Is listening to music and/or watching any content unrelated to waheguru ji against rehat maryada?

[Naaz kaur]

I used to be an agnostic for a long period of time, however, some circumstances changed my beliefs. now, i feel guilty if I listen to modern day music or watch youtube videos or talk about things that have nothing to do with sifat salah of waheguru Ji. However, im 19 and its hard to stay detached when everyone my age and older around me doesnot hold the same feelings. There was a point in time when id started feeling that i was betraying my guru by even having hunger for food, due to which i had started starving myself. Same for other things. Id read in rehatnama that a sikh should eat less and sleep less. In aasa ki vaar, it is said that subjecting oneself to a deprivation of the simple, innocent tastes of life like food is a fool’s behaviour. id read in sggs, however, that tastes of food are useless and one should only have a desire for the taste of waheguru ji s blesse darshan. it is also said that thinking too much, especially being cynical to worldly things is of no use. Am i being cynical? am i betraying My guru by delving in the pleasures of good food, music and clothing? Im not going to college at the moment, so i have a lot of free time. Is reading books that have nothing to do with gurbani bad? bhull chukk muaaf krni, I am nothing but an insipid human

 

[Garry D]

I used to be an agnostic for a long period of time, however, some circumstances changed my beliefs. now, i feel guilty if I listen to modern day music or watch youtube videos or talk about things that have nothing to do with sifat salah of waheguru Ji. However, im 19 and its hard to stay detached when everyone my age and older around me doesnot hold the same feelings. There was a point in time when id started feeling that i was betraying my guru by even having hunger for food, due to which i had started starving myself. Same for other things. Id read in rehatnama that a sikh should eat less and sleep less. In aasa ki vaar, it is said that subjecting oneself to a deprivation of the simple, innocent tastes of life like food is a fool’s behaviour. id read in sggs, however, that tastes of food are useless and one should only have a desire for the taste of waheguru ji s blesse darshan. it is also said that thinking too much, especially being cynical to worldly things is of no use. Am i being cynical? am i betraying My guru by delving in the pleasures of good food, music and clothing? Im not going to college at the moment, so i have a lot of free time. Is reading books that have nothing to do with gurbani bad? bhull chukk muaaf krni, I am nothing but an insipid human


Hope you have not read the brahmanical translations of Guru Granth Sahib.
Dr Karminder Singh has done extensive research on this and come to conclusion that most of English translations on internet have roots in "nirmala" and "brahmanical" authors. Here is a link about his work: Opinion - Distinguished Administrator and Dedicated Exponent of Sikh Doctrines - Dr. Karminder Singh Dhillon

Music and enjoyment is part of life. There is nothing written in Gurbani that you can't listen to music. It's your conscience that has to decide. Straving yourself is the last thing that Gurbani says. Never starve yourself. Eat good, sleep good, work and give some part of earnings to needy Sikhs if possible.

 

[A_seeker]

Hope you have not read the brahmanical translations of Guru Granth Sahib.

What do you mean my brahmanical ???

 

[Garry D]

What do you mean my brahmanical ???

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[A_seeker]

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