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<blockquote data-quote="vsgrewal48895" data-source="post: 96003" data-attributes="member: 8024"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">CASTE/</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> ਜਾਤਿ</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ABSTRACT</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Caste system is against the tenets of Sikh Faith but unfortunately the practice of any faith is different from what is written in their respective scriptures. Individuals belonging to a higher caste egotistically consider themselves superior to others. Guru Nanak says that a person who considers every one equal is religious and Guru willed. On the other hand considering oneself superior to the others makes the individual narcissistic and irreligious. God does not have a caste says Guru Nanak in Raag Sorath and Guru Gobind Singh in his Jaap;</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਤਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਅਜਾਤਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਅਜੋਨੀ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੰਭਉ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਾ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤਿਸੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭਾਉ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭਰਮਾ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jā</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ajā</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ajonī samb</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a&shy;o nā </span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">is b</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā&shy;o na b</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">armā.</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Akal Purkh is casteless, unborn, self-illumined, and free of doubt and desire.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> -----Guru Nanak, Raag Sorath, AGGS, Page, 597-5</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਚੱਕ੍ਰ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਚਿਹਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਅਰੁ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਰਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਤਿ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਅਰੁ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪਾਤਿ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਹਿਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਿਹ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'AnmolDevanSpl'"> </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">Chaqar Chihan Ur Baran Jaat Ur Paat Nehan Jeh</span></em></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">God is without mark or sign, and is without caste or line. -----</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolDevanSpl'">Jaap, DG, Page 1-9</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Nanak equates the presence of Akal Purkh’s light equally and impartially in all and similarly the Sabd is equal to Khatris and Soodras in Slokes Sahskriti;</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਖ੍ਯ੍ਯਤ੍ਰੀ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਬਦੰ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੂਰ ਸਬਦੰ ਸੂਦ੍ਰ ਸਬਦੰ ਪਰਾ ਕ੍ਰਿਤਹ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਰਬ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਬਦੰ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤ ਏਕ ਸਬਦੰ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਜਾਨਸਿ ਭੇਉ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਾਨਕ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਦਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਸੋਈ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਦੇਉ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> ਏਕ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ੍ਨੰ ਤ ਸਰਬ ਦੇਵਾ ਦੇਵ ਦੇਵਾ ਤ ਆਤਮਹ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> ਆਤਮੰ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਬਾਸ੍ਵਦੇਵਸ੍ਯ੍ਯ ਜੇ ਕੋਈ ਜਾਨਸਿ ਭੇਵ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> ਨਾਨਕ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਦਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਸੋਈ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਦੇਵ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">K</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a&shy;y</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">arī sab</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">aʼn sūr sab</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">aʼn sū</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ar sab</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">aʼn parā kir</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">eh.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> Sarab sab</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">aʼn </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a ėk sab</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">aʼn jė ko jānas b</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ė&shy;o.</span> Nānak </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā ko </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ās hai so▫ī niranjan </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">e▫o. Ėk krisanʼn </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a sarab </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">evā </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ev </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">evā </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a ā</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">mah. Ā</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">maʼn sarī bāsav</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">aivas▫y je ko▫ī jānas b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ev. Nānak </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā ko </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ās hai so▫ī niranjan </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ev.</span></em></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">For the Khatris, the Sabd is heroic bravery; for the Soodras, the Sabd is service to others. But for one who realizes the Divine mystery, one Sole path is for all. Says Nanak, to him I am a servant, who is the Divine Akal Purkh Himself. One Akal Purkh is supreme over all dietes as also the universal Self. The Self is the image of the pervasive God, should one this mystery realize, Nanak is a servant to Him, who is the Divine Akal Purkh Himself. -----Guru Nanak, Sahskriti Slokes, AGGS, Page, 1353-12 & 13</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sabd Guru advises about virtues of spiritual wisdom, devotional worship, and the righteous path of compassion, contentment, truth, Divine existence, equality, and courage. Sabd of the Guru leads all to the realization of Universal Self in the individual self. The end result is the eradication of ego (</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹਉਮੈ</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">) veiling the Higher Self, to be replaced by humility by bathing in the pool of Truth as Guru willed says Guru Amardas, in Raag Suhi;</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਚਾ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤੀਰਥੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਿਤੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਰਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਾਵਣੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਆਪਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬੁਝਾਏ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਦਿਖਾਏ ਤਿਤੁ ਨਾਤੈ ਮਲੁ ਜਾਏ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sac</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">irath ji</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> sa</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> sar nāva</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> gurmuk</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> āp buj</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ā&shy;ė.</span></span></em> <em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">A</span></span></em></span><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">sa</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯẖ</span></span></em> <em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">irath gur saba</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em> <em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ik</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā▫e </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">i</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> nā</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai mal jā▫e.</span></span></span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">True is that place of pilgrimage, where one bathes in the pool of Truth, and achieves self-realization as Guru willed, who understands his own self. The Akal Purkh has shown that the Word of the Guru's Sabad is the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage; bathing in it, filth is washed away. </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">-----Guru Amardas, Raag Suhi, AGGS, Page, 753-15</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Caste puffs up the individual’s ego. If one belongs to a higher social class (caste), he regards himself as being better than others. Guru Nanak and other Gurus admonish us against this view, in the following hymns: </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਜੋ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸੋ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਬਾਹਰਿ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਕੋਈ ਜੀਉ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਏਕ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮੋਈ ਜੀਉ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jo an</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ar so bāhar </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ėk</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">hu avar na </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ūjā ko&shy;ī jī&shy;o.