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A great discourse and a path that lights for pursuit in Sikhism.
Sidhas/Yogis ask:
Many a great questions are posed by the Sidhs. Many such questions still prevail even today in the minds of many children all the way to the most learned.
These being like in examples below,
Guru Ji’s answers:
Guru ji’s answers all relate back to the recognition of one creator in all such queries. This recognition to,
So a Sikh is one, so steadfastly looking up to the creator, contemplating upon the creator, focusing on wisdom of the creator. In so doing, while living in consonance with all as one creation of one creator.
All errors are mine and I stand corrected.
Sat Sri Akal.
PS: More details on question by question approach available here at SPN in the series of 19 posts.
Sidhas/Yogis ask:
Many a great questions are posed by the Sidhs. Many such questions still prevail even today in the minds of many children all the way to the most learned.
These being like in examples below,
Guru ji respectfully address the learned minds but encourage them to see the forest from the trees, don’t be stuck in the weeds, don’t sweat the small stuff, etc.
- World is called the hard to cross ocean, how could the other bank be found?
- How to reach creator’s abode?
- What technique you used to eliminate wishes and desires?
- How to so eradicate the hurt of death?
- How so to adopt calm, collected composure and pierce the enemies?
- Where to come from, where to go to, and where to be so kept so absorbed in?
- How to so find the truth of body less?
- How to create love of so following the creator?
- Disposing off the ego, what kind of food is that?
- Etc.
Guru Ji’s answers:
Guru ji’s answers all relate back to the recognition of one creator in all such queries. This recognition to,
One can almost relate it all back to the words in the mool mantar as,
- Understand the oneness that all creation is part of
- The in-finiteness that surrounds
- The source and destination for all of us where we come from and go back to
- The one creator all nurturing and lovingly so for all
The true culmination of all this for a Sikh is, living the life of a ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ / Gurmukẖ (Gur-mukh-ai). There are many a references to this in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in multiple sections and from the many contributors to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji including our Guru ji’s. A quick search at Srigranth.org finds 1612 citations of ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ / Gurmukẖ (Gur-mukh-ai) where the word is much used in the essence of what a ਗੁਰਮੁਖ / Gurmukẖ finds or receives in a blessed relationship with the one creator.ੴ
Akwl purK ie`k hYGod/creator is oneਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁijs dw nwm 'hoNd vwlw' hY jo isRStI dw rcnhwr hY, jo sB ivc ivAwpk hY,and is known as the eternal being, is the creator of all, present everywhereਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ BY qoN rihq hY, vYr-rihq hY, ijs dw srUp kwl qoN pry hY, (Bwv, ijs dw srIr nws-rihq hY), jo jUnW ivc nhIN AwauNdw, ijs dw pRkwS Awpxy Awp qoN hoieAw hY without fear, without animosity, is timeless, is not guided by life cycles, is a self creation ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥Aqy jo siqgurU dI ikrpw nwl imldw hY[and is realized through its own (God/creator) blessing.
So a Sikh is one, so steadfastly looking up to the creator, contemplating upon the creator, focusing on wisdom of the creator. In so doing, while living in consonance with all as one creation of one creator.
All errors are mine and I stand corrected.
Sat Sri Akal.
PS: More details on question by question approach available here at SPN in the series of 19 posts.
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