukhi"][COLOR=#000080]Gurmukhi[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080], [B]Daya[/B] ( ਦਇਆ ) translates to [B]compassion[/B] or [B]mercy[/B] and is a most important quality for a Sikh. It is a necessary quality needed to become compliant to the teaching of the [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Guru_Granth"][COLOR=#000080]Guru Granth[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080]. Mercy and compassion must become an integral part of a Sikh's mind set. The devotee of the Sikh Gurus must keep compassion at the forefront of his or her mind and this virtue must accompany the Sikh at all times. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]Daya[/B] is a [B]divine quality[/B] and a moral virtue highly prized in most religious traditions. In the [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh_Scripture"][COLOR=#000080]Sikh Scripture[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080], mahadaial (super compassionate), daiapati (lord of compassion), daial dev (merciful god), karima, rahima (the merciful one), etc., have been used as attributive names of God (GG, 249, 991, 1027, 727). In [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh"][COLOR=#000080]Sikh[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] ethics, too, daya is inter alia, a basic moral requirement, a moral vow. “Keep your heart content and [B]cherish compassion for all beings[/B]; this way alone can your holy vow be fulfilled” (GG 299). [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#000080]Detailed analysis [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000080]The other four qualities given prominence by the [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh_Gurus"][COLOR=#000080]Sikh Gurus[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] and what should be part of every Sikh's [I]"{censored}nal of virtues"[/I] are: [B]Truth[/B] ([/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sat"][COLOR=#000080]Sat[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080]), [B]Contentment[/B] ([/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Santokh"][COLOR=#000080]Santokh[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080]), [B]Humility[/B] ([/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Nimrata"][COLOR=#000080]Nimrata[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080]) and [B]Love[/B] ([/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Pyare"][COLOR=#000080]Pyare[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080]). These five qualities are essential to a Sikh and it is their duty to meditate and recite the [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Gurbani"][COLOR=#000080]Gurbani[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] so that these virtues become a part of their personality. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The importance of Daya can be seen from the following [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Shabad"][COLOR=#000080]Shabads[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] from [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/SGGS"][COLOR=#000080]SGGS[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080]: [/COLOR] [COLOR=green]ਨਿਰਦਇਆ ਨਹੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਉਜਾਲਾ ॥ ਬੂਡਤ ਬੂਡੇ ਸਰਬ ਜੰਜਾਲਾ ॥੪॥ Nirḏa­i­ā nahī joṯ ujālā. Būdaṯ būdė sarab janjālā.(4) You have no compassion; the Lord’s Light does not shine in you. You are drowned, drowned in worldly entanglements.(4)[/COLOR] [RIGHT][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=903&english=t&id=38756#l38756"][COLOR=#000080](SGGS p903)[/COLOR][/URL][/RIGHT] [COLOR=#000080]It is clear from the [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Shabad"][COLOR=#000080]Shabad[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] above that if [B]you do not have Compassion[/B], then you will [B]not by blessed by the Lord[/B]. You will not achieve any progress in your spiritual development and you will drown in [B]Worldly Entanglements[/B] or [B][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Maya"]Maya[/URL][/B]. It is mandatory to not ignore tragedies that take place in the world but to face them head-on and do whatever is possible within ones means. As a [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh"][COLOR=#000080]Sikh[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] you must [B]feel[/B] the [B]pain and suffering of other people[/B] involved in any tragedy. These days, in addition to natural disasters, we have all too much violence and destruction inspired by mankind. Most of this crazy action is the result of peoples lack of understanding and due to a complete loss of compassion for humanity. The Devil runs the mind of these people. Let’s learn from [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Gurbani"][COLOR=#000080]Gurbani[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] as only then can we make sense of the world. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]At the human level, one can comprehend the feelings of another’s anguish, but as a theological doctrine it is to risk allowing suffering in God’s life. This has often caused much controversy in theological circles. God does not suffer in the sense of pain from evil as evil, but may suffer compassion (daya) as bearing the pain of others to relieve them (of pain as also of evil). That is why at the time of Babar’s invasion of India, [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Guru_Nanak"][COLOR=#000080]Guru Nanak[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080], when he witnessed the suffering of people, complained to God: [/COLOR] [COLOR=green]Eti mar pai kurlane tain ki dardu na aia So much agony were they put through So much anguish did they suffer— Were you not, O God, moved to compassion? [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][COLOR=green](GG, 360)[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The Guru, in the image of God, is also daial purakh (compassionate being) and bakhasand (forgiver)—GG, 681. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]Daya[/B] is a virtue of the mind. In [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/India"][COLOR=#000080]Indian[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] thought, virtues are classified into (1) those of the body: [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php?title=Dana&action=edit&redlink=1"][COLOR=#000080]dana[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] (charity), paritrana (succouring those in distress), paricharana (social service); (2) those of speech: satya (veracity), hitovachana (beneficial speech), priyavachana (sweet speech), svadhyaya (reciting of Scriptures) and (3) those of the mind which, besides daya, also include aparigraha (unworldliness) and sraddha (reverence and piety). [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]In [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Japji"][COLOR=#000080]Japji[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] sahib, the most important [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Bani"][COLOR=#000080]Bani[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] for the [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh"][COLOR=#000080]Sikhs[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080], Maharaj says: [/COLOR] [COLOR=green]ਧੌਲੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਦਇਆ ਕਾ ਪੂਤੁ ॥ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਥਾਪਿ ਰਖਿਆ ਜਿਨਿ ਸੂਤਿ ॥ Ḏẖoul ḏẖaram ḏa­i­ā kā pūṯ. Sanṯokẖ thāp rakẖi­ā jin sūṯ. Dharma, the mystical bull, is the son of compassion; which patiently holds the earth in its place. [/COLOR] [RIGHT][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=3&english=t&id=115#l115"][COLOR=green](SGGS p3)[/COLOR][/URL][/RIGHT] [COLOR=#000080]meaning that [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Dharma"][COLOR=#000080]Dharma[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080] or [B]Religion is the son of Compassion[/B]. Putting it another way: There would be [B]no religion if there was no compassion[/B]. This highlights how important this quality is and that it is a central quality, one which religion cannot function without. So make no mistake, and make sure that as a Sikh, this virtue is always in your mind and that you analyse your feelings and actions whenever you seen any injustice or suffering taking place. If your heart is not moved seeing the starving in Africa, or the sufferings of the victims of terrorist bombing, then you have much intra-inspection to do to move forward in [/COLOR][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Sikh"][COLOR=#000080]Sikhi[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000080]. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][IMG]http://beacon.securestudies.com/scripts/beacon.dll?C1=2&C2=3005660&C3=3005660&C4=www.{censored}&C5=&C6=&C7=http%3A//www.{censored}/story_print.html%3Fid%3D2037550%26sponsor%3D&C8=Compassion%20for%20our%20fellow%20human%20beings%20is%20the%20key%20to%20happiness&C9=&rn=60756541[/IMG][/COLOR] [COLOR=red]source:[/COLOR] [URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.com/index.php/Daya"]Daya - SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia.[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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