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Gurmat Vichaar
Gurmat Vichar - Discussions
The Use Of Metaphor In Gurbani And How To Use That When Interpreting Shabads
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<blockquote data-quote="Gyani Jarnail Singh" data-source="post: 135037" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>Congartulations Jasleen kaur Ji for grasping the essence of Gurbani.</p><p>Gross injustice has been done to Gurbani via literal translations just skimming the surface. ...akin to putting the almond shell into ones mouth..and then concluidng that almond is a useless food... without realising that the real food quality almond is inside.</p><p></p><p>1. The GURBANI is about PRINCIPLES..philsophy..GURMATT and NEVER about the individual Guru persons. Without even reading the Gurbani of GURU ARJUN JI hwere Guru Ji asserts that ...." due to my constantly japping Ram Ram..people have begun to name me ....call me....RAM-DASS....." Its clear that here GURU ARJUN JI is "RAM DASS"...but he is NOT the Fourth GURU..His father..Guru Ram Dass Ji !!! This is just ONE TINY EXAMPLE to demonstarte that IF we want to UNDERSTAND GURBANI..we must LOOK WITHIN GURBANI for the answers..not outside the SGGS. I assure you that ALL the ANSWERS are right there in SGGS....you just have to be honest enough to look.</p><p></p><p>2. GURU NANAK JI is our FOUNDER..the FOUNTAIN HEAD..the AAD GURU...He WROTE the Very First GURBANI...laid the first BRICKS of GURMAT MANSION....all the Successor Gurus then...Further expounded..explained.......each SHABAD of GURU NANAK JI..in more detail..etc..BUT NEVER "strayed" from the Path of GURU NANAK JI even a mm or nano-mm..they even signed off with the ORIGINAL NANAK CHHAAP..and Guru Arjun Ji referrd to themsleves via NUMBERS simply for IDentity sake..Mahalla Pehla, Dooja etc. simply becasue WHILE the SPIRITUAL JYOT is NANAK..the physical human bodies are different..so when Mahalla Teeja gives us the Shahkaar ANAND SAHIB...its the Same NANAK that gave us the Shahkaar JAPJI SAHIB..albeit in a different human body. Thus it would be entirely LOGICAL that if we want to understand the Anand sahib..we will need to delve into the Japji Sahib..and vice versa..through out the SGGS...everything is WITHIN the same GURU GRANTH because the Granth is NANAK...and to understand NANAK you must ask NANAK.</p><p></p><p>The TEEKAS..the expositions kathas kirtans etc are all SUBJECTIVE "interpretations" of the writers...Prof Sahib Singhs Guru Granth darpan is HIS WAY of interpreting Gurbani..so is Harbans singh doabia's teeka..Bhai veer singhs teeka (incomplete) the Faridkotee teeka, Bhai manmohan singhs teeka..etc etc...all of these are GOOD as far as they go..BUT TO really KNOW GURU NANAK..you must make YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL JOURNEY...take the FIRST STEPS towards the GURU..and He will meet you with a THOUSAND STEPS...</p><p></p><p>I am so glad to notice Jasleen Kaur Ji taking her first steps....and Guru ji is standing there with His arms wide OPEN....How do I know..becasue i have been there..for the past 55 years....cheerleader</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gyani Jarnail Singh, post: 135037, member: 189"] Congartulations Jasleen kaur Ji for grasping the essence of Gurbani. Gross injustice has been done to Gurbani via literal translations just skimming the surface. ...akin to putting the almond shell into ones mouth..and then concluidng that almond is a useless food... without realising that the real food quality almond is inside. 1. The GURBANI is about PRINCIPLES..philsophy..GURMATT and NEVER about the individual Guru persons. Without even reading the Gurbani of GURU ARJUN JI hwere Guru Ji asserts that ...." due to my constantly japping Ram Ram..people have begun to name me ....call me....RAM-DASS....." Its clear that here GURU ARJUN JI is "RAM DASS"...but he is NOT the Fourth GURU..His father..Guru Ram Dass Ji !!! This is just ONE TINY EXAMPLE to demonstarte that IF we want to UNDERSTAND GURBANI..we must LOOK WITHIN GURBANI for the answers..not outside the SGGS. I assure you that ALL the ANSWERS are right there in SGGS....you just have to be honest enough to look. 2. GURU NANAK JI is our FOUNDER..the FOUNTAIN HEAD..the AAD GURU...He WROTE the Very First GURBANI...laid the first BRICKS of GURMAT MANSION....all the Successor Gurus then...Further expounded..explained.......each SHABAD of GURU NANAK JI..in more detail..etc..BUT NEVER "strayed" from the Path of GURU NANAK JI even a mm or nano-mm..they even signed off with the ORIGINAL NANAK CHHAAP..and Guru Arjun Ji referrd to themsleves via NUMBERS simply for IDentity sake..Mahalla Pehla, Dooja etc. simply becasue WHILE the SPIRITUAL JYOT is NANAK..the physical human bodies are different..so when Mahalla Teeja gives us the Shahkaar ANAND SAHIB...its the Same NANAK that gave us the Shahkaar JAPJI SAHIB..albeit in a different human body. Thus it would be entirely LOGICAL that if we want to understand the Anand sahib..we will need to delve into the Japji Sahib..and vice versa..through out the SGGS...everything is WITHIN the same GURU GRANTH because the Granth is NANAK...and to understand NANAK you must ask NANAK. The TEEKAS..the expositions kathas kirtans etc are all SUBJECTIVE "interpretations" of the writers...Prof Sahib Singhs Guru Granth darpan is HIS WAY of interpreting Gurbani..so is Harbans singh doabia's teeka..Bhai veer singhs teeka (incomplete) the Faridkotee teeka, Bhai manmohan singhs teeka..etc etc...all of these are GOOD as far as they go..BUT TO really KNOW GURU NANAK..you must make YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL JOURNEY...take the FIRST STEPS towards the GURU..and He will meet you with a THOUSAND STEPS... I am so glad to notice Jasleen Kaur Ji taking her first steps....and Guru ji is standing there with His arms wide OPEN....How do I know..becasue i have been there..for the past 55 years....cheerleader [/QUOTE]
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