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<blockquote data-quote="Harjas Kaur Khalsa" data-source="post: 79482" data-attributes="member: 2125"><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਕੀਆ ਪਸਾਰਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">thrai gun keeaa pasaaraa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">He formed the expanse of the entire universe from the three gunas, the three qualities.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">SGGS Ji p. 103</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>All material manifestation arises from the 3 gunas. Without the three gunas there would be no manifest reality.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਬਿਸਨੁ ਮਹੇਸ ਇਕ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਾਰੀ ॥੧੨॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">brehamaa bisan mehaes eik moorath aapae karathaa kaaree ||12||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are manifestations of the One God. He Himself is the Doer of deeds. ||12||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">~SGGS Ji p. 908</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਬਿਸਨੁ ਮਹਾਦੇਉ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਰੋਗੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਈ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">brehamaa bisan mehaadhaeo thrai gun rogee vich houmai kaar kamaaee ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva suffer from the disease of the three gunas - the three qualities; they do their deeds in egotism.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">~SGGS Ji p. 735</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Even the Hindu Mahadevas are caught in the properties peculiar to material manifestation, the three qualities of Maya. Why? Because that is the design of creation, that creation is formed from the qualities of Maya.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">ਪੰਚ ਤਤੁ ਸੁੰਨਹੁ ਪਰਗਾਸਾ ॥</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">panch thath sunnahu paragaasaa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">From the Primal Void, the five elements became manifest. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">ਦੇਹ ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ਕਰਮ ਅਭਿਆਸਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">dhaeh sanjogee karam abhiaasaa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">They joined to form the body, which engages in actions.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Navy">~SGGS Ji p. 1038</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Everything which is manifest, all universes, the Mahadevas, even including your physical body, comes from the Primal Void. The Primal Void is the Zero from which the infinities arise. The Primal Void is in literal fact, something beyond even Oneness. Oneness is the quality describing the inter-relationships of all the infinities to the Primal Void, showing that despite the multiple forms of manifestation, every existence is dependant on the Light which hides behind the shadow of forms.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਚਿਤਿ ਚਿਤਵਹੁ ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਏਕ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">chith chithavahu naaraaein eaek ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">Focus your consciousness on the One, the All-pervading Lord</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਏਕ ਰੂਪ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਰੰਗ ਅਨੇਕ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">eaek roop jaa kae rang anaek ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">He has One Form, but He has many manifestations.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">~SGGS Ji p. 295</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਆਪੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">aapae aap niranjanaa jin aap oupaaeiaa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">The Immaculate Lord Himself, by Himself, created Himself.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਆਪੇ ਖੇਲੁ ਰਚਾਇਓਨੁ ਸਭੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਸਬਾਇਆ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">aapae khael rachaaeioun sabh jagath sabaaeiaa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">He Himself created the whole drama of all the world's play. