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<blockquote data-quote="vsgrewal48895" data-source="post: 106393" data-attributes="member: 8024"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dear All,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">God does not take birth and in Sikh thought does not take human form or anthropomorphic. Guru Gobind Singh in Bachitar Natak says;</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜੋ ਹਮ ਕੋ ਪਰਮੇਸਰ ਉਚਰਿ ਹੈ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤੇ ਸਭ ਨਰਕਿ ਕੁੰਡ ਮਹਿ ਪਰਿ</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹੈ</span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> ਮੋ ਕੌ ਦਾਸ ਤਵਨ ਕਾ ਜਾਨੋ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਯਾ ਮੈ ਭੇਦ ਨ ਰੰਚ</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪਛਾਨੋ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੩੨</span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> ਮੈ ਹੋ ਪਰਮ</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪੁਰਖ ਕੋ ਦਾਸਾ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਦੇਖਨਿ ਆਯੋ ਜਗਤ ਤਮਾਸਾ</span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਜਗਤਿ ਕਹਾ ਸੋ ਕਹਿ ਹੌ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਲੋਕ ਤੇ ਮੋਨਿ ਨ ਰਹਿਹੌ</span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੩੩</span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jo Hum Ko Parmeshar Uchar Hai. Tay Sabh Narak Kund Meh Par Hai. Mo Kou Das Tavan Ka Jano. Ja Mai Bhayd Na Ranch Pachano. Mai Ho Param Purakh Ko Dasa. Daykhan Aayo Jagat Tamasa. Jo Prabh Jagati Kaha So Keh Hou. Mirat Loak Tay Moan Na Reh Hou.</span></span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Those who would call me God they will fall in to the deep pit of hell. Know me as Its servant and nothing is other than truth in it. I am the humble servant of the Supreme Akal Purkh and have come to see the acrobatic play of the world. Whatever the Akal Purkh of the world said, I say the same unto you, and I cannot remain silent in this abode of death. -----DG, Page, 57</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Hence AGGS/Guru are not God, but spiritually there is no difference between Guru/God/enlightened people as per AGGS;</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਡੇ ਭਾਗ ਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਭੇਦੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਗੁਰਦੇਵ ਮੁਰਾਰ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Badė b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">āg gur sėveh apunā b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> nāhī gur</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ėv murār.</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The most fortunate ones serve their Guru; there is no difference between the Divine Guru and the Akal Purkh. -----Guru Nanak, Raag Gujri, AGGS, Page, 504-5</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਮੁੰਦੁ ਵਿਰੋਲਿ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਹਮਦੇਖਿਆ ਇਕ ਵਸਤੁ ਅਨੂਪ ਦਿਖਾਈ</span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗੁਰ ਗੋਵਿੰਦੁ ਵਿੰਦੁ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗ ਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਭਾਈ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Samun</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> virol sarīr ham </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ėk</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">i¬ā ik vasa</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> anūp </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ik</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā¬ī. Gur govin</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> govin</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> gurū hai Nānak b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> na b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā¬ī.</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I have churned the ocean of the body, and I have seen the incomparable thing come into view. The Guru is God, and God is the Guru, O Nanak; there is no difference between the two, O Siblings of Destiny. -----Guru Amardas, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 442-18</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਮਹਿਮਾ ਕਹੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਗੁਰ ਸਮਰਥ ਦੇਵ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗੁਰ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਪਰਮੇਸੁਰ ਅਪਰੰਪਰ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Mahimā kahī na jā¬ė gur samrath </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ėv. Gur pārbarahm parmėsur aprampar alak</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ab</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ėv.</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The Glory of the all-powerful Divine Guru cannot be described. The Guru is the Supreme God, the Transcendent Akal Purkh, infinite, unseen and unknowable. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">-----Guru Arjan, Raag Gujri Ki Vaar, AGGS, Page, 522-14</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਦੂਜਾ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨੈ ਕੋਇ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸੋਇ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ūjā nahī jānai ko¬ė. Sa</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">gur niranjan so¬ė.</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Let no one think that God and Guru are separate. The True Guru is the Immaculate Akal Purkh. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">-----Guru Arjan, Raag Ramkali, AGGS, Page, 895-5</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਸੋ ਹਰਿ ਜੇਹਾ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਹੁ ਮਾਣਸ ਦੇਹਾ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਤਰੰਗ ਉਠਹਿ ਬਹੁ ਭਾਤੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਸਲਲੈ ਸਲਲ ਸਮਾਇਦਾ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Har kā sevak so har jehā. B</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">e</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> na jā</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">hu mā</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">as </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ehā. Ji-o Jal Tarang Utheh Baho Bhaatee Fir Sallai Salal Samaa-idaa.