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<blockquote data-quote="vsgrewal48895" data-source="post: 96010" data-attributes="member: 8024"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">CONTENTMEN<strong>T/</strong></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਸੰਤੋਖ</strong></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ABSTRACT</span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">It is a sense of gratification, satisfaction, and pleasure with gratitude but its presence is rarely seen. It is seldom achieved, for we never have enough, things we have; never satisfy us, and the desire to have more never ends. Before a desire is fulfilled another one already on the way. This is the consequence of worldly thinking. It reflects a state of mind in which one's desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be.</span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਿਨਾ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੰਤੋਖ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਊ ਰਾਜੈ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਪੁਨ ਮਨੋਰਥ ਬਿ੍ਥੇ ਸਭ ਕਾਜੈ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> </span><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Binā san</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ok</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> nahī ko&shy;ū rājai.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Supan manorath barithė sab</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> kājai.</span></em><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Without <strong>contentment</strong>, no one is satisfied.</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Like the objects in a dream, all his efforts are in vain. -----Guru Arjan, Raag Gauri, AGGS, Page, 279-2</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is second of the five Sikh virtues after truth and is not easy to develop. It is defined as a state of mind of happiness with total satisfaction in one’s condition and situation in life in the present. It is the opposite of envy, avarice, ambition and anxiety, arising from an inward disposition. It is the offspring of our own sense of unworthiness. <span style="color: black">Patience is the key to contentment.</span> Guru Nanak, Mohammad, Socrates, Buddha, and Bible reflect on it;</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਮੁੰਦਾ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਸਰਮੁ ਪਤੁ ਝੋਲੀ ਧਿਆਨ ਕੀ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਿਭੂਤਿ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 12px">Mun</span></em></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a san</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ok</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> saram pa</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> j</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">olī </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">i&shy;ān kī karahi bib</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ū</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">.</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Make contentment your earrings, humility your begging bowl and meditation the ashes you apply to your body. -----Japji, AGGS, Page, 6</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">Seek help through patient perseverance and prayers. </span><span style="color: black"> -----Quran, 2:45</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. -----Socrates</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. -----Buddha</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"> </p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Bible, [Philippians 4:11]</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Being self-content means accepting and acknowledging who you are in your inner core and being comfortable with it. Satisfaction does not require perfection in all areas of your life. When you learn to better understand, better appreciate and eventually love yourself, you exude a quiet confidence that will open doors to what you want in life dispelling any doubts what so ever. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਿਹਚਲ ਮਹਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਛਾਇਆ ਮਾਇਆ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਾਚਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੰਤੋਖੇ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Nihc</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">al mahal nahī c</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖẖ</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ā&shy;i&shy;ā mā&shy;i&shy;ā.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #4b4b4b"> Sāc</span></span></em></span><span style="color: #4b4b4b"><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> san</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ok</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė b</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">aram c</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ukā&shy;i&shy;ā.</span></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Akal Purkh’s Mansion is eternal and unchanging; it is not a mere reflection of Maya.</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Through truth and <strong>contentment</strong>, doubt is dispelled.</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">-----Guru Nanak, Raag Gauri, AGGS, Page, 228-2</span></span></span></span><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">One way to develop a strong sense of self-contentment is to give yourself the gift of self-appreciation. Offer yourself the same respect and kindness you give to the others you care deeply for. In doing so, you will feel more at peace with yourself, be strong in your convictions and easily stand up for yourself. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">Ways to support you in becoming more confident;</span></span></span></p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Silence your inner critic by intentionally unlearning this behavior.</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Surround yourself with a positive environment. Enrich your life through spiritual education and inspiration that imparts both emotional and physical health.</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Acknowledge your achievements by accepting the fact that someone else helped you in reaching your goals.</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Control ten sensory pleasures (</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'">)</span><span style="font-size: 12px">.</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪੰਚ ਪੰਚੇ ਵਸਿ ਆਣੈ ਖਿਮਾ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਪਾਵੈ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">rī panc</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> panc</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė vas ā</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai k</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">imā san</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ok</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> gurma</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> pāvai.</span></span></em></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Whoever overpowers the five sense organs is blessed with forgiveness, patience and <strong>contentment</strong>, through the Guru's Teachings.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> -----Guru Amardas, Raag Parbhati, AGGS, Page, 1334-16</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><strong>Contentment is accepting the reality with a positive attitude.