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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Amarpal" data-source="post: 97614" data-attributes="member: 10"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dear Virinder Ji and Khalsa Ji,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">We have got another excellent post from Virinder Singh Ji, this time on Maya. I thank him for it.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Here is my contribution to the discussion. In this post I elaborate, sharing with you my understanding of Maya.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Maya is an attribute of individual’s information processing system which impede her or him to perceive the truth. Because of it, what the person perceives is away from truth and what is true, the person cannot perceive; this is Maya.</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Maya is either due to the basic limitation of human mental capabilities, or due to the filters viz. beliefs, prejudices, biases, traditions, values, vices, attachments, desires, memories etc in the information processing system of the brains, which results in perceptions away from the truth. I elaborate on all of these below.</span></span></p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Maya results from the basic limitation of the human capabilities:</strong> The senses organs receive the information inputs from the outer world and send signals to the brain, which interprets it, and present to us in its own way. This interpretation may or may not be real; it is only the way used by the process of evolution to make the inputs received from senses meaningful to enable us to proceed with our life. When the information received is not true but adapted by brain to make it compatible with our comprehensive capabilities, it becomes away from truth. This way what we perceive is Maya.</span></span> </li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">To explain what I have said I take the case of colour perception by us. I elaborate the process below.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">First I make a statement of fact: ‘Light is not visible to us, the object on which the light falls become visible to us’. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">If light was visible to us then in the dark night the light going from sun to moon, passing through space would have illuminated the sky for us, since space is vacuum and we cannot see light, it passes through space without us being able to detect it; the object on which the light falls – moon – gets illuminated and we are able to see the moon.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Now I elaborate the process of perceiving what we call colour. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">White light falls on the so called colored object (in fact white is not a colour at all, when light with too many frequencies impinges on retina, the vision system of we humans does not know how to help us to see all the different colour simultaneously. The vision system then fools us and show the some total of the light as white). Some of the frequencies of this white light are absorbed by the object and the others are reflected back from its surface. This reflected light is also not visible to us as it moves from the object to our eyes. The reflected light (reflected frequencies) enters our eyes and impinges on the retina. The retina system converts these light frequencies into electrical signals and passes on transmission system for further processing; note that there is no colour yet. This electrically coded signal from retina system reaches the part of the brains which is responsible for giving the ability to see. This part of the brain makes us perceive the frequencies of the light reflected from the object as colour. So one can see in this entire process, the word ‘colour’ has come only in the interpretation of the signal by our brain and not from the object we were seeing. This way we can see that colours are creation of our brain; colour may or may not be the real property of matter. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Here we all can note that what we see (colour) is not true and what is true we cannot perceive. This is Maya. </span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The way I have shown colour to be Maya, I can elaborate on other senses also. Maya pervades in all aspects our worldly life. All what the brain perceives and concludes are, in some measure, away from truth. The usefulness of colour perception in our day to day life cannot be denied, it is important; yet it is just a nature’s way to empower us only, it does not tell us the truth. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">We enjoy seeing colourful items as it gives pleasure. The same is true for all other inputs received by the brain and the resulting perceptions. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Mentally imagined pleasures are also part of Maya as they are not real. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2.</span> <strong><span style="font-size: 12px">Maya results from the filter on the path of information processing within our brain.</span></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(i) The senses receives lots of information from the outer world, but only the information in which we are interested gets registered, others are just discarded and not even processed; this is a filter. I you ponder over it, you will find that on this account itself our perception of the totality becomes partial and thus away from truth. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">These filters select information that we receives from the outer world are constituted by the sum total of out desires, preferences in life and objects of gratification for the senses that one is seeking. These are the filters right at the input level where we receive information.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(ii) In the information processing system also there are filter which influence the way information is processed and conclusions are drawn. These filters are the sum total of our beliefs, values and their hierarchy, biases and prejudices, memory, attachments, likes and dislikes etc. All these prevent the information to be processed in a natural truthful way but deflect its processing towards the direction in which the person wants to see the results, after processing by the brain. This take the perception away from truth, the distortion that it creates is Maya.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is for this reason Guru Sahib has asked us to rise above Maya and perceive the truth. The way to achieve this, as suggested by Guru Sahib in Siri Guru Granth Sahib is by getting over our desires, attachments, Ahamkara etc and by cultivating Godly virtues viz. compassion, kindness, mercy, truthfulness etc.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With this I close this post.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With love and respect for all.