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<blockquote data-quote="Sikh80" data-source="post: 70044" data-attributes="member: 5290"><p><strong>Kaam ...[ One of the Five evils]</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Naam" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Naam</span></span></span></u></a></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Kaam</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>KAM</strong> (<a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sanskrit" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Sanskrit</span></u></a> kama) meaning <strong>deep desire, uncontrolled longing, concupiscence, sensuality or lasciviousness</strong> is counted among the five cardinal sins or sinful propensities. In common usage, the term stands for <strong>excessive passion for sexual pleasure</strong> and it is in this sense that it is considered an evil in <a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikhism" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Sikhism</span></u></a>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmanical" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Brahmanical</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> literature <strong>kam</strong> is not always disdained. <strong>Kam</strong> as Kamadeva is a god in the </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Hindu" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Hindu</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> pantheon comparable to </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_%28mythology%29" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Eros</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Mythology" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Greek mythology</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> and </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupid" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Cupid</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> of the Romans, and is as such not contradictory to spiritual life. Kam (gratification of desire) is in </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Hinduism" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Hinduism</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> one of the four objectives (purusarthas) of human life, the other three being artha (acquirement of wealth), dharma (discharge of duty), and moksa (final emancipation). </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Jainism</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> and </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Buddhism</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">, which arose as protest movements against </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmanical" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Brahmanical</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> ritualism and superstition, however looked upon <strong>kam</strong> with horror. For </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/muni" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">munis</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> and </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sramana" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">sramanas</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Jainism</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> and </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Buddhism</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> and for </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/yogi" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">yogis</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> of the Sankhya school, <strong>kam</strong> was to be deliberately suppressed to achieve ultimate release. As a result, they preached celibacy and asceticism. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Gurus" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Gurus</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> rejected </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmanical" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Brahmanical</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> superstition as well as self-mortifying austerities. Yet they recognized the four purusarthas, referred to in </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Gurbani" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">gurbani</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> as char padaraths or the four human pursuits. However, in </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikhism" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Sikhism</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> kam is not unrestricted gratification of carnal desires, but an impulse which needs to be kept under check like other impulses and passions. Unrestrained propensity towards <strong>kam</strong>, especially sexual relationship outside the marital bond, is condemned in the strongest terms in </span></span><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikh" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Sikh</span></span></span></u></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> codes of conduct as well as in the Scripture. It is a destructive evil and a deadly sin. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sikh80, post: 70044, member: 5290"] [b]Kaam ...[ One of the Five evils][/b] [B][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Naam"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Naam[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][/B] [B][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Kaam[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]KAM[/B] ([URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sanskrit"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Sanskrit[/COLOR][/U][/URL] kama) meaning [B]deep desire, uncontrolled longing, concupiscence, sensuality or lasciviousness[/B] is counted among the five cardinal sins or sinful propensities. In common usage, the term stands for [B]excessive passion for sexual pleasure[/B] and it is in this sense that it is considered an evil in [URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikhism"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Sikhism[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]In [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmanical"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Brahmanical[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] literature [B]kam[/B] is not always disdained. [B]Kam[/B] as Kamadeva is a god in the [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Hindu"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Hindu[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] pantheon comparable to [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_%28mythology%29"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Eros[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] of [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Mythology"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Greek mythology[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] and [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupid"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Cupid[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] of the Romans, and is as such not contradictory to spiritual life. Kam (gratification of desire) is in [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Hinduism"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Hinduism[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] one of the four objectives (purusarthas) of human life, the other three being artha (acquirement of wealth), dharma (discharge of duty), and moksa (final emancipation). [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Jainism[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] and [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Buddhism[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3], which arose as protest movements against [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmanical"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Brahmanical[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] ritualism and superstition, however looked upon [B]kam[/B] with horror. 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As a result, they preached celibacy and asceticism. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Gurus"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Gurus[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] rejected [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmanical"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Brahmanical[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] superstition as well as self-mortifying austerities. Yet they recognized the four purusarthas, referred to in [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Gurbani"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]gurbani[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] as char padaraths or the four human pursuits. However, in [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikhism"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Sikhism[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] kam is not unrestricted gratification of carnal desires, but an impulse which needs to be kept under check like other impulses and passions. Unrestrained propensity towards [B]kam[/B], especially sexual relationship outside the marital bond, is condemned in the strongest terms in [/SIZE][/FONT][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sikh"][U][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Sikh[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][/URL][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] codes of conduct as well as in the Scripture. It is a destructive evil and a deadly sin. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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