</strong></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Our attitude tells the world what we expect in return. If it's a cheerful and expectant attitude, it says to everyone with whom we come in contact that we expect the best in our dealings with the world. We do tend to live up to our own expectations. Our attitude is something that we can control. We can establish our attitude each morning when we start our day -- in fact, we do just that, whether or not we realize it or intend it. And the members in our family, and the people in our world, will reflect back to us the attitude we present to them. Hence it is our attitude toward life that determines life's attitude toward us. Everything we say or do and the accompanying attitude impacts our life. If we're cheerful, glad to be experiencing this miracle </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>of life, others will reflect that good cheer back to us. We become the kind of people others enjoy being around with. This is possible by living according to the principles contained in AGGS.</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਪੂਰਾ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਸੁਖ</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਪੂਰਾ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਤਪੁ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪੂਰਨ ਰਾਜੁ ਜੋਗੁ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Pūrā suk</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> pūrā san</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ok</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> Pūrā </span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ap pūran rāj jog.</span></span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Once the mind rests in peace, one feels perfect bliss of life, with perfect contentment and patience, and the worship is considered perfect.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> -----Guru Arjan, Raag Gauri, AGGS, Page, 279-2</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>ਸੋ</strong> <strong>ਬ੍ਰਹਮਣੁ</strong> ਜੋ ਬਿੰਦੈ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ</span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ਜਪੁ ਤਪੁ ਸੰਜਮ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਕਰਮ ॥ ਸੀਲ ਸੰਤੋਖ ਕਾ ਰਖੈ ਧਰਮ ॥ ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋੜੈ ਹੋਵੈ ਮੁਕਤੁ ॥ ਸੋਈ <strong>ਬ੍ਰਹਮਣੁ ਪੂਜਣ ਜੁਗਤੁ </strong><strong>॥</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">So barahma</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> jo bin</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ai barahm.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> Jap </span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ap sanjam kamāvai karam. Sīl san</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ok</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> kā rak</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">aram. Ban</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">an </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">o</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṛ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai hovai muka</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. So&shy;ī barahma</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> pūja</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> juga</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">.</span></span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The true Brahmin is one, who has realized the True Akal Purkh and performs meditation, penance leading a disciplined life. Such a Brahmin deserves all praise and is worthy of respect, who has developed peace of mind and contentment, thus attaining salvation having overcome all bondage of worldly falsehood. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> -----Guru Nanak, Sloke Varan To Vadheek, AGGS, Page, 1411</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Conclusion:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In life, one cannot get what one likes all the time, so one must learn to like what one gets. It is not the circumstances that create discontent or contentment but our desires are the root cause. Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have. The secret of contentment is to know how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach. Contentment makes a poor man rich; discontentment makes the rich poor. Guru Arjan in Mundavani and Bhai Gurdas in His Vaar 19 reflect on four cardinals in Sikh thought;</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਥਾਲ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਵਿਚਿ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤਿੰਨਿ ਵਸਤੂ ਪਈਓ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੋ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਠਾ</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੁਰ ਕਾ ਪਇਓ ਜਿਸ ਕਾ ਸਭਸੁ ਅਧਾਰੋ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Thāl vic</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ẖ</span></em> <em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">inn vas</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ū pa&shy;ī&shy;o sa</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> san</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ok</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> vīc</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">āro.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Amri</span></em><em>ṯ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> nām </span></em><em>ṯẖ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ākur kā pa&shy;i&shy;o jis kā sab</span></em><em>ẖ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">as a</span></em><em>ḏẖ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">āro.</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Upon this Plate, three things have been placed: Truth, Contentment and Contemplation. The Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of our Akal Purkh and Master, has been placed upon it as well; it is the Support of all.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">-----Guru Arjan, Mundavani, AGGS, Page, 1429 </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">-12</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਆਪੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗਵਾਇ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਆਪੁ</span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪਛਾਣਿਆ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">।</span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੰਤੋਖ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਹਿਜ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਮਾਣਿਆ</span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">।</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Gurmukh Apu Gavai Apu Pachania, Gurmukh Sato Santokh Sahaj Samania.</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Gurmukh loosing his ego identifies his self and enters his innate nature through truth and contentment. -----Bhai Gurdas, Vaar 19, Pauri, 13-1 & 2</span></span></p><p> </p><p>Virinder S. Grewal</p><p>Williamston, MI</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vsgrewal48895, post: 96010, member: 8024"] [B][FONT=Times New Roman]CONTENTMEN[B]T/[/B][/FONT][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਸੰਤੋਖ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]ABSTRACT[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/B][/CENTER][/CENTER] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]It is a sense of gratification, satisfaction, and pleasure with gratitude but its presence is rarely seen. It is seldom achieved, for we never have enough, things we have; never satisfy us, and the desire to have more never ends. Before a desire is fulfilled another one already on the way. This is the consequence of worldly thinking. It reflects a state of mind in which one's desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be.