Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru ji Ki fateh.
I have not found a single line in Guru Granth Sahib that does not conform to rational thinking. Interpretation of Gurbani with the help of cooked up mythical stories has blinded us and we are unable to see the thread of Logic running through the 1430 pages of Guru Granth Sahib. Guru Arjan Dev ji has told us in Sorath Raag that discerning intellect is the only right way.
pwTu piVE Aru bydu bIcwirE invil BuAMgm swDy ]
paath parhi-o ar bayd beechaari-o nival bhu-angam saaDhay.
They read scriptures, and contemplate the Vedas; they practice the inner cleansing techniques of Yoga, and control of the breath.
pMc jnw isau sMgu n CutikE AiDk AhMbuiD bwDy ]1]
panch janaa si-o sang na chhutki-o aDhik ahaN-buDh baaDhay. ||1||
But they cannot escape from the company of the five passions; they are increasingly bound to egotism. ||1||
ipAwry ien ibiD imlxu n jweI mY kIey krm Anykw ]
pi-aaray in biDh milan na jaa-ee mai kee-ay karam anaykaa.
O Beloved, this is not the way to meet the Lord; I have performed these rituals so many times.
hwir pirE suAwmI kY duAwrY dIjY buiD ibbykw ] rhwau ] (641-18, soriT, mÚ 5)
haar pari-o su-aamee kai du-aarai deejai buDh bibaykaa. rahaa-o.
I have collapsed, exhausted, at the Door of my Lord Master; I pray that He may grant me a discerning intellect. ||Pause||
The fifth Nanak testifies above that the discerning intellect or rational thinking is the only way to harness the Five human failings. The discerning intellect or rational thinking invariably leads to scientific interpretation of Gurbani.
Can we ignore the advice of our Guru?
Dass
Jarnail Singh
I have not found a single line in Guru Granth Sahib that does not conform to rational thinking. Interpretation of Gurbani with the help of cooked up mythical stories has blinded us and we are unable to see the thread of Logic running through the 1430 pages of Guru Granth Sahib. Guru Arjan Dev ji has told us in Sorath Raag that discerning intellect is the only right way.
pwTu piVE Aru bydu bIcwirE invil BuAMgm swDy ]
paath parhi-o ar bayd beechaari-o nival bhu-angam saaDhay.
They read scriptures, and contemplate the Vedas; they practice the inner cleansing techniques of Yoga, and control of the breath.
pMc jnw isau sMgu n CutikE AiDk AhMbuiD bwDy ]1]
panch janaa si-o sang na chhutki-o aDhik ahaN-buDh baaDhay. ||1||
But they cannot escape from the company of the five passions; they are increasingly bound to egotism. ||1||
ipAwry ien ibiD imlxu n jweI mY kIey krm Anykw ]
pi-aaray in biDh milan na jaa-ee mai kee-ay karam anaykaa.
O Beloved, this is not the way to meet the Lord; I have performed these rituals so many times.
hwir pirE suAwmI kY duAwrY dIjY buiD ibbykw ] rhwau ] (641-18, soriT, mÚ 5)
haar pari-o su-aamee kai du-aarai deejai buDh bibaykaa. rahaa-o.
I have collapsed, exhausted, at the Door of my Lord Master; I pray that He may grant me a discerning intellect. ||Pause||
The fifth Nanak testifies above that the discerning intellect or rational thinking is the only way to harness the Five human failings. The discerning intellect or rational thinking invariably leads to scientific interpretation of Gurbani.
Can we ignore the advice of our Guru?
Dass
Jarnail Singh