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How Should We Worship And Adore Him?
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 74605" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>More thoughts <strong><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkGreen">Prayer</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkGreen">from Bandginama by Raghbir Singh</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></strong><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>In retrospect, I find that on account of my lurking doubts, some of my </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>prayers remained unanswered, other received a delayed response, but I do </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>not remember any time when the above conditions were fulfilled and yet </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>the prayer remained unanswered. A prayer, offered with a firm faith and a </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>humble heart is so readily granted that it leaves us astounded. </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>Prayers may be of two kinds congregational and individual. The former </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>has been in vogue amongst the Sikhs since the times of the Gurus. Its uses </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>are countless. It has played a mighty role in sustaining the Sikhs. The daily </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>congregations, with psalm-singing, singing God’s praises, and the collective, </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>congregational prayer to Heaven, remembering the Gurus, the heroic sons of </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>Guru Gobind Singh, the Sikh martyrs, both male and female, praying for </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>the preservation of sacred shrines, sacred places, choirs, Sikh banners, Sikh </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>resting places- the daily congregational prayer has been a splendid routine </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>for keeping alive the Sikh way of life. The history of the Panth thus daily </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>recapitulated, reviving old memories and traditions keeps alive the spark of </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>Sikh fellow-feeling, the Sikh sense of self-respect and the Sikh traditions of </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>self-sacrifice. </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>The second type of Ardas or prayer-that is, individual or personal prayer- </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>of a Sikh may be elaborate, as is the congregational or Sikh prayer, or it may </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>be short, couched in our own words, according to our individual needs and </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>feelings. In this case, no special form, prescribed words, special technique </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>or rhythm are needed. Only the mind must be shaped in a humble mould </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>answering to the spirit of the sacred verse: </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>I do not come into the picture, I am nowhere, </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>I have nothing that I can call mine own. </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>mai nahi kachh hao nahi </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>kichh ahe na mora </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>Sadhna - Bilawal. </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>Such a prayer poured forth by the soul flies Heavenward. The language of </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>the soul is not garbed in sonorous, high-pitched phrases. It is a language of </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>thoughts. </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>When we learn how to pray correctly, the response is instantaneous. We </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>have an ecstatic feeling. There is wonder, mixed with delight, at the actual </em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em>materialization or fulfillment of the prayer.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><em></em> <span style="color: DarkSlateGray"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><span style="color: DarkSlateGray">And so</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"></span><strong>ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਨੁ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਆਪੇ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">sachai sabadh man mohiaa prabh aapae leae milaae ||</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">God joins to Himself those whose minds are fascinated with the True Word of His Shabad.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੇ ਰਤਿਆ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">anadhin naamae rathiaa jothee joth samaae ||</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">Night and day, they are attuned to the Naam, and their light is absorbed into the Light.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>ਜੋਤੀ ਹੂ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਜਾਪਦਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਗੁਰ ਬੂਝ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">jothee hoo prabh jaapadhaa bin sathagur boojh n paae ||</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">Through His Light, God is revealed. Without the True Guru, understanding is not obtained.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਆਇ ॥੨॥</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">jin ko poorab likhiaa sathagur bhaettiaa thin aae ||2||</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">The True Guru comes to meet those who have such pre-ordained destiny. ||2||</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray"></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray"><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray"><span style="color: DarkGreen">ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸਭ ਡੁਮਣੀ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਖੁਆਇ ॥