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Concept Of Naam
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<blockquote data-quote="Sikh80" data-source="post: 77187" data-attributes="member: 5290"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Nyara</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Khalsa: The Perfectionist Spirit</span></strong></p> </p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Tarnindar</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Singh*</span></em></strong></p> </p><p> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'">jb</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> lg Kwlsw rhy inXwrw, qb lg qyj idE mYN swrw </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'">jb ieh ghy ibprn kI rIq, mYN nw krhu ien kI prqIq [</span></span></p> </p><p> * B-304, SalvadorBuilding, Shastri Nagar (4 Bungalows), Andheri (W), Mumbai. 400 0523.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Let us analyse the implications </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">of this couplet from the Sarab Loh Granth of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. The aim is to lift us from our lower mentality and take us towards salvation.</span></p><p> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">A [true] Khalsa is totally independent of all worldly needs:</span></strong></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">The word ‘Khalsa’ means, “He who has reached His Soul and is totally immersed in God.” He is pure, noble and not subservient to any worldly throughts/desires. It means that He has no need for any worldly things including food, water, sleep, medicine, praise, desires, etc. This is nearly impossible. SGGS text indicates that Sikh Gurus and [true] Saint attained this position. Only when a person does not need any worldly thing can he become 100% independent, free, truthful in the real sense), fearless, ‘<em>beh-mouthaj</em>, <em>nirbhai</em>, <em>swa</em><em>-bhang </em>(depending only on His Inner Soul), jeevan-mukat’.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">All our Gurus were at this stage. However, for most parts of their lives they lived like usual humans and engaged in worldly activities. However, all these activities were optional, they were not under worldly compulsions like we are. Most of us equate being ‘independent’ with having our business, a fat bank-balance, a house and a costly car, all earned by our own effort. But we are dependent on these worldly objects for our security. Without these we will be under a terrible stress.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Secondly, all of us depend on food, water, sleep, air and shelter - which we consider as normal. But from the view of a saint, this is not [true] independence. SGGS/Gurbani indicates:</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> itT{ xU:G n BuK h{ hir A;imRt namu suK vasu . </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[SGGS:1414]</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Indicating that in the stage of ‘jeevan-mukat’ there is no need for food/sleep.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'">ryqU</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> Aku Awhwru kir, roVW kI gur krI ivCweI [</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> BwrI krI qpisAw, vfy Bwgu hir isau bix AweI [</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'">vwrW</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> BweI gurdws, vwr 1 pauVI 24</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">]</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Indicating that Guru Nanak could subsist only on a grain of sand and one poisonous fruit while performing severe penance. Similarly, when Guru Teg Bahadur did continuous penance for about 27 years, he may not have depended on food or water, because He did not need them.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> hir namu hmara B]jnu CtIh prkar ijtu KaieA{ hm kxu itRpit BeI . </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> [SGGS:593]</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Indicating that the complete diet/food of a [true] Saint is ‘naam simran’.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> bRhm igAanI ka B]jnu igAan.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> [SGGS:273]</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> hir hir AxuKWu saW kmait .</span></p><p> <p style="text-align: right"><p style="text-align: right"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[SGGS:264]</span></p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Indicating that ‘Hari-naam’ is the medicine for a [true] Khalsa.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> So if we depend on medicines or on a doctor, we are quite far from the concept of ‘independence’ and of a [true] Sadhu/Khalsa.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> pRB k{ ismrin Aniwnu jag{ .</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[SGGS:262]</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Indicating that with proper/complete ‘naam simran’, a [true] Saint does not even need sleep.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> hir k[ nam k[ ibAaparI . </span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> hIra haiT cizAa inrm]lku CUio geI s;sarI .