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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 106755" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Virinder ji</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">You know that I am one of the most strident voices when I perceive undermining of Sikhism occurring here. Please give me that - even when I am not my gentle best. </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">But in the interests of fair play I have to ask you where you found the sentence below. Do you have a reference? Surely there is a reference. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Mythology can be called confusion. But is "All mythology" a "Confusion" caused by the writings of Vyasa/Byasa? And was his mother born of a fish? Did she become pregnant by swallowing the semen of a flying sage? Who ever accused Vyasa of causing confusion by writing mythology, did a pretty good job of testing the facts himself. Don't you agree?</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Now it is true that Vyasa wrote the Vedas and the Mahabharta. We don't have to venerate him to acknowledge that he made a contribution to world religions. </span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">I am on a bit of a rant here. One thing I complain about it the tendency to say that all religions are the same, lead in the same direction and worship the same god/deity. I feel that way because I see this as in imposition of "sameness" which I experience as oppression. </span><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">It is important to me to celebrate religious diversity. So the strained criticism of Vyasa has to be something that I also protest -- or I am a hypocrit.</span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Guru Amardas is strongly suggesting that Sikhs turn their consciousness away from austerities and rituals and turn consciousness instead toward the light of Waheguru. He is saying overcome the superstitions that are ineffective and only entrench us in unrealistic doubt and fear. </span></p><p></p><p>ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕਮਲ ਪੁਤੁ ਮੀਨ ਬਿਆਸਾ ਤਪੁ ਤਾਪਨ ਪੂਜ ਕਰਾਵੈਗੋ॥ਜੋ ਜੋ ਭਗਤੁ ਹੋਇ ਸੋ ਪੂਜਹੁ ਭਰਮਨ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਵੈਗੋ ॥</p><p> </p><p><em>Barahm kamal puṯ mīn bi*āsā ṯap ṯāpan pūj karāvaigo.Jo jo bẖagaṯ ho*ė so pūjahu bẖarman bẖaram cẖukāvaigo.</em></p><p> </p><p>Brahma, the son of the lotus, and Vyaas, the son of the fish, practiced austere penance and were worshipped. Whoever is a devotee, worship and adore him. Get rid of your doubts and superstitions. -----Guru Amardas, Raag Kanrha, AGGS, Page, 1309-7</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Could Guru Amardas be commenting on something more profound than a mythic image of Vyasa, "son of the fish?" He could be saying -- Stop it! You are worshipping the myth of Vyasa. Myth states Vyasa is the son of a fish, who was impregnated by a flying sage. That won't help! Worship and adore Him, the Satguru, the jewel of the Naam. Could he be saying take your head out of the mists of mythology? And based on that line from Gurbani, I am certain that Guru Amardas did not believe for one minute that Vyasa was the son of a fish. He is working with a metaphor. We should take a look at the complete shabad before misreading what Guru Amardas was really getting at. </span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">Here is the historical Vyasa</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen"><a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/cgi-bin/kbase/Veda_Vyasa" target="_blank">SriPedia: Veda Vyasa</a></span></strong> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">And here is a bit more of the shabad -- It is Guru Ram Das, not Guru Amardas</span></p><p></p><p>ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਨਾਮਿ ਲਗਾਵੈਗੋ ॥ </p><p>kirapaa kirapaa kirapaa kar har jeeo kar kirapaa naam lagaavaigo ||</p><p>Mercy, mercy, mercy - O Dear Lord, please shower Your Mercy on me, and attach me to Your Name.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਮਿਲਾਵਹੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵੈਗੋ ॥੧॥ </p><p>kar kirapaa sathiguroo milaavahu mil sathigur naam dhhiaavaigo ||1||</p><p>Please be Merciful, and lead me to meet the True Guru; meeting the True Guru, I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1||</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਕੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਲੁ ਲਾਗੀ ਮਿਲਿ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਲੁ ਲਹਿ ਜਾਵੈਗੋ ॥ </p><p>janam janam kee houmai mal laagee mil sangath mal lehi jaavaigo ||</p><p>The filth of egotism from countless incarnations sticks to me; joining the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, this filth is washed away.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਜਿਉ ਲੋਹਾ ਤਰਿਓ ਸੰਗਿ ਕਾਸਟ ਲਗਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਵੈਗੋ ॥੨॥ </p><p>jio lohaa thariou sang kaasatt lag sabadh guroo har paavaigo ||2||</p><p>As iron is carried across if it is attached to wood, one who is attached to the Word of the Guru's Shabad finds the Lord. ||2||</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p> <span style="color: red"></span>ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸੰਤ ਮਿਲਹੁ ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਆਵੈਗੋ ॥ </p><p>sangath santh milahu sathasangath mil sangath har ras aavaigo ||</p><p>Joining the Society of the Saints, joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, you shall come to receive the Sublime Essence of the Lord.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਬਿਨੁ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਕਰਮ ਕਰੈ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੀ ਕਢਿ ਪਾਣੀ ਚੀਕੜੁ ਪਾਵੈਗੋ ॥੩॥ </p><p>bin sangath karam karai abhimaanee kadt paanee cheekarr paavaigo ||3||</p><p>But not joining the Sangat, and committing actions in egotistical pride, is like drawing out clean water, and throwing it in the mud. ||3||</p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਕੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਖਵਾਰੇ ਜਨ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਮੀਠ ਲਗਾਵੈਗੋ ॥ </p><p>bhagath janaa kae har rakhavaarae jan har ras meeth lagaavaigo ||</p><p>The Lord is the Protector and Saving Grace of His humble devotees. The Lord's Sublime Essence seems so sweet to these humble beings.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਖਿਨੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੇਇ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਉਪਦੇਸਿ ਸਮਾਵੈਗੋ ॥੪॥ </p><p>khin khin naam dhaee vaddiaaee sathigur oupadhaes samaavaigo ||4||</p><p>Each and every instant, they are blessed with the Glorious Greatness of the Naam; through the Teachings of the True Guru, they are absorbed in Him. ||4||</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਕਉ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਵਿ ਰਹੀਐ ਜਨ ਨਿਵਹਿ ਤਾ ਫਲ ਗੁਨ ਪਾਵੈਗੋ ॥ </p><p>bhagath janaa ko sadhaa niv reheeai jan nivehi thaa fal gun paavaigo ||</p><p>Bow forever in deep respect to the humble devotees; if you bow to those humble beings, you shall obtain the fruit of virtue.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਜੋ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਦੁਸਟ ਕਰਹਿ ਭਗਤਾ ਕੀ ਹਰਨਾਖਸ ਜਿਉ ਪਚਿ ਜਾਵੈਗੋ ॥੫॥ </p><p>jo nindhaa dhusatt karehi bhagathaa kee haranaakhas jio pach jaavaigo ||5||</p><p>Those wicked enemies who slander the devotees are destroyed, like Harnaakhash. ||5||</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕਮਲ ਪੁਤੁ ਮੀਨ ਬਿਆਸਾ ਤਪੁ ਤਾਪਨ ਪੂਜ ਕਰਾਵੈਗੋ ॥ </p><p>breham kamal puth meen biaasaa thap thaapan pooj karaavaigo ||</p><p>Brahma, the son of the lotus, and Vyaas, the son of the fish, practiced austere penance and were worshipped.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਜੋ ਜੋ ਭਗਤੁ ਹੋਇ ਸੋ ਪੂਜਹੁ ਭਰਮਨ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਵੈਗੋ ॥੬॥ </p><p>jo jo bhagath hoe so poojahu bharaman bharam chukaavaigo ||6||</p><p>Whoever is a devotee - worship and adore that person. Get rid of your doubts and superstitions. ||6||</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkGreen">Guru ji is begging Waheguru to attach him to His Name. And Guruji is teaching us to bow to the servants of the Satguru, and to worship and adore the bhagath, the humble being who is absorbed in devotion. Guruj is saying that when we withdraw from the sangat of the sants we are acting in egotistical pride. So this is about the importance of having devotion that is genuine and not rooted in ritual and austerity which can make us feel very penitential and proud, but it is all ego. This is not an indictment is of Vynasa but a plea that we not mistake ritual for authentic love of the Naam.