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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 56500" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Faith has its reasons</span></strong></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: 10px">KHUSHWANT SINGH</span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000080">Saturday, July 14, 2007 - THE TRIBUNE</span></span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #000080">M</span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Y grandmother used to say her morning prayer <em>(Japji) </em>while churning a large earthen pot to make butter and buttermilk <em>(lassi). </em>She often paused to examine its contents to see how it was turning out. I wondered if her mind was more in <em>makkhan, lassi </em>or in prayer.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">My mother said her morning prayer while doing household chores, She often gave orders to servants or tell us to hurry up and get ready for school. I wondered if her mind was in her prayer or on</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">mundane affairs.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">My father said his morning prayer while taking his bath. He was equally devoted to pouring water over his body, soaping and washing off the leather. I wondered what pre-occupied him more, cleaning his body or his soul.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">A distant relative who was a keen golfer said his morning prayer while driving to the golf club. I wondered if his mind was on the road, on traffic signals or on what he was reciting. I felt that this was not the right way to pray and there was a point in Hindu tradition of sitting <em>padmaasan </em>(lotus posed) in complete silence with eyes closed and concentrating on the meanings of the verses one chants. Many Sikhs do the same: they take their prayers seriously and not treat it as a routine ritual.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">This is more pertinent when it comes to congregational prayer. Islam emphasises the need for everyone to join <em>Namaaz </em>in mosques. Besides ignoring individual status, it creates a sense of brotherhood. So also are assemblages in temples</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: #000080">and gurdwaras.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">The <em>sangat </em>becomes a fraternity of the like-minded. Sikh Gurus laid great emphasis on <em>sangat</em> and <em>pangat </em>— eating together in the G<em>uru-ka-langar.</em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">A popular form of prayer is to recite it in a loud sing-song manner. It has its own charm but the sound often smoothers the sense inherent in the words.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Guru Nanak, though supporting <em>sangat </em>prayers and <em>kirtan </em>(hymn singing) was very particular about understanding the meaning of the words of prayers. He wrote:</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Aklee sahib seveeai aklee paayey maan</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Aklee parh kay bujheeay</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Aklee keechey daan</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Nanak aakhai Raah eh</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Hore gallan Shaitaan</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">(Use your brains while worshipping the Lord</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Use your brains and earn merit</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Use your brains while giving the charity</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">Thus says Nanak is the real way</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">The rest is all the devil’s sway.)</span></span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080">In another verse Guru Nanak was more downright in condemning those who recited prayers without trying to understand what its words meant. He called them fools:</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><em>Na sudh na budh, na akl Sar</em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><em>Akkhar ka bheo na lahant</em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><em>Nanak, say nar asl khar</em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><em>Jo bin gun garab karant</em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><em>(They have no awareness, no knowledge, no brains in their heads</em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><em>They do not care not to find the inner secret of words they pray;</em></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000080"><em>They are real donkeys, does Nanak say).</em></span></span></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">SOURCE: <a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070714/saturday/above.htm" target="_blank">The Tribune - Magazine section - Saturday Extra</a></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 56500, member: 884"] [COLOR=#000080][FONT=Verdana][B][SIZE=4]Faith has its reasons[/SIZE][/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=2]KHUSHWANT SINGH[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000080]Saturday, July 14, 2007 - THE TRIBUNE[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=#000080]M[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Y grandmother used to say her morning prayer [I](Japji) [/I]while churning a large earthen pot to make butter and buttermilk [I](lassi). [/I]She often paused to examine its contents to see how it was turning out. I wondered if her mind was more in [I]makkhan, lassi [/I]or in prayer.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]My mother said her morning prayer while doing household chores, She often gave orders to servants or tell us to hurry up and get ready for school. I wondered if her mind was in her prayer or on[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000080]mundane affairs.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]My father said his morning prayer while taking his bath. He was equally devoted to pouring water over his body, soaping and washing off the leather. I wondered what pre-occupied him more, cleaning his body or his soul.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]A distant relative who was a keen golfer said his morning prayer while driving to the golf club. I wondered if his mind was on the road, on traffic signals or on what he was reciting. I felt that this was not the right way to pray and there was a point in Hindu tradition of sitting [I]padmaasan [/I](lotus posed) in complete silence with eyes closed and concentrating on the meanings of the verses one chants. Many Sikhs do the same: they take their prayers seriously and not treat it as a routine ritual.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]This is more pertinent when it comes to congregational prayer. Islam emphasises the need for everyone to join [I]Namaaz [/I]in mosques. Besides ignoring individual status, it creates a sense of brotherhood. So also are assemblages in temples[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=#000080]and gurdwaras.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]The [I]sangat [/I]becomes a fraternity of the like-minded. Sikh Gurus laid great emphasis on [I]sangat[/I] and [I]pangat [/I]— eating together in the G[I]uru-ka-langar.[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]A popular form of prayer is to recite it in a loud sing-song manner. It has its own charm but the sound often smoothers the sense inherent in the words.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Guru Nanak, though supporting [I]sangat [/I]prayers and [I]kirtan [/I](hymn singing) was very particular about understanding the meaning of the words of prayers. He wrote:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Aklee sahib seveeai aklee paayey maan[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Aklee parh kay bujheeay[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Aklee keechey daan[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Nanak aakhai Raah eh[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Hore gallan Shaitaan[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080](Use your brains while worshipping the Lord[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Use your brains and earn merit[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Use your brains while giving the charity[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]Thus says Nanak is the real way[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]The rest is all the devil’s sway.)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080]In another verse Guru Nanak was more downright in condemning those who recited prayers without trying to understand what its words meant. He called them fools:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][I]Na sudh na budh, na akl Sar[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][I]Akkhar ka bheo na lahant[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][I]Nanak, say nar asl khar[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][I]Jo bin gun garab karant[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][I](They have no awareness, no knowledge, no brains in their heads[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][I]They do not care not to find the inner secret of words they pray;[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000080][I]They are real donkeys, does Nanak say).[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]SOURCE: [URL="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070714/saturday/above.htm"]The Tribune - Magazine section - Saturday Extra[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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