</span></p><p> <p style="text-align: right"><p style="text-align: right"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[SGGS:1123]</span></p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Kabirji says that I forgot the needs of ‘sansar’ once I got ‘Naam dhan’. There fore ‘Naam’ is opposite of ‘sansaar’. Any person who is under any need of the sansaar, is not a [true] Khalsa.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">A [true] Khalsa/Saint can achieve congruence with God only when He becomes totally like Him. And God is ‘<em>Swa</em><em>-bhang’,</em> He does not need the ‘<em>Sansar</em>’. He can remain content within Himself. Because God does not depend on anything. He cannot be ‘bribed’, He is always fair/just and cannot be conquered. Suppose I am dependent on tasty food, then this becomes my weakness, and I can be conquered, or fooled due to this weakness.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Therefore, a [true] Khalsa/saint is independent of all worldly things. These include physical needs such as food, air, sleep, medicines; and emotional needs such as attachment, praise, etc. Merely managing a business and not taking up a job does not make oneself a [true] Khalsa.</span></p><p> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">A [true] Khalsa can willingly give up His mortal frame</span></strong></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">A [true] Khalsa has complete control on His mind/body. Due to this, He does not experience pain at all. He can undergo physical and mental hardships of a super-human nature. In accordance with the Will of God, He can willingly leave His mortal frame. Very few of us can claim to be able to perform these miracles. We can recollect that Gurbani states: </span><span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'">min jIt{ jgu jItu .</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[SGGS:6]; and that </span><span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'">j] bRhm;d[ s]eI ip;d[ j] K]j{ s] pav{ .</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[SGGS:695]. So, a [true] Khalsa can control all the forces in the entire universe and enact a ‘miracle’. What appears a ‘miracle’ to us, is a ‘normal’ act for them. Examples:</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">1. The martyrdom of Guru Arjun and Guru Teg Bahadur. In both cases, they did not experience the slightest pain/sorrow. They could willingly leave their mortal frames at the appointed hour.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">2. When Wali Kandhaari hurled a rock at Guru Nanak, the rock was stopped mid-way after Guru Nanak gestured at it with His palm. (Gurdwara Panja Sahib).</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">3. When Guru Nanak’s feet were moved by the angry kaazi, the mosque seemed to turn.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">4. Superhuman feats may confirm ‘enlightement’. We can conclude that, apart from the Sikh Gurus, the following may also have been enlightened based on their super-human feats:</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Four sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, due to their martyrdom.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s mother, due to her martyrdom.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> ‘Panj piyare, Chaali mukte’, who were martyred in the war.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Baba Deep Singh Ji, who could carry his head on his palm and walk till he reached the </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Golden</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Temple</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Banda Bahadur who attained martyrdom.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Bhai Kanhaiya, who could actually see God everywhere.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> This is not meant to be an exhaustive list. Only God knows the list of enlightened persons.</span></p><p> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">‘Niyara’ from whom?</span></strong></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">It has been my aim to explain logically that in the house of God there are only two categories. The first category comprises of very few people who reach the position of [true] saint/Khalsa.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">The second category comprises the vast majority of people who have not reached this exalted state of ‘Jeevan-mukt’. So, here the implication of ‘niyaara’ is to <em>distinguish a [true] Khalsa from the majority of people who are trapped in the cycle of birth-and-death.</em> ‘Niyara’ is a state -of-mind which is pure; and is more difficult to achieve than physical cleanliness/differentiation. In the SGGS, ‘Niyara’ is comparable to ‘niraalaa’.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Surely, if all humans and all religions are created by one God, then, it does not matter which religion a person follows. What is important is whether a person follows his religion correctly.