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<blockquote data-quote="Taranjeet singh" data-source="post: 117357" data-attributes="member: 10049"><p><span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'"><span style="font-size: 12px">soriT mhlw 5 pMcpdw ](616) </span></span> <span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'"><span style="font-size: 12px">ibnsY mohu myrw Aru qyrw ibnsY ApnI DwrI]1]sMqhu iehw bqwvhu kwrI]ijqu haumY grbu invwrI]1]rhwau]srb BUq pwrbRhm kir mwinAw hovw sgl rynwrI]2]pyiKa pRB jIau Apuny sMgy cUkY BIiq BRmwrI]3]AauKDu nwmu inrml jlu AMimRq pweIAY gurU duAwrI]4]khu nwnk ijsu msqik iliKAw iqsu guir imil rog ibdwrI]5] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-size: 12px">In this Shabad, Satguru Ji is talking about one of the biggest evils that we have inside of us. That evil is ego. All of us have ego inside of us and Guru Ji says that ego keeps us away from finding the Almighty God.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'">ibnsY mohu myrw Aru qyrw ibnsY ApnI DwrI]1] </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Destroy my attachment to ego, which makes me think that this is mine and this is yours and end my love with this world. </span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-size: 12px">In the first line of this shabad (hymn), Satguru Ji explains that we need to destroy the ego that is inside of us because it is an obstacle between us and God:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dn ipr kw iek hI sMig vwsw ivic haumY BIiq krwrI] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The bride (soul) and the husband (God) are separated by the wall of ego. </span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'"><span style="font-size: 12px">hau hau BIiq BieE hY bIco sunq dyis inktwieE ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The wall of egotism and pride separates us, but I can hear Him nearby.</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-size: 12px">Satguru Ji has said that this pain of Ego is within all humans:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> haumY rogu mwnuK ko dInw] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Humans are given the disease of ego. </span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-size: 12px">There are many more lines in Gurbani which tell us that this ego is a very big disease:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'"><span style="font-size: 12px">haumY rogu vfw sMswr] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> haumY rogu kiTn qin pIrw] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-size: 12px">When we get ego inside of us, then we forget God. We think that we are doing everything and forget that Almighty God who is in control of everything:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'"><span style="font-size: 12px">hau bMDau hau swDau bYr]hmrI BUim kaux GwlY pYru]hau pMifqu hau cqur isAwxw]krxYhwru nw buJY ibgwnw] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Filled with ego we say <span style="color: black">“</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I shall tie up my enemy, and I shall cut him down. Who dares to set foot upon my land?” They say “I am learned, I am clever and wise." The ignorant ones do not recognize their creator. </span></span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black">So it is very necessary that we break from this wall of ego inside of ourselves. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black">Satguru Ji then says: </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"><span style="font-size: 12px">sMqhu iehw bqwvhu kwrI ] ijqu haumY grbu invwrI ]1] rhwau ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">O Saints, show me such a way, by which my egotism and pride might be eliminated. ||1||Pause||</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black">We must break from this ego because: </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'"><span style="font-size: 12px">haumY nwvY nwil ivroDu hY duie n vsih iek Twie ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Ego </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">is opposed to the Name of the Lord; the two cannot dwell in the same place. </span></span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black">Satguru Ji explains that Seva and Simran cannot be done if we have ego inside of ourselves. That is not true seva and simran: </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'"><span style="font-size: 12px">haumY ivic syvw n hoveI qw mnu ibrQw jwie ]1]</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="color: black">Translation: </span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In egotism, selfless service cannot be performed, and so the soul goes unfulfilled. </span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-size: 12px">If we wish to meet our husband, God, then we must destroy our ego:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'AmrLipi'"><span style="font-size: 12px">haumY jweI qw kMq smweI ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">But if she gets rid of her ego, then she merges in her Husband Lord. </span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"><span style="font-size: 12px">srb BUq pwrbRhmu kir mwinAw hovW sgl rynwrI ]2]</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Show me the method with which I can</span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">see the Supreme Lord God in all beings, and I become the dust of all.