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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 98223" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>Guru Nanak on Ang 154 is teaching us that karma is one of the Gifts of the Akaal-- who we know from Japji Sahib has intelligence too large to comprehend and whose gifts are too enormous and plentiful to grasp with our petty minds. From this I understand that the nature and significance of the karams in my own life are not within my ability to understand completely, and certainly not their design or purpose. I am who Akaal intended. All of it is contained within His reality-- and that is unknowable to me. So who is to say that there cannot be a path of righteousness, a dharam that I or someone else is not destined at another stage of development? </p><p></p><p>ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ </p><p>gourree mehalaa 1 ||</p><p>Gauree, First Mehl:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p> <span style="color: red"></span>ਕਿਰਤੁ ਪਇਆ ਨਹ ਮੇਟੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ </p><p>kirath paeiaa neh maettai koe ||</p><p>Past actions cannot be erased.</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਕਿਆ ਜਾਣਾ ਕਿਆ ਆਗੈ ਹੋਇ ॥ </p><p>kiaa jaanaa kiaa aagai hoe ||</p><p>What do we know of what will happen hereafter?</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p> <span style="color: red"></span>ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਣਾ ਸੋਈ ਹੂਆ ॥ </p><p>jo this bhaanaa soee hooaa ||</p><p>Whatever pleases Him shall come to pass.</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p> <span style="color: red"></span>ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕਰਣੈ ਵਾਲਾ ਦੂਆ ॥੧॥ </p><p>avar n karanai vaalaa dhooaa ||1||</p><p>There is no other Doer except Him. ||1||</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span><span style="color: Sienna"><strong>ਨਾ ਜਾਣਾ ਕਰਮ ਕੇਵਡ ਤੇਰੀ ਦਾਤਿ ॥ </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><strong>naa jaanaa karam kaevadd thaeree dhaath ||</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><strong>I do not know about karma, or how great Your gifts are.</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: Sienna"><strong><a href="http://www.searchgurbani.com/gurus/gurunanak.htm" target="_blank">v</a> </strong></span></span><span style="color: Sienna"><strong> ਕਰਮੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਤੇਰੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਜਾਤਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><strong>karam dhharam thaerae naam kee jaath ||1|| rehaao ||</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><strong>The karma of actions, the Dharma of righteousness, social class and status, are contained within Your Name. ||1||Pause||</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In the Bani of Guru Arjan Dev on Ang 176 we are told about our opportunity to attain ethical and moral perfection. I have never understood this passage to be Guru Arjan's version of a scientific treatise on the evolution of the species. It is about the evolution of something else. So many time people will quote the worm and insect part and forget that we are told that we only become truly human in the company of the holy. This is spiritual evolution in my humble understanding. Why would the soul not continue its evolution if that is a possibility, or if it is so ordained by Akaal Purkah? </p><p></p><p> </p><p>ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਭਏ ਕੀਟ ਪਤੰਗਾ ॥ </p><p>kee janam bheae keett pathangaa ||</p><p>In so many incarnations, you were a worm and an insect;</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.searchgurbani.com/gurus/guruarjun.htm" target="_blank">v</a> </span> ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਗਜ ਮੀਨ ਕੁਰੰਗਾ ॥ </p><p>kee janam gaj meen kurangaa ||</p><p>in so many incarnations, you were an elephant, a fish and a deer.