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਆਪਿ ਸਿਰਜਿਅਨੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">thrai gun aap sirajian maaeiaa mohu vadhhaaeiaa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">He Himself formed the three gunas, the three qualities; He increased the attachment to Maya.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਉਬਰੇ ਜਿਨ ਭਾਣਾ ਭਾਇਆ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">gur parasaadhee oubarae jin bhaanaa bhaaeiaa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">By Guru's Grace, they are saved - those who love the Will of God.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਸਭ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">naanak sach varathadhaa sabh sach samaaeiaa ||1||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">O Nanak, the True Lord is pervading everywhere; all are contained within the True Lord. ||1</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">~SGGS Ji p. 1237</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Gurbani says the Lord created Himself. It does not say the Lord created subjects separate from the Oneness of Himself. There are different levels of manifest reality, and different levels of perceiving that reality, which even in sargun saroop is largely imperceivable and incomprehensible to the finitude of the human brain and intellectual capacity. In the created reality there is duality, so we perceive opposites. We perceive the God as separate from His creation. And it doesn't make sense to us logically that God is God, and at the same time Krishna could be a manifestation of God.</p><p></p><p>Let's look at these terms:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Both the Vedic concepts of Pakrti and Purusha are reflected in Gurbani. In Gurbani the Primal Purusha is called ਪੁਰਖ.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਧਰਣਿ ਗਗਨ ਨਹ ਦੇਖਉ ਦੋਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">dhharan gagan neh dhaekho dhoe ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">In the earth and in the sky, I do not see any second.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਨਾਰੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਸਬਾਈ ਲੋਇ ॥੩॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">naaree purakh sabaaee loe ||3||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Among all the women and the men, His Light is shining. ||3||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਰਵਿ ਸਸਿ ਦੇਖਉ ਦੀਪਕ ਉਜਿਆਲਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">rav sas dhaekho dheepak oujiaalaa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">In the lamps of the sun and the moon, I see His Light.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਸਰਬ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮੁ ਬਾਲਾ ॥੪॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">sarab niranthar preetham baalaa ||4||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Dwelling among all is my ever-youthful Beloved. ||4||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">~SGGS Ji p. 223</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਆਦਿ ਰੂਪ ਅਨਾਦਿ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੋਨਿ ਪੁਰਖ ਅਪਾਰ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">aadh roop anaadh moorat(i) ajon(i) purakh apaar||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Thou art the Supreme Purush, an Eternal Entity in the beginning and free from birth.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਸਰਬ ਮਾਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਮਾਨ ਦੇਵ ਅਭੇਵ ਆਦਿ ਉਦਾਰ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Sarab maan trimaan dev abhev aadh udaar||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Worshipped by all and venerated by three gods, Thou art without difference and art Generous from the very beginning.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਸਰਬ ਪਾਲਕ ਸਰਬ ਘਾਲਕ ਸਰਬ ਕੋ ਪੁਨਿ ਕਾਲ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Sarab paalak sarab ghaalak sarab ko pun(i) kaal||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Thou art the Creator Sustainer, Inspirer and Destroyer of all. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਜੱਤ੍ਰ ਤੱਤ੍ਰ ਬਿਰਾਜਹੀ ਅਵਧੂਤ ਰੂਪ ਰਿਸਾਲ ॥੭੯॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Jattra tattra biraaj-hoo avdhoot roop rasaal||79||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Thou art present everywhere like an ascetic with a Generous disposition.79. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਨਾਮ ਠਾਮ ਨ ਜਾਤਿ ਜਾਕਰ ਰੂਪ ਰੰਗ ਨ ਰੇਖ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Naam thaam na jaat(i) jaakar roop rang na rekh||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Thou art Nameless, Placeless, Casteless, Formless, Colourless and Lineless.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖ ਉਦਾਰ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੋਨਿ ਆਦਿ ਅਸੇਖ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">aadh Purakh udaar moorat(i) ajon(i) aadh asekh||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">Thou, the Primal Purusha, art Unborn, Generous Entity and Perfect from the very beginning. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkGreen">~Shri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ik oankaar sathigur prasaadh ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਦੀਸੈ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਪਸਾਰੁ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">guramukh dheesai breham pasaar ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">The Gurmukh sees God pervading everywhere.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣੀਆਂ ਬਿਸਥਾਰੁ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">guramukh thrai guneeaaan bisathhaar ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">The Gurmukh knows that the universe is the extension of the three gunas, the three dispositions. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਦ ਬੇਦ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">guramukh naadh baedh beechaar ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">The Gurmukh reflects on the Sound-current of the Naad, and the wisdom of the Vedas. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਘੋਰ ਅੰਧਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">bin gur poorae ghor andhhaar ||1||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">Without the Perfect Guru, there is only pitch-black darkness. ||1||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: DarkRed">~SGGS Ji p. 1270</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To the Christian and Muslim God is forever separate from His creation. So it's an offense to think a man can be God. God is God. From this Abrahamic definition, to think the incarnated Krishna is God is false. It's false because no created thing can be the uncreated. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਸਗਲ ਪਰਾਧ ਦੇਹਿ ਲੋਰੋਨੀ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">sagal paraadhh dhaehi loronee ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">You sing lullabyes to your stone god - this is the source of all your mistakes. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਸੋ ਮੁਖੁ ਜਲਉ ਜਿਤੁ ਕਹਹਿ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਜੋਨੀ ॥੩॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">so mukh jalo jith kehehi thaakur jonee ||3||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">Let that mouth be burnt, which says that our Lord and Master is subject to birth. ||3|| </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਜਨਮਿ ਨ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">janam n marai n aavai n jaae ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">He is not born, and He does not die; He does not come and go in reincarnation. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਨਾਨਕ ਕਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਰਹਿਓ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੪॥