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> Gurmuk</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ėk </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">arisat kar </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ėk</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">hu g</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">at g</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">at jo</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> samo&shy;ī jī&shy;o.</span></span></em></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Akal Purkh is within and seen outside as well. There is no one, other than It. As Guru willed, look upon all with the same eye of <strong>equality</strong> because in each and every heart, the same Divine Light is contained. -----Guru Nanak, Raag Sorath, AGGS, Page, 599-2</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਭ ਏਕ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਸਮਤੁ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖੈ ਸਭੁ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਪਛਾਨ ਜੀਉ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਗਾਇਆ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਤੇ ਊਤਮ ਜਨ ਪਰਧਾਨ ਜੀਉ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Sab</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ėk </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">arisat sama</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> kar </span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ėk</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai sab</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ā</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">am rām pac</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖẖ</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ān jī&shy;o.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> Har har jas gā&shy;i&shy;ā param pa</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> pā&shy;i&shy;ā </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė ū</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">am jan par</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ān jī&shy;o.</span></span></em></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">They look upon all with <strong>equality</strong>, and recognize that the Supreme Soul, pervading among all. Those who sing the Praises of the Eternal Akal Purkh are acclaimed among the people. They obtain the supreme status and are most exalted. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">-----<strong>Guru Ramdas, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 446-12</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Bhagat Kabir in Raag Gauri AGGS, Page 324 rather satirically and sarcastically states that all of us have been created by the same seed of Universal Brahman:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਗਰਭ ਵਾਸ ਮਹਿ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਕੁਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਤੀ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਬਿੰਦੁ ਤੇ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਸਭ ਉਤਪਾਤੀ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਕਹੁ ਰੇ ਪੰਡਿਤ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਬਾਮਨ ਕਬ ਕੇ ਹੋਏ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਬਾਮਨ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਜਨਮੁ ਮਤ ਖੋਏ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਜੌ ਤੂੰ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਬ੍ਰਹਮਣੀ ਜਾਇਆ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਤਉ ਆਨ ਬਾਟ ਕਾਹੇ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਨਹੀ ਆਇਆ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਤੁਮ ਕਤ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਹਮ ਕਤ ਸੂਦ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਹਮ ਕਤ ਲੋਹੂ ਤੁਮ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਕਤ ਦੂਧ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੋ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੈ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਕਹੀਅਤੁ ਹੈ ਹਮਾਰੈ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Garab</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> vās meh kul nahī jā</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">ī.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> Barahm bin</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></em> <em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė sab</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> u</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">pā</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ī. Kaho rė pandi</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> bāman kab kė ho&shy;ė. Bāman kahi kahi janam ma</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> k</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">o&shy;ė. Jou </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ūʼn barāhma</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> barahma</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ī jā&shy;i&shy;ā. Ŧa&shy;o ān bāt kāhė nahī ā&shy;i&shy;ā. Ŧum ka</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> barāhma</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ham ka</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> sū</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. Ham ka</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> lohū </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">um ka</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em> <em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ū</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. Kaho Kabīr jo barahm bīc</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ārai. So barāhma</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> kahī&shy;a</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> hai hamārai.</span></span></em></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">In the dwelling of the womb, there is no ancestry or social status.</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">All have been created from the Seed of God. O, Pundit and religious scholar, tell me since when have you been a Brahmin?</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Don't waste your life by continually claiming to be a Brahmin. If you are indeed a Brahmin, born of a Brahmin mother,</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">then why didn't you come by other special way than the common way? How is it that you are a Brahmin, and I am of a low social status?</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Is it that I am formed of blood, and you are made of milk? Says Kabir, one who contemplates God,</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">is said to be a Brahmin among us. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਤਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਾ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗਰਬੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਰੀਅਹੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੋਈ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬਿੰਦੇ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ ਹੋਈ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jā</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> kā garab na karī&shy;ahu ko&shy;ī.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> Barahm bin</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė so barāhma</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṇ</span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> ho&shy;ī.</span></em></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">No one should be proud of his social class and status. He alone is a Brahmin, who knows God. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਤਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਾ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗਰਬੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਰਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਮੂਰਖ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗਵਾਰਾ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਇਸੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗਰਬ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤੇ ਚਲਹਿ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਵਿਕਾਰਾ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jā</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> kā garab na kar mūrak</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> gavārā. Is garab </span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė c</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ẖ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">aleh bahu</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> vikārā.</span></span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Do not be proud of your social class and status, you ignorant fool. So much sin and corruption comes from this pride.