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Sri Guru Granth Sahib: Review Of ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ (saṯ Nām)
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<blockquote data-quote="Ambarsaria" data-source="post: 154831" data-attributes="member: 14194"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ</span></strong></span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Phonetics</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">:</span></strong></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">saṯ nām</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><strong><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharSlim'">ArQ</span></strong><strong> /</strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Meaning</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">:</span></strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤਿ</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਨਾਮੁ</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> : </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharSlim'">ijs dw nwm 'hoNd vwlw' hY</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">saṯ nām : The Name Is Truth.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Application</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">: So one naturally wonders what is the name of the creator? Can it all be known? Would there be more of truth known as time passes from generation to generation?</span></span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Even though culturally and otherwise we commonly have references for a name for the creator like God (great danger in reference to the Abrahmnic connotation) </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਰੱਬ</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">/rub, </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'">/</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">vāhigurū, </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਪ੍ਰਭੂ</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'">/</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> parabẖū , etc.</span> </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The unencumbered name for such is </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤਿ</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> / </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">saṯ. Since </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤਿ</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> / </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">saṯ is a word, to ensure its usage to refer to creator the whole combination of the two words </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">/</span></strong></span><span style="color: Blue"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> saṯ nām</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> provides a clear way to clarify that one is talking about or mentioning the one creator in </span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ੴ </span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">/Ik▫oaʼnkār.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">So can we know all about</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ</span><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"> (</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">saṯ nām)</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">. The Gurbani tells us about some possible characteristics but also guides us that such a truth is infinite in nature. So complete description, search for the same with time frames, and all such is a bit futile. Some people in order to show reverence for Sri Guru Granth Sahib will postulate that all the specific details and answers are in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. This is a very myopic and dangerous stance and is not the guidance that our Guru ji taught or what Sri Guru Granth Sahib stands for. So do we throw up our hands in despair and say like “I will never know!”. The answer is that every little bit more that you understand and help others with is a thing to cherish and relish. Since </span><span style="color: Blue"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">/</span></strong></span><span style="color: Blue"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> saṯ nām</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> pervades through all creation and everywhere, once you get tired of just scratching your head, reading books or philosophizing in forums, go out and search for the truth in creation that surrounds us in animals, plants, the dirt and the mountains and galaxies beyond and relish/cherish all you find truthfully.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">So over time more and more will be known and Sikhism teaches us to update our understanding of </span><span style="color: Blue"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">/</span></strong></span><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: Blue"> saṯ nām</span> </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">continuously and endlessly. </span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Sikhism gives you an evergreen path and you can never be stuck in dogmas, falseness and beliefs that get shattered but would always be in search of and in consonance with the truth. If that is not a basis of beautiful living, I don’t know much more that is.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'"><span style="color: Blue">ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ</span> </span></span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ</span><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'">/ </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: Blue">saṯ nām</span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">vāhigurū , the creator named </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">ਸਤਿ</span></strong></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Blue"><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'">/ </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: Blue">saṯ</span> <span style="color: Black">we remember and we are enthralled</span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">(<span style="color: Blue">ਵਾਹਿ/</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: Blue">vāhi</span>) at our </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Raavi'">teacher(s) (<span style="color: Blue">ਗੁਰੂ / </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: Blue">gurū </span>) for the help/guidance.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Any comments welcome and all errors are mine and I stand corrected.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Sat Sri Akal.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ambarsaria, post: 154831, member: 14194"] [SIZE=3][B][FONT=Raavi] [/FONT][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ[/FONT][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=Blue][B][FONT=Arial]Phonetics[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Arial]:[/FONT][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]saṯ nām[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][COLOR=Blue][B][FONT=WebAkharSlim]ArQ[/FONT][/B][B] /[/B][B][FONT=Arial]Meaning[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Arial]:[/FONT][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤਿ[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Raavi]ਨਾਮੁ[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Raavi] : [/FONT][/B][FONT=WebAkharSlim]ijs dw nwm 'hoNd vwlw' hY[/FONT][FONT=Arial].[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]saṯ nām : The Name Is Truth.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][U][FONT=Arial]Application[/FONT][/U][FONT=Arial]: So one naturally wonders what is the name of the creator? Can it all be known? Would there be more of truth known as time passes from generation to generation?[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Even though culturally and otherwise we commonly have references for a name for the creator like God (great danger in reference to the Abrahmnic connotation) [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਰੱਬ[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]/rub, [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ[/FONT][FONT=AnmolUniPr]/[/FONT][FONT=Arial]vāhigurū, [/FONT][B][FONT=Raavi]ਪ੍ਰਭੂ[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=AnmolUniPr]/[/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial] parabẖū , etc.[/FONT] [/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The unencumbered name for such is [/FONT][B][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤਿ[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Raavi] / [/FONT][/B][FONT=Tahoma]saṯ. Since [/FONT][B][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤਿ[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Raavi] / [/FONT][/B][FONT=Tahoma]saṯ is a word, to ensure its usage to refer to creator the whole combination of the two words [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Blue][B][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Raavi]/[/FONT][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=Blue][FONT=Tahoma] saṯ nām[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma] provides a clear way to clarify that one is talking about or mentioning the one creator in [/FONT][FONT=Raavi]ੴ [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]/Ik▫oaʼnkār.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]So can we know all about[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ[/FONT][FONT=Raavi] ([/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]saṯ nām)[/FONT][FONT=Arial]. The Gurbani tells us about some possible characteristics but also guides us that such a truth is infinite in nature. So complete description, search for the same with time frames, and all such is a bit futile. Some people in order to show reverence for Sri Guru Granth Sahib will postulate that all the specific details and answers are in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. This is a very myopic and dangerous stance and is not the guidance that our Guru ji taught or what Sri Guru Granth Sahib stands for. So do we throw up our hands in despair and say like “I will never know!”. The answer is that every little bit more that you understand and help others with is a thing to cherish and relish. Since [/FONT][COLOR=Blue][B][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Raavi]/[/FONT][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=Blue][FONT=Tahoma] saṯ nām[/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Arial] pervades through all creation and everywhere, once you get tired of just scratching your head, reading books or philosophizing in forums, go out and search for the truth in creation that surrounds us in animals, plants, the dirt and the mountains and galaxies beyond and relish/cherish all you find truthfully.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]So over time more and more will be known and Sikhism teaches us to update our understanding of [/FONT][COLOR=Blue][B][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ[/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Arial]/[/FONT][/B][/COLOR][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][COLOR=Blue] saṯ nām[/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]continuously and endlessly. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Sikhism gives you an evergreen path and you can never be stuck in dogmas, falseness and beliefs that get shattered but would always be in search of and in consonance with the truth. If that is not a basis of beautiful living, I don’t know much more that is.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B][COLOR=red][FONT=Raavi][COLOR=Blue]ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ[/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ[/FONT][FONT=AnmolUniPr]/ [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][COLOR=Blue]saṯ nām[/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]vāhigurū , the creator named [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Blue][B][FONT=Raavi]ਸਤਿ[/FONT][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=Blue][FONT=AnmolUniPr]/ [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=red][FONT=Arial][COLOR=Blue]saṯ[/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]we remember and we are enthralled[/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]([COLOR=Blue]ਵਾਹਿ/[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][COLOR=Blue]vāhi[/COLOR]) at our [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Raavi]teacher(s) ([COLOR=Blue]ਗੁਰੂ / [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][COLOR=Blue]gurū [/COLOR]) for the help/guidance.[/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Any comments welcome and all errors are mine and I stand corrected.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Sat Sri Akal.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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