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Gurbani (1118-1123)
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Gurbani (1125-1152)
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Gurbani (1197-1200)
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Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
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Chhant (1278)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
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Vaar Kaanraa
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<blockquote data-quote="Harry Haller" data-source="post: 151101" data-attributes="member: 14641"><p>Gurfatehji</p><p></p><p>The other day, eating late, I realised we were out of butter. Butter was important that evening, as it was Friday, which is steak day, and we had jacket potatoes. I normally have a particular brand of butter, it is not hugely expensive, but it floats my boat, its french, and I love its taste. So walking to the local happy shopper, I bought happy shopper butter, and used that. My wife could not tell any difference, but I could, it was nothing short of disgusting, fake and infused with flavorings, I felt sick. It tasted of the sort of butter I used to eat when I was young, although then, I loved it. </p><p></p><p>If bliss is a feeling of contentment and happiness, how does pleasure stand up, pleasure has a bit of a dark angle to it. I mean, you can be happy eating aloo prontha, but does it bring you pleasure, happiness (yes my mother informed me I had been spelling it wrong for some time now), is different, there is a purity in happiness, happy is smiling and chardi kala, pleasure is more, uhmm, lets see what the dictionary says</p><p></p><p>hap·py (hp)</p><p>adj. hap·pi·er, hap·pi·est</p><p>1. Characterized by good luck; fortunate.</p><p>2. Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy.</p><p>3. Being especially well-adapted; felicitous: a happy turn of phrase.</p><p>4. Cheerful; willing: happy to help.</p><p>5.</p><p>a. Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination: trigger-happy.</p><p>b. Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination: money-happy; clothes-happy.</p><p></p><p>pleas·ure (plzhr)</p><p>n.</p><p>1. The state or feeling of being pleased or gratified.</p><p>2. A source of enjoyment or delight: The graceful skaters were a pleasure to watch.</p><p>3. Amusement, diversion, or worldly enjoyment: "Pleasure . . . is a safer guide than either right or duty" (Samuel Butler).</p><p>4. Sensual gratification or indulgence.</p><p>5. One's preference or wish: What is your pleasure?</p><p>v. pleas·ured, pleas·ur·ing, pleas·ures</p><p>v.tr.</p><p>To give pleasure or enjoyment to; gratify: Our host pleasured us with his company.</p><p>v.intr.</p><p>1. To take pleasure; delight: The hiker paused, pleasuring in the sounds of the forest.</p><p>2. To go in search of pleasure or enjoyment.</p><p></p><p>Reading this, I would say that happiness is more related to Waheguru than pleasure. One can be in a constant state of happiness, but if one were to be in a constant state of pleasure, then you would more and more types of pleasure to keep that state up. </p><p></p><p>I mention the butter, because the food is food, and one should be happy eating food, but we want to make dining, not a happy experience, but a pleasurable experience, and we take this to our lives, at one end of the scale, we should all be perfectly happy with the love of our family, a usable car, simple delicious food on the table, a fulfilling job, health, and enough money to live happily. At the other end of the scale, We want our family to prove that love, by doing things for us, an exciting car that is a pleasure to drive, fancy food that brings us pleasure, a job that gives us money for doing very little, so we can spend more time pleasuring ourselves, health that absorbs the damage we do in pleasuring ourselves, and more than enough money, to live without the luxury of budgeting or choice. </p><p></p><p>WHY? the answer, I think, is pleasure as opposed to happiness, unfortunately, as I see it, pleasure does not lead to waheguru, happiness does</p><p></p><p>I am no scientist, but from childhood, I believe it is possible to have a piece of metal rotate in between magnets around it, and keep rotating, to me that is happiness, a motor, however needs a supply of electricity, an external source of power, stop the power, the metal stops rotating, to me, that is pleasure, </p><p></p><p>Someone please tell me I am wrong, as pleasure is so much easier than happiness to achieve,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harry Haller, post: 151101, member: 14641"] Gurfatehji The other day, eating late, I realised we were out of butter. Butter was important that evening, as it was Friday, which is steak day, and we had jacket potatoes. I normally have a particular brand of butter, it is not hugely expensive, but it floats my boat, its french, and I love its taste. So walking to the local happy shopper, I bought happy shopper butter, and used that. My wife could not tell any difference, but I could, it was nothing short of disgusting, fake and infused with flavorings, I felt sick. It tasted of the sort of butter I used to eat when I was young, although then, I loved it. If bliss is a feeling of contentment and happiness, how does pleasure stand up, pleasure has a bit of a dark angle to it. I mean, you can be happy eating aloo prontha, but does it bring you pleasure, happiness (yes my mother informed me I had been spelling it wrong for some time now), is different, there is a purity in happiness, happy is smiling and chardi kala, pleasure is more, uhmm, lets see what the dictionary says hap·py (hp) adj. hap·pi·er, hap·pi·est 1. Characterized by good luck; fortunate. 2. Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy. 3. Being especially well-adapted; felicitous: a happy turn of phrase. 4. Cheerful; willing: happy to help. 5. a. Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination: trigger-happy. b. Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination: money-happy; clothes-happy. pleas·ure (plzhr) n. 1. The state or feeling of being pleased or gratified. 2. A source of enjoyment or delight: The graceful skaters were a pleasure to watch. 3. Amusement, diversion, or worldly enjoyment: "Pleasure . . . is a safer guide than either right or duty" (Samuel Butler). 4. Sensual gratification or indulgence. 5. One's preference or wish: What is your pleasure? v. pleas·ured, pleas·ur·ing, pleas·ures v.tr. To give pleasure or enjoyment to; gratify: Our host pleasured us with his company. v.intr. 1. To take pleasure; delight: The hiker paused, pleasuring in the sounds of the forest. 2. To go in search of pleasure or enjoyment. Reading this, I would say that happiness is more related to Waheguru than pleasure. One can be in a constant state of happiness, but if one were to be in a constant state of pleasure, then you would more and more types of pleasure to keep that state up. I mention the butter, because the food is food, and one should be happy eating food, but we want to make dining, not a happy experience, but a pleasurable experience, and we take this to our lives, at one end of the scale, we should all be perfectly happy with the love of our family, a usable car, simple delicious food on the table, a fulfilling job, health, and enough money to live happily. At the other end of the scale, We want our family to prove that love, by doing things for us, an exciting car that is a pleasure to drive, fancy food that brings us pleasure, a job that gives us money for doing very little, so we can spend more time pleasuring ourselves, health that absorbs the damage we do in pleasuring ourselves, and more than enough money, to live without the luxury of budgeting or choice. WHY? the answer, I think, is pleasure as opposed to happiness, unfortunately, as I see it, pleasure does not lead to waheguru, happiness does I am no scientist, but from childhood, I believe it is possible to have a piece of metal rotate in between magnets around it, and keep rotating, to me that is happiness, a motor, however needs a supply of electricity, an external source of power, stop the power, the metal stops rotating, to me, that is pleasure, Someone please tell me I am wrong, as pleasure is so much easier than happiness to achieve, [/QUOTE]
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