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ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
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<blockquote data-quote="kharkoo4life" data-source="post: 21308" data-attributes="member: 1348"><p>Fateh,</p><p> </p><p>Thank u brother for ur reply. I shall try and answer each of ur questions.</p><p> </p><p>1) When i say sikhi is a type of schooling in no way am i trying to compare it or say it is of the same level as ordinary everyday schooling. That schooling is also important for it helps in particular specific areas (eg. math, science, reading, writing) but the school of sikhi deals with something much more imporant. The subject of spirituality. I use the example that sikhi is a form of schooling because a Sikh is a Sikh (student) only by the fact that he strives to attain sikhaya (learning) from his true guru (teacher).</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkhar'"><span style="font-size: 12px">sqsMgiq siqgur ctswl hY ijqu hir gux isKw ]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkhar'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The Sat Sangat, the True Congregation of the True Guru, is the school of the soul, where the Glorious Virtues of the Lord are studied.</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkhar'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dnu DMnu su rsnw DMnu kr DMnu su pwDw siqgurU ijqu imil hir lyKw ilKw ]8]</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Blessed, blessed is the tongue, blessed is the hand, and blessed is the Teacher, the True Guru; meeting Him, the Account of the Lord is written</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">This example of considering sikhi a type of school is not my own, but has been used in gurbani elsewhere as well. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkhar'"><span style="font-size: 12px">gurmuK drsn dyKxw iCAdrsx prsx n srcY]</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkhar'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Gurmukhs behold the Guru's school and put no faith in six Schools (of Indian tradition).</span></span></em></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The average person spends 12-20 years of formal schooling attaining academic knowlege but how much time do we spend in the school of gurmat studying and learning gurbani? My attempt was merely to show the gross disparity in our everyday lives between our focus on studying gurbani vs. ordinary material.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">2) The practice of Sikhi does not begin with the attainment of some ordinary certificate or degree. The practice of Sikhi begins the day we begin to question the purpose of our lives. The day we begin to question who is god and how can we meet him. The day we begin to try and make efforts to become better human beings and make this world a more loving, tolerant place is the day the practice of Sikhi begins.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Again please do not take the reference to degree literally. I used it only to highlight how much effort and time we put towards other pursuits, how much respect and admiration we hold to everday academic achieviements yet regard the initiation into Khalsa as something so ordinary that people are encouraged, if not pressured, in droves to go head first into it. I am not trying to discourage ppl from taking khande dhi pahul or trying to belittle the value of khalsa rather i want us to value it more. I want everyone to realize that this is not jus simple 2 hour ceremony n tada we've magically become pure. No, our efforts on this path shud begin long before we reach this stage.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The pursuit for truth, which is the primary objective of a Sikh, should be happening all the time. LIke in the academic world our schooling doesnt begin only when we reach a degree, n nor does it end when we receive that degree. So long as the desire to learn more exists then our academic learning will continue. In fact, in most medical professions thisl ife long learning is mandatory in the form of continued education workshops and seminars. Likewise the pursuit of truth is also described by the guru as a type of schooling. This whole world is the creation of God and the Creator resides within it everywhere. And the Creator Himself is the embodiment of the Truth. Thus pursuit of Truth, (i.e. pursuit of God) is occuring all the time all around us.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkhar'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Awpy cwtswl Awip hY pwDw Awpy cwtVy pVx kau Awxy ]</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkhar'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">He Himself is the school, He Himself is the teacher, and He Himself brings the students to be taught.</span></span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></em> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">This whole world is described as a big 'school' where the Creator is teaching his Creation (including humans). So do not take this refernce to schooling harshly.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">3) Again i think u may be taking my references too literally. I am not equating Sikhi with any profession. I use examples only to help drive home points. Sikhi is not an overnight change. It is a lifetime pursuit. Just as when we get a job we dont all of a sudden jus sit at home or only go to work when we feel like it. We continue with it our whole lives. Similarly Sikhi doesnt stop simply with doing paath, or taking amrit. It continues our whole lives.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">With regards to the example of Sikhi using ordinary jobs, this approach has been used ample times by the guru as well. He uses references of many common occupations, eg, farming, cobblestones, weaver etc to explain how Sikhi should become ingrained as an iseparable part of our life and not just treated as a parttime leisurely pursuit.