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<blockquote data-quote="arshi" data-source="post: 113115" data-attributes="member: 9479"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Randip Singh Ji</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I can see what you mean now – one liner posts can sometimes be difficult to interpret, but your latest post clarifies things a lot.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I fully agree that Guru Gobind Singh Ji gave the down trodden and the suppressed a pride and a belief in themselves – self esteem <strong><em>– chardhi kala</em></strong>. In fact in some of the articles I wrote earlier ‘<strong>Why I am a Sikh’</strong> and ‘</span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">An audience with Guru Granth Sahib’ </span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I would finish with a note reflecting some pride in being a Sikh - although I did later tone it down. <strong>Was I being egotistic? Perhaps not!</strong> But these are the questions which come to mind and we have to constantly appraise ourselves. <strong>However I do take your point that self esteem of this kind is harmless and to some extent needed.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Some people may criticize, unjustly in some cases, self esteem of this kind as taking ‘a holier than thou’ attitude. However self esteem carried to the extreme can pose problems. For example if I were to claim that that God can only be realized through Sikhism as some faiths do (Tejwant Singh Ji made some very good points in this respect in <strong>‘</strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>The Janeus We Wear’</strong></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>and The Mool Mantar: Sikhi's Blueprint and Roadmap</strong></span></strong>) <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">then I would certainly be egotistical.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Coming back to the use of the words ‘ego’ and ‘egotism’ I used the term ‘ego’ as we see it in its </strong></span></span></strong><strong><u><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">negative form</span></span></u></strong><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong> (you have used a very good term ‘</strong></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">having a bloated image of self’</span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">. In the context of the subject ‘Hunkaar’ that is what I assumed it would reflect. Most authors from the east use both ‘ego’ and ‘egotism’ to mean <em>houmai</em> and I just followed suit – there is not much more to it – Although I did refer to, albeit briefly, Freud’s and Jung’s technical intricacies of synthesis of information, memory and intellectual functioning of the mind</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> etc going into psychoanalysis (more the domain of <em>maya</em>) was not my objective. My emphasis was on the spiritual aspect and that is the spirit in which the article should be taken.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I do take your (and Narayanjot Kaur Ji’s) point on the subtleties of language and values and would certainly take these on board next time I write on the topic. For this I am grateful to both of you.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Although I do not normally cut and paste and use my own interpretation of Gurbani but in this case, due to lack of time, I leave you with the following translation (by Sant Singh Ji Khalsa) of two shabads.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">slok mÚ 1 ] </span></span><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">(466-10)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Shalok, First Mehl:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic AwieAw hau ivic gieAw ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich aa-i-aa ha-o vich ga-i-aa.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they come, and in ego they go.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic jMimAw hau ivic muAw ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich jammi-aa ha-o vich mu-aa.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they are born, and in ego they die.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic idqw hau ivic lieAw ] </span></span><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">)</span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich <u>d</u>i<u>t</u>aa ha-o vich la-i-aa.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they give, and in ego they take.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic KitAw hau ivic gieAw ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich <u>kh</u>ati-aa ha-o vich ga-i-aa.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they earn, and in ego they lose.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic sicAwru kUiVAwru ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich sachiaar koo<u>rh</u>i-aar.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they become truthful or false.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic pwp puMn vIcwru ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich paap punn veechaar.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they reflect on virtue and sin.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic nrik surig Avqwru ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich narak surag av<u>t</u>aar.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they go to heaven or hell.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic hsY hau ivic rovY ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich hasai ha-o vich rovai.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they laugh, and in ego they weep.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic BrIAY hau ivic DovY ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich <u>bh</u>aree-ai ha-o vich <u>Dh</u>ovai.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they become dirty, and in ego they are washed clean.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic jwqI ijnsI KovY ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich jaa<u>t</u>ee jinsee <u>kh</u>ovai.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they lose social status and class.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic mUrKu hau ivic isAwxw ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich moora<u>kh</u> ha-o vich si-aa<u>n</u>aa.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they are ignorant, and in ego they are wise.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">moK mukiq kI swr n jwxw ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">mo<u>kh</u> muka<u>t</u> kee saar na jaa<u>n</u>aa.</span></em></p><p><strong><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">They do not know the value of salvation and liberation.</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">hau ivic mwieAw hau ivic CwieAw ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-o vich maa-i-aa ha-o vich <u>chh</u>aa-i-aa.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">In ego they love Maya, and in ego they are kept in darkness by it.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">haumY kir kir jMq aupwieAw ]</span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-umai kar kar jan<u>t</u> upaa-i-aa.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Living in ego, mortal beings are created.