[/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਬਿਨਾ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸੰਤੋਖ ਨਹੀ ਕੋਊ ਰਾਜੈ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਪੁਨ ਮਨੋਰਥ ਬਿ੍ਥੇ ਸਭ ਕਾਜੈ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Binā san[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]ok[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] nahī ko­ū rājai.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] Supan manorath barithė sab[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] kājai.[/FONT][/I][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Without [B]contentment[/B], no one is satisfied.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Like the objects in a dream, all his efforts are in vain. -----Guru Arjan, Raag Gauri, AGGS, Page, 279-2[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [/FONT][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It is second of the five Sikh virtues after truth and is not easy to develop. It is defined as a state of mind of happiness with total satisfaction in one’s condition and situation in life in the present. It is the opposite of envy, avarice, ambition and anxiety, arising from an inward disposition. It is the offspring of our own sense of unworthiness. [COLOR=black]Patience is the key to contentment.[/COLOR] Guru Nanak, Mohammad, Socrates, Buddha, and Bible reflect on it;[/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Raavi]ਮੁੰਦਾ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਸਰਮੁ ਪਤੁ ਝੋਲੀ ਧਿਆਨ ਕੀ ਕਰਹਿ ਬਿਭੂਤਿ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Mangal] [/FONT][I][SIZE=3]Mun[/SIZE][/I][/FONT][SIZE=3][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]a san[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ok[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] saram pa[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] j[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]olī [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]i­ān kī karahi bib[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ū[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman].[/FONT][/I][COLOR=black][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#4b4b4b][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Make contentment your earrings, humility your begging bowl and meditation the ashes you apply to your body. -----Japji, AGGS, Page, 6[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]Seek help through patient perseverance and prayers. [/COLOR][COLOR=black] -----Quran, 2:45[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. -----Socrates[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. -----Buddha[/SIZE][/FONT] [CENTER][CENTER][COLOR=#000099][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER][/CENTER] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. Bible, [Philippians 4:11][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT] [COLOR=black][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Being self-content means accepting and acknowledging who you are in your inner core and being comfortable with it. Satisfaction does not require perfection in all areas of your life. When you learn to better understand, better appreciate and eventually love yourself, you exude a quiet confidence that will open doors to what you want in life dispelling any doubts what so ever. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨਿਹਚਲ ਮਹਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਛਾਇਆ ਮਾਇਆ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਾਚਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸੰਤੋਖੇ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਇਆ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]Nihc[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]al mahal nahī c[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]ā­i­ā mā­i­ā.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#4b4b4b] Sāc[/COLOR][/FONT][/I][/FONT][COLOR=#4b4b4b][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] san[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ok[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ė b[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]aram c[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ukā­i­ā.[/FONT][/FONT][/I][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Akal Purkh’s Mansion is eternal and unchanging; it is not a mere reflection of Maya.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Through truth and [B]contentment[/B], doubt is dispelled.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]-----Guru Nanak, Raag Gauri, AGGS, Page, 228-2[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=black] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]One way to develop a strong sense of self-contentment is to give yourself the gift of self-appreciation. Offer yourself the same respect and kindness you give to the others you care deeply for. In doing so, you will feel more at peace with yourself, be strong in your convictions and easily stand up for yourself. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]Ways to support you in becoming more confident;[/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [LIST] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Silence your inner critic by intentionally unlearning this behavior.[/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Surround yourself with a positive environment. Enrich your life through spiritual education and inspiration that imparts both emotional and physical health.[/FONT][/SIZE] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=windowtext]Acknowledge your achievements by accepting the fact that someone else helped you in reaching your goals.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [*][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Control ten sensory pleasures ([/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=Raavi]ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=AnmolUniPr])[/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][COLOR=windowtext].[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ[/FONT][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਪੰਚ ਪੰਚੇ ਵਸਿ ਆਣੈ ਖਿਮਾ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਪਾਵੈ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][SIZE=3][I][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]In[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]rī panc[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] panc[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ė vas ā[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ai k[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]imā san[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ok[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] gurma[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] pāvai.[/FONT][/FONT][/I][/SIZE][FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Whoever overpowers the five sense organs is blessed with forgiveness, patience and [B]contentment[/B], through the Guru's Teachings.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] -----Guru Amardas, Raag Parbhati, AGGS, Page, 1334-16[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][COLOR=#4b4b4b][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][B]Contentment is accepting the reality with a positive attitude.