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> e[ku ipta e[ks k[ hm bairk tU m[ra gur haeI . </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> [SGGS:611]</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'">mwns</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> kI jwq sBY eykY pihcwnbo,…</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> eyk hI srUp sBY eyk joq jwnbo [</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'">Akwl</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> ausq~q, AMk 85</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">]</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> SuiB Amlw bwJhu dono roeI [</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'">vwrW</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> BweI gurdws, vwr 1 pauVI 33</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">]</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Guru Nanak replied to the question, as to whether God prefers Hindus or Muslims. Guru Nanak observed that in God’s court only good deeds (the highest of which is <em>Naam</em><em> simran</em>) will save a person. Which religion he follows on earth, is immaterial.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Therefore a [true] Khalsa is ‘niyara’ or different from the vast majority of population trapped in transmigration. Merely adopting the 5-K’s and becoming ‘physically different’, may have little spiritual merit. Nor will it confer the inner strength/wisdom/purity/divinity.</span></p><p> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">‘tej deu meh sara’</span></strong></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Some people interpret it that, Guru Gobind Singh Ji will shower all His blessings on such a ‘Khalsa’. My submission is different. Guru Gobind Singh Ji claimed himself to be a servant of God.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'">mY</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> hMU prm pUrK ko dwsw, dyKn AwXo jgq qmwSw,…</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> jo hm ko prmySr aucr hY, qy sB nrk kMuf my prhY [</span></p><p> <p style="text-align: right"><p style="text-align: right"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'">Akwl</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolLipi'"> ausq~q, AMk 278</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">]</span></p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">In Jaap Sahib, He worshipped the immortal/’achal-murat’ God. Similarly, in the Ardas, Guru Gobind Singh Ji worshipped the Primordial God/’pritham bhagauti’/</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">So Guru Gobind Singh Ji has acknowledged that He derived all His power from God. Therefore it is logical that He would recommend His followers to do so. Though He has used the word ‘meh’ meaning, ‘I’ the underlying meaning is that ‘God Almighty’. Since, a [true] saint = God, whatever is spoken by a [true] saint is actually spoken by God. So here the word ‘meh’ means God/soul.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">A logical point arises: if the concept of ‘Khalsa’ existed before Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, then the source of power to the ‘Khalsa’ can only be God.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">In SGGS, the Gurus have never considered to be the Doer because God is the ‘Kartaa-purakh’.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> j] ikCu kIAa s] hir kIAa hir kI vidAaeI .</span></p><p> <p style="text-align: right"><p style="text-align: right"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[SGGS:166]</span></p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> kbIr na hm kIAa n krihg[ na kir sk{ srIru .</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> ikAa janxu ikCu hir kIAa BieX kbIru kbIru . </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> [SGGS:1367]</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> Aaps kxu krmv;tu khav{ . jnim mr{ bhu j]in BRmav{ . </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[SGGS:278]</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Implying that whoever claims to be the doer, suffer trans-migration.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">We should therefore interpret the word ‘meh’ as God Almighty.</span></p><p> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">‘Sara’:</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> ‘Sara’ means full/total/complete. As has been explained before, when the mind is purified, all the qualities/power/wisdom of the Indwelling Soul are revealed.</span></p><p> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">‘bipran ki reet’:</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> This is the most controversial part of this line. The dictionary of SGGS words by Bhai Veer Singh Ji says that ‘bipran’ means ‘brahmin’. For a moment, let us assume that this is to be right. As I have explained before, every word/concept deteriorates with time.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">The SGGS gives us the real meaning of the word ‘brahmin’.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> s] bRahmNu j] bRhmu bIcar{ . Aaip tr{ sgl[ kul tar{ . </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> [SGGS:662]</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Indicating that a [true] Brahmin has reached His Inner Brahma/God/Soul’</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> But, with time, the contents of this word deteriorated. The [false] meaning indicates a priest, only performing rituals and creating a wall between a devotee and God.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> It is these incorrect practices, which are denounced. These occur in all communities.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> The generalised meaning of the word ‘Brahmin’ includes the definition of a [true] Brahmin.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> And as we have seen before, the state-of-mind [true] Brahmin = [true] Khalsa = God.