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">haumY bUJY qw dru sUJY ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-umai boo<u>jh</u>ai <u>t</u>aa <u>d</u>ar soo<u>jh</u>ai.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">When one understands ego, then the Lord's gate is known.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">igAwn ivhUxw kiQ kiQ lUJY ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">gi-aan vihoo<u>n</u>aa kath kath loo<u>jh</u>ai.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Without spiritual wisdom, they babble and argue.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">nwnk hukmI ilKIAY lyKu ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">naanak hukmee likee-ai lay<u>kh</u>.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">O Nanak, by the Lord's Command, destiny is recorded.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">jyhw vyKih qyhw vyKu ]1] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">jayhaa vay<u>kh</u>eh <u>t</u>ayhaa vay<u>kh</u>. ||1||</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">As the Lord sees us, so are we seen. ||1||</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">mhlw 2 ] </span></span><span style="color: green"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">(466-16)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Second Mehl:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">haumY eyhw jwiq hY haumY krm kmwih ]</span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-umai ayhaa jaa<u>t</u> hai ha-umai karam kamaahi.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">This is the nature of ego, that people perform their actions in ego.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">haumY eyeI bMDnw iPir iPir jonI pwih ]</span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-umai ay-ee ban<u>Dh</u>naa fir fir jonee paahi.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">This is the bondage of ego, that time and time again, they are reborn.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">haumY ikQhu aUpjY ikqu sMjim ieh jwie ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-umai kithhu oopjai ki<u>t</u> sanjam ih jaa-ay.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Where does ego come from? How can it be removed?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">haumY eyho hukmu hY pieAY ikriq iPrwih ] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-umai ayho hukam hai pa-i-ai kira<u>t</u> firaahi.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">This ego exists by the Lord's Order; people wander according to their past actions.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">haumY dIrG rogu hY dwrU BI iesu mwih ]</span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ha-umai <u>d</u>eera<u>gh</u> rog hai <u>d</u>aaroo <u>bh</u>ee is maahi.</span></em></p><p><strong><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Ego is a chronic disease, but it contains its own cure as well.</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">ikrpw kry jy AwpxI qw gur kw sbdu kmwih ]</span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">kirpaa karay jay aap<u>n</u>ee <u>t</u>aa gur kaa saba<u>d</u> kamaahi.</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">If the Lord grants His Grace, one acts according to the Teachings of the Guru's Shabad.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharThick'">nwnku khY suxhu jnhu iequ sMjim duK jwih ]2] </span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">naanak kahai su<u>n</u>hu janhu i<u>t</u> sanjam <u>d</u>u<u>kh</u> jaahi. ||2||</span></em></p><p><span style="color: navy"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Nanak says, listen, people: in this way, troubles depart. ||2||</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Humbly</strong></p><p> </p><p>Rajinder Singh 'Arshi'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="arshi, post: 113115, member: 9479"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Randip Singh Ji[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I can see what you mean now – one liner posts can sometimes be difficult to interpret, but your latest post clarifies things a lot.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I fully agree that Guru Gobind Singh Ji gave the down trodden and the suppressed a pride and a belief in themselves – self esteem [B][I]– chardhi kala[/I][/B]. In fact in some of the articles I wrote earlier ‘[B]Why I am a Sikh’[/B] and ‘[/FONT][/COLOR][B][FONT=Verdana]An audience with Guru Granth Sahib’ [/FONT][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I would finish with a note reflecting some pride in being a Sikh - although I did later tone it down. [B]Was I being egotistic? Perhaps not![/B] But these are the questions which come to mind and we have to constantly appraise ourselves. [B]However I do take your point that self esteem of this kind is harmless and to some extent needed.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Some people may criticize, unjustly in some cases, self esteem of this kind as taking ‘a holier than thou’ attitude. However self esteem carried to the extreme can pose problems. For example if I were to claim that that God can only be realized through Sikhism as some faiths do (Tejwant Singh Ji made some very good points in this respect in [B]‘[/B][B][FONT=Verdana][B]The Janeus We Wear’[/B][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Verdana][B]and The Mool Mantar: Sikhi's Blueprint and Roadmap[/B][/FONT][/B]) [FONT=Verdana]then I would certainly be egotistical.[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][B]Coming back to the use of the words ‘ego’ and ‘egotism’ I used the term ‘ego’ as we see it in its [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][U][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]negative form[/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][B] (you have used a very good term ‘[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]having a bloated image of self’[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]. In the context of the subject ‘Hunkaar’ that is what I assumed it would reflect. Most authors from the east use both ‘ego’ and ‘egotism’ to mean [I]houmai[/I] and I just followed suit – there is not much more to it – Although I did refer to, albeit briefly, Freud’s and Jung’s technical intricacies of synthesis of information, memory and intellectual functioning of the mind[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] etc going into psychoanalysis (more the domain of [I]maya[/I]) was not my objective. My emphasis was on the spiritual aspect and that is the spirit in which the article should be taken.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I do take your (and Narayanjot Kaur Ji’s) point on the subtleties of language and values and would certainly take these on board next time I write on the topic. For this I am grateful to both of you.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Although I do not normally cut and paste and use my own interpretation of Gurbani but in this case, due to lack of time, I leave you with the following translation (by Sant Singh Ji Khalsa) of two shabads.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]slok mÚ 1 ] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=green][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick](466-10)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]Shalok, First Mehl:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic AwieAw hau ivic gieAw ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich aa-i-aa ha-o vich ga-i-aa.