</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Akal Purkh's servant becomes like the It. Do not think that, because of his human body, he is different. The waves of the water rise up in various ways, and then the water merges again in water. -----Guru Arjan, Raag Maru, AGGS, Page, 1076-3</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਇਹ ਪਧਤਿ ਤੇ ਮਤ ਚੂਕਹਿ ਰੇ ਮਨ ਭੇਦੁ ਬਿਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਜਾਨ ਬੀਅਉ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪਰਤਛਿ ਰਿਦੈ ਗੁਰ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਕੈ ਹਰਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ਲੀਅਉ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Ih pa</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė ma</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> c</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ūkeh rė man b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> bib</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ėd na jān bī¬a¬o. Par</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ac</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ri</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai gur arjun kai har pūran barahm nivās lī¬a¬o.</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">O mortal being, do not leave this path; do not think that there is any difference between God and Guru. The Perfect God has manifested It self; and dwells in the heart of Guru Arjan. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭਨਿ ਮਥੁਰਾ ਕਛੁ ਭੇਦੁ ਨਹੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਅਰਜੁਨੁ ਪਰਤਖ੍ਯ੍ਯ ਹਰਿ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">B</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">an mathurā kac</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> nahī gur arjun par</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ak</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">¬y har. </span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">So speaks Mat'huraa: there is no difference between God and Guru; Guru Arjan is the Personification of the Akal Purkh It self. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">-----Bard Mathura, Swaeyea Mahla 5, AGGS, Page, 1409-5 & 12</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬੀਸ ਬਿਸੁਏ ਜਾ ਮਨ ਠਹਰਾਨੇ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗੁਰ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਏਕੈ ਹੀ ਜਾਨੇ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Bīs bisu¬ė jā man </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ehrānė. Gur pārbarahm ėkai hī jānė.</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When the mind is totally held in check, one sees the Guru and the Supreme God as one and the same. -----Guru Arjan, Raag Ramkali, AGGS, Page, 877-14</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋਧੇ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਬੇਦ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਗੁਰ ਨਾਹੀ ਭੇਦ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Nānak so</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė simri</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> bė</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. Pārbarahm gur nāhī b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ.</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Nanak has studied the Simritees and the Vedas. There is no difference between the Supreme God and the Guru. -----Guru Arjan, Raag Bhairo, AGGS, Page, 1142-8</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਤੂ ਕਰਣੈਹਾਰੁ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਗੁਰ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sab</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> kic</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ėrā </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ū kar</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">aihār. Pārbarahm gur agam apār. </span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Everything is Yours, O Creator Akal Purkh. The Guru is the Supreme God, the Inaccessible and Infinite. -----Guru Arjan, Raag Bhairo, AGGS, Page, 1149-17</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗੁਰ ਪਰਮੇਸਰੁ ਇਕੁ ਹੈ ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਬਣਜਾਰਾ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Gur Parmaysar Ik Hai Sacha Saah Jagat BaNjara.</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The Guru and God are One; It alone is the true Master and the whole world craves for It.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">----Bhai Gurdas, Vaar 1, Pauri, 17-7 </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੰਤਾ ਕਉ ਮਤਿ ਕੋਈ ਨਿੰਦਹੁ ਸੰਤ ਰਾਮੁ ਹੈ ਏਕੋੁ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਮੈ ਸੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾ ਕਾ ਨਾਉ ਬਿਬੇਕੋੁ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">San</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā ka¬o ma</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ko¬ī nin</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ahu san</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> rām hai ėko, Kaho Kabīr mai so gur pā¬i¬ā jā kā nā¬o bibėko. </span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Let no one slander the Saints, because the Saints and the Akal Purkh are as one. Says Kabir, I have found that Guru, whose Name is Clear Understanding (Gnosis). </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">-----Kabir, Raag Suhi Lalit, AGGS, Page, 793-11</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਾਧਿਕ ਸਿਧ ਲਖੈ ਜਉ ਭੇਉ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਉ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sā</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ik si</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> lak</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai ja¬o b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė¬o, Āpė kar</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā āpė </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė¬o. </span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">When the strivers and holy seekers come to know the secret of Akal Purkh's mystery, they themselves become the Creator; they themselves become the Divine God. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">-----Kabir, Raag Gauri Thiti, AGGS, Page, 343-4</span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Conclusion;</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਾ ਹਮ ਚੰਗੇ ਆਖੀਅਹ ਬੁਰਾ ਨ ਦਿਸੈ ਕੋਇ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਾਨਕ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰੀਐ ਸਚੇ ਜੇਹੜਾ ਸੋਇ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Nā ham c</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ange āk</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ī▫āh burā na </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">isai ko▫e. Nānak ha▫umai mārī▫ai sac</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">e jeh</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṛ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā so▫e. </span></span></span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I am not called good, and I see none who are bad. O Nanak, one who conquers and subdues his ego, becomes just like the True Akal Purkh. -----Guru Nanak, Raag Maru, AGGS, Page, 1015-13</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਾ ਨ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੇ ਕਿਨੇਹਿਆ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਹੁ ਮੂਲਿ ਸਾਂਈ ਜੇਹਿਆ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jinĥā na visrai nām sė kinėhi¬ā. B</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> na jā</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">hu mūl sāʼn¬ī jėhi¬ā.</span></span></span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">What are they like - those who do not forget the Naam, the Name of the Akal Purkh? Know that there is absolutely no difference; they are exactly like the God. </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">-----Guru Arjan. Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 397-17</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰਵਿਦਾਸੁ ਭਣੈ ਜੋ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋ ਜਾਣੁ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੰਤ ਅਨੰਤਹਿ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Ravi</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ās b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai jo jā</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai so jā</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">.San</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> anaʼn</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">eh an</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ar nāhī. </span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Says Ravidas, he alone is wise, who knows that there is no difference between the Saints and the Infinite Akal Purkh. -----Ravidas, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 486-13</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Cordially,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Virinder S. Grewal</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vsgrewal48895, post: 106393, member: 8024"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Dear All,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]God does not take birth and in Sikh thought does not take human form or anthropomorphic. Guru Gobind Singh in Bachitar Natak says;[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਜੋ ਹਮ ਕੋ ਪਰਮੇਸਰ ਉਚਰਿ ਹੈ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਤੇ ਸਭ ਨਰਕਿ ਕੁੰਡ ਮਹਿ ਪਰਿ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਹੈ[/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] ਮੋ ਕੌ ਦਾਸ ਤਵਨ ਕਾ ਜਾਨੋ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਯਾ ਮੈ ਭੇਦ ਨ ਰੰਚ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਪਛਾਨੋ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]੩੨[/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] ਮੈ ਹੋ ਪਰਮ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਪੁਰਖ ਕੋ ਦਾਸਾ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਦੇਖਨਿ ਆਯੋ ਜਗਤ ਤਮਾਸਾ[/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਭ ਜਗਤਿ ਕਹਾ ਸੋ ਕਹਿ ਹੌ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਲੋਕ ਤੇ ਮੋਨਿ ਨ ਰਹਿਹੌ[/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]੩੩[/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Mangal][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [I][FONT=Mangal][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Jo Hum Ko Parmeshar Uchar Hai. Tay Sabh Narak Kund Meh Par Hai. Mo Kou Das Tavan Ka Jano. Ja Mai Bhayd Na Ranch Pachano. Mai Ho Param Purakh Ko Dasa. Daykhan Aayo Jagat Tamasa. Jo Prabh Jagati Kaha So Keh Hou. Mirat Loak Tay Moan Na Reh Hou.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Those who would call me God they will fall in to the deep pit of hell. Know me as Its servant and nothing is other than truth in it. I am the humble servant of the Supreme Akal Purkh and have come to see the acrobatic play of the world. Whatever the Akal Purkh of the world said, I say the same unto you, and I cannot remain silent in this abode of death. -----DG, Page, 57[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Hence AGGS/Guru are not God, but spiritually there is no difference between Guru/God/enlightened people as per AGGS;[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਬਡੇ ਭਾਗ ਗੁਰੁ ਸੇਵਹਿ ਅਪੁਨਾ ਭੇਦੁ ਨਾਹੀ ਗੁਰਦੇਵ ਮੁਰਾਰ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Badė b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]āg gur sėveh apunā b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ė[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] nāhī gur[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ėv murār.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The most fortunate ones serve their Guru; there is no difference between the Divine Guru and the Akal Purkh. -----Guru Nanak, Raag Gujri, AGGS, Page, 504-5[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਸਮੁੰਦੁ ਵਿਰੋਲਿ ਸਰੀਰੁ ਹਮਦੇਖਿਆ ਇਕ ਵਸਤੁ ਅਨੂਪ ਦਿਖਾਈ[/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਗੁਰ ਗੋਵਿੰਦੁ ਵਿੰਦੁ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਗ ਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਨਾਨਕ ਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਭਾਈ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Samun[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] virol sarīr ham [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ėk[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]i¬ā ik vasa[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] anūp [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ik[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ā¬ī. Gur govin[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] govin[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] gurū hai Nānak b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ė[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] na b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ā¬ī.