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> -----Guru Amardas, Raag Bhairo, AGGS, Page, 1127 & 28</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">After Death there is no caste as expressed by Guru Nanak in Raag Asa and Guru Amardas in Raag Maru;</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਣਹੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜੋਤਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪੂਛਹੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਤੀ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਆਗੈ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਤਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹੇ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jā</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṇ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">hu jo</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> na pūc</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ẖẖ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ahu jā</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ī āgai jā</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> na hė.</span></span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Recognize the Akal Purkh's Light within all, and do not consider social class or status; there are no classes or castes in the world hereafter.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> -----Guru Nanak, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 349-13</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਅਗੈ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਤਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜੋਰੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹੈ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਅਗੈ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜੀਉ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਵੇ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong> ਜਿਨ ਕੀ ਲੇਖੈ ਪਤਿ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਪਵੈ ਚੰਗੇ ਸੇਈ ਕੇਇ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span> <span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Agai jā</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> na jor hai agai jī&shy;o navė.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Jin kī lėk</span></em><em>ẖ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai pa</span></em><em>ṯ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> pavai c</span></em><em>ẖ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">angė sė&shy;ī kė&shy;ė.</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In the world hereafter, social status and power mean nothing; hereafter, the soul is new.</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Those few, whose honor is confirmed, are good.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> -----Guru Nanak, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 469-6</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਅਗੈ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਤਿ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪੁਛੀਐ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਰਣੀ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਬਦੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹੈ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਾਰੁ</span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong> ਹੋਰੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਪੜਣਾ</strong></span></span> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਵਣਾ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੁ </strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><strong>॥</strong></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Agai jā</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> na puc</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ẖẖ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ī&shy;ai kar</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ṇ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ī saba</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black">ḏ</span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> hai sār.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Hor kū</span></em><em>ṛ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> pa</span></em><em>ṛ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">&shy;</span></em><em>ṇ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā kū</span></em><em>ṛ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> kamāva</span></em><em>ṇ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā bik</span></em><em>ẖ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">i&shy;ā nāl pi&shy;ār.</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Hereafter, no one is questioned about social status. Excellent and sublime is the practice of the Word of the Sabd! Any other pursuit</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> is false. Other approaches are false. Their followers are people are in love with poison.</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> -----Guru Amardas, Raag Maru, AGGS, Page, 1094-1&2</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">It is only the individual ego that causes discrimination against others because of their caste in many faiths. In Sikh faith too, even to this day, such discrimination is prevalent despite being against its principles. Yet no attempt is being made to stop this practice. Many other traditions and rituals carried on to this date in Sikh faith are of Brahminical origin, and are forbidden in Sikhism. </span>Ego is an inflated feeling of pride being self-consciousness of one’s own identity. It imparts a false sense of superiority above others. It is an outcome of certain mental attitudes, such as misperceptions, false memory and defensive mechanisms.<em>Ego is neither an entity nor a process. It is only a notion of I-am-ness, which exists only in one’s mind<em>.</em></em> Having an ego does not depend on our choice. <em>We are born with it. It is the nature of the mind to experience its individuality. All our desires, attachment, experiences in the world are due to the ego controlling our minds. In our complex psyche, </em>Ego is at the center of our field of consciousness. It persists with a high degree of continuity in our identity. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">People may be aware of the messages in AGGS condemning discrimination based on the caste system. They may also fully understand their meaning. Yet such discrimination is still prevalent. There may be occasional discussions or debates about it. But few understand the implications and spiritual consequences of such discrimination.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨੁ ਜਾਨੈ ਸਭ ਬਾਤ ਜਾਨਤ ਹੀ ਅਉਗਨੁ ਕਰੈ </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> ਕਾਹੇ ਕੀ ਕੁਸਲਾਤ ਹਾਥਿ ਦੀਪ ਕੂਏ ਪਰੈ</span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> </span></span><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Kabīr man jānai sab</span></span></span></em></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> bā</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> jāna</span></span></span></em><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> hī a&shy;ugan karai.</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> Kāhė kī kuslā</span></em></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> hāth </span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">īp kū&shy;ė parai.</span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Kabir, the mortal knows everything, and knowing, he still makes mistakes. What good is a lamp in one's hand, if he falls into the well? -----Sloke Kabir 216, AGGS, Page, 1376 </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Messages are clear. What motivates us to ignore the tenets of our faith or act against them? Is it our belief that we would not suffer the consequences? We should seriously reconsider this position. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੀਤਾ ਆਪੋ ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਲੇਖਾ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><strong>ਸੰਢੀਐ</strong></span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰਹਣਾ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਾਹੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਐਤੁ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਗਿ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤਾ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਾਇਤੁ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗਾਰਬਿ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹੰਢੀਐ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥</span><span style="font-size: 12px"> <em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Kī</span>ṯ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā āpo āp</span>ṇ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā āpė hī lėk</span>ẖ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā sand</span>ẖ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ī&shy;ai. Jā rah</span>ṇ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā nāhī ai</span>ṯ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> jag </span>ṯ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ā kā&shy;i</span>ṯ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> gārab hand</span>ẖ</em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ī&shy;ai.</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Everyone receives the rewards of his own actions; his account is adjusted accordingly.