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> To equate ‘bipran’ with ‘Brahmin’ without qualifying the word ‘Brahmin’ is misleading. It goes against the definition of a [true] Brahmin as given in the SGGS.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> But, we can say that, ‘bipran’ means a [false] Brahmin. (Note: this has many variations).</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> ‘Bipran’ is not = [true] Brahmin. But, ‘bipran’ may be = [false] Brahmin, therefore</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> ‘Bipran could be people who are not [true] Khalsa/Jeevan Mukt. It is the vast majority. It includes people paying lip service to SGGS, but who have not reached enlightenment. It includes me also.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Is ‘bipran’ linked to ‘<em>vipreet</em>’? I have another view. Punjabi language is a modified version of Sanskrit/Persian. Many words in Punjabi have very little resemblance to their root words in Sanskrit/Persian. It is possible that ‘bipran’ is linked to the Sanskrit word ‘Vipreet’, meaning opposite/incorrect.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> If this is so, and keeping in mind that the ‘[true] Khalsa’ is different/’niyara’ from the masses, then this interpretation seems to be more useful and logical.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> ‘<strong>prateet</strong><strong>’:</strong> This word means trust/faith. A [true] Khalsa has no ego. He does not interfere with God’s Will. So He can be trusted fully by God. But when a person loses his purity, then his mind/ego starts interfering/distorting God’s Will. In this manner, he loses God’s trust.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> My humble understanding of this line is that:</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> a [true] Khalsa is enlightened. He abides by SGGS and the Rehat-naamas, i.e. Moral Code of Conduct.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> He has completely/permanently purified His mind and eliminated all vices;</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Due to this, all qualities/wisdom/power of the Indwelling Soul are displayed fully;</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> In this manner, He is radically different from the vast majority of humans whose minds are impure due to ego/vices/worldly thoughts. Hardly one in a crore can become a [true] Khalsa;</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> However, if a [true] Khalsa falls into the same trap, which the vast majority of spiritually ignorant people have fallen; then,</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> God or the Indwelling Soul, shall not shower His full/special bounties on him. Nor shall God trust him to execute His Will/Command in an undistorted manner.</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"> Guru Gobind Singh Ji knows the correct meaning. We can only approximate what He meant:</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'GurmukhiIIGS'"> bRhm igAanI kI git bRhm igAanI jan{ .</span></p><p> <p style="text-align: right"><p style="text-align: right"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">[SGGS:273]</span></p> </p><p> <p style="text-align: right"><p style="text-align: right"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Wingdings'"> q</span></strong></p> </p><p><a href="http://www.sikhreview.org/december2004/moral2.htm" target="_blank">Nyara Khalsa: The Perfectionist Spirit</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sikh80, post: 77187, member: 5290"] [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Helvetica]Nyara[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Helvetica] Khalsa: The Perfectionist Spirit[/FONT][/B][/CENTER][/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][I][FONT=Helvetica]Tarnindar[/FONT][/I][/B][B][I][FONT=Helvetica] Singh*[/FONT][/I][/B][/CENTER][/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolLipi]jb[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolLipi] lg Kwlsw rhy inXwrw, qb lg qyj idE mYN swrw jb ieh ghy ibprn kI rIq, mYN nw krhu ien kI prqIq [[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER][/CENTER] [COLOR=windowtext]* B-304, [/COLOR][COLOR=windowtext]Salvador[/COLOR][COLOR=windowtext]Building[/COLOR][COLOR=windowtext], Shastri Nagar (4 Bungalows), Andheri (W), Mumbai. 400 0523.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Helvetica]Let us analyse the implications [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Helvetica]of this couplet from the Sarab Loh Granth of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. The aim is to lift us from our lower mentality and take us towards salvation.[/FONT] [B][FONT=Helvetica]A [true] Khalsa is totally independent of all worldly needs:[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Helvetica]The word ‘Khalsa’ means, “He who has reached His Soul and is totally immersed in God.” He is pure, noble and not subservient to any worldly throughts/desires. It means that He has no need for any worldly things including food, water, sleep, medicine, praise, desires, etc. This is nearly impossible. SGGS text indicates that Sikh Gurus and [true] Saint attained this position. Only when a person does not need any worldly thing can he become 100% independent, free, truthful in the real sense), fearless, ‘[I]beh-mouthaj[/I], [I]nirbhai[/I], [I]swa[/I][I]-bhang [/I](depending only on His Inner Soul), jeevan-mukat’.