੧॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">naanak kaa prabh rehiou samaae ||4||1||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">The God of Nanak is pervading and permeating everywhere. ||4||1||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">~SGGS Ji p. 1136</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here Gurbani is talking about the error of making the Supreme Primal uncreated into a stone idol, like worshipping picture frames and not the Reality. It says that the Parabrahm Nirankar is pervading and manifest everywhere. This is a correction of the corruptions of insight into the nature of God. It is not the Abrahamic version where God is forever separate from His creation. Even the Bhagavad-Gita describes the Parabrahm nature of All-pervading Oneness and not idols of stone. This is the heart of Vaishnav philosophy. The difference is Vaishnavs see Maha-Vishnu as the Parabrahm. Guru Nanak defines as Ik Oangkar, and Vishnu as part of the pakrti. But Gurbani still says the pakrti and all manifestation, is He.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਸੁੰਨਹੁ ਉਪਜੇ ਦਸ ਅਵਤਾਰਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">sunnahu oupajae dhas avathaaraa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">From the Primal Void, the ten incarnations welled up.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਉਪਾਇ ਕੀਆ ਪਾਸਾਰਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">srisatt oupaae keeaa paasaaraa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">Creating the Universe, He made the expanse.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">ਦੇਵ ਦਾਨਵ ਗਣ ਗੰਧਰਬ ਸਾਜੇ ਸਭਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇਦਾ ॥੧੨॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">dhaev dhaanav gan gandhharab saajae sabh likhiaa karam kamaaeidhaa ||12||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">He fashioned the demi-gods and demons, the heavenly heralds and celestial musicians; everyone acts according to their past karma. ||12||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Purple">~SGGS Ji p. 1038</span></p><p></p><p>It is undeniable that Gurbani makes a point to recognize and list the ten incarnations/avataars, ਦਸ ਅਵਤਾਰਾ as deriving from the Primal Void. These are the ten incarnations/avataars of Vishnu as creative principle manifesting the Jyot of the God as deriving from the Absolute Parabrahm nirguna. This was the manifestation of the One Supreme Parabrahm in the sansaaric world of the three gunas. But every incarnation was caught by the three gunas and maya. So the Light of God is seen as being darkened on the earth from age to age because of bondage to these qualities. And this is why Guru Nanak Dev Ji was needed to be born and bring the world the Naam.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">ਬ੍ਰਹਮੈ ਬੇਦ ਬਾਣੀ ਪਰਗਾਸੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਪਸਾਰਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">brehamai baedh baanee paragaasee maaeiaa moh pasaaraa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">Through Brahma, the hymns of the Vedas were revealed, but the love of Maya spread. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">ਮਹਾਦੇਉ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਵਰਤੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਪਣੈ ਤਾਮਸੁ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਅਹੰਕਾਰਾ ॥੨॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">mehaadhaeo giaanee varathai ghar aapanai thaamas bahuth ahankaaraa ||2||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">The wise one, Shiva, remains absorbed in himself, but he is engrossed in dark passions and excessive egotism. ||2|| </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">ਕਿਸਨੁ ਸਦਾ ਅਵਤਾਰੀ ਰੂਧਾ ਕਿਤੁ ਲਗਿ ਤਰੈ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">kisan sadhaa avathaaree roodhhaa kith lag tharai sansaaraa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">Vishnu is always busy reincarnating himself - who will save the world? </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨਿ ਰਤੇ ਜੁਗ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਚੂਕੈ ਮੋਹ ਗੁਬਾਰਾ ॥੩॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">guramukh giaan rathae jug anthar chookai moh gubaaraa ||3||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">The Gurmukhs are imbued with spiritual wisdom in this age; they are rid of the darkness of emotional attachment. ||3||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">ਸਤਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤਰੈ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">sathagur saevaa thae nisathaaraa guramukh tharai sansaaraa ||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">Serving the True Guru, one is emancipated; the Gurmukh crosses over the world-ocean.