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 106755, member: 35"] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Virinder ji You know that I am one of the most strident voices when I perceive undermining of Sikhism occurring here. Please give me that - even when I am not my gentle best. But in the interests of fair play I have to ask you where you found the sentence below. Do you have a reference? Surely there is a reference. [/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen] Mythology can be called confusion. But is "All mythology" a "Confusion" caused by the writings of Vyasa/Byasa? And was his mother born of a fish? Did she become pregnant by swallowing the semen of a flying sage? Who ever accused Vyasa of causing confusion by writing mythology, did a pretty good job of testing the facts himself. Don't you agree? Now it is true that Vyasa wrote the Vedas and the Mahabharta. We don't have to venerate him to acknowledge that he made a contribution to world religions. [/COLOR][COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]I am on a bit of a rant here. One thing I complain about it the tendency to say that all religions are the same, lead in the same direction and worship the same god/deity. I feel that way because I see this as in imposition of "sameness" which I experience as oppression. [/COLOR][COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]It is important to me to celebrate religious diversity. So the strained criticism of Vyasa has to be something that I also protest -- or I am a hypocrit.[/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen] Guru Amardas is strongly suggesting that Sikhs turn their consciousness away from austerities and rituals and turn consciousness instead toward the light of Waheguru. He is saying overcome the superstitions that are ineffective and only entrench us in unrealistic doubt and fear. [/COLOR] ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕਮਲ ਪੁਤੁ ਮੀਨ ਬਿਆਸਾ ਤਪੁ ਤਾਪਨ ਪੂਜ ਕਰਾਵੈਗੋ॥ਜੋ ਜੋ ਭਗਤੁ ਹੋਇ ਸੋ ਪੂਜਹੁ ਭਰਮਨ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਵੈਗੋ ॥ [I]Barahm kamal puṯ mīn bi*āsā ṯap ṯāpan pūj karāvaigo.Jo jo bẖagaṯ ho*ė so pūjahu bẖarman bẖaram cẖukāvaigo.[/I] Brahma, the son of the lotus, and Vyaas, the son of the fish, practiced austere penance and were worshipped. Whoever is a devotee, worship and adore him. Get rid of your doubts and superstitions. -----Guru Amardas, Raag Kanrha, AGGS, Page, 1309-7 [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Could Guru Amardas be commenting on something more profound than a mythic image of Vyasa, "son of the fish?" He could be saying -- Stop it! You are worshipping the myth of Vyasa. Myth states Vyasa is the son of a fish, who was impregnated by a flying sage. That won't help! Worship and adore Him, the Satguru, the jewel of the Naam. Could he be saying take your head out of the mists of mythology? And based on that line from Gurbani, I am certain that Guru Amardas did not believe for one minute that Vyasa was the son of a fish. He is working with a metaphor. We should take a look at the complete shabad before misreading what Guru Amardas was really getting at. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Here is the historical Vyasa [URL="http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/cgi-bin/kbase/Veda_Vyasa"]SriPedia: Veda Vyasa[/URL][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]And here is a bit more of the shabad -- It is Guru Ram Das, not Guru Amardas[/COLOR] ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾ ਕਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜੀਉ ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਨਾਮਿ ਲਗਾਵੈਗੋ ॥ kirapaa kirapaa kirapaa kar har jeeo kar kirapaa naam lagaavaigo || Mercy, mercy, mercy - O Dear Lord, please shower Your Mercy on me, and attach me to Your Name. [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਕਰਿ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਮਿਲਾਵਹੁ ਮਿਲਿ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵੈਗੋ ॥