</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p> <span style="color: red"></span>ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਪੰਖੀ ਸਰਪ ਹੋਇਓ ॥ </p><p>kee janam pankhee sarap hoeiou ||</p><p>In so many incarnations, you were a bird and a snake.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"> <a href="http://www.searchgurbani.com/gurus/guruarjun.htm" target="_blank">v</a> </span> ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਹੈਵਰ ਬ੍ਰਿਖ ਜੋਇਓ ॥੧॥ </p><p>kee janam haivar brikh joeiou ||1||</p><p>In so many incarnations, you were yoked as an ox and a horse. ||1||</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p> <span style="color: red"></span>ਮਿਲੁ ਜਗਦੀਸ ਮਿਲਨ ਕੀ ਬਰੀਆ ॥ </p><p>mil jagadhees milan kee bareeaa ||</p><p>Meet the Lord of the Universe - now is the time to meet Him.</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span> ਚਿਰੰਕਾਲ ਇਹ ਦੇਹ ਸੰਜਰੀਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ </p><p>chirankaal eih dhaeh sanjareeaa ||1|| rehaao ||</p><p>After so very long, this human body was fashioned for you. ||1||Pause||</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p> <span style="color: red"></span>ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਸੈਲ ਗਿਰਿ ਕਰਿਆ ॥ </p><p>kee janam sail gir kariaa ||</p><p>In so many incarnations, you were rocks and mountains;</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p> <span style="color: red"></span>ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਗਰਭ ਹਿਰਿ ਖਰਿਆ ॥ </p><p>kee janam garabh hir khariaa ||</p><p>in so many incarnations, you were aborted in the womb;</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p> <span style="color: red"></span>ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਸਾਖ ਕਰਿ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥ </p><p>kee janam saakh kar oupaaeiaa ||</p><p>in so many incarnations, you developed branches and leaves;</p><p></p><p></p><p>ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਜੋਨਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਾਇਆ ॥੨॥ </p><p>lakh chouraaseeh jon bhramaaeiaa ||2||</p><p>you wandered through 8.4 million incarnations. ||2||</p><p><span style="color: red"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red"></span><span style="color: Sienna"><strong> ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਭਇਓ ਜਨਮੁ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ॥ </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><strong>saadhhasang bhaeiou janam paraapath ||</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"><strong>Through the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you obtained this human lif</strong></span>e.</p><p></p><p></p><p>ਕਰਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਭਜੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ॥ </p><p>kar saevaa bhaj har har guramath ||</p><p>Do seva - selfless service; follow the Guru's Teachings, and vibrate the Lord's Name, Har, Har.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 98223, member: 35"] Guru Nanak on Ang 154 is teaching us that karma is one of the Gifts of the Akaal-- who we know from Japji Sahib has intelligence too large to comprehend and whose gifts are too enormous and plentiful to grasp with our petty minds. From this I understand that the nature and significance of the karams in my own life are not within my ability to understand completely, and certainly not their design or purpose. I am who Akaal intended. All of it is contained within His reality-- and that is unknowable to me. So who is to say that there cannot be a path of righteousness, a dharam that I or someone else is not destined at another stage of development? ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ gourree mehalaa 1 || Gauree, First Mehl: [COLOR=red] [/COLOR]ਕਿਰਤੁ ਪਇਆ ਨਹ ਮੇਟੈ ਕੋਇ ॥ kirath paeiaa neh maettai koe || Past actions cannot be erased. [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਕਿਆ ਜਾਣਾ ਕਿਆ ਆਗੈ ਹੋਇ ॥ kiaa jaanaa kiaa aagai hoe || What do we know of what will happen hereafter? [COLOR=red] [/COLOR]ਜੋ ਤਿਸੁ ਭਾਣਾ ਸੋਈ ਹੂਆ ॥ jo this bhaanaa soee hooaa || Whatever pleases Him shall come to pass. [COLOR=red] [/COLOR]ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕਰਣੈ ਵਾਲਾ ਦੂਆ ॥੧॥ avar n karanai vaalaa dhooaa ||1|| There is no other Doer except Him. ||1|| [COLOR=red] [/COLOR][COLOR=Sienna][B]ਨਾ ਜਾਣਾ ਕਰਮ ਕੇਵਡ ਤੇਰੀ ਦਾਤਿ ॥ naa jaanaa karam kaevadd thaeree dhaath || I do not know about karma, or how great Your gifts are.[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=red] [COLOR=Sienna][B][URL="http://www.searchgurbani.com/gurus/gurunanak.htm"]v[/URL] [/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=Sienna][B] ਕਰਮੁ ਧਰਮੁ ਤੇਰੇ ਨਾਮ ਕੀ ਜਾਤਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ karam dhharam thaerae naam kee jaath ||1|| rehaao || The karma of actions, the Dharma of righteousness, social class and status, are contained within Your Name. ||1||Pause||[/B][/COLOR] In the Bani of Guru Arjan Dev on Ang 176 we are told about our opportunity to attain ethical and moral perfection. I have never understood this passage to be Guru Arjan's version of a scientific treatise on the evolution of the species. It is about the evolution of something else. So many time people will quote the worm and insect part and forget that we are told that we only become truly human in the company of the holy. This is spiritual evolution in my humble understanding. Why would the soul not continue its evolution if that is a possibility, or if it is so ordained by Akaal Purkah? ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਭਏ ਕੀਟ ਪਤੰਗਾ ॥ kee janam bheae keett pathangaa || In so many incarnations, you were a worm and an insect; [COLOR=red] [URL="http://www.searchgurbani.com/gurus/guruarjun.htm"]v[/URL] [/COLOR] ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਗਜ ਮੀਨ ਕੁਰੰਗਾ ॥ kee janam gaj meen kurangaa || in so many incarnations, you were an elephant, a fish and a deer. [COLOR=red] [/COLOR]ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਪੰਖੀ ਸਰਪ ਹੋਇਓ ॥ kee janam pankhee sarap hoeiou || In so many incarnations, you were a bird and a snake. [COLOR=red] [URL="http://www.searchgurbani.com/gurus/guruarjun.htm"]v[/URL] [/COLOR] ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਹੈਵਰ ਬ੍ਰਿਖ ਜੋਇਓ ॥੧॥ kee janam haivar brikh joeiou ||1|| In so many incarnations, you were yoked as an ox and a horse. ||1|| [COLOR=red] [/COLOR]ਮਿਲੁ ਜਗਦੀਸ ਮਿਲਨ ਕੀ ਬਰੀਆ ॥ mil jagadhees milan kee bareeaa || Meet the Lord of the Universe - now is the time to meet Him. [COLOR=red] [/COLOR] ਚਿਰੰਕਾਲ ਇਹ ਦੇਹ ਸੰਜਰੀਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ chirankaal eih dhaeh sanjareeaa ||1|| rehaao || After so very long, this human body was fashioned for you. ||1||Pause|| [COLOR=red] [/COLOR]ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਸੈਲ ਗਿਰਿ ਕਰਿਆ ॥ kee janam sail gir kariaa || In so many incarnations, you were rocks and mountains; [COLOR=red] [/COLOR]ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਗਰਭ ਹਿਰਿ ਖਰਿਆ ॥ kee janam garabh hir khariaa || in so many incarnations, you were aborted in the womb; [COLOR=red] [/COLOR]ਕਈ ਜਨਮ ਸਾਖ ਕਰਿ ਉਪਾਇਆ ॥ kee janam saakh kar oupaaeiaa || in so many incarnations, you developed branches and leaves; ਲਖ ਚਉਰਾਸੀਹ ਜੋਨਿ ਭ੍ਰਮਾਇਆ ॥੨॥ lakh chouraaseeh jon bhramaaeiaa ||2|| you wandered through 8.4 million incarnations. ||2|| [COLOR=red] [/COLOR][COLOR=Sienna][B] ਸਾਧਸੰਗਿ ਭਇਓ ਜਨਮੁ ਪਰਾਪਤਿ ॥ saadhhasang bhaeiou janam paraapath || Through the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, you obtained this human lif[/B][/COLOR]e. ਕਰਿ ਸੇਵਾ ਭਜੁ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਰਮਤਿ ॥ kar saevaa bhaj har har guramath || Do seva - selfless service; follow the Guru's Teachings, and vibrate the Lord's Name, Har, Har. [/QUOTE]
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