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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
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Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
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Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
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Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
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<blockquote data-quote="Ishna" data-source="post: 147666" data-attributes="member: 2709"><p>This might just be a technicality, but isn't lust the <em>negative</em> expression of desire? Like, you can want aloo pronta, that's OK, but there comes a point where you realise that your desire for aloo pronta goes beyond a desire and becomes lust.</p><p></p><p>And I think lusting after a relationship with the creator is wrong, like you said, it doesn't sound right in the same sentence. For a couple of reasons 1) Sikhi balances the spiritual and the mundane, so to go only for the spiritual is not Sikhi, and if you lust after a relationship with the creator you should be a yogi or someone locking away to fulfil that desire. 2) Waheguru controls the relationship, not you, so your lust will always be unrequited. I think so, anyway.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Very thoughtful paragraph. My selfish youth is having trouble processing it, hehe. I think greed and lust are overlapping here. If you want the aloo pronta all for yourself, you're being greedy, not lustful, I think. You can lust after the experience of sharing aloo pronta with your wife. My understanding is that lust is an excessive and all-consuming craving for something. It is intense and you can't get rid of it from your mind. It tenses your body, you NEED to procure the object of your lust. Is that lust in your definition?</p><p></p><p>Example: I currently lust for the Internet. I wake up in the morning and kick myself for getting more excited about getting up and checking various forums than I do about getting up and reading Gurbani. I get edgy and focused that I must go on the Internet, first thing I do. I get annoyed when something prevents me from checking. That is negative. <img src="/images/smilies/sikhsmileys/munda-violin.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":mundaviolin:" title="Munda Violin :mundaviolin:" data-shortname=":mundaviolin:" /> If you feel that way about your wife, then you might have a problem with lust!</p><p></p><p>Without getting too personal for you, Harry ji, and trying not to cheapen this thread, I ask this as a general question of the sangat: if you have "dirty thoughts", does that constitute lust? Do occasional "dirty thoughts" about your wedded partner constitute lust? I'm thinking not, or else how would romantic intimacy ever get off the ground? If you think of them excessively, and get angry when your partner is not obliging, then you have problem with lust, I think.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I believe the 5 evils were very important to us as primitives many thousands of years ago. You would LUST after someone (*cue David Attenborough voice* "Here we see the male of the human species in pursuit of a female" hehe) for the purpose of reproduction. You would be GREEDY to keep all the food for yourself or your group to ensure your own survivial. You would become EGOTISTICAL to promote yourself and intimidate others for your survival and the survival of your genetic line. You become ATTACHED to things because without your cave or tree or whatever you are left to the elements and have to find somewhere else to go, or without your Big Stick you are no longer ruler of your group. You become ANGRY to protect what you have or else you are destroyed by maurauding tribes.</p><p></p><p>And we carry these primitive motivators around with us in the present day, and they can cloud our judgement towards making decisions within the Sikh framework you mentioned.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure that what you're describing fits with the definition of lust. It may be used in common language to express someone's zest or passion for something, but is that necessarily lust?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree, nicely said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ishna, post: 147666, member: 2709"] This might just be a technicality, but isn't lust the [I]negative[/I] expression of desire? Like, you can want aloo pronta, that's OK, but there comes a point where you realise that your desire for aloo pronta goes beyond a desire and becomes lust. And I think lusting after a relationship with the creator is wrong, like you said, it doesn't sound right in the same sentence. For a couple of reasons 1) Sikhi balances the spiritual and the mundane, so to go only for the spiritual is not Sikhi, and if you lust after a relationship with the creator you should be a yogi or someone locking away to fulfil that desire. 2) Waheguru controls the relationship, not you, so your lust will always be unrequited. I think so, anyway. Very thoughtful paragraph. My selfish youth is having trouble processing it, hehe. I think greed and lust are overlapping here. If you want the aloo pronta all for yourself, you're being greedy, not lustful, I think. You can lust after the experience of sharing aloo pronta with your wife. My understanding is that lust is an excessive and all-consuming craving for something. It is intense and you can't get rid of it from your mind. It tenses your body, you NEED to procure the object of your lust. Is that lust in your definition? Example: I currently lust for the Internet. I wake up in the morning and kick myself for getting more excited about getting up and checking various forums than I do about getting up and reading Gurbani. I get edgy and focused that I must go on the Internet, first thing I do. I get annoyed when something prevents me from checking. That is negative. :mundaviolin: If you feel that way about your wife, then you might have a problem with lust! Without getting too personal for you, Harry ji, and trying not to cheapen this thread, I ask this as a general question of the sangat: if you have "dirty thoughts", does that constitute lust? Do occasional "dirty thoughts" about your wedded partner constitute lust? I'm thinking not, or else how would romantic intimacy ever get off the ground? If you think of them excessively, and get angry when your partner is not obliging, then you have problem with lust, I think. I believe the 5 evils were very important to us as primitives many thousands of years ago. You would LUST after someone (*cue David Attenborough voice* "Here we see the male of the human species in pursuit of a female" hehe) for the purpose of reproduction. You would be GREEDY to keep all the food for yourself or your group to ensure your own survivial. You would become EGOTISTICAL to promote yourself and intimidate others for your survival and the survival of your genetic line. You become ATTACHED to things because without your cave or tree or whatever you are left to the elements and have to find somewhere else to go, or without your Big Stick you are no longer ruler of your group. You become ANGRY to protect what you have or else you are destroyed by maurauding tribes. And we carry these primitive motivators around with us in the present day, and they can cloud our judgement towards making decisions within the Sikh framework you mentioned. I'm not sure that what you're describing fits with the definition of lust. It may be used in common language to express someone's zest or passion for something, but is that necessarily lust? I agree, nicely said. [/QUOTE]
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