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]All our Gurus were at this stage. However, for most parts of their lives they lived like usual humans and engaged in worldly activities. However, all these activities were optional, they were not under worldly compulsions like we are. Most of us equate being ‘independent’ with having our business, a fat bank-balance, a house and a costly car, all earned by our own effort. But we are dependent on these worldly objects for our security. Without these we will be under a terrible stress.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Secondly, all of us depend on food, water, sleep, air and shelter - which we consider as normal. But from the view of a saint, this is not [true] independence. SGGS/Gurbani indicates:[/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] itT{ xU:G n BuK h{ hir A;imRt namu suK vasu . [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][SGGS:1414][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Indicating that in the stage of ‘jeevan-mukat’ there is no need for food/sleep.[/FONT] [FONT=AnmolLipi]ryqU[/FONT][FONT=AnmolLipi] Aku Awhwru kir, roVW kI gur krI ivCweI [[/FONT] [FONT=AnmolLipi] BwrI krI qpisAw, vfy Bwgu hir isau bix AweI [[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica][[/FONT][FONT=AnmolLipi]vwrW[/FONT][FONT=AnmolLipi] BweI gurdws, vwr 1 pauVI 24[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Indicating that Guru Nanak could subsist only on a grain of sand and one poisonous fruit while performing severe penance. Similarly, when Guru Teg Bahadur did continuous penance for about 27 years, he may not have depended on food or water, because He did not need them.[/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] hir namu hmara B]jnu CtIh prkar ijtu KaieA{ hm kxu itRpit BeI . [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica] [SGGS:593][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Indicating that the complete diet/food of a [true] Saint is ‘naam simran’.[/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] bRhm igAanI ka B]jnu igAan.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] [SGGS:273][/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] hir hir AxuKWu saW kmait .[/FONT] [RIGHT][RIGHT][FONT=Helvetica][SGGS:264][/FONT][/RIGHT][/RIGHT] [FONT=Helvetica]Indicating that ‘Hari-naam’ is the medicine for a [true] Khalsa.[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica] So if we depend on medicines or on a doctor, we are quite far from the concept of ‘independence’ and of a [true] Sadhu/Khalsa.[/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] pRB k{ ismrin Aniwnu jag{ .[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][SGGS:262][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Indicating that with proper/complete ‘naam simran’, a [true] Saint does not even need sleep.[/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] hir k[ nam k[ ibAaparI . [/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] hIra haiT cizAa inrm]lku CUio geI s;sarI .[/FONT] [RIGHT][RIGHT][FONT=Helvetica][SGGS:1123][/FONT][/RIGHT][/RIGHT] [FONT=Helvetica] Kabirji says that I forgot the needs of ‘sansar’ once I got ‘Naam dhan’. There fore ‘Naam’ is opposite of ‘sansaar’. Any person who is under any need of the sansaar, is not a [true] Khalsa.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]A [true] Khalsa/Saint can achieve congruence with God only when He becomes totally like Him. And God is ‘[I]Swa[/I][I]-bhang’,[/I] He does not need the ‘[I]Sansar[/I]’. He can remain content within Himself. Because God does not depend on anything. He cannot be ‘bribed’, He is always fair/just and cannot be conquered. Suppose I am dependent on tasty food, then this becomes my weakness, and I can be conquered, or fooled due to this weakness.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Therefore, a [true] Khalsa/saint is independent of all worldly things. These include physical needs such as food, air, sleep, medicines; and emotional needs such as attachment, praise, etc. Merely managing a business and not taking up a job does not make oneself a [true] Khalsa.[/FONT] [B][FONT=Helvetica]A [true] Khalsa can willingly give up His mortal frame[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Helvetica]A [true] Khalsa has complete control on His mind/body. Due to this, He does not experience pain at all. He can undergo physical and mental hardships of a super-human nature. In accordance with the Will of God, He can willingly leave His mortal frame. Very few of us can claim to be able to perform these miracles. We can recollect that Gurbani states: [/FONT][FONT=GurmukhiIIGS]min jIt{ jgu jItu .[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][SGGS:6]; and that [/FONT][FONT=GurmukhiIIGS]j] bRhm;d[ s]eI ip;d[ j] K]j{ s] pav{ .[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][SGGS:695]. So, a [true] Khalsa can control all the forces in the entire universe and enact a ‘miracle’. What appears a ‘miracle’ to us, is a ‘normal’ act for them. Examples:[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]1. The martyrdom of Guru Arjun and Guru Teg Bahadur. In both cases, they did not experience the slightest pain/sorrow. They could willingly leave their mortal frames at the appointed hour.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]2. When Wali Kandhaari hurled a rock at Guru Nanak, the rock was stopped mid-way after Guru Nanak gestured at it with His palm. (Gurdwara Panja Sahib).