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<blockquote data-quote="JourneyOflife" data-source="post: 203191" data-attributes="member: 20695"><p>With all due respect, in which position are you to be able to make such an authoritative statement when it <em>has </em>worked for ~500 years? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think the Guru said exactly what the Guru wanted to say. The difference between you and I is you are choosing to isolate statements and study them as if they were made in a vacuum. I actually understand the significance of context and read the <em>entire Shabad</em>, and then link the Shabad as a whole with the rest of SGGS Ji.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is just you putting your fingers in your ears and refusing acknowledge the existence of context.</p><p></p><p>Following your own logic, what are we to do when we come across statements like the following in the Koran?</p><p></p><p>"<span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip." </strong>(8:12)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">"<strong>O you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous.</strong>" (9:123).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">And many many more: <a href="http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/023-violence.htm" target="_blank">http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/023-violence.htm</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Surely the Koran is calling on Muslims to go out and kill unbelievers because, you know, context doesn't matter at all <img src="/images/smilies/sikhsmileys/thinkingmunda.jpg" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thinkingmunda:" title="Thinkingmunda :thinkingmunda:" data-shortname=":thinkingmunda:" /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Another thing that you may find useful is looking up the meaning of the original Gurmukhi word instead of always relying on the English translation. You've been quite fixated on the "The <strong>gods</strong>, the Siddhas, the angels, the heavenly singers, the silent sages and the devotees sing Your countless Glorious Praises" line, so I went out and actually checked the original Gurmukhi. Here it is:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=249&english=t&id=10866" target="_blank">http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=249&english=t&id=10866</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">The word which is translated as "gods" is ਸੁਰ (transliteration: "sur") ... Then I went and checked the Mahan Kosh, the most authoritative dictionary on Sikhism, to see what the meaning of the word actually is. <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/149687252/Mahan-Kosh-Vol-1-Kahan-Singh-Nabha-English-Translation" target="_blank">http://www.scribd.com/doc/149687252/Mahan-Kosh-Vol-1-Kahan-Singh-Nabha-English-Translation</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">According to the Mahan Kosh, ਸੁਰ can have a few different meanings. "a convulsive stomach ache", "a thorn, enemy", "a trident, a javelin, a spear", "the sun", "spiritual enlightenment, spiritual insight", some respiration exercise in yoga, "a scholar, a learned man", "courage, bravery", "a pig, a swine", "a trumpet, a bugle", " a tribe of Pathans of Lodhi dynasty", "a congregation for marriage", "red colour", "a wall for protection of the city, a rampart".</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Which one of those meanings actually means "gods" as you are trying to imply?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">This word, ਸੁਰ, is also used in the 8th Pauri of Japji Sahib, in which it is translated to mean "the heroic warriors" by the same translator you are using above. Remind me again why context, making sure we look at the original Gurmukhi and cross-checking with other parts of SGGS don't matter.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JourneyOflife, post: 203191, member: 20695"] With all due respect, in which position are you to be able to make such an authoritative statement when it [I]has [/I]worked for ~500 years? I think the Guru said exactly what the Guru wanted to say. The difference between you and I is you are choosing to isolate statements and study them as if they were made in a vacuum. I actually understand the significance of context and read the [I]entire Shabad[/I], and then link the Shabad as a whole with the rest of SGGS Ji. This is just you putting your fingers in your ears and refusing acknowledge the existence of context. Following your own logic, what are we to do when we come across statements like the following in the Koran? "[SIZE=5][B][Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip." [/B](8:12) "[B]O you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous.[/B]" (9:123). [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]And many many more: [URL]http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/023-violence.htm[/URL] Surely the Koran is calling on Muslims to go out and kill unbelievers because, you know, context doesn't matter at all :thinkingmunda: Another thing that you may find useful is looking up the meaning of the original Gurmukhi word instead of always relying on the English translation. You've been quite fixated on the "The [B]gods[/B], the Siddhas, the angels, the heavenly singers, the silent sages and the devotees sing Your countless Glorious Praises" line, so I went out and actually checked the original Gurmukhi. Here it is: [URL]http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=249&english=t&id=10866[/URL] The word which is translated as "gods" is ਸੁਰ (transliteration: "sur") ... Then I went and checked the Mahan Kosh, the most authoritative dictionary on Sikhism, to see what the meaning of the word actually is. [URL]http://www.scribd.com/doc/149687252/Mahan-Kosh-Vol-1-Kahan-Singh-Nabha-English-Translation[/URL] According to the Mahan Kosh, ਸੁਰ can have a few different meanings. "a convulsive stomach ache", "a thorn, enemy", "a trident, a javelin, a spear", "the sun", "spiritual enlightenment, spiritual insight", some respiration exercise in yoga, "a scholar, a learned man", "courage, bravery", "a pig, a swine", "a trumpet, a bugle", " a tribe of Pathans of Lodhi dynasty", "a congregation for marriage", "red colour", "a wall for protection of the city, a rampart". Which one of those meanings actually means "gods" as you are trying to imply? This word, ਸੁਰ, is also used in the 8th Pauri of Japji Sahib, in which it is translated to mean "the heroic warriors" by the same translator you are using above. Remind me again why context, making sure we look at the original Gurmukhi and cross-checking with other parts of SGGS don't matter. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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