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Guru Granth Sahib
Sukhmani Banee
Sukhmani Sