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<blockquote data-quote="Tejwant Singh" data-source="post: 93895" data-attributes="member: 138"><p>In our Indian culture especially in the Punjabi culture, the denial of mental problems that one may have invented bhoots and bad spirits. As the majority of the population was illitrate, hence could not read nor write, everything was passed down orally and when this happens it is like the 'telephone game', what is said to the first person totally changes when it gets to the 30th one. And here we are talking about millions of people and quite a few generations. That's why the culture Sadhus, most of them fake had a lot to do in shaping the uneducated culture of India. The people depended on others so called " educated charlatans" and whatever bizzarre stories they said were trusted as truth and passed on to the next generations.</p><p> </p><p>One can see the perfect example of this in Kabir's Salok beautifully interpreted by Aad ji which I have posted at the bottom of this post.</p><p> </p><p>All these Bhoots and evil spirits were invented by these kind of Sadhus that Kabir ji is talking about.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks to Guru Nanak, we can get rid of this kind of belief system only through Shabad Vichar.</p><p> </p><p>Tejwant Singh</p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B0" target="_blank">ਕਬੀਰ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਪਰਦੇਸੀ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਕੈ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%98%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%98%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%88" target="_blank">ਘਾਘਰੈ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਚਹੁ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਦਿਸਿ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਲਾਗੀ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਆਗਿ </a>॥</span></span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #008080">कबीर परदेसी कै घाघरै चहु दिसि लागी आगि ॥</span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Kabīr parḏesī kai gẖāgẖrai cẖahu ḏis lāgī āg.</span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000080">Kabeer, the robe of the stranger-soul has caught fire on all four sides.</span></span></span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਖਿੰਥਾ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਜਲਿ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਕੋਇਲਾ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%88" target="_blank">ਭਈ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%87" target="_blank">ਤਾਗੇ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%9A" target="_blank">ਆਂਚ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8" target="_blank">ਨ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97" target="_blank">ਲਾਗ </a>॥੪੭॥</span></span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #008080">खिंथा जलि कोइला भई तागे आंच न लाग ॥४७॥</span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Kẖinthā jal ko▫ilā bẖa▫ī ṯāge āʼncẖ na lāg. ||47||</span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000080">The cloth of the body has been burnt and reduced to charcoal, but the fire did not touch the thread of the soul. ||47||</span></span></span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B0" target="_blank">ਕਬੀਰ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਖਿੰਥਾ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਜਲਿ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਕੋਇਲਾ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%88" target="_blank">ਭਈ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81" target="_blank">ਖਾਪਰੁ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%9F" target="_blank">ਫੂਟ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%9F" target="_blank">ਮਫੂਟ </a>॥</span></span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #008080">कबीर खिंथा जलि कोइला भई खापरु फूट मफूट ॥</span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Kabīr kẖinthā jal ko▫ilā bẖa▫ī kẖāpar fūt mafūt.</span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000080">Kabeer, the cloth has been burnt and reduced to charcoal, and the begging bowl is shattered into pieces.</span></span></span> </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #800000"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਜੋਗੀ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%9C%E0%A8%BE" target="_blank">ਬਪੁੜਾ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%93" target="_blank">ਖੇਲਿਓ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਆਸਨਿ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%80" target="_blank">ਰਹੀ </a><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">ਬਿਭੂਤਿ </a>॥੪੮॥</span></span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #008080">जोगी बपुड़ा खेलिओ आसनि रही बिभूति ॥४८॥