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they come, and in ego they go.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic jMimAw hau ivic muAw ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich jammi-aa ha-o vich mu-aa.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they are born, and in ego they die.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic idqw hau ivic lieAw ] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=green][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick])[/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich [U]d[/U]i[U]t[/U]aa ha-o vich la-i-aa.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they give, and in ego they take.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic KitAw hau ivic gieAw ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich [U]kh[/U]ati-aa ha-o vich ga-i-aa.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they earn, and in ego they lose.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic sicAwru kUiVAwru ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich sachiaar koo[U]rh[/U]i-aar.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they become truthful or false.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic pwp puMn vIcwru ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich paap punn veechaar.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they reflect on virtue and sin.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic nrik surig Avqwru ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich narak surag av[U]t[/U]aar.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they go to heaven or hell.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic hsY hau ivic rovY ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich hasai ha-o vich rovai.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they laugh, and in ego they weep.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic BrIAY hau ivic DovY ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich [U]bh[/U]aree-ai ha-o vich [U]Dh[/U]ovai.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they become dirty, and in ego they are washed clean.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic jwqI ijnsI KovY ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich jaa[U]t[/U]ee jinsee [U]kh[/U]ovai.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they lose social status and class.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic mUrKu hau ivic isAwxw ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich moora[U]kh[/U] ha-o vich si-aa[U]n[/U]aa.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they are ignorant, and in ego they are wise.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]moK mukiq kI swr n jwxw ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]mo[U]kh[/U] muka[U]t[/U] kee saar na jaa[U]n[/U]aa.[/FONT][/I] [B][COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]They do not know the value of salvation and liberation.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]hau ivic mwieAw hau ivic CwieAw ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-o vich maa-i-aa ha-o vich [U]chh[/U]aa-i-aa.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]In ego they love Maya, and in ego they are kept in darkness by it.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]haumY kir kir jMq aupwieAw ][/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-umai kar kar jan[U]t[/U] upaa-i-aa.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]Living in ego, mortal beings are created.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]haumY bUJY qw dru sUJY ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-umai boo[U]jh[/U]ai [U]t[/U]aa [U]d[/U]ar soo[U]jh[/U]ai.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]When one understands ego, then the Lord's gate is known.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]igAwn ivhUxw kiQ kiQ lUJY ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]gi-aan vihoo[U]n[/U]aa kath kath loo[U]jh[/U]ai.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]Without spiritual wisdom, they babble and argue.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]nwnk hukmI ilKIAY lyKu ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]naanak hukmee likee-ai lay[U]kh[/U].[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]O Nanak, by the Lord's Command, destiny is recorded.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]jyhw vyKih qyhw vyKu ]1] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]jayhaa vay[U]kh[/U]eh [U]t[/U]ayhaa vay[U]kh[/U]. ||1||[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]As the Lord sees us, so are we seen. ||1||[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]mhlw 2 ] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=green][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick](466-16)[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]Second Mehl:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]haumY eyhw jwiq hY haumY krm kmwih ][/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-umai ayhaa jaa[U]t[/U] hai ha-umai karam kamaahi.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]This is the nature of ego, that people perform their actions in ego.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]haumY eyeI bMDnw iPir iPir jonI pwih ][/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-umai ay-ee ban[U]Dh[/U]naa fir fir jonee paahi.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]This is the bondage of ego, that time and time again, they are reborn.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]haumY ikQhu aUpjY ikqu sMjim ieh jwie ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-umai kithhu oopjai ki[U]t[/U] sanjam ih jaa-ay.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]Where does ego come from? How can it be removed?[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]haumY eyho hukmu hY pieAY ikriq iPrwih ] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-umai ayho hukam hai pa-i-ai kira[U]t[/U] firaahi.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]This ego exists by the Lord's Order; people wander according to their past actions.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]haumY dIrG rogu hY dwrU BI iesu mwih ][/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]ha-umai [U]d[/U]eera[U]gh[/U] rog hai [U]d[/U]aaroo [U]bh[/U]ee is maahi.[/FONT][/I] [B][COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]Ego is a chronic disease, but it contains its own cure as well.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]ikrpw kry jy AwpxI qw gur kw sbdu kmwih ][/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]kirpaa karay jay aap[U]n[/U]ee [U]t[/U]aa gur kaa saba[U]d[/U] kamaahi.[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]If the Lord grants His Grace, one acts according to the Teachings of the Guru's Shabad.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=maroon][FONT=GurbaniAkharThick]nwnku khY suxhu jnhu iequ sMjim duK jwih ]2] [/FONT][/COLOR] [I][FONT=Tahoma]naanak kahai su[U]n[/U]hu janhu i[U]t[/U] sanjam [U]d[/U]u[U]kh[/U] jaahi. ||2||[/FONT][/I] [COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma]Nanak says, listen, people: in this way, troubles depart. ||2||[/FONT][/COLOR] [B]Humbly[/B] Rajinder Singh 'Arshi' [/QUOTE]
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