</span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I hope this clears up any misinformation on my part. </span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Sincerely.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kharkoo4life, post: 21308, member: 1348"] Fateh, Thank u brother for ur reply. I shall try and answer each of ur questions. 1) When i say sikhi is a type of schooling in no way am i trying to compare it or say it is of the same level as ordinary everyday schooling. That schooling is also important for it helps in particular specific areas (eg. math, science, reading, writing) but the school of sikhi deals with something much more imporant. The subject of spirituality. I use the example that sikhi is a form of schooling because a Sikh is a Sikh (student) only by the fact that he strives to attain sikhaya (learning) from his true guru (teacher). [SIZE=4][/SIZE][FONT=GurbaniAkhar][SIZE=3]sqsMgiq siqgur ctswl hY ijqu hir gux isKw ] [/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]The Sat Sangat, the True Congregation of the True Guru, is the school of the soul, where the Glorious Virtues of the Lord are studied.[/SIZE][/FONT][/I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][SIZE=4][FONT=GurbaniAkhar][SIZE=3]Dnu DMnu su rsnw DMnu kr DMnu su pwDw siqgurU ijqu imil hir lyKw ilKw ]8][/SIZE][/FONT] [/SIZE][I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Blessed, blessed is the tongue, blessed is the hand, and blessed is the Teacher, the True Guru; meeting Him, the Account of the Lord is written[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]This example of considering sikhi a type of school is not my own, but has been used in gurbani elsewhere as well. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][SIZE=4][/SIZE][FONT=GurbaniAkhar][SIZE=3]gurmuK drsn dyKxw iCAdrsx prsx n srcY] [/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Gurmukhs behold the Guru's school and put no faith in six Schools (of Indian tradition).[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]The average person spends 12-20 years of formal schooling attaining academic knowlege but how much time do we spend in the school of gurmat studying and learning gurbani? My attempt was merely to show the gross disparity in our everyday lives between our focus on studying gurbani vs. ordinary material.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]2) The practice of Sikhi does not begin with the attainment of some ordinary certificate or degree. The practice of Sikhi begins the day we begin to question the purpose of our lives. The day we begin to question who is god and how can we meet him. The day we begin to try and make efforts to become better human beings and make this world a more loving, tolerant place is the day the practice of Sikhi begins.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Again please do not take the reference to degree literally. I used it only to highlight how much effort and time we put towards other pursuits, how much respect and admiration we hold to everday academic achieviements yet regard the initiation into Khalsa as something so ordinary that people are encouraged, if not pressured, in droves to go head first into it. I am not trying to discourage ppl from taking khande dhi pahul or trying to belittle the value of khalsa rather i want us to value it more. I want everyone to realize that this is not jus simple 2 hour ceremony n tada we've magically become pure. No, our efforts on this path shud begin long before we reach this stage.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]The pursuit for truth, which is the primary objective of a Sikh, should be happening all the time. LIke in the academic world our schooling doesnt begin only when we reach a degree, n nor does it end when we receive that degree. So long as the desire to learn more exists then our academic learning will continue. In fact, in most medical professions thisl ife long learning is mandatory in the form of continued education workshops and seminars. Likewise the pursuit of truth is also described by the guru as a type of schooling. This whole world is the creation of God and the Creator resides within it everywhere. And the Creator Himself is the embodiment of the Truth. Thus pursuit of Truth, (i.e. pursuit of God) is occuring all the time all around us.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [SIZE=4][/SIZE][FONT=GurbaniAkhar][SIZE=3]Awpy cwtswl Awip hY pwDw Awpy cwtVy pVx kau Awxy ] [/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]He Himself is the school, He Himself is the teacher, and He Himself brings the students to be taught. [/SIZE][/FONT][/I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]This whole world is described as a big 'school' where the Creator is teaching his Creation (including humans). So do not take this refernce to schooling harshly.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]3) Again i think u may be taking my references too literally. I am not equating Sikhi with any profession. I use examples only to help drive home points. Sikhi is not an overnight change. It is a lifetime pursuit. Just as when we get a job we dont all of a sudden jus sit at home or only go to work when we feel like it. We continue with it our whole lives. Similarly Sikhi doesnt stop simply with doing paath, or taking amrit. It continues our whole lives. With regards to the example of Sikhi using ordinary jobs, this approach has been used ample times by the guru as well. He uses references of many common occupations, eg, farming, cobblestones, weaver etc to explain how Sikhi should become ingrained as an iseparable part of our life and not just treated as a parttime leisurely pursuit. I hope this clears up any misinformation on my part. Sincerely. [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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