</span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Jogī bapuṛā kẖeli▫o āsan rahī bibẖūṯ. ||48||</span></span> </em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000080">The poor Yogi has played out his game; only ashes remain on his seat. ||48||</span></span></span></em></p><p>"The robe of the stranger-soul:" The robe is the flesh, muscle and bone -- this can also mean the false ego or false self which entangles us in avidya, or ignorance of the true self. As long as we persist in attachment to products of our own thinking, our soul remains a stranger. We are estranged from our true identity. But when the robe is burnt the soul is untouched, unharmed. The soul is immortal, durable and pure. The soul can join with What is Great (Al Kabir). </p><p></p><p>There is a repeated metaphor of a thread that weaves through the soul, joins the soul to What is Great (making a jug with something better than the pretentiousness of our false self) because "the fire did not touch the thread of the soul."</p><p></p><p>The begging bowl is the sign of the humility of the Yogi. But Kabir is telling us that this begging bowl describes the pretense and self-delusion of the Yogi. The Yogi's identity or false self is all tied up in the image of poverty, humility and renunciation. But to what end? The Yogi will also die, leaving a pile of ashes where he sits. And what seat is that? The seat from which the sadhus would preach to others, even while they were entangled in their own avidya and delusions. The yogi dies and all of his samskara (mental formations, habits, and experiences) attach to him regardless. There is a better way.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">Some notes: George Wescott, a fellow of Allahabad University, relates in 1907 that Kabir himself believed that meditation of the Naam was the only path to release from the cycle of life and death. At the time of his arrest at the age of 60 the Qazi (Sheik Taqqi) accused him of claiming to have Divine powers. Brahmins accused him of defying sacred traditions. When the emperor Jodhan banished Kabir rather than having him executed for heresy, the same Brahmins may have tried to burn him alive in a hut (</span><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000080">the robe of the stranger-soul has caught fire on all four sides</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 9px">). The yogi he speaks of may have been Gorath Nath who was the founder of the Nath yogi sect (</span><span style="font-family: 'TAHOMA'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #000080">The poor Yogi has played out his game)</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 9px">.</span> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.sikhism.us/gurmat-vichaar-project/23905-gurbani-contemplation-selok-bhagat-kabir-ji-6.html" target="_blank">http://www.sikhism.us/gurmat-vichaar-project/23905-gurbani-contemplation-selok-bhagat-kabir-ji-6.html</a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">__________________</p> <p style="text-align: left"></p> <p style="text-align: left"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tejwant Singh, post: 93895, member: 138"] In our Indian culture especially in the Punjabi culture, the denial of mental problems that one may have invented bhoots and bad spirits. As the majority of the population was illitrate, hence could not read nor write, everything was passed down orally and when this happens it is like the 'telephone game', what is said to the first person totally changes when it gets to the 30th one. And here we are talking about millions of people and quite a few generations. That's why the culture Sadhus, most of them fake had a lot to do in shaping the uneducated culture of India. The people depended on others so called " educated charlatans" and whatever bizzarre stories they said were trusted as truth and passed on to the next generations. One can see the perfect example of this in Kabir's Salok beautifully interpreted by Aad ji which I have posted at the bottom of this post. All these Bhoots and evil spirits were invented by these kind of Sadhus that Kabir ji is talking about. Thanks to Guru Nanak, we can get rid of this kind of belief system only through Shabad Vichar. Tejwant Singh [I][FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=1][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B0"]ਕਬੀਰ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80"]ਪਰਦੇਸੀ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%88"]ਕੈ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%98%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%98%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%88"]ਘਾਘਰੈ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9A%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81"]ਚਹੁ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF"]ਦਿਸਿ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%80"]ਲਾਗੀ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BF"]ਆਗਿ [/URL]॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=1][COLOR=#008080]कबीर परदेसी कै घाघरै चहु दिसि लागी आगि ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=TAHOMA][SIZE=1]Kabīr parḏesī kai gẖāgẖrai cẖahu ḏis lāgī āg.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=TAHOMA][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000080]Kabeer, the robe of the stranger-soul has caught fire on all four sides.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=1][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%BE"]ਖਿੰਥਾ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF"]ਜਲਿ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE"]ਕੋਇਲਾ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%88"]ਭਈ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%87"]ਤਾਗੇ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%9A"]ਆਂਚ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%A8"]ਨ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%97"]ਲਾਗ [/URL]॥