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Gurbani (1118-1123)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
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<blockquote data-quote="roopk" data-source="post: 55072" data-attributes="member: 4845"><p><strong><span style="color: darkorange">CONCEPT OF GOD IN SIKHISM:</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">The definition of God is given in the very opening sentence of Guru Granth Sahib, which is called Mool-Mantar (Preamble of Japji):</span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: darkorange"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">There is but One God </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He is the Eternal Truth </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The Creator, All-Pervading Divine Spirit </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Unfearful, Without hate and enmity </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Immortal Entity, Unborn, Self-Existent, and</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He is realized by His Own Grace.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Meditate upon </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Who was True before the Creation</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Who was True in the beginning of the Creation </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Who is True now, and </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">O Nanak, Who shall be True for Ever.</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">As a matter of fact the whole of Guru Granth Sahib is the explanation of the above definition. The Guru elaborates the concept of God in Rag Sorath:</span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: darkorange"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The Unseen, Infinite, Inaccessible, Inapprehensible God is not subject to death or destiny. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He is of no caste, unborn, self-existent, without fear or doubt.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">I am a sacrifice to the Truest of the true.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He hath no form, or color, or outline; </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He becometh manifest by the true Word. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He hath no mother, father, son, or kinsman; </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He feeleth not lust, and hath no wife </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Or family; He is pure, endless, and infinite; all light is Thine, O Lord. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">God is concealed in every heart; His light is in every heart.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He whose understanding's adamantine doors are opened by</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">the Guru's instruction, fixeth his gaze on the Fearless One.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">God having created animals made them subject to death, and retained all contrivances in His Own power. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">He who serveth the True Guru obtaineth the real boon, and is delivered by repeating the Word.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Truth is contained in pure vessels; few there are whose acts are pure.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">By seeking Thy protection, saith Nanak, the soul blendeth with the Supreme Soul. </span><br /> </span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">(Sorath Mohalla 1, p-597)</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue"><u>God is both Impersonal (Nirgun) and Personal (Sargun)</u>.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">Impersonal God is Formless and beyond the human reach. When He reveals Himself through His Creation, He becomes related and personal. It is just like the rays coming out of the sun. The source is Formless, and the whole universe is His Personal form. No form howsoever unique it may be, is independent of Him. Infinite can manifest into unlimited number of finites, but any number of finites, alone or together, cannot be equal to the Infinite. So any finite form cannot be worshipped as God, Who is Infinite and Formless:</span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: darkorange">"God is Formless, colorless, markless, </span></span></span><span style="color: blue"><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">He is casteless, classless, creedless; </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">His form, hue, shape and garb </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">Cannot be described by any one, </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">He is the Spirit of Eternity,</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">Self-Radiant, He shineth in His Splendor."</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">(Guru Gobind Singh)</span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">God neither takes birth nor does He die:</span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: darkorange">"Burnt be the tongue that says</span></span></span><span style="color: blue"><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">The Lord takes birth and undergoes death." </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">(Bhairon Mohalla 5, p-1136) </span></span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">The Guru warned that he was not God, and those who called him God, should fall into hell:</span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: darkorange">"Whosoever calleth me God </span></span></span><span style="color: blue"><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: blue">May fall into hell." </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">(Guru Gobind Singh)</span></span></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roopk, post: 55072, member: 4845"] [B][COLOR=darkorange]CONCEPT OF GOD IN SIKHISM:[/COLOR][/B] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]The definition of God is given in the very opening sentence of Guru Granth Sahib, which is called Mool-Mantar (Preamble of Japji):[/COLOR][/FONT] [LIST] [*][COLOR=darkorange][FONT=Georgia]There is but One God [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]He is the Eternal Truth [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]The Creator, All-Pervading Divine Spirit [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Unfearful, Without hate and enmity [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Immortal Entity, Unborn, Self-Existent, and[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]He is realized by His Own Grace.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Meditate upon [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Who was True before the Creation[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Who was True in the beginning of the Creation [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Who is True now, and [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]O Nanak, Who shall be True for Ever.[/FONT][/COLOR][/LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]As a matter of fact the whole of Guru Granth Sahib is the explanation of the above definition. The Guru elaborates the concept of God in Rag Sorath:[/COLOR][/FONT] [LIST] [*][COLOR=darkorange][FONT=Georgia]The Unseen, Infinite, Inaccessible, Inapprehensible God is not subject to death or destiny. [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]He is of no caste, unborn, self-existent, without fear or doubt.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]I am a sacrifice to the Truest of the true.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]He hath no form, or color, or outline; [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]He becometh manifest by the true Word. [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]He hath no mother, father, son, or kinsman; [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]He feeleth not lust, and hath no wife [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Or family; He is pure, endless, and infinite; all light is Thine, O Lord. [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]God is concealed in every heart; His light is in every heart.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]He whose understanding's adamantine doors are opened by[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]the Guru's instruction, fixeth his gaze on the Fearless One.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]God having created animals made them subject to death, and retained all contrivances in His Own power. [/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]He who serveth the True Guru obtaineth the real boon, and is delivered by repeating the Word.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]Truth is contained in pure vessels; few there are whose acts are pure.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]By seeking Thy protection, saith Nanak, the soul blendeth with the Supreme Soul. [/FONT] [/COLOR][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue](Sorath Mohalla 1, p-597)[/COLOR][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue][U]God is both Impersonal (Nirgun) and Personal (Sargun)[/U].[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]Impersonal God is Formless and beyond the human reach. When He reveals Himself through His Creation, He becomes related and personal. It is just like the rays coming out of the sun. The source is Formless, and the whole universe is His Personal form. No form howsoever unique it may be, is independent of Him. Infinite can manifest into unlimited number of finites, but any number of finites, alone or together, cannot be equal to the Infinite. So any finite form cannot be worshipped as God, Who is Infinite and Formless:[/COLOR][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue][COLOR=darkorange]"God is Formless, colorless, markless, [/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=blue] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]He is casteless, classless, creedless; [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]His form, hue, shape and garb [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]Cannot be described by any one, [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]He is the Spirit of Eternity,[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]Self-Radiant, He shineth in His Splendor."[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia](Guru Gobind Singh)[/FONT][/COLOR][/LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]God neither takes birth nor does He die:[/COLOR][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue][COLOR=darkorange]"Burnt be the tongue that says[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=blue] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]The Lord takes birth and undergoes death." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia](Bhairon Mohalla 5, p-1136) [/FONT][/COLOR][/LIST][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]The Guru warned that he was not God, and those who called him God, should fall into hell:[/COLOR][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue][COLOR=darkorange]"Whosoever calleth me God [/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=blue] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=blue]May fall into hell." [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia](Guru Gobind Singh)[/FONT][/COLOR][/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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