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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 120809" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><span style="color: Blue"><strong>Listening, Listening</strong>. <strong>Suniai</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Excerpted discussion from the Talking Stick at Sikh Chic</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.sikhchic.com/talking_stick/attentive_listening_the_talking_stick_colloquium_vii_pauris_8_to_11_feb_15_21" target="_blank">sikhchic.com | The Art and Culture of the Diaspora | Attentive Listening:The Talking Stick Colloquium VII - Pauris 8 to 11, Feb 15 - 21</a></p><p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="98%"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਤੇਹਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਸੁਝਈ ਜਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਗੁਣੁ ਕੋਇ ਕਰੇ ॥੭॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">thaehaa koe n sujhee j this gun koe karae ||7||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">No one can even imagine anyone who can bestow virtue upon Him. ||7||</p><p></td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"></p><p></p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਿਧ ਪੀਰ ਸੁਰਿ ਨਾਥ ॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">suniai sidhh peer sur naathh ||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">Listening-the Siddhas, the spiritual teachers, the heroic warriors, the yogic masters.</p><p></td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"></p><p></p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਧਰਤਿ ਧਵਲ ਆਕਾਸ ॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">suniai dhharath dhhaval aakaas ||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">Listening-the earth, its support and the Akaashic ethers.</p><p></td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"></p><p></p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਦੀਪ ਲੋਅ ਪਾਤਾਲ ॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">suniai dheep loa paathaal ||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">Listening-the oceans, the lands of the world and the nether regions of the underworld.</p><p></td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"></p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਪੋਹਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਕਾਲੁ ॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">suniai pohi n sakai kaal ||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">Listening-Death cannot even touch you.</p><p></td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"></p><p></p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਗਾਸੁ ॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">naanak bhagathaa sadhaa vigaas ||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">O Nanak, the devotees are forever in bliss.</p><p></td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"></p><p></p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਦੂਖ ਪਾਪ ਕਾ ਨਾਸੁ ॥੮॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">suniai dhookh paap kaa naas ||8||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">Listening-pain and sin are erased. ||8||</p><p></td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"></p><p></p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਈਸਰੁ ਬਰਮਾ ਇੰਦੁ ॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">suniai eesar baramaa eindh ||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">Listening-Shiva, Brahma and Indra.</p><p></td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"></p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਲਾਹਣ ਮੰਦੁ ॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">suniai mukh saalaahan mandh ||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">Listening-even foul-mouthed people praise Him.</p><p></td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"></p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਜੋਗ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਤਨਿ ਭੇਦ ॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">suniai jog jugath than bhaedh ||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">Listening-the technology of Yoga and the secrets of the body.</p><p></td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"></p><p></p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਾਸਤ ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਵੇਦ ॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">suniai saasath simrith vaedh ||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">Listening-the Shaastras, the Simritees and the Vedas.</p><p></td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </p><p></p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਗਾਸੁ ॥ </p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">naanak bhagathaa sadhaa vigaas ||</p><p></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">O Nanak, the devotees are forever in bliss.</td></tr></tbody></table><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js"></script> <!-- AddThis Button END --> <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Comments by forum member Tejwant Singh Malik ji</strong></p><p></p><p> In these four verses, Guru Nanak has shown us the difference between the dogmatic religions and the pragmatism on which Sikhi is based. Listening cultivates pragmatism. 'Listening' in these four beautiful verses is not what we want to hear, or what we already know. Here it means for us to pay attention to our own denial within - the ego, haumai. This also clearly shows that naam japna - simran - is not meaninglessly repeating the same word or words again and again - in other words parroting, does not serve any purpose. When one listens, one becomes attentive; one becomes aware of one's own shortcomings, one's defensive walls crumble, one bursts out of the self-created cocoon. One becomes aware. One starts interacting, conversing. One becomes a learner, a seeker, a Sikh ... and it is the duty of a Sikh to listen so he/ she can be aware of, comes to understands his/ her faults so they can be mended, which in turn breeds acceptance of Hukam and rejection of denial. So, let's become true listeners. Listen to our kids, to our spouses, to our brothers and sisters, to our parents, to our friends and, last but not least, to the voice within where Ik Oankaar dwells.