</span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">vin naavai sabh ddumanee dhoojai bhaae khuaae ||</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">Without the Name, all are miserable. In the love of duality, they are ruined.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray"></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray"></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray"></span>ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਘੜੀ ਨ ਜੀਵਦੀ ਦੁਖੀ ਰੈਣਿ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">this bin gharree n jeevadhee dhukhee rain vihaae ||</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">Without Him, I cannot survive even for an instant, and my life-night passes in anguish.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਣਾ ਅੰਧੁਲਾ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">bharam bhulaanaa andhhulaa fir fir aavai jaae ||</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">Wandering in doubt, the spiritually blind come and go in reincarnation, over and over again.</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong>ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਆਪਣੀ ਆਪੇ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੩॥</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">nadhar karae prabh aapanee aapae leae milaae ||3||</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"><strong><span style="color: DimGray">When God Himself bestows His Glance of Grace, He blends us into Himself. ||3||</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span><strong><a href="http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/prayers/ardaas.htm" target="_blank">Listen: Ardaas</a></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 74605, member: 35"] More thoughts [B][COLOR=DarkGreen] Prayer from Bandginama by Raghbir Singh [/COLOR][/B][COLOR=DarkGreen][I]In retrospect, I find that on account of my lurking doubts, some of my prayers remained unanswered, other received a delayed response, but I do not remember any time when the above conditions were fulfilled and yet the prayer remained unanswered. A prayer, offered with a firm faith and a humble heart is so readily granted that it leaves us astounded. Prayers may be of two kinds congregational and individual. The former has been in vogue amongst the Sikhs since the times of the Gurus. Its uses are countless. It has played a mighty role in sustaining the Sikhs. The daily congregations, with psalm-singing, singing God’s praises, and the collective, congregational prayer to Heaven, remembering the Gurus, the heroic sons of Guru Gobind Singh, the Sikh martyrs, both male and female, praying for the preservation of sacred shrines, sacred places, choirs, Sikh banners, Sikh resting places- the daily congregational prayer has been a splendid routine for keeping alive the Sikh way of life. The history of the Panth thus daily recapitulated, reviving old memories and traditions keeps alive the spark of Sikh fellow-feeling, the Sikh sense of self-respect and the Sikh traditions of self-sacrifice. The second type of Ardas or prayer-that is, individual or personal prayer- of a Sikh may be elaborate, as is the congregational or Sikh prayer, or it may be short, couched in our own words, according to our individual needs and feelings. In this case, no special form, prescribed words, special technique or rhythm are needed. Only the mind must be shaped in a humble mould answering to the spirit of the sacred verse: I do not come into the picture, I am nowhere, I have nothing that I can call mine own. mai nahi kachh hao nahi kichh ahe na mora Sadhna - Bilawal. Such a prayer poured forth by the soul flies Heavenward. The language of the soul is not garbed in sonorous, high-pitched phrases. It is a language of thoughts. When we learn how to pray correctly, the response is instantaneous. We have an ecstatic feeling. There is wonder, mixed with delight, at the actual materialization or fulfillment of the prayer. [/I] [COLOR=DarkSlateGray] And so [/COLOR][B]ਸਚੈ ਸਬਦਿ ਮਨੁ ਮੋਹਿਆ ਪ੍ਰਭਿ ਆਪੇ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥ [COLOR=DimGray]sachai sabadh man mohiaa prabh aapae leae milaae || God joins to Himself those whose minds are fascinated with the True Word of His Shabad.[/COLOR] ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੇ ਰਤਿਆ ਜੋਤੀ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮਾਇ ॥ [COLOR=DimGray]anadhin naamae rathiaa jothee joth samaae || Night and day, they are attuned to the Naam, and their light is absorbed into the Light.[/COLOR] ਜੋਤੀ ਹੂ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਜਾਪਦਾ ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਗੁਰ ਬੂਝ ਨ ਪਾਇ ॥ [COLOR=DimGray]jothee hoo prabh jaapadhaa bin sathagur boojh n paae || Through His Light, God is revealed. Without the True Guru, understanding is not obtained.[/COLOR] ਜਿਨ ਕਉ ਪੂਰਬਿ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਭੇਟਿਆ ਤਿਨ ਆਇ ॥੨॥ [COLOR=DimGray]jin ko poorab likhiaa sathagur bhaettiaa thin aae ||2|| The True Guru comes to meet those who have such pre-ordained destiny. ||2|| [COLOR=DarkGreen] ਵਿਣੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸਭ ਡੁਮਣੀ ਦੂਜੈ ਭਾਇ ਖੁਆਇ ॥[/COLOR] vin naavai sabh ddumanee dhoojai bhaae khuaae || Without the Name, all are miserable. In the love of duality, they are ruined. [/COLOR]ਤਿਸੁ ਬਿਨੁ ਘੜੀ ਨ ਜੀਵਦੀ ਦੁਖੀ ਰੈਣਿ ਵਿਹਾਇ ॥ [COLOR=DimGray]this bin gharree n jeevadhee dhukhee rain vihaae || Without Him, I cannot survive even for an instant, and my life-night passes in anguish.[/COLOR] ਭਰਮਿ ਭੁਲਾਣਾ ਅੰਧੁਲਾ ਫਿਰਿ ਫਿਰਿ ਆਵੈ ਜਾਇ ॥ [COLOR=DimGray]bharam bhulaanaa andhhulaa fir fir aavai jaae || Wandering in doubt, the spiritually blind come and go in reincarnation, over and over again.[/COLOR] ਨਦਰਿ ਕਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਆਪਣੀ ਆਪੇ ਲਏ ਮਿਲਾਇ ॥੩॥ [COLOR=DimGray]nadhar karae prabh aapanee aapae leae milaae ||3|| When God Himself bestows His Glance of Grace, He blends us into Himself. ||3||[/COLOR][/B] [/COLOR][B][URL="http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/prayers/ardaas.htm"]Listen: Ardaas[/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]
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