</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"><span style="font-size: 12px">pyiKE pRB jIau ApunY sMgy cUkY BIiq BRmwrI ]3] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">That method with which I can see God always with me, and the wall of doubt can be shattered. </span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"><span style="font-size: 12px">AauKDu nwmu inrml jlu AMimRqu pweIAY gurU duAwrI ]4]</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The medicine of the Naam, and the Immaculate Water of Ambrosial Nectar, are obtained through the Guru's Gate. </span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Ji explains that the Name of God is the medicine which can break us from ego and which makes us become humble. This Name of God can only be obtained through the true Guru.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span> <span style="font-family: 'GurbaniWebThick'"><span style="font-size: 12px">khu nwnk ijsu msqik iliKAw iqsu gur imil rog ibdwrI ]5]17]28]</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Translation: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Says Nanak, one who has such pre-ordained destiny written upon his forehead, meets with the Guru, and his diseases are cured.</span></em></span> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><a href="http://www.gurmatstudies.com/newsletter.htm" target="_blank">Article from Gurmat Studies Newsletter </a></span></span></p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 12px"><a href="http://www.gurmatstudies.com/newsletter.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">October</span></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><a href="http://www.gurmatstudies.com/newsletter.htm" target="_blank"> 2003</a></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: Blue">I have posted the sabad with the meaning so that some useful discussion may be carried out on Maya and haumein.</span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left">Another useful link to Ego:</p> <p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego,_and_super-ego" target="_blank">Id, ego, and super-ego - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Taranjeet singh, post: 117357, member: 10049"] [FONT=AmrLipi][SIZE=3]soriT mhlw 5 pMcpdw ](616) [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=AmrLipi][SIZE=3]ibnsY mohu myrw Aru qyrw ibnsY ApnI DwrI]1]sMqhu iehw bqwvhu kwrI]ijqu haumY grbu invwrI]1]rhwau]srb BUq pwrbRhm kir mwinAw hovw sgl rynwrI]2]pyiKa pRB jIau Apuny sMgy cUkY BIiq BRmwrI]3]AauKDu nwmu inrml jlu AMimRq pweIAY gurU duAwrI]4]khu nwnk ijsu msqik iliKAw iqsu guir imil rog ibdwrI]5] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]In this Shabad, Satguru Ji is talking about one of the biggest evils that we have inside of us. That evil is ego. All of us have ego inside of us and Guru Ji says that ego keeps us away from finding the Almighty God. [B][FONT=AmrLipi]ibnsY mohu myrw Aru qyrw ibnsY ApnI DwrI]1] [/FONT][/B] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]Destroy my attachment to ego, which makes me think that this is mine and this is yours and end my love with this world. [/FONT][/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]In the first line of this shabad (hymn), Satguru Ji explains that we need to destroy the ego that is inside of us because it is an obstacle between us and God: [/SIZE] [FONT=AmrLipi][SIZE=3]Dn ipr kw iek hI sMig vwsw ivic haumY BIiq krwrI] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]The bride (soul) and the husband (God) are separated by the wall of ego. [/FONT][/I] [/SIZE] [FONT=AmrLipi][SIZE=3]hau hau BIiq BieE hY bIco sunq dyis inktwieE ] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]The wall of egotism and pride separates us, but I can hear Him nearby.