</span> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Since one is not destined to remain in this world anyway, why should he ruin himself in pride? -----Guru Nanak, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 473-12</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Consistent application of the teachings of AGGS, and in particular the daily review, has led to significant changes in my personal life. It seems like a return toward one's original state in the eternal scheme of things. Why so few persons have ever become perfectly evolved, selfless beings? This involves a glacially slow process of unlearning and restructuring of the self. It turns out, that initially one has to simply learn to unlearn. Then the receptive process of relearning opens up. As it unfolds on its own, it seems to reconnect the person to the others in new and vital relationships. They may have always been there but were veiled by one’s ego, passions and other lower instincts. The remedy is prescribed by Guru Amardas in Raag Parbhati;</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ ਪੰਚ ਪੰਚੇ ਵਸਿ ਆਣੈ ਖਿਮਾ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਪਾਵੈ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੋ ਧਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਜਨੁ ਵਡ ਪੂਰਾ ਜੋ ਭੈ ਬੈਰਾਗਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ </span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'">॥ </span><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ḏ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">rī panc</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> panc</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė vas ā</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ṇ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai k</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">imā san</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ok</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> gurma</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ṯ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> pāvai. So </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ḏẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">an </span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ḏẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">an har jan vad pūrā jo b</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ẖ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ai bairāg har gu</span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">ṇ</span></span></em><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> gāvai.</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The persons, who have controlled the five senses and the five vices, have realized forgiveness, patience, and contentment through Guru’s guidance. Blessed, blessed, perfect and great is that humble servant of the Akal Purkh, who is inspired by the Fear of God and detached love, to sing Its Glorious Praises. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> -----Guru Amardas, Raag Parbhati, AGGS, Page, 1334-16 </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em>By devotional love, fear of Akal Purkh, study of AGGS, and honestly following the teachings of Sabd Guru, the ego becomes subtler. The gross ego is the ego of individuality, which expresses itself in the worldly desires and attachments. Subtler ego emerges when those desires and attachment get weaker and individual self-interests start disappearing. Then the mind identifies with the subtle ego in its own pure state. Some understand and follow, but others ignore these instructions and later repent in the next word as pointed out by Sheikh Farid in his Slokes;</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><em>ਇਕਨਾ</em></span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><em>ਨੋ ਸਭ ਸੋਝੀ</em></span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><em>ਆਈ ਇਕਿ ਫਿਰਦੇ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹਾ</em></span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><em>॥</em></span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><em>ਅਮਲ</em></span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><em>ਜਿ</em></span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><em>ਕੀਤਿਆ ਦੁਨੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਸੇ ਦਰਗਹ ਓਗਾਹਾ</em></span><span style="font-family: 'Mangal'"><em>॥</em></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Iknā no sab</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> soj</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ī ā&shy;ī ik fir</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ė vėparvāhā. Amal je kī</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ṯ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">i&shy;ā </span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">unī vic</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ẖ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> sė </span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">ḏ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">argeh ohāgā.</span></em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Some understand this completely, while others wander around carelessly. Those actions, which are done in this world, shall be examined in the Court of the Akal Purkh. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> -----Sloke Sheikh Farid, 98, AGGS, Page, 1383</span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Conclusion:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Acceptance in Sikhism has taught us that there is a bit of good in the worst of us and a bit of bad in the best of us; that we are all the children of God, equal in every respect and we each have a right to be here. Sikh faith is a set of principles, spiritual in nature, which if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession of the ego. These principles enable one to become “Happy and useful Whole” if he regards all as his equals created by One Creator says Guru Gobind Singh; </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੋਊ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭਇਓ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਮੁੰਡੀਆ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀ ਕੋਊ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜੋਗੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭਇਓ ਕੋਊ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਬ੍ਹਮਚਾਰੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੋਊ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਤੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਅਨਮਾਨਬੋ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹਿੰਦੂ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਤੁਰਕ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੋਊ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰਾਫਜ਼ੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਇਮਾਮਸਾਫੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਮਾਨਸ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਤ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਭੈ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਏਕੈ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪਹਿਚਾਨਬੋ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਰਤਾ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕਰੀਮ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੋਈ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰਾਜ਼ਕ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰਹੀਮ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਓਈ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਦੂਸਰੋ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭੇਦ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੋਈ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭੂਲ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਭ੍ਮ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਮਾਨਬੋ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਏਕ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸੇਵ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਭਹੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਕੋ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਗੁਰਦੇਵ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਏਕ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਏਕ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਹੀ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਰੂਪ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਭੈ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਏਕੈ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜੋਤ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਜਾਨਬੋ</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੧੫</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੮੫</span> <span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">੫</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">॥</span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Kouo Bheio Mundia Sanyasi Kouo Jogi BhaeoKouo Brahmchari Kouo Jati Anmanbo,</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Hindu Turk Kouo Rafzi Imamsafi Manski Jaat Sabhai Aykai Pehchanbo.</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Karta Krim Soee Raazk Rahim Ouee Doosro Na Bhed Koee Bhool Bharm Manbo.</span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Ayk He Ki Sev Sabhi Ko Gurdev Ayk Ayk He Saroop Sabhai Aykai Jot Janbo.