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I have churned the ocean of the body, and I have seen the incomparable thing come into view. The Guru is God, and God is the Guru, O Nanak; there is no difference between the two, O Siblings of Destiny. -----Guru Amardas, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 442-18[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਮਹਿਮਾ ਕਹੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ ਗੁਰ ਸਮਰਥ ਦੇਵ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਗੁਰ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਪਰਮੇਸੁਰ ਅਪਰੰਪਰ ਅਲਖ ਅਭੇਵ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Mahimā kahī na jā¬ė gur samrath [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ėv. Gur pārbarahm parmėsur aprampar alak[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] ab[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ėv.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]The Glory of the all-powerful Divine Guru cannot be described. The Guru is the Supreme God, the Transcendent Akal Purkh, infinite, unseen and unknowable. [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]-----Guru Arjan, Raag Gujri Ki Vaar, AGGS, Page, 522-14[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਦੂਜਾ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਨੈ ਕੋਇ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤਗੁਰੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨੁ ਸੋਇ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Tahoma]Ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ūjā nahī jānai ko¬ė. Sa[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]gur niranjan so¬ė.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Let no one think that God and Guru are separate. The True Guru is the Immaculate Akal Purkh. [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]-----Guru Arjan, Raag Ramkali, AGGS, Page, 895-5[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਹਰਿ ਕਾ ਸੇਵਕੁ ਸੋ ਹਰਿ ਜੇਹਾ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਹੁ ਮਾਣਸ ਦੇਹਾ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਿਉ ਜਲ ਤਰੰਗ ਉਠਹਿ ਬਹੁ ਭਾਤੀ ਫਿਰਿ ਸਲਲੈ ਸਲਲ ਸਮਾਇਦਾ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Mangal][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Har kā sevak so har jehā. B[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]e[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] na jā[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]hu mā[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]as [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ehā. Ji-o Jal Tarang Utheh Baho Bhaatee Fir Sallai Salal Samaa-idaa.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The Akal Purkh's servant becomes like the It. Do not think that, because of his human body, he is different. The waves of the water rise up in various ways, and then the water merges again in water. -----Guru Arjan, Raag Maru, AGGS, Page, 1076-3[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਇਹ ਪਧਤਿ ਤੇ ਮਤ ਚੂਕਹਿ ਰੇ ਮਨ ਭੇਦੁ ਬਿਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਜਾਨ ਬੀਅਉ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਪਰਤਛਿ ਰਿਦੈ ਗੁਰ ਅਰਜੁਨ ਕੈ ਹਰਿ ਪੂਰਨ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਿ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ਲੀਅਉ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Ih pa[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]a[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ė ma[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] c[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ūkeh rė man b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ė[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] bib[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ėd na jān bī¬a¬o. Par[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ac[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] ri[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ai gur arjun kai har pūran barahm nivās lī¬a¬o.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]O mortal being, do not leave this path; do not think that there is any difference between God and Guru. The Perfect God has manifested It self; and dwells in the heart of Guru Arjan. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਭਨਿ ਮਥੁਰਾ ਕਛੁ ਭੇਦੁ ਨਹੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਅਰਜੁਨੁ ਪਰਤਖ੍ਯ੍ਯ ਹਰਿ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]B[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]an mathurā kac[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ė[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] nahī gur arjun par[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ak[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]¬y har. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]So speaks Mat'huraa: there is no difference between God and Guru; Guru Arjan is the Personification of the Akal Purkh It self. [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]-----Bard Mathura, Swaeyea Mahla 5, AGGS, Page, 1409-5 & 12[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਬੀਸ ਬਿਸੁਏ ਜਾ ਮਨ ਠਹਰਾਨੇ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਗੁਰ ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਏਕੈ ਹੀ ਜਾਨੇ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Bīs bisu¬ė jā man [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ehrānė. Gur pārbarahm ėkai hī jānė.