੧॥ kar kirapaa sathiguroo milaavahu mil sathigur naam dhhiaavaigo ||1|| Please be Merciful, and lead me to meet the True Guru; meeting the True Guru, I meditate on the Naam, the Name of the Lord. ||1|| [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਜਨਮ ਜਨਮ ਕੀ ਹਉਮੈ ਮਲੁ ਲਾਗੀ ਮਿਲਿ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਲੁ ਲਹਿ ਜਾਵੈਗੋ ॥ janam janam kee houmai mal laagee mil sangath mal lehi jaavaigo || The filth of egotism from countless incarnations sticks to me; joining the Sangat, the Holy Congregation, this filth is washed away. [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਜਿਉ ਲੋਹਾ ਤਰਿਓ ਸੰਗਿ ਕਾਸਟ ਲਗਿ ਸਬਦਿ ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਵੈਗੋ ॥੨॥ jio lohaa thariou sang kaasatt lag sabadh guroo har paavaigo ||2|| As iron is carried across if it is attached to wood, one who is attached to the Word of the Guru's Shabad finds the Lord. ||2|| [COLOR=red] [/COLOR]ਸੰਗਤਿ ਸੰਤ ਮਿਲਹੁ ਸਤਸੰਗਤਿ ਮਿਲਿ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਆਵੈਗੋ ॥ sangath santh milahu sathasangath mil sangath har ras aavaigo || Joining the Society of the Saints, joining the Sat Sangat, the True Congregation, you shall come to receive the Sublime Essence of the Lord. [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਬਿਨੁ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਕਰਮ ਕਰੈ ਅਭਿਮਾਨੀ ਕਢਿ ਪਾਣੀ ਚੀਕੜੁ ਪਾਵੈਗੋ ॥੩॥ bin sangath karam karai abhimaanee kadt paanee cheekarr paavaigo ||3|| But not joining the Sangat, and committing actions in egotistical pride, is like drawing out clean water, and throwing it in the mud. ||3|| [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਕੇ ਹਰਿ ਰਖਵਾਰੇ ਜਨ ਹਰਿ ਰਸੁ ਮੀਠ ਲਗਾਵੈਗੋ ॥ bhagath janaa kae har rakhavaarae jan har ras meeth lagaavaigo || The Lord is the Protector and Saving Grace of His humble devotees. The Lord's Sublime Essence seems so sweet to these humble beings. [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਖਿਨੁ ਖਿਨੁ ਨਾਮੁ ਦੇਇ ਵਡਿਆਈ ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਉਪਦੇਸਿ ਸਮਾਵੈਗੋ ॥੪॥ khin khin naam dhaee vaddiaaee sathigur oupadhaes samaavaigo ||4|| Each and every instant, they are blessed with the Glorious Greatness of the Naam; through the Teachings of the True Guru, they are absorbed in Him. ||4|| [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਭਗਤ ਜਨਾ ਕਉ ਸਦਾ ਨਿਵਿ ਰਹੀਐ ਜਨ ਨਿਵਹਿ ਤਾ ਫਲ ਗੁਨ ਪਾਵੈਗੋ ॥ bhagath janaa ko sadhaa niv reheeai jan nivehi thaa fal gun paavaigo || Bow forever in deep respect to the humble devotees; if you bow to those humble beings, you shall obtain the fruit of virtue. [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਜੋ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਦੁਸਟ ਕਰਹਿ ਭਗਤਾ ਕੀ ਹਰਨਾਖਸ ਜਿਉ ਪਚਿ ਜਾਵੈਗੋ ॥੫॥ jo nindhaa dhusatt karehi bhagathaa kee haranaakhas jio pach jaavaigo ||5|| Those wicked enemies who slander the devotees are destroyed, like Harnaakhash. ||5|| [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਕਮਲ ਪੁਤੁ ਮੀਨ ਬਿਆਸਾ ਤਪੁ ਤਾਪਨ ਪੂਜ ਕਰਾਵੈਗੋ ॥ breham kamal puth meen biaasaa thap thaapan pooj karaavaigo || Brahma, the son of the lotus, and Vyaas, the son of the fish, practiced austere penance and were worshipped. [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਜੋ ਜੋ ਭਗਤੁ ਹੋਇ ਸੋ ਪੂਜਹੁ ਭਰਮਨ ਭਰਮੁ ਚੁਕਾਵੈਗੋ ॥੬॥ jo jo bhagath hoe so poojahu bharaman bharam chukaavaigo ||6|| Whoever is a devotee - worship and adore that person. Get rid of your doubts and superstitions. ||6|| [COLOR=DarkGreen] Guru ji is begging Waheguru to attach him to His Name. And Guruji is teaching us to bow to the servants of the Satguru, and to worship and adore the bhagath, the humble being who is absorbed in devotion. Guruj is saying that when we withdraw from the sangat of the sants we are acting in egotistical pride. So this is about the importance of having devotion that is genuine and not rooted in ritual and austerity which can make us feel very penitential and proud, but it is all ego. This is not an indictment is of Vynasa but a plea that we not mistake ritual for authentic love of the Naam.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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