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Indigo">~SGGS Ji p. 559</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Manifestation means the imperceptible has become perceptible. It means the nirguna has adopted manifestation as the sarguna. Incarnation means the uncreated has created Himself. Sikhism doesn't teach to worship the Hindu devas, or to confuse the Primal Being with the forms and manifestations. Nonetheless, Gurbani makes it clear the Hindu devas and the incarnations are a reality and serve a creative purpose in manifesting the nirgun in perceivable form.</p><p></p><p>When the Parabrahm created creation, he created the perceptible. In order to do this He created the three gunas. In order to do this He created the Hindu mahadevas. Why? Because the Parabrahm created stone statues for people to worship? No. Those reflect the limited understanding of people. But the mahadevas exist because the qualities they symbolically represent are actual physical forces scientifically provable in manifest reality. They are a fundamental element of creation. Mukti is Self-realization, where the ego-identity is surpassed and the Ultimate darshan of Vaheguru Parabrahm is perceived, the sansaaric world is no longer a bondage, and the jeev returns to the Primal Void which is it's ultimate source and true identity. The dancer becomes the Dance.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਬਪੁ ਧਰ ਕਾਲ ਬਲੀ ਬਲਵਾਨਾ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Bap(u) dhar kaal balibalvaanaa||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">The powerful KAL, adopting the physical form, </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਆਪਨ ਰੂਪ ਧਰਤ ਭਯੋ ਨਾਨਾ ॥੩੨॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">aapan roop dharat bhayo naanaa||32||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Manifested Himself in numerous forms.32. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਚੌਪਈ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Chaupaee||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">CHAUPAI </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਭਿੰਨ ਭਿੰਨ ਜਿਮੁ ਦੇਹ ਧਰਾਏ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Bhinn bhinn jim(i) deh dharaae||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">According as the Lord adopted different forms,</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਤਿਮੁ ਤਿਮੁ ਕਰ ਅਵਤਾਰ ਕਹਾਏ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Tim(u) tim(u) kar avtaar kahaae||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">In the same manner, he became renowned as different incarnations; </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਪਰਮ ਰੂਪ ਜੋ ਏਕ ਕਹਾਯੋ ॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Param roop jo ek kahaayo||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">But whatever is the Supreme form of the Lord; </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">ਅੰਤ ਸਭੋ ਤਿਹ ਮੱਧਿ ਮਿਲਾਯੋ ॥੩੩॥ </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Ant sabho tih maddh(i) milaayo||33||</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">Ultimately all merged in Him.33.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: Blue">~Shri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji p. 423</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>~Bhul chak maaf karni ji</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harjas Kaur Khalsa, post: 79482, member: 2125"] [INDENT][COLOR="DarkRed"]ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਕੀਆ ਪਸਾਰਾ ॥ thrai gun keeaa pasaaraa || He formed the expanse of the entire universe from the three gunas, the three qualities. SGGS Ji p. 103[/COLOR][/INDENT] All material manifestation arises from the 3 gunas. Without the three gunas there would be no manifest reality. [INDENT][COLOR="Purple"]ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਬਿਸਨੁ ਮਹੇਸ ਇਕ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਕਾਰੀ ॥੧੨॥ brehamaa bisan mehaes eik moorath aapae karathaa kaaree ||12|| Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are manifestations of the One God. He Himself is the Doer of deeds. ||12|| ~SGGS Ji p. 908[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR="DarkGreen"]ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਬਿਸਨੁ ਮਹਾਦੇਉ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਰੋਗੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਹਉਮੈ ਕਾਰ ਕਮਾਈ ॥ brehamaa bisan mehaadhaeo thrai gun rogee vich houmai kaar kamaaee || Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva suffer from the disease of the three gunas - the three qualities; they do their deeds in egotism. ~SGGS Ji p. 735[/COLOR][/INDENT] Even the Hindu Mahadevas are caught in the properties peculiar to material manifestation, the three qualities of Maya. Why? Because that is the design of creation, that creation is formed from the qualities of Maya. [INDENT][COLOR="Navy"]ਪੰਚ ਤਤੁ ਸੁੰਨਹੁ ਪਰਗਾਸਾ ॥ panch thath sunnahu paragaasaa || From the Primal Void, the five elements became manifest. ਦੇਹ ਸੰਜੋਗੀ ਕਰਮ ਅਭਿਆਸਾ ॥ dhaeh sanjogee karam abhiaasaa || They joined to form the body, which engages in actions. ~SGGS Ji p. 1038[/COLOR][/INDENT] Everything which is manifest, all universes, the Mahadevas, even including your physical body, comes from the Primal Void. The Primal Void is the Zero from which the infinities arise. The Primal Void is in literal fact, something beyond even Oneness. Oneness is the quality describing the inter-relationships of all the infinities to the Primal Void, showing that despite the multiple forms of manifestation, every existence is dependant on the Light which hides behind the shadow of forms. [INDENT][COLOR="Purple"]ਚਿਤਿ ਚਿਤਵਹੁ ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਏਕ ॥ chith chithavahu naaraaein eaek || Focus your consciousness on the One, the All-pervading Lord ਏਕ ਰੂਪ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਰੰਗ ਅਨੇਕ ॥ eaek roop jaa kae rang anaek || He has One Form, but He has many manifestations. ~SGGS Ji p. 295[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR="Blue"]ਆਪੇ ਆਪਿ ਨਿਰੰਜਨਾ ਜਿਨਿ ਆਪੁ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥ aapae aap niranjanaa jin aap oupaaeiaa || The Immaculate Lord Himself, by Himself, created Himself. ਆਪੇ ਖੇਲੁ ਰਚਾਇਓਨੁ ਸਭੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਸਬਾਇਆ ॥ aapae khael rachaaeioun sabh jagath sabaaeiaa || He Himself created the whole drama of all the world's play. ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣ ਆਪਿ ਸਿਰਜਿਅਨੁ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹੁ ਵਧਾਇਆ ॥ thrai gun aap sirajian maaeiaa mohu vadhhaaeiaa || He Himself formed the three gunas, the three qualities; He increased the attachment to Maya. ਗੁਰ ਪਰਸਾਦੀ ਉਬਰੇ ਜਿਨ ਭਾਣਾ ਭਾਇਆ ॥ gur parasaadhee oubarae jin bhaanaa bhaaeiaa || By Guru's Grace, they are saved - those who love the Will of God. ਨਾਨਕ ਸਚੁ ਵਰਤਦਾ ਸਭ ਸਚਿ ਸਮਾਇਆ ॥੧॥ naanak sach varathadhaa sabh sach samaaeiaa ||1|| O Nanak, the True Lord is pervading everywhere; all are contained within the True Lord. ||1 ~SGGS Ji p. 1237[/COLOR][/INDENT] Gurbani says the Lord created Himself. It does not say the Lord created subjects separate from the Oneness of Himself. There are different levels of manifest reality, and different levels of perceiving that reality, which even in sargun saroop is largely imperceivable and incomprehensible to the finitude of the human brain and intellectual capacity. In the created reality there is duality, so we perceive opposites. We perceive the God as separate from His creation. And it doesn't make sense to us logically that God is God, and at the same time Krishna could be a manifestation of God. Let's look at these terms: Both the Vedic concepts of Pakrti and Purusha are reflected in Gurbani. In Gurbani the Primal Purusha is called ਪੁਰਖ. [INDENT][COLOR="Blue"]ਧਰਣਿ ਗਗਨ ਨਹ ਦੇਖਉ ਦੋਇ ॥ dhharan gagan neh dhaekho dhoe || In the earth and in the sky, I do not see any second. ਨਾਰੀ ਪੁਰਖ ਸਬਾਈ ਲੋਇ ॥੩॥ naaree purakh sabaaee loe ||3|| Among all the women and the men, His Light is shining. ||3|| ਰਵਿ ਸਸਿ ਦੇਖਉ ਦੀਪਕ ਉਜਿਆਲਾ ॥ rav sas dhaekho dheepak oujiaalaa || In the lamps of the sun and the moon, I see His Light. ਸਰਬ ਨਿਰੰਤਰਿ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮੁ ਬਾਲਾ ॥੪॥ sarab niranthar preetham baalaa ||4|| Dwelling among all is my ever-youthful Beloved. ||4|| ~SGGS Ji p. 223[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR="DarkGreen"]ਆਦਿ ਰੂਪ ਅਨਾਦਿ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੋਨਿ ਪੁਰਖ ਅਪਾਰ ॥ aadh roop anaadh moorat(i) ajon(i) purakh apaar|| Thou art the Supreme Purush, an Eternal Entity in the beginning and free from birth. ਸਰਬ ਮਾਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਮਾਨ ਦੇਵ ਅਭੇਵ ਆਦਿ ਉਦਾਰ ॥ Sarab maan trimaan dev abhev aadh udaar|| Worshipped by all and venerated by three gods, Thou art without difference and art Generous from the very beginning. ਸਰਬ ਪਾਲਕ ਸਰਬ ਘਾਲਕ ਸਰਬ ਕੋ ਪੁਨਿ ਕਾਲ ॥ Sarab paalak sarab ghaalak sarab ko pun(i) kaal|| Thou art the Creator Sustainer, Inspirer and Destroyer of all. ਜੱਤ੍ਰ ਤੱਤ੍ਰ ਬਿਰਾਜਹੀ ਅਵਧੂਤ ਰੂਪ ਰਿਸਾਲ ॥੭੯॥ Jattra tattra biraaj-hoo avdhoot roop rasaal||79|| Thou art present everywhere like an ascetic with a Generous disposition.79. ਨਾਮ ਠਾਮ ਨ ਜਾਤਿ ਜਾਕਰ ਰੂਪ ਰੰਗ ਨ ਰੇਖ ॥ Naam thaam na jaat(i) jaakar roop rang na rekh|| Thou art Nameless, Placeless, Casteless, Formless, Colourless and Lineless. ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖ ਉਦਾਰ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੋਨਿ ਆਦਿ ਅਸੇਖ ॥ aadh Purakh udaar moorat(i) ajon(i) aadh asekh|| Thou, the Primal Purusha, art Unborn, Generous Entity and Perfect from the very beginning. ~Shri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji[/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR="DarkRed"]ੴ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ik oankaar sathigur prasaadh || One Universal Creator God. By The Grace Of The True Guru: ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਦੀਸੈ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਪਸਾਰੁ ॥ guramukh dheesai breham pasaar || The Gurmukh sees God pervading everywhere. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤ੍ਰੈ ਗੁਣੀਆਂ ਬਿਸਥਾਰੁ ॥ guramukh thrai guneeaaan bisathhaar || The Gurmukh knows that the universe is the extension of the three gunas, the three dispositions. ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਦ ਬੇਦ ਬੀਚਾਰੁ ॥ guramukh naadh baedh beechaar || The Gurmukh reflects on the Sound-current of the Naad, and the wisdom of the Vedas. ਬਿਨੁ ਗੁਰ ਪੂਰੇ ਘੋਰ ਅੰਧਾਰੁ ॥੧॥ bin gur poorae ghor andhhaar ||1|| Without the Perfect Guru, there is only pitch-black darkness. ||1|| ~SGGS Ji p. 1270[/COLOR][/INDENT] To the Christian and Muslim God is forever separate from His creation. So it's an offense to think a man can be God. God is God. From this Abrahamic definition, to think the incarnated Krishna is God is false. It's false because no created thing can be the uncreated. [INDENT][COLOR="Purple"]ਸਗਲ ਪਰਾਧ ਦੇਹਿ ਲੋਰੋਨੀ ॥ sagal paraadhh dhaehi loronee || You sing lullabyes to your stone god - this is the source of all your mistakes. ਸੋ ਮੁਖੁ ਜਲਉ ਜਿਤੁ ਕਹਹਿ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਜੋਨੀ ॥੩॥ so mukh jalo jith kehehi thaakur jonee ||3|| Let that mouth be burnt, which says that our Lord and Master is subject to birth. ||3|| ਜਨਮਿ ਨ ਮਰੈ ਨ ਆਵੈ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ janam n marai n aavai n jaae || He is not born, and He does not die; He does not come and go in reincarnation. ਨਾਨਕ ਕਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਰਹਿਓ ਸਮਾਇ ॥੪॥੧॥ naanak kaa prabh rehiou samaae ||4||1|| The God of Nanak is pervading and permeating everywhere. ||4||1|| ~SGGS Ji p. 1136[/COLOR][/INDENT] Here Gurbani is talking about the error of making the Supreme Primal uncreated into a stone idol, like worshipping picture frames and not the Reality. It says that the Parabrahm Nirankar is pervading and manifest everywhere. This is a correction of the corruptions of insight into the nature of God. It is not the Abrahamic version where God is forever separate from His creation. Even the Bhagavad-Gita describes the Parabrahm nature of All-pervading Oneness and not idols of stone. This is the heart of Vaishnav philosophy. The difference is Vaishnavs see Maha-Vishnu as the Parabrahm. Guru Nanak defines as Ik Oangkar, and Vishnu as part of the pakrti. But Gurbani still says the pakrti and all manifestation, is He. [INDENT][COLOR="Purple"]ਸੁੰਨਹੁ ਉਪਜੇ ਦਸ ਅਵਤਾਰਾ ॥ sunnahu oupajae dhas avathaaraa || From the Primal Void, the ten incarnations welled up. ਸ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਉਪਾਇ ਕੀਆ ਪਾਸਾਰਾ ॥ srisatt oupaae keeaa paasaaraa || Creating the Universe, He made the expanse. ਦੇਵ ਦਾਨਵ ਗਣ ਗੰਧਰਬ ਸਾਜੇ ਸਭਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਕਰਮ ਕਮਾਇਦਾ ॥੧੨॥ dhaev dhaanav gan gandhharab saajae sabh likhiaa karam kamaaeidhaa ||12|| He fashioned the demi-gods and demons, the heavenly heralds and celestial musicians; everyone acts according to their past karma. ||12|| ~SGGS Ji p. 1038[/COLOR][/INDENT] It is undeniable that Gurbani makes a point to recognize and list the ten incarnations/avataars, ਦਸ ਅਵਤਾਰਾ as deriving from the Primal Void. These are the ten incarnations/avataars of Vishnu as creative principle manifesting the Jyot of the God as deriving from the Absolute Parabrahm nirguna. This was the manifestation of the One Supreme Parabrahm in the sansaaric world of the three gunas. But every incarnation was caught by the three gunas and maya. So the Light of God is seen as being darkened on the earth from age to age because of bondage to these qualities. And this is why Guru Nanak Dev Ji was needed to be born and bring the world the Naam. [INDENT][COLOR="Indigo"]ਬ੍ਰਹਮੈ ਬੇਦ ਬਾਣੀ ਪਰਗਾਸੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ਪਸਾਰਾ ॥ brehamai baedh baanee paragaasee maaeiaa moh pasaaraa || Through Brahma, the hymns of the Vedas were revealed, but the love of Maya spread. ਮਹਾਦੇਉ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਵਰਤੈ ਘਰਿ ਆਪਣੈ ਤਾਮਸੁ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਅਹੰਕਾਰਾ ॥੨॥ mehaadhaeo giaanee varathai ghar aapanai thaamas bahuth ahankaaraa ||2|| The wise one, Shiva, remains absorbed in himself, but he is engrossed in dark passions and excessive egotism. ||2|| ਕਿਸਨੁ ਸਦਾ ਅਵਤਾਰੀ ਰੂਧਾ ਕਿਤੁ ਲਗਿ ਤਰੈ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥ kisan sadhaa avathaaree roodhhaa kith lag tharai sansaaraa || Vishnu is always busy reincarnating himself - who will save the world? ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਗਿਆਨਿ ਰਤੇ ਜੁਗ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਚੂਕੈ ਮੋਹ ਗੁਬਾਰਾ ॥੩॥ guramukh giaan rathae jug anthar chookai moh gubaaraa ||3|| The Gurmukhs are imbued with spiritual wisdom in this age; they are rid of the darkness of emotional attachment. ||3|| ਸਤਗੁਰ ਸੇਵਾ ਤੇ ਨਿਸਤਾਰਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਤਰੈ ਸੰਸਾਰਾ ॥ sathagur saevaa thae nisathaaraa guramukh tharai sansaaraa || Serving the True Guru, one is emancipated; the Gurmukh crosses over the world-ocean. ~SGGS Ji p. 559[/COLOR][/INDENT] Manifestation means the imperceptible has become perceptible. It means the nirguna has adopted manifestation as the sarguna. Incarnation means the uncreated has created Himself. Sikhism doesn't teach to worship the Hindu devas, or to confuse the Primal Being with the forms and manifestations. Nonetheless, Gurbani makes it clear the Hindu devas and the incarnations are a reality and serve a creative purpose in manifesting the nirgun in perceivable form. When the Parabrahm created creation, he created the perceptible. In order to do this He created the three gunas. In order to do this He created the Hindu mahadevas. Why? Because the Parabrahm created stone statues for people to worship? No. Those reflect the limited understanding of people. But the mahadevas exist because the qualities they symbolically represent are actual physical forces scientifically provable in manifest reality. They are a fundamental element of creation. Mukti is Self-realization, where the ego-identity is surpassed and the Ultimate darshan of Vaheguru Parabrahm is perceived, the sansaaric world is no longer a bondage, and the jeev returns to the Primal Void which is it's ultimate source and true identity. The dancer becomes the Dance. [INDENT][COLOR="Blue"]ਬਪੁ ਧਰ ਕਾਲ ਬਲੀ ਬਲਵਾਨਾ ॥ Bap(u) dhar kaal balibalvaanaa|| The powerful KAL, adopting the physical form, ਆਪਨ ਰੂਪ ਧਰਤ ਭਯੋ ਨਾਨਾ ॥੩੨॥ aapan roop dharat bhayo naanaa||32|| Manifested Himself in numerous forms.32. ਚੌਪਈ ॥ Chaupaee|| CHAUPAI ਭਿੰਨ ਭਿੰਨ ਜਿਮੁ ਦੇਹ ਧਰਾਏ ॥ Bhinn bhinn jim(i) deh dharaae|| According as the Lord adopted different forms, ਤਿਮੁ ਤਿਮੁ ਕਰ ਅਵਤਾਰ ਕਹਾਏ ॥ Tim(u) tim(u) kar avtaar kahaae|| In the same manner, he became renowned as different incarnations; ਪਰਮ ਰੂਪ ਜੋ ਏਕ ਕਹਾਯੋ ॥ Param roop jo ek kahaayo|| But whatever is the Supreme form of the Lord; ਅੰਤ ਸਭੋ ਤਿਹ ਮੱਧਿ ਮਿਲਾਯੋ ॥੩੩॥ Ant sabho tih maddh(i) milaayo||33|| Ultimately all merged in Him.33. ~Shri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji p. 423[/COLOR][/INDENT] ~Bhul chak maaf karni ji [/QUOTE]
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