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]When the mind is totally held in check, one sees the Guru and the Supreme God as one and the same. -----Guru Arjan, Raag Ramkali, AGGS, Page, 877-14[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਨਾਨਕ ਸੋਧੇ ਸਿੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਬੇਦ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਗੁਰ ਨਾਹੀ ਭੇਦ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Nānak so[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ė simri[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] bė[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]. Pārbarahm gur nāhī b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ė[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Nanak has studied the Simritees and the Vedas. There is no difference between the Supreme God and the Guru. -----Guru Arjan, Raag Bhairo, AGGS, Page, 1142-8[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਸਭੁ ਕਿਛੁ ਤੇਰਾ ਤੂ ਕਰਣੈਹਾਰੁ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਪਾਰਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਗੁਰ ਅਗਮ ਅਪਾਰ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Mangal][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Sab[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] kic[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ėrā [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ū kar[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]aihār. Pārbarahm gur agam apār. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Everything is Yours, O Creator Akal Purkh. The Guru is the Supreme God, the Inaccessible and Infinite. -----Guru Arjan, Raag Bhairo, AGGS, Page, 1149-17[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਗੁਰ ਪਰਮੇਸਰੁ ਇਕੁ ਹੈ ਸਚਾ ਸਾਹੁ ਜਗਤੁ ਬਣਜਾਰਾ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Gur Parmaysar Ik Hai Sacha Saah Jagat BaNjara.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The Guru and God are One; It alone is the true Master and the whole world craves for It.[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]----Bhai Gurdas, Vaar 1, Pauri, 17-7 [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਸੰਤਾ ਕਉ ਮਤਿ ਕੋਈ ਨਿੰਦਹੁ ਸੰਤ ਰਾਮੁ ਹੈ ਏਕੋੁ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਮੈ ਸੋ ਗੁਰੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਾ ਕਾ ਨਾਉ ਬਿਬੇਕੋੁ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Mangal][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]San[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ā ka¬o ma[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] ko¬ī nin[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ahu san[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] rām hai ėko, Kaho Kabīr mai so gur pā¬i¬ā jā kā nā¬o bibėko. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Let no one slander the Saints, because the Saints and the Akal Purkh are as one. Says Kabir, I have found that Guru, whose Name is Clear Understanding (Gnosis). [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]-----Kabir, Raag Suhi Lalit, AGGS, Page, 793-11[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਸਾਧਿਕ ਸਿਧ ਲਖੈ ਜਉ ਭੇਉ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਆਪੇ ਕਰਤਾ ਆਪੇ ਦੇਉ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Mangal][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Sā[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ik si[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] lak[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ai ja¬o b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ė¬o, Āpė kar[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ā āpė [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ė¬o. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]When the strivers and holy seekers come to know the secret of Akal Purkh's mystery, they themselves become the Creator; they themselves become the Divine God. [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]-----Kabir, Raag Gauri Thiti, AGGS, Page, 343-4[/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Conclusion;[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨਾ ਹਮ ਚੰਗੇ ਆਖੀਅਹ ਬੁਰਾ ਨ ਦਿਸੈ ਕੋਇ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]॥ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨਾਨਕ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਾਰੀਐ ਸਚੇ ਜੇਹੜਾ ਸੋਇ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman]Nā ham c[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman]ange āk[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman]ī▫āh burā na [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman]isai ko▫e. Nānak ha▫umai mārī▫ai sac[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman]e jeh[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṛ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman]ā so▫e. [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I am not called good, and I see none who are bad. O Nanak, one who conquers and subdues his ego, becomes just like the True Akal Purkh. -----Guru Nanak, Raag Maru, AGGS, Page, 1015-13[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹਾ ਨ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਨਾਮੁ ਸੇ ਕਿਨੇਹਿਆ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਭੇਦੁ ਨ ਜਾਣਹੁ ਮੂਲਿ ਸਾਂਈ ਜੇਹਿਆ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Raavi][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman]Jinĥā na visrai nām sė kinėhi¬ā. B[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman]ė[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] na jā[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman]hu mūl sāʼn¬ī jėhi¬ā.[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]What are they like - those who do not forget the Naam, the Name of the Akal Purkh? Know that there is absolutely no difference; they are exactly like the God. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]-----Guru Arjan. Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 397-17[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਰਵਿਦਾਸੁ ਭਣੈ ਜੋ ਜਾਣੈ ਸੋ ਜਾਣੁ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸੰਤ ਅਨੰਤਹਿ ਅੰਤਰੁ ਨਾਹੀ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Ravi[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ās b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]a[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ai jo jā[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ai so jā[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman].San[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] anaʼn[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]eh an[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ar nāhī. [/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Says Ravidas, he alone is wise, who knows that there is no difference between the Saints and the Infinite Akal Purkh. -----Ravidas, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 486-13[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Cordially,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Virinder S. Grewal[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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