[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]3. When Guru Nanak’s feet were moved by the angry kaazi, the mosque seemed to turn.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]4. Superhuman feats may confirm ‘enlightement’. We can conclude that, apart from the Sikh Gurus, the following may also have been enlightened based on their super-human feats:[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Four sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, due to their martyrdom.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s mother, due to her martyrdom.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] ‘Panj piyare, Chaali mukte’, who were martyred in the war.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Baba Deep Singh Ji, who could carry his head on his palm and walk till he reached the [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]Golden[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]Temple[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica].[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Banda Bahadur who attained martyrdom.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Bhai Kanhaiya, who could actually see God everywhere.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] This is not meant to be an exhaustive list. Only God knows the list of enlightened persons.[/FONT] [B][FONT=Helvetica]‘Niyara’ from whom?[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Helvetica]It has been my aim to explain logically that in the house of God there are only two categories. The first category comprises of very few people who reach the position of [true] saint/Khalsa.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]The second category comprises the vast majority of people who have not reached this exalted state of ‘Jeevan-mukt’. So, here the implication of ‘niyaara’ is to [I]distinguish a [true] Khalsa from the majority of people who are trapped in the cycle of birth-and-death.[/I] ‘Niyara’ is a state -of-mind which is pure; and is more difficult to achieve than physical cleanliness/differentiation. In the SGGS, ‘Niyara’ is comparable to ‘niraalaa’.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Surely, if all humans and all religions are created by one God, then, it does not matter which religion a person follows. What is important is whether a person follows his religion correctly.[/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] e[ku ipta e[ks k[ hm bairk tU m[ra gur haeI . [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica] [SGGS:611][/FONT] [FONT=AnmolLipi]mwns[/FONT][FONT=AnmolLipi] kI jwq sBY eykY pihcwnbo,…[/FONT] [FONT=AnmolLipi] eyk hI srUp sBY eyk joq jwnbo [[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica][[/FONT][FONT=AnmolLipi]Akwl[/FONT][FONT=AnmolLipi] ausq~q, AMk 85[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]][/FONT] [FONT=AnmolLipi] SuiB Amlw bwJhu dono roeI [[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][[/FONT][FONT=AnmolLipi]vwrW[/FONT][FONT=AnmolLipi] BweI gurdws, vwr 1 pauVI 33[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Guru Nanak replied to the question, as to whether God prefers Hindus or Muslims. Guru Nanak observed that in God’s court only good deeds (the highest of which is [I]Naam[/I][I] simran[/I]) will save a person. Which religion he follows on earth, is immaterial.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Therefore a [true] Khalsa is ‘niyara’ or different from the vast majority of population trapped in transmigration. Merely adopting the 5-K’s and becoming ‘physically different’, may have little spiritual merit. Nor will it confer the inner strength/wisdom/purity/divinity.[/FONT] [B][FONT=Helvetica]‘tej deu meh sara’[/FONT][/B] [FONT=Helvetica]Some people interpret it that, Guru Gobind Singh Ji will shower all His blessings on such a ‘Khalsa’. My submission is different. Guru Gobind Singh Ji claimed himself to be a servant of God.[/FONT] [FONT=AnmolLipi]mY[/FONT][FONT=AnmolLipi] hMU prm pUrK ko dwsw, dyKn AwXo jgq qmwSw,…[/FONT] [FONT=AnmolLipi] jo hm ko prmySr aucr hY, qy sB nrk kMuf my prhY [[/FONT] [RIGHT][RIGHT][FONT=Helvetica][[/FONT][FONT=AnmolLipi]Akwl[/FONT][FONT=AnmolLipi] ausq~q, AMk 278[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica]][/FONT][/RIGHT][/RIGHT] [FONT=Helvetica]In Jaap Sahib, He worshipped the immortal/’achal-murat’ God. Similarly, in the Ardas, Guru Gobind Singh Ji worshipped the Primordial God/’pritham bhagauti’/[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]So Guru Gobind Singh Ji has acknowledged that He derived all His power from God. Therefore it is logical that He would recommend His followers to do so. Though He has used the word ‘meh’ meaning, ‘I’ the underlying meaning is that ‘God Almighty’. Since, a [true] saint = God, whatever is spoken by a [true] saint is actually spoken by God. So here the word ‘meh’ means God/soul.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]A logical point arises: if the concept of ‘Khalsa’ existed before Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, then the source of power to the ‘Khalsa’ can only be God.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]In SGGS, the Gurus have never considered to be the Doer because God is the ‘Kartaa-purakh’.[/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] j] ikCu kIAa s] hir kIAa hir kI vidAaeI .[/FONT] [RIGHT][RIGHT][FONT=Helvetica][SGGS:166][/FONT][/RIGHT][/RIGHT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] kbIr na hm kIAa n krihg[ na kir sk{ srIru .