</span></span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Some people in the world call them selves clean shaven, some ascetics, some devotee, some celibates. Some call themselves Hindu, some Turk, some Shia others Suni Muslman. But the entire human kind/caste should be recognized one. The same One Creator (Akal Purkh) who is merciful, compassionate, generous, providing daily sustenance, and has no other peer or dualism; so we must never accept any duality. To serve the only One is our duty. Akal Purkh alone is the Guru of all. All mankind be taken as one manifestation of Its light. -----Guru Gobind Singh, Akal Ustit, DG, Page, 19</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Virinder</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vsgrewal48895, post: 96003, member: 8024"] [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman]CASTE/[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Raavi] ਜਾਤਿ[/FONT][/B][B][/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman]ABSTRACT[/FONT][/B][/CENTER] [CENTER][B][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/B][/CENTER][/CENTER] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Caste system is against the tenets of Sikh Faith but unfortunately the practice of any faith is different from what is written in their respective scriptures. Individuals belonging to a higher caste egotistically consider themselves superior to others. Guru Nanak says that a person who considers every one equal is religious and Guru willed. On the other hand considering oneself superior to the others makes the individual narcissistic and irreligious. God does not have a caste says Guru Nanak in Raag Sorath and Guru Gobind Singh in his Jaap;[/FONT][/SIZE] [I][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਤਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਅਜਾਤਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਅਜੋਨੀ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸੰਭਉ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨਾ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਤਿਸੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਭਾਉ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਭਰਮਾ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][/COLOR] [I][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Jā[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] ajā[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] ajonī samb[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]a­o nā [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]is b[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ā­o na b[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]armā.[/FONT][/SIZE][/I] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Akal Purkh is casteless, unborn, self-illumined, and free of doubt and desire.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] -----Guru Nanak, Raag Sorath, AGGS, Page, 597-5[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Raavi]ਚੱਕ੍ਰ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਚਿਹਨ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਅਰੁ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਬਰਨ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਤਿ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਅਰੁ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਪਾਤਿ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਨਹਿਨ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਿਹ[/FONT][FONT=AnmolDevanSpl][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=AnmolDevanSpl] [/FONT][I][FONT=Mangal]Chaqar Chihan Ur Baran Jaat Ur Paat Nehan Jeh[/FONT][/I][B][FONT=Mangal][/FONT][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolDevanSpl][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black]God is without mark or sign, and is without caste or line. -----[/COLOR][FONT=AnmolDevanSpl]Jaap, DG, Page 1-9[/FONT][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [I][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guru Nanak equates the presence of Akal Purkh’s light equally and impartially in all and similarly the Sabd is equal to Khatris and Soodras in Slokes Sahskriti;[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਖ੍ਯ੍ਯਤ੍ਰੀ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਬਦੰ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸੂਰ ਸਬਦੰ ਸੂਦ੍ਰ ਸਬਦੰ ਪਰਾ ਕ੍ਰਿਤਹ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਰਬ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਬਦੰ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਤ ਏਕ ਸਬਦੰ ਜੇ ਕੋ ਜਾਨਸਿ ਭੇਉ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਨਾਨਕ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਦਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਸੋਈ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਦੇਉ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] ਏਕ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ੍ਨੰ ਤ ਸਰਬ ਦੇਵਾ ਦੇਵ ਦੇਵਾ ਤ ਆਤਮਹ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] ਆਤਮੰ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਬਾਸ੍ਵਦੇਵਸ੍ਯ੍ਯ ਜੇ ਕੋਈ ਜਾਨਸਿ ਭੇਵ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] ਨਾਨਕ ਤਾ ਕੋ ਦਾਸੁ ਹੈ ਸੋਈ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਦੇਵ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]K[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]a­y[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]arī sab[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]aʼn sūr sab[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]aʼn sū[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ar sab[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]aʼn parā kir[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]eh.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma] Sarab sab[/FONT][/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]aʼn [/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]a ėk sab[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]aʼn jė ko jānas b[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Tahoma]ė­o.[/FONT] Nānak [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ā ko [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ās hai so▫ī niranjan [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]e▫o. Ėk krisanʼn [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]a sarab [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]evā [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ev [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]evā [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]a ā[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]mah. Ā[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]maʼn sarī bāsav[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]aivas▫y je ko▫ī jānas b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ev. Nānak [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ā ko [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ās hai so▫ī niranjan [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ev.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]For the Khatris, the Sabd is heroic bravery; for the Soodras, the Sabd is service to others. But for one who realizes the Divine mystery, one Sole path is for all. Says Nanak, to him I am a servant, who is the Divine Akal Purkh Himself. One Akal Purkh is supreme over all dietes as also the universal Self. The Self is the image of the pervasive God, should one this mystery realize, Nanak is a servant to Him, who is the Divine Akal Purkh Himself. -----Guru Nanak, Sahskriti Slokes, AGGS, Page, 1353-12 & 13[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Sabd Guru advises about virtues of spiritual wisdom, devotional worship, and the righteous path of compassion, contentment, truth, Divine existence, equality, and courage. Sabd of the Guru leads all to the realization of Universal Self in the individual self. The end result is the eradication of ego ([/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਹਉਮੈ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]) veiling the Higher Self, to be replaced by humility by bathing in the pool of Truth as Guru willed says Guru Amardas, in Raag Suhi;[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਚਾ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਤੀਰਥੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜਿਤੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਰਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨਾਵਣੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਆਪਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਬੁਝਾਏ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Raavi][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਅਠਸਠਿ ਤੀਰਥ ਗੁਰ ਸਬਦਿ ਦਿਖਾਏ ਤਿਤੁ ਨਾਤੈ ਮਲੁ ਜਾਏ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]Sac[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ā [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]irath ji[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] sa[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] sar nāva[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] gurmuk[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] āp buj[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]ā­ė.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]A[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/FONT][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]sa[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]irath gur saba[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ik[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ā▫e [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]i[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] nā[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ai mal jā▫e.[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]True is that place of pilgrimage, where one bathes in the pool of Truth, and achieves self-realization as Guru willed, who understands his own self. The Akal Purkh has shown that the Word of the Guru's Sabad is the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage; bathing in it, filth is washed away. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]-----Guru Amardas, Raag Suhi, AGGS, Page, 753-15[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Caste puffs up the individual’s ego. If one belongs to a higher social class (caste), he regards himself as being better than others. Guru Nanak and other Gurus admonish us against this view, in the following hymns: [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਜੋ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਸੋ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਬਾਹਰਿ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੂਜਾ ਕੋਈ ਜੀਉ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਏਕ ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਘਟਿ ਘਟਿ ਜੋਤਿ ਸਮੋਈ ਜੀਉ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B] [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]Jo an[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ar so bāhar [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ėk[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]hu avar na [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]ūjā ko­ī jī­o.