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Guru Granth Sahib
Sukhmani Banee
Sukhmani Sahib:The Shalok That Precedes 8th Ashtapadee: My Understanding
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<blockquote data-quote="Amarpal" data-source="post: 100005" data-attributes="member: 10"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dear Khalsa Ji,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Through this post, I share with you my understanding of the Shalok that precedes 8th Ashtapadee.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> min swcw muiK swcw soie ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">man saachaa mu<u>kh</u> saachaa so-ay.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">The mind is pure and truthful and so are the actions of the person.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is my understanding that the mind is the soft output of our functioning brain. When the person which has dissolved its ‘I-ness’ and its brain is formatted with values, beliefs and intents that as ‘The Sat’ like, then the soft out put that comes from such brain is truthful and pure. All that the person says, thinks or does are truthful and pure.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> Avru n pyKY eyksu ibnu koie ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">avar na pay<u>kh</u>ai aykas bin ko-ay.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">Such person sees only ‘The Sat’.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib tells that a person of such nature sees only ‘The Sat’ in entire creation. The person in itself (herself or himself) sees The Sat’ outside too it sees ‘The Sat’. ‘The Sat’ remains the basis of its existence and the same becomes the purpose behind its living. As I understand this is the state of the person Guru Sahib is referring to.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">3.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> nwnk ieh lCx bRhm igAwnI hoie ]1] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">naanak ih la<u>chh</u>a<u>n</u> barahm gi-aanee ho-ay. ||1||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">O Nanak, these are the indications of the person who is Braham Gyani||1||</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is important to understand what Braham-Gyani means. This term Guru Sahib has taken from the common parlance among the spiritually evolved pure people. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Brahma as per Hindu mythology is the creator. Bhagavatam, the compilation of Ved Vyas, elaborated on Brahma. According to this elaboration, Brahama was born and will get dissolve after some time. This life time too is given in Bhagavatam. This, according to Sikhi makes Brahma part of the creation as he takes birth, lives a life and then dies. This is not the creator according to Gurbani. The ‘Karta Purakh’ does not take birth; it is beyond the clutches of time. This ‘Karta Purakh’ is the creator according to Gurbani, which I refer to as ‘The Sat’.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thus when Guru Sahib use the term Braham-Gyani it means the person who has Gyan (intrinsic knowledge obtained through personal experience) regarding ‘The Sat’ and is not referring to the person who has the knowledge of the Hindu mythological figure ‘Brahma’ obtained through reading scripture. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In the Tuk under reference, Guru Sahib gives the indications of a Braham-Gyani. I conclude for myself that Braham-Gyani is a person whose being is such which we can call the definition of ‘Cosmic-Truth’ personified.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With this I close the post.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With love and respect for all.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Amarpal Singh</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amarpal, post: 100005, member: 10"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Dear Khalsa Ji,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Through this post, I share with you my understanding of the Shalok that precedes 8th Ashtapadee.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]1.[/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] min swcw muiK swcw soie ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]man saachaa mu[U]kh[/U] saachaa so-ay. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]The mind is pure and truthful and so are the actions of the person.[/COLOR][COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It is my understanding that the mind is the soft output of our functioning brain. When the person which has dissolved its ‘I-ness’ and its brain is formatted with values, beliefs and intents that as ‘The Sat’ like, then the soft out put that comes from such brain is truthful and pure. All that the person says, thinks or does are truthful and pure.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]2.[/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] Avru n pyKY eyksu ibnu koie ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]avar na pay[U]kh[/U]ai aykas bin ko-ay. [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]Such person sees only ‘The Sat’.[/COLOR][COLOR=navy][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guru Sahib tells that a person of such nature sees only ‘The Sat’ in entire creation. The person in itself (herself or himself) sees The Sat’ outside too it sees ‘The Sat’. ‘The Sat’ remains the basis of its existence and the same becomes the purpose behind its living. As I understand this is the state of the person Guru Sahib is referring to.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]3.[/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] nwnk ieh lCx bRhm igAwnI hoie ]1] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]naanak ih la[U]chh[/U]a[U]n[/U] barahm gi-aanee ho-ay. ||1|| [/FONT][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman]O Nanak, these are the indications of the person who is Braham Gyani||1||[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It is important to understand what Braham-Gyani means. This term Guru Sahib has taken from the common parlance among the spiritually evolved pure people. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Brahma as per Hindu mythology is the creator. Bhagavatam, the compilation of Ved Vyas, elaborated on Brahma. According to this elaboration, Brahama was born and will get dissolve after some time. This life time too is given in Bhagavatam. This, according to Sikhi makes Brahma part of the creation as he takes birth, lives a life and then dies. This is not the creator according to Gurbani. The ‘Karta Purakh’ does not take birth; it is beyond the clutches of time. This ‘Karta Purakh’ is the creator according to Gurbani, which I refer to as ‘The Sat’.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Thus when Guru Sahib use the term Braham-Gyani it means the person who has Gyan (intrinsic knowledge obtained through personal experience) regarding ‘The Sat’ and is not referring to the person who has the knowledge of the Hindu mythological figure ‘Brahma’ obtained through reading scripture. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]In the Tuk under reference, Guru Sahib gives the indications of a Braham-Gyani. I conclude for myself that Braham-Gyani is a person whose being is such which we can call the definition of ‘Cosmic-Truth’ personified.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With this I close the post.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With love and respect for all.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Amarpal Singh[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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Sukhmani Sahib:The Shalok That Precedes 8th Ashtapadee: My Understanding
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