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Gurmat Vichaar
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Two Questions About Sikhism: Place Of Raaj Yoga? Place Of Homosexuality?
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 105797" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Forum members,</p><p></p><p>This evening I received an email from someone who expressed serious concerns about a reference to the "sludge" of yoga theory in an earlier post in this thread. I am coming back now to the discussion of the relationship of "yoga" and "raaj yoga" in relation to the Bani of our Gurus.</p><p></p><p>No where does Guru Nanak impugn yoga as "sludge." The question of whether raaj yoga is different from raja yoga is somewhat trickier. </p><p></p><p>From my readings, which are not extensive enough to make me an expert, even within yoga communities of scholarship, there is a distinction made between physical yogas and raaj/raja yoga. Shiv Singh Khalsa is correct in stating that raaj yoga is one of the 8 limbs of yoga. And it is the yoga that is uplifting and healing. Yet when the bhagats called Guru Ram Dass a master of raaj yoga they are referring to Guruji's perfectly formed identity through the jug or yoga or union with the Divine Creator. </p><p></p><p></p><p>About the Bhatt Sahibann. <a href="http://www.searchgurbani.com/bhagats/bhatt-index.htm" target="_blank">Bards/Bhatts in Adi Granth : Search Gurbani.com</a></p><p><span style="color: Blue"><em>The main purpose of these savaiye is to acclaim the Gurus, not as individuals but as the revelation they embodied.The Bhatts see the Gurus as one light, as one spirit passing from one body to the other. Bhatt Kirat for instance: "Just as (Guru) Angad was ever the part of Guru Nãnak's being so is Guru Ram Dãs of (Guru) Amar Dãs's" Again, Bhatt Kalh: "From <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/guru-nanak-dev/" target="_blank">Guru Nanak</a> was Angad: from Angad, Amar Dãs received sublime rank. From Guru Ram Das descended Guru Arjan, the great devotee of God" (GG, 1407). This concept of all the Gurus being one light, one voice has informed all along the <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh/" target="_blank">Sikh</a> belief and development and constitutes today a fundamental principle of the faith. </em></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Splitting the difference between raaj and raja yoga may not be completely helpful in our vichaar of Gurbani. </p><p></p><p>This is the point that Guru Nanak has attempted to make. Yoga is not bad/negative/undesirable. Guru Nanak is saying that there is more to yoga than we realize. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">guramukh nij ghar vaasaa hoe ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">The Gurmukh dwells in the home of the self, deep within.</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"></span> <span style="color: Sienna"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Sienna">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੋਗੀ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">guramukh jogee jugath pashhaanai ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">The Gurmukh realizes the Way of Yoga.</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"></span> <span style="color: Sienna"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Sienna">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਣੈ ॥੬੯॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">guramukh naanak eaeko jaanai ||69||</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">O Nanak, the Gurmukh knows the One Lord alone. ||69||</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"></span> <span style="color: Sienna"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Sienna">ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਜੋਗੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">bin sathigur saevae jog n hoee ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">Without serving the True Guru, Yoga is not attained;</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"></span> <span style="color: Sienna"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Sienna">ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">bin sathigur bhaettae mukath n koee ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">without meeting the True Guru, no one is liberated.</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"></span> <span style="color: Sienna"></span></p><p> <span style="color: Sienna">ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ </span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">bin sathigur bhaettae naam paaeiaa n jaae ||</span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">Without meeting the True Guru, the Naam cannot be found.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ang 946</p><p></p><p>There are many other shabads that make this point as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 105797, member: 35"] Forum members, This evening I received an email from someone who expressed serious concerns about a reference to the "sludge" of yoga theory in an earlier post in this thread. I am coming back now to the discussion of the relationship of "yoga" and "raaj yoga" in relation to the Bani of our Gurus. No where does Guru Nanak impugn yoga as "sludge." The question of whether raaj yoga is different from raja yoga is somewhat trickier. From my readings, which are not extensive enough to make me an expert, even within yoga communities of scholarship, there is a distinction made between physical yogas and raaj/raja yoga. Shiv Singh Khalsa is correct in stating that raaj yoga is one of the 8 limbs of yoga. And it is the yoga that is uplifting and healing. Yet when the bhagats called Guru Ram Dass a master of raaj yoga they are referring to Guruji's perfectly formed identity through the jug or yoga or union with the Divine Creator. About the Bhatt Sahibann. [URL="http://www.searchgurbani.com/bhagats/bhatt-index.htm"]Bards/Bhatts in Adi Granth : Search Gurbani.com[/URL] [COLOR=Blue][I]The main purpose of these savaiye is to acclaim the Gurus, not as individuals but as the revelation they embodied.The Bhatts see the Gurus as one light, as one spirit passing from one body to the other. Bhatt Kirat for instance: "Just as (Guru) Angad was ever the part of Guru Nãnak's being so is Guru Ram Dãs of (Guru) Amar Dãs's" Again, Bhatt Kalh: "From [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/guru-nanak-dev/"]Guru Nanak[/URL] was Angad: from Angad, Amar Dãs received sublime rank. From Guru Ram Das descended Guru Arjan, the great devotee of God" (GG, 1407). This concept of all the Gurus being one light, one voice has informed all along the [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh/"]Sikh[/URL] belief and development and constitutes today a fundamental principle of the faith. [/I][/COLOR] Splitting the difference between raaj and raja yoga may not be completely helpful in our vichaar of Gurbani. This is the point that Guru Nanak has attempted to make. Yoga is not bad/negative/undesirable. Guru Nanak is saying that there is more to yoga than we realize. [COLOR=Sienna]ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਿਜ ਘਰਿ ਵਾਸਾ ਹੋਇ ॥ guramukh nij ghar vaasaa hoe || The Gurmukh dwells in the home of the self, deep within. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Sienna] ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਜੋਗੀ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਪਛਾਣੈ ॥ guramukh jogee jugath pashhaanai || The Gurmukh realizes the Way of Yoga. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Sienna] ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਏਕੋ ਜਾਣੈ ॥੬੯॥ guramukh naanak eaeko jaanai ||69|| O Nanak, the Gurmukh knows the One Lord alone. ||69|| [/COLOR] [COLOR=Sienna] ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਸੇਵੇ ਜੋਗੁ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥ bin sathigur saevae jog n hoee || Without serving the True Guru, Yoga is not attained; [/COLOR] [COLOR=Sienna] ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਨ ਕੋਈ ॥ bin sathigur bhaettae mukath n koee || without meeting the True Guru, no one is liberated. [/COLOR] [COLOR=Sienna] ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਭੇਟੇ ਨਾਮੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥ bin sathigur bhaettae naam paaeiaa n jaae || Without meeting the True Guru, the Naam cannot be found.[/COLOR] Ang 946 There are many other shabads that make this point as well. [/QUOTE]
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