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma] Gurmuk[/FONT][/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] ėk [/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]arisat kar [/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ėk[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]hu g[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]at g[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]at jo[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] samo­ī jī­o.[/FONT][/FONT][/I][/SIZE][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Akal Purkh is within and seen outside as well. There is no one, other than It. As Guru willed, look upon all with the same eye of [B]equality[/B] because in each and every heart, the same Divine Light is contained. -----Guru Nanak, Raag Sorath, AGGS, Page, 599-2[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਭ ਏਕ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਦ੍ਰਿਸਟਿ ਸਮਤੁ ਕਰਿ ਦੇਖੈ ਸਭੁ ਆਤਮ ਰਾਮੁ ਪਛਾਨ ਜੀਉ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਗਾਇਆ ਪਰਮ ਪਦੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਤੇ ਊਤਮ ਜਨ ਪਰਧਾਨ ਜੀਉ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]Sab[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] ėk [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]arisat sama[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] kar [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ėk[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]ai sab[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] ā[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]am rām pac[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]ān jī­o.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma] Har har jas gā­i­ā param pa[/FONT][/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] pā­i­ā [/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ė ū[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]am jan par[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ān jī­o.[/FONT][/FONT][/I][/SIZE][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]They look upon all with [B]equality[/B], and recognize that the Supreme Soul, pervading among all. Those who sing the Praises of the Eternal Akal Purkh are acclaimed among the people. They obtain the supreme status and are most exalted. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]-----[B]Guru Ramdas, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 446-12[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Bhagat Kabir in Raag Gauri AGGS, Page 324 rather satirically and sarcastically states that all of us have been created by the same seed of Universal Brahman:[/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਗਰਭ ਵਾਸ ਮਹਿ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਕੁਲੁ ਨਹੀ ਜਾਤੀ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਬਿੰਦੁ ਤੇ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਸਭ ਉਤਪਾਤੀ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਕਹੁ ਰੇ ਪੰਡਿਤ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਬਾਮਨ ਕਬ ਕੇ ਹੋਏ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਬਾਮਨ ਕਹਿ ਕਹਿ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਜਨਮੁ ਮਤ ਖੋਏ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਜੌ ਤੂੰ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਬ੍ਰਹਮਣੀ ਜਾਇਆ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਤਉ ਆਨ ਬਾਟ ਕਾਹੇ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਨਹੀ ਆਇਆ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਤੁਮ ਕਤ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਹਮ ਕਤ ਸੂਦ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਹਮ ਕਤ ਲੋਹੂ ਤੁਮ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਕਤ ਦੂਧ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੋ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ ਬੀਚਾਰੈ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਕਹੀਅਤੁ ਹੈ ਹਮਾਰੈ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]Garab[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] vās meh kul nahī jā[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]ī.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma] Barahm bin[/FONT][/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ė sab[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] u[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]pā[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ī. Kaho rė pandi[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] bāman kab kė ho­ė. Bāman kahi kahi janam ma[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] k[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]o­ė. Jou [/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ūʼn barāhma[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] barahma[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ī jā­i­ā. Ŧa­o ān bāt kāhė nahī ā­i­ā. Ŧum ka[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] barāhma[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] ham ka[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] sū[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]. Ham ka[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] lohū [/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]um ka[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ū[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]. Kaho Kabīr jo barahm bīc[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ārai. So barāhma[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] kahī­a[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] hai hamārai.[/FONT][/FONT][/I][/SIZE][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]In the dwelling of the womb, there is no ancestry or social status.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]All have been created from the Seed of God. O, Pundit and religious scholar, tell me since when have you been a Brahmin?[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Don't waste your life by continually claiming to be a Brahmin. If you are indeed a Brahmin, born of a Brahmin mother,[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]then why didn't you come by other special way than the common way? How is it that you are a Brahmin, and I am of a low social status?[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Is it that I am formed of blood, and you are made of milk? Says Kabir, one who contemplates God,[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]is said to be a Brahmin among us. [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial][/FONT][/FONT][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਤਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਕਾ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਗਰਬੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਕਰੀਅਹੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਕੋਈ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਬ੍ਰਹਮੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਬਿੰਦੇ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸੋ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣੁ ਹੋਈ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman]Jā[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] kā garab na karī­ahu ko­ī.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma] Barahm bin[/FONT][/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman]ė so barāhma[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṇ[/FONT][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][FONT=Tahoma] ho­ī.[/FONT][/I][I][/I][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]No one should be proud of his social class and status. He alone is a Brahmin, who knows God. [/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਤਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਕਾ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਗਰਬੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਕਰਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਮੂਰਖ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਗਵਾਰਾ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਇਸੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਗਰਬ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਤੇ ਚਲਹਿ ਬਹੁਤੁ ਵਿਕਾਰਾ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=GurbaniAkharHeavy] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Jā[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] kā garab na kar mūrak[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ẖ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] gavārā. Is garab [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]ė c[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ẖ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]aleh bahu[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] vikārā.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=GurbaniAkharHeavy][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Do not be proud of your social class and status, you ignorant fool. So much sin and corruption comes from this pride.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] -----Guru Amardas, Raag Bhairo, AGGS, Page, 1127 & 28[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]After Death there is no caste as expressed by Guru Nanak in Raag Asa and Guru Amardas in Raag Maru;[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਣਹੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜੋਤਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਪੂਛਹੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਤੀ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਆਗੈ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਤਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਹੇ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Jā[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṇ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]hu jo[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] na pūc[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ẖẖ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]ahu jā[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]ī āgai jā[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] na hė.