[/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] ikAa janxu ikCu hir kIAa BieX kbIru kbIru . [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica] [SGGS:1367][/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] Aaps kxu krmv;tu khav{ . jnim mr{ bhu j]in BRmav{ . [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica][SGGS:278][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Implying that whoever claims to be the doer, suffer trans-migration.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]We should therefore interpret the word ‘meh’ as God Almighty.[/FONT] [B][FONT=Helvetica]‘Sara’:[/FONT][/B][FONT=Helvetica] ‘Sara’ means full/total/complete. As has been explained before, when the mind is purified, all the qualities/power/wisdom of the Indwelling Soul are revealed.[/FONT] [B][FONT=Helvetica]‘bipran ki reet’:[/FONT][/B][FONT=Helvetica] This is the most controversial part of this line. The dictionary of SGGS words by Bhai Veer Singh Ji says that ‘bipran’ means ‘brahmin’. For a moment, let us assume that this is to be right. As I have explained before, every word/concept deteriorates with time.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]The SGGS gives us the real meaning of the word ‘brahmin’.[/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] s] bRahmNu j] bRhmu bIcar{ . Aaip tr{ sgl[ kul tar{ . [/FONT][FONT=Helvetica] [SGGS:662][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Indicating that a [true] Brahmin has reached His Inner Brahma/God/Soul’[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] But, with time, the contents of this word deteriorated. The [false] meaning indicates a priest, only performing rituals and creating a wall between a devotee and God.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] It is these incorrect practices, which are denounced. These occur in all communities.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] The generalised meaning of the word ‘Brahmin’ includes the definition of a [true] Brahmin.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] And as we have seen before, the state-of-mind [true] Brahmin = [true] Khalsa = God.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] To equate ‘bipran’ with ‘Brahmin’ without qualifying the word ‘Brahmin’ is misleading. It goes against the definition of a [true] Brahmin as given in the SGGS.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] But, we can say that, ‘bipran’ means a [false] Brahmin. (Note: this has many variations).[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] ‘Bipran’ is not = [true] Brahmin. But, ‘bipran’ may be = [false] Brahmin, therefore[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] ‘Bipran could be people who are not [true] Khalsa/Jeevan Mukt. It is the vast majority. It includes people paying lip service to SGGS, but who have not reached enlightenment. It includes me also.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Is ‘bipran’ linked to ‘[I]vipreet[/I]’? I have another view. Punjabi language is a modified version of Sanskrit/Persian. Many words in Punjabi have very little resemblance to their root words in Sanskrit/Persian. It is possible that ‘bipran’ is linked to the Sanskrit word ‘Vipreet’, meaning opposite/incorrect.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] If this is so, and keeping in mind that the ‘[true] Khalsa’ is different/’niyara’ from the masses, then this interpretation seems to be more useful and logical.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] ‘[B]prateet[/B][B]’:[/B] This word means trust/faith. A [true] Khalsa has no ego. He does not interfere with God’s Will. So He can be trusted fully by God. But when a person loses his purity, then his mind/ego starts interfering/distorting God’s Will. In this manner, he loses God’s trust.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] [B]Conclusion:[/B] My humble understanding of this line is that:[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] a [true] Khalsa is enlightened. He abides by SGGS and the Rehat-naamas, i.e. Moral Code of Conduct.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] He has completely/permanently purified His mind and eliminated all vices;[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Due to this, all qualities/wisdom/power of the Indwelling Soul are displayed fully;[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] In this manner, He is radically different from the vast majority of humans whose minds are impure due to ego/vices/worldly thoughts. Hardly one in a crore can become a [true] Khalsa;[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] However, if a [true] Khalsa falls into the same trap, which the vast majority of spiritually ignorant people have fallen; then,[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] God or the Indwelling Soul, shall not shower His full/special bounties on him. Nor shall God trust him to execute His Will/Command in an undistorted manner.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica] Guru Gobind Singh Ji knows the correct meaning. We can only approximate what He meant:[/FONT] [FONT=GurmukhiIIGS] bRhm igAanI kI git bRhm igAanI jan{ .[/FONT] [RIGHT][RIGHT][FONT=Helvetica][SGGS:273][/FONT][/RIGHT][/RIGHT] [RIGHT][RIGHT][B][FONT=Wingdings] q[/FONT][/B][/RIGHT][/RIGHT] [url=http://www.sikhreview.org/december2004/moral2.htm]Nyara Khalsa: The Perfectionist Spirit[/url] [/QUOTE]
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