[/FONT][/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Satguru Ji has said that this pain of Ego is within all humans: [/SIZE] [FONT=AmrLipi][SIZE=3] haumY rogu mwnuK ko dInw] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]Humans are given the disease of ego. [/FONT][/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]There are many more lines in Gurbani which tell us that this ego is a very big disease: [/SIZE] [FONT=AmrLipi][SIZE=3]haumY rogu vfw sMswr] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [FONT=AmrLipi][SIZE=3] haumY rogu kiTn qin pIrw] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]When we get ego inside of us, then we forget God. We think that we are doing everything and forget that Almighty God who is in control of everything: [/SIZE] [FONT=AmrLipi][SIZE=3]hau bMDau hau swDau bYr]hmrI BUim kaux GwlY pYru]hau pMifqu hau cqur isAwxw]krxYhwru nw buJY ibgwnw] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]Filled with ego we say [COLOR=black]“[/COLOR][/FONT][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I shall tie up my enemy, and I shall cut him down. Who dares to set foot upon my land?” They say “I am learned, I am clever and wise." The ignorant ones do not recognize their creator. [/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black]So it is very necessary that we break from this wall of ego inside of ourselves. [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black]Satguru Ji then says: [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [FONT=GurbaniWebThick][SIZE=3]sMqhu iehw bqwvhu kwrI ] ijqu haumY grbu invwrI ]1] rhwau ] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]O Saints, show me such a way, by which my egotism and pride might be eliminated. ||1||Pause||[/FONT][/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black]We must break from this ego because: [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [FONT=AmrLipi][SIZE=3]haumY nwvY nwil ivroDu hY duie n vsih iek Twie ] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Ego [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]is opposed to the Name of the Lord; the two cannot dwell in the same place. [/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black]Satguru Ji explains that Seva and Simran cannot be done if we have ego inside of ourselves. That is not true seva and simran: [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [FONT=AmrLipi][SIZE=3]haumY ivic syvw n hoveI qw mnu ibrQw jwie ]1][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B][COLOR=black]Translation: [/COLOR][/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]In egotism, selfless service cannot be performed, and so the soul goes unfulfilled. [/FONT][/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]If we wish to meet our husband, God, then we must destroy our ego: [/SIZE] [FONT=AmrLipi][SIZE=3]haumY jweI qw kMq smweI ] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]But if she gets rid of her ego, then she merges in her Husband Lord. [/FONT][/I] [/SIZE] [FONT=GurbaniWebThick][SIZE=3]srb BUq pwrbRhmu kir mwinAw hovW sgl rynwrI ]2][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]Show me the method with which I can[/FONT][FONT=Verdana]see the Supreme Lord God in all beings, and I become the dust of all.[/FONT][/I] [/SIZE] [FONT=GurbaniWebThick][SIZE=3]pyiKE pRB jIau ApunY sMgy cUkY BIiq BRmwrI ]3] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]That method with which I can see God always with me, and the wall of doubt can be shattered. [/FONT][/I] [/SIZE] [FONT=GurbaniWebThick][SIZE=3]AauKDu nwmu inrml jlu AMimRqu pweIAY gurU duAwrI ]4][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]The medicine of the Naam, and the Immaculate Water of Ambrosial Nectar, are obtained through the Guru's Gate. [/FONT][/I] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Guru Ji explains that the Name of God is the medicine which can break us from ego and which makes us become humble. This Name of God can only be obtained through the true Guru. [/SIZE] [FONT=GurbaniWebThick][SIZE=3]khu nwnk ijsu msqik iliKAw iqsu gur imil rog ibdwrI ]5]17]28][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3] [B]Translation: [/B] [I][FONT=Verdana]Says Nanak, one who has such pre-ordained destiny written upon his forehead, meets with the Guru, and his diseases are cured.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][URL="http://www.gurmatstudies.com/newsletter.htm"]Article from Gurmat Studies Newsletter [/URL][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][SIZE=3][URL="http://www.gurmatstudies.com/newsletter.htm"][FONT=Times New Roman]October[/FONT][/URL][/SIZE][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][URL="http://www.gurmatstudies.com/newsletter.htm"] 2003[/URL] [/SIZE][/FONT][LEFT][COLOR=Blue]I have posted the sabad with the meaning so that some useful discussion may be carried out on Maya and haumein.[/COLOR];) Another useful link to Ego: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego,_and_super-ego]Id, ego, and super-ego - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] [/LEFT] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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