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][B][I][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/I][/B][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Recognize the Akal Purkh's Light within all, and do not consider social class or status; there are no classes or castes in the world hereafter.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] -----Guru Nanak, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 349-13[/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਅਗੈ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਤਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜੋਰੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਹੈ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਅਗੈ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜੀਉ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨਵੇ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B] ਜਿਨ ਕੀ ਲੇਖੈ ਪਤਿ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਪਵੈ ਚੰਗੇ ਸੇਈ ਕੇਇ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Agai jā[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] na jor hai agai jī­o navė.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] Jin kī lėk[/FONT][/I][I]ẖ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ai pa[/FONT][/I][I]ṯ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] pavai c[/FONT][/I][I]ẖ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]angė sė­ī kė­ė.[/FONT][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]In the world hereafter, social status and power mean nothing; hereafter, the soul is new.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] Those few, whose honor is confirmed, are good.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] -----Guru Nanak, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 469-6[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਅਗੈ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਤਿ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਨ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਪੁਛੀਐ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਕਰਣੀ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਬਦੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਹੈ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਸਾਰੁ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B] ਹੋਰੁ ਕੂੜੁ ਪੜਣਾ[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=AnmolUniPr] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][B]ਕੂੜੁ ਕਮਾਵਣਾ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਨਾਲਿ ਪਿਆਰੁ [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal][B]॥[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Agai jā[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṯ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] na puc[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ẖẖ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]ī­ai kar[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ṇ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]ī saba[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black]ḏ[/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] hai sār.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] Hor kū[/FONT][/I][I]ṛ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] pa[/FONT][/I][I]ṛ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]­[/FONT][/I][I]ṇ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ā kū[/FONT][/I][I]ṛ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] kamāva[/FONT][/I][I]ṇ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ā bik[/FONT][/I][I]ẖ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]i­ā nāl pi­ār.[/FONT][/I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Hereafter, no one is questioned about social status. Excellent and sublime is the practice of the Word of the Sabd! Any other pursuit[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] is false. Other approaches are false. Their followers are people are in love with poison.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] -----Guru Amardas, Raag Maru, AGGS, Page, 1094-1&2[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Tahoma]It is only the individual ego that causes discrimination against others because of their caste in many faiths. In Sikh faith too, even to this day, such discrimination is prevalent despite being against its principles. Yet no attempt is being made to stop this practice. Many other traditions and rituals carried on to this date in Sikh faith are of Brahminical origin, and are forbidden in Sikhism. [/FONT]Ego is an inflated feeling of pride being self-consciousness of one’s own identity. It imparts a false sense of superiority above others. It is an outcome of certain mental attitudes, such as misperceptions, false memory and defensive mechanisms.[I]Ego is neither an entity nor a process. It is only a notion of I-am-ness, which exists only in one’s mind[I].[/I][/I] Having an ego does not depend on our choice. [I]We are born with it. It is the nature of the mind to experience its individuality. All our desires, attachment, experiences in the world are due to the ego controlling our minds. In our complex psyche, [/I]Ego is at the center of our field of consciousness. It persists with a high degree of continuity in our identity. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]People may be aware of the messages in AGGS condemning discrimination based on the caste system. They may also fully understand their meaning. Yet such discrimination is still prevalent. There may be occasional discussions or debates about it. But few understand the implications and spiritual consequences of such discrimination.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi]ਕਬੀਰ ਮਨੁ ਜਾਨੈ ਸਭ ਬਾਤ ਜਾਨਤ ਹੀ ਅਉਗਨੁ ਕਰੈ [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] ਕਾਹੇ ਕੀ ਕੁਸਲਾਤ ਹਾਥਿ ਦੀਪ ਕੂਏ ਪਰੈ[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/COLOR][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Kabīr man jānai sab[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/FONT][SIZE=3][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] bā[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Times New Roman] jāna[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] hī a­ugan karai.[/FONT][/COLOR][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma] Kāhė kī kuslā[/FONT][/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman] hāth [/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][I][FONT=Tahoma]īp kū­ė parai.[/FONT][/I][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Raavi][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Kabir, the mortal knows everything, and knowing, he still makes mistakes. What good is a lamp in one's hand, if he falls into the well? -----Sloke Kabir 216, AGGS, Page, 1376 [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Messages are clear. What motivates us to ignore the tenets of our faith or act against them? Is it our belief that we would not suffer the consequences? We should seriously reconsider this position. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Raavi]ਕੀਤਾ ਆਪੋ ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਲੇਖਾ[/FONT] [FONT=Raavi][B]ਸੰਢੀਐ[/B][/FONT] [FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾ[/FONT] [FONT=Raavi]ਰਹਣਾ[/FONT] [FONT=Raavi]ਨਾਹੀ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਐਤੁ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਗਿ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਤਾ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕਾਇਤੁ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਗਾਰਬਿ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਹੰਢੀਐ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥[/FONT][SIZE=3] [I][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]Kī[/FONT]ṯ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ā āpo āp[/FONT]ṇ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ā āpė hī lėk[/FONT]ẖ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ā sand[/FONT]ẖ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ī­ai. Jā rah[/FONT]ṇ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ā nāhī ai[/FONT]ṯ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] jag [/FONT]ṯ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ā kā­i[/FONT]ṯ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] gārab hand[/FONT]ẖ[/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ī­ai.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Everyone receives the rewards of his own actions; his account is adjusted accordingly.[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]Since one is not destined to remain in this world anyway, why should he ruin himself in pride? -----Guru Nanak, Raag Asa, AGGS, Page, 473-12[/FONT][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Consistent application of the teachings of AGGS, and in particular the daily review, has led to significant changes in my personal life. It seems like a return toward one's original state in the eternal scheme of things. Why so few persons have ever become perfectly evolved, selfless beings? This involves a glacially slow process of unlearning and restructuring of the self. It turns out, that initially one has to simply learn to unlearn. Then the receptive process of relearning opens up. As it unfolds on its own, it seems to reconnect the person to the others in new and vital relationships. They may have always been there but were veiled by one’s ego, passions and other lower instincts. The remedy is prescribed by Guru Amardas in Raag Parbhati;[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Raavi]ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ ਪੰਚ ਪੰਚੇ ਵਸਿ ਆਣੈ ਖਿਮਾ ਸੰਤੋਖੁ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ਪਾਵੈ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸੋ ਧਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਹਰਿ ਜਨੁ ਵਡ ਪੂਰਾ ਜੋ ਭੈ ਬੈਰਾਗਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਣ ਗਾਵੈ [/FONT][FONT=Mangal]॥ [/FONT][I][FONT=Times New Roman]In[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ḏ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]rī panc[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ẖ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] panc[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ẖ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ė vas ā[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ṇ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ai k[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ẖ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]imā san[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ṯ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ok[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ẖ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] gurma[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ṯ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] pāvai. So [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ḏẖ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]an [/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ḏẖ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]an har jan vad pūrā jo b[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ẖ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman]ai bairāg har gu[/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman][FONT=Verdana]ṇ[/FONT][/FONT][/I][I][FONT=Times New Roman] gāvai.[/FONT][/I][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman]The persons, who have controlled the five senses and the five vices, have realized forgiveness, patience, and contentment through Guru’s guidance. Blessed, blessed, perfect and great is that humble servant of the Akal Purkh, who is inspired by the Fear of God and detached love, to sing Its Glorious Praises. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman] -----Guru Amardas, Raag Parbhati, AGGS, Page, 1334-16 [/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][I]By devotional love, fear of Akal Purkh, study of AGGS, and honestly following the teachings of Sabd Guru, the ego becomes subtler. The gross ego is the ego of individuality, which expresses itself in the worldly desires and attachments. Subtler ego emerges when those desires and attachment get weaker and individual self-interests start disappearing. Then the mind identifies with the subtle ego in its own pure state. Some understand and follow, but others ignore these instructions and later repent in the next word as pointed out by Sheikh Farid in his Slokes;[/I][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi][I]ਇਕਨਾ[/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/I][FONT=Raavi][I]ਨੋ ਸਭ ਸੋਝੀ[/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/I][FONT=Raavi][I]ਆਈ ਇਕਿ ਫਿਰਦੇ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹਾ[/I][/FONT][FONT=Mangal][I]॥[/I][/FONT][FONT=Raavi][I]ਅਮਲ[/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/I][FONT=Raavi][I]ਜਿ[/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/I][FONT=Raavi][I]ਕੀਤਿਆ ਦੁਨੀ ਵਿਚਿ ਸੇ ਦਰਗਹ ਓਗਾਹਾ[/I][/FONT][FONT=Mangal][I]॥[/I][/FONT][I][FONT=Times New Roman] Iknā no sab[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] soj[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ī ā­ī ik fir[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]ė vėparvāhā. Amal je kī[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ṯ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]i­ā [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]unī vic[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ẖ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] sė [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ḏ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman]argeh ohāgā.[/FONT][/I][/SIZE] [I][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Some understand this completely, while others wander around carelessly. Those actions, which are done in this world, shall be examined in the Court of the Akal Purkh. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] -----Sloke Sheikh Farid, 98, AGGS, Page, 1383[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Conclusion:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Acceptance in Sikhism has taught us that there is a bit of good in the worst of us and a bit of bad in the best of us; that we are all the children of God, equal in every respect and we each have a right to be here. Sikh faith is a set of principles, spiritual in nature, which if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession of the ego. These principles enable one to become “Happy and useful Whole” if he regards all as his equals created by One Creator says Guru Gobind Singh; [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਕੋਊ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਭਇਓ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਮੁੰਡੀਆ[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸੰਨਿਆਸੀ ਕੋਊ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜੋਗੀ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਭਇਓ ਕੋਊ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਬ੍ਹਮਚਾਰੀ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕੋਊ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਤੀ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਅਨਮਾਨਬੋ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਹਿੰਦੂ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਤੁਰਕ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕੋਊ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਰਾਫਜ਼ੀ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਇਮਾਮਸਾਫੀ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਮਾਨਸ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕੀ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਤ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸਭੈ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਏਕੈ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਪਹਿਚਾਨਬੋ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਕਰਤਾ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕਰੀਮ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸੋਈ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਰਾਜ਼ਕ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਰਹੀਮ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਓਈ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਦੂਸਰੋ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਨ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਭੇਦ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕੋਈ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਭੂਲ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਭ੍ਮ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਮਾਨਬੋ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਏਕ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਹੀ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕੀ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸੇਵ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸਭਹੀ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਕੋ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਗੁਰਦੇਵ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਏਕ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਏਕ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਹੀ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸਰੂਪ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਸਭੈ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਏਕੈ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜੋਤ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਜਾਨਬੋ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]੧੫[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]੮੫[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Raavi]੫[/FONT][FONT=Raavi]॥[/FONT][FONT=Raavi][/FONT][/SIZE] [I][FONT=Raavi][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Kouo Bheio Mundia Sanyasi Kouo Jogi BhaeoKouo Brahmchari Kouo Jati Anmanbo,[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Raavi][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Hindu Turk Kouo Rafzi Imamsafi Manski Jaat Sabhai Aykai Pehchanbo.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Raavi][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Karta Krim Soee Raazk Rahim Ouee Doosro Na Bhed Koee Bhool Bharm Manbo.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Raavi][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Ayk He Ki Sev Sabhi Ko Gurdev Ayk Ayk He Saroop Sabhai Aykai Jot Janbo.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [I][FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Raavi][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Some people in the world call them selves clean shaven, some ascetics, some devotee, some celibates. Some call themselves Hindu, some Turk, some Shia others Suni Muslman. But the entire human kind/caste should be recognized one. The same One Creator (Akal Purkh) who is merciful, compassionate, generous, providing daily sustenance, and has no other peer or dualism; so we must never accept any duality. To serve the only One is our duty. Akal Purkh alone is the Guru of all. All mankind be taken as one manifestation of Its light. -----Guru Gobind Singh, Akal Ustit, DG, Page, 19[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Virinder[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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