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Amarpal Singh</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amarpal, post: 97614, member: 10"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Dear Virinder Ji and Khalsa Ji,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]We have got another excellent post from Virinder Singh Ji, this time on Maya. I thank him for it.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Here is my contribution to the discussion. In this post I elaborate, sharing with you my understanding of Maya.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Maya is an attribute of individual’s information processing system which impede her or him to perceive the truth. Because of it, what the person perceives is away from truth and what is true, the person cannot perceive; this is Maya.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Maya is either due to the basic limitation of human mental capabilities, or due to the filters viz. beliefs, prejudices, biases, traditions, values, vices, attachments, desires, memories etc in the information processing system of the brains, which results in perceptions away from the truth. I elaborate on all of these below.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Maya results from the basic limitation of the human capabilities:[/B] The senses organs receive the information inputs from the outer world and send signals to the brain, which interprets it, and present to us in its own way. This interpretation may or may not be real; it is only the way used by the process of evolution to make the inputs received from senses meaningful to enable us to proceed with our life. When the information received is not true but adapted by brain to make it compatible with our comprehensive capabilities, it becomes away from truth. This way what we perceive is Maya.[/FONT][/SIZE][B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/LIST][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]To explain what I have said I take the case of colour perception by us. I elaborate the process below.[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]First I make a statement of fact: ‘Light is not visible to us, the object on which the light falls become visible to us’. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]If light was visible to us then in the dark night the light going from sun to moon, passing through space would have illuminated the sky for us, since space is vacuum and we cannot see light, it passes through space without us being able to detect it; the object on which the light falls – moon – gets illuminated and we are able to see the moon.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Now I elaborate the process of perceiving what we call colour. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]White light falls on the so called colored object (in fact white is not a colour at all, when light with too many frequencies impinges on retina, the vision system of we humans does not know how to help us to see all the different colour simultaneously. The vision system then fools us and show the some total of the light as white). Some of the frequencies of this white light are absorbed by the object and the others are reflected back from its surface. This reflected light is also not visible to us as it moves from the object to our eyes. The reflected light (reflected frequencies) enters our eyes and impinges on the retina. The retina system converts these light frequencies into electrical signals and passes on transmission system for further processing; note that there is no colour yet. This electrically coded signal from retina system reaches the part of the brains which is responsible for giving the ability to see. This part of the brain makes us perceive the frequencies of the light reflected from the object as colour. So one can see in this entire process, the word ‘colour’ has come only in the interpretation of the signal by our brain and not from the object we were seeing. This way we can see that colours are creation of our brain; colour may or may not be the real property of matter. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Here we all can note that what we see (colour) is not true and what is true we cannot perceive. This is Maya. [/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]The way I have shown colour to be Maya, I can elaborate on other senses also. Maya pervades in all aspects our worldly life. All what the brain perceives and concludes are, in some measure, away from truth. The usefulness of colour perception in our day to day life cannot be denied, it is important; yet it is just a nature’s way to empower us only, it does not tell us the truth. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]We enjoy seeing colourful items as it gives pleasure. The same is true for all other inputs received by the brain and the resulting perceptions. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Mentally imagined pleasures are also part of Maya as they are not real. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]2.[/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3]Maya results from the filter on the path of information processing within our brain.[/SIZE][/B][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](i) The senses receives lots of information from the outer world, but only the information in which we are interested gets registered, others are just discarded and not even processed; this is a filter. I you ponder over it, you will find that on this account itself our perception of the totality becomes partial and thus away from truth. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]These filters select information that we receives from the outer world are constituted by the sum total of out desires, preferences in life and objects of gratification for the senses that one is seeking. These are the filters right at the input level where we receive information.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](ii) In the information processing system also there are filter which influence the way information is processed and conclusions are drawn. These filters are the sum total of our beliefs, values and their hierarchy, biases and prejudices, memory, attachments, likes and dislikes etc. All these prevent the information to be processed in a natural truthful way but deflect its processing towards the direction in which the person wants to see the results, after processing by the brain. This take the perception away from truth, the distortion that it creates is Maya.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It is for this reason Guru Sahib has asked us to rise above Maya and perceive the truth. The way to achieve this, as suggested by Guru Sahib in Siri Guru Granth Sahib is by getting over our desires, attachments, Ahamkara etc and by cultivating Godly virtues viz. compassion, kindness, mercy, truthfulness etc.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With this I close this post.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With love and respect for all.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Amarpal Singh[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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