[/B][/COLOR][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B]Our attitude tells the world what we expect in return. If it's a cheerful and expectant attitude, it says to everyone with whom we come in contact that we expect the best in our dealings with the world. We do tend to live up to our own expectations. Our attitude is something that we can control. We can establish our attitude each morning when we start our day -- in fact, we do just that, whether or not we realize it or intend it. And the members in our family, and the people in our world, will reflect back to us the attitude we present to them. Hence it is our attitude toward life that determines life's attitude toward us. Everything we say or do and the accompanying attitude impacts our life. If we're cheerful, glad to be experiencing this miracle [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B]of life, others will reflect that good cheer back to us. We become the kind of people others enjoy being around with. This is possible by living according to the principles contained in AGGS.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਪੂਰਾ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਸੁਖ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਪੂਰਾ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਤਪੁ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਪੂਰਨ ਰਾਜੁ ਜੋਗੁ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][B][/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]Pūrā suk[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] pūrā san[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ok[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial].[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma] Pūrā [/FONT][/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Tahoma]ap pūran rāj jog.[/FONT][/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Once the mind rests in peace, one feels perfect bliss of life, with perfect contentment and patience, and the worship is considered perfect.[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] -----Guru Arjan, Raag Gauri, AGGS, Page, 279-2[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]ਸੋ[/B][B][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/B][B]ਬ੍ਰਹਮਣੁ[/B][FONT=Arial] [/FONT]ਜੋ ਬਿੰਦੈ ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ[/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] ਜਪੁ ਤਪੁ ਸੰਜਮ ਕਮਾਵੈ ਕਰਮ ॥ ਸੀਲ ਸੰਤੋਖ ਕਾ ਰਖੈ ਧਰਮ ॥ ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋੜੈ ਹੋਵੈ ਮੁਕਤੁ ॥ ਸੋਈ [B]ਬ੍ਰਹਮਣੁ ਪੂਜਣ ਜੁਗਤੁ [/B][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]So barahma[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] jo bin[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]ai barahm.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma] Jap [/FONT][/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ap sanjam kamāvai karam. Sīl san[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ok[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] kā rak[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ai [/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]aram. Ban[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]an [/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]o[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṛ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ai hovai muka[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]. So­ī barahma[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] pūja[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] juga[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Tahoma].[/FONT][/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]The true Brahmin is one, who has realized the True Akal Purkh and performs meditation, penance leading a disciplined life. Such a Brahmin deserves all praise and is worthy of respect, who has developed peace of mind and contentment, thus attaining salvation having overcome all bondage of worldly falsehood. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] -----Guru Nanak, Sloke Varan To Vadheek, AGGS, Page, 1411[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Conclusion:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]In life, one cannot get what one likes all the time, so one must learn to like what one gets. It is not the circumstances that create discontent or contentment but our desires are the root cause. Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have. The secret of contentment is to know how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach. Contentment makes a poor man rich; discontentment makes the rich poor. Guru Arjan in Mundavani and Bhai Gurdas in His Vaar 19 reflect on four cardinals in Sikh thought;[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਥਾਲ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਵਿਚਿ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਤਿੰਨਿ ਵਸਤੂ ਪਈਓ ਸਤੁ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਵੀਚਾਰੋ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਨਾਮੁ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਠਾ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਕੁਰ ਕਾ ਪਇਓ ਜਿਸ ਕਾ ਸਭਸੁ ਅਧਾਰੋ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Thāl vic[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ẖ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]inn vas[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]ū pa­ī­o sa[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] san[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]ok[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ẖ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] vīc[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ẖ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]āro.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] Amri[/FONT][/I][I]ṯ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] nām [/FONT][/I][I]ṯẖ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ākur kā pa­i­o jis kā sab[/FONT][/I][I]ẖ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]as a[/FONT][/I][I]ḏẖ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]āro.[/FONT][/I][B][I][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Upon this Plate, three things have been placed: Truth, Contentment and Contemplation. The Ambrosial Nectar of the Naam, the Name of our Akal Purkh and Master, has been placed upon it as well; it is the Support of all.[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]-----Guru Arjan, Mundavani, AGGS, Page, 1429 [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]-12[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਆਪੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਗਵਾਇ[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਆਪੁ[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Raavi]ਪਛਾਣਿਆ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]।[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸੰਤੋਖ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਹਿਜ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਮਾਣਿਆ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Raavi]।[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Gurmukh Apu Gavai Apu Pachania, Gurmukh Sato Santokh Sahaj Samania.[/FONT][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Gurmukh loosing his ego identifies his self and enters his innate nature through truth and contentment. -----Bhai Gurdas, Vaar 19, Pauri, 13-1 & 2[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] Virinder S. Grewal Williamston, MI [/QUOTE]
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