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 120809, member: 35"] [COLOR=Blue][B]Listening, Listening[/B]. [B]Suniai[/B][/COLOR] Excerpted discussion from the Talking Stick at Sikh Chic [URL="http://www.sikhchic.com/talking_stick/attentive_listening_the_talking_stick_colloquium_vii_pauris_8_to_11_feb_15_21"]sikhchic.com | The Art and Culture of the Diaspora | Attentive Listening:The Talking Stick Colloquium VII - Pauris 8 to 11, Feb 15 - 21[/URL] <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="98%"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਤੇਹਾ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਸੁਝਈ ਜਿ ਤਿਸੁ ਗੁਣੁ ਕੋਇ ਕਰੇ ॥੭॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">thaehaa koe n sujhee j this gun koe karae ||7|| </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">No one can even imagine anyone who can bestow virtue upon Him. ||7|| </td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਿਧ ਪੀਰ ਸੁਰਿ ਨਾਥ ॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">suniai sidhh peer sur naathh || </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">Listening-the Siddhas, the spiritual teachers, the heroic warriors, the yogic masters. </td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਧਰਤਿ ਧਵਲ ਆਕਾਸ ॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">suniai dhharath dhhaval aakaas || </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">Listening-the earth, its support and the Akaashic ethers. </td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਦੀਪ ਲੋਅ ਪਾਤਾਲ ॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">suniai dheep loa paathaal || </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">Listening-the oceans, the lands of the world and the nether regions of the underworld. </td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਪੋਹਿ ਨ ਸਕੈ ਕਾਲੁ ॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">suniai pohi n sakai kaal || </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">Listening-Death cannot even touch you. </td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਗਾਸੁ ॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">naanak bhagathaa sadhaa vigaas || </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">O Nanak, the devotees are forever in bliss. </td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਦੂਖ ਪਾਪ ਕਾ ਨਾਸੁ ॥੮॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">suniai dhookh paap kaa naas ||8|| </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">Listening-pain and sin are erased. ||8|| </td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਈਸਰੁ ਬਰਮਾ ਇੰਦੁ ॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">suniai eesar baramaa eindh || </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">Listening-Shiva, Brahma and Indra. </td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਮੁਖਿ ਸਾਲਾਹਣ ਮੰਦੁ ॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">suniai mukh saalaahan mandh || </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">Listening-even foul-mouthed people praise Him. </td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਜੋਗ ਜੁਗਤਿ ਤਨਿ ਭੇਦ ॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">suniai jog jugath than bhaedh || </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">Listening-the technology of Yoga and the secrets of the body. </td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="ggs">ਸੁਣਿਐ ਸਾਸਤ ਸਿਮ੍ਰਿਤਿ ਵੇਦ ॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="subhead">suniai saasath simrith vaedh || </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffecec"><td class="shlok">Listening-the Shaastras, the Simritees and the Vedas. </td></tr><tr><td class="rmenuheader"> </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="ggs">ਨਾਨਕ ਭਗਤਾ ਸਦਾ ਵਿਗਾਸੁ ॥ </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="subhead">naanak bhagathaa sadhaa vigaas || </td></tr><tr bgcolor="#ffffec"><td class="shlok">O Nanak, the devotees are forever in bliss.</td></tr></tbody></table><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/200/addthis_widget.js"></script> <!-- AddThis Button END --> [B] Comments by forum member Tejwant Singh Malik ji[/B] In these four verses, Guru Nanak has shown us the difference between the dogmatic religions and the pragmatism on which Sikhi is based. Listening cultivates pragmatism. 'Listening' in these four beautiful verses is not what we want to hear, or what we already know. Here it means for us to pay attention to our own denial within - the ego, haumai. This also clearly shows that naam japna - simran - is not meaninglessly repeating the same word or words again and again - in other words parroting, does not serve any purpose. When one listens, one becomes attentive; one becomes aware of one's own shortcomings, one's defensive walls crumble, one bursts out of the self-created cocoon. One becomes aware. One starts interacting, conversing. One becomes a learner, a seeker, a Sikh ... and it is the duty of a Sikh to listen so he/ she can be aware of, comes to understands his/ her faults so they can be mended, which in turn breeds acceptance of Hukam and rejection of denial. So, let's become true listeners. Listen to our kids, to our spouses, to our brothers and sisters, to our parents, to our friends and, last but not least, to the voice within where Ik Oankaar dwells. [/QUOTE]
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