੪੭॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=1][COLOR=#008080]खिंथा जलि कोइला भई तागे आंच न लाग ॥४७॥[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=TAHOMA][SIZE=1]Kẖinthā jal ko▫ilā bẖa▫ī ṯāge āʼncẖ na lāg. ||47||[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=TAHOMA][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000080]The cloth of the body has been burnt and reduced to charcoal, but the fire did not touch the thread of the soul. ||47||[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=1][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B0"]ਕਬੀਰ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%BE"]ਖਿੰਥਾ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF"]ਜਲਿ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE"]ਕੋਇਲਾ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%88"]ਭਈ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%81"]ਖਾਪਰੁ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%9F"]ਫੂਟ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%AB%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%9F"]ਮਫੂਟ [/URL]॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=1][COLOR=#008080]कबीर खिंथा जलि कोइला भई खापरु फूट मफूट ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=TAHOMA][SIZE=1]Kabīr kẖinthā jal ko▫ilā bẖa▫ī kẖāpar fūt mafūt.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=TAHOMA][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000080]Kabeer, the cloth has been burnt and reduced to charcoal, and the begging bowl is shattered into pieces.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=1][COLOR=#800000][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%9C%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%80"]ਜੋਗੀ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%9C%E0%A8%BE"]ਬਪੁੜਾ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%93"]ਖੇਲਿਓ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF"]ਆਸਨਿ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%80"]ਰਹੀ [/URL][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%AD%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF"]ਬਿਭੂਤਿ [/URL]॥੪੮॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=1][COLOR=#008080]जोगी बपुड़ा खेलिओ आसनि रही बिभूति ॥४८॥[/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=TAHOMA][SIZE=1]Jogī bapuṛā kẖeli▫o āsan rahī bibẖūṯ. ||48||[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=TAHOMA][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000080]The poor Yogi has played out his game; only ashes remain on his seat. ||48||[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] "The robe of the stranger-soul:" The robe is the flesh, muscle and bone -- this can also mean the false ego or false self which entangles us in avidya, or ignorance of the true self. As long as we persist in attachment to products of our own thinking, our soul remains a stranger. We are estranged from our true identity. But when the robe is burnt the soul is untouched, unharmed. The soul is immortal, durable and pure. The soul can join with What is Great (Al Kabir). There is a repeated metaphor of a thread that weaves through the soul, joins the soul to What is Great (making a jug with something better than the pretentiousness of our false self) because "the fire did not touch the thread of the soul." The begging bowl is the sign of the humility of the Yogi. But Kabir is telling us that this begging bowl describes the pretense and self-delusion of the Yogi. The Yogi's identity or false self is all tied up in the image of poverty, humility and renunciation. But to what end? The Yogi will also die, leaving a pile of ashes where he sits. And what seat is that? The seat from which the sadhus would preach to others, even while they were entangled in their own avidya and delusions. The yogi dies and all of his samskara (mental formations, habits, and experiences) attach to him regardless. There is a better way. [SIZE=1]Some notes: George Wescott, a fellow of Allahabad University, relates in 1907 that Kabir himself believed that meditation of the Naam was the only path to release from the cycle of life and death. At the time of his arrest at the age of 60 the Qazi (Sheik Taqqi) accused him of claiming to have Divine powers. Brahmins accused him of defying sacred traditions. When the emperor Jodhan banished Kabir rather than having him executed for heresy, the same Brahmins may have tried to burn him alive in a hut ([/SIZE][FONT=TAHOMA][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000080]the robe of the stranger-soul has caught fire on all four sides[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=1]). The yogi he speaks of may have been Gorath Nath who was the founder of the Nath yogi sect ([/SIZE][FONT=TAHOMA][SIZE=1][COLOR=#000080]The poor Yogi has played out his game)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=1].[/SIZE] [URL]http://www.sikhism.us/gurmat-vichaar-project/23905-gurbani-contemplation-selok-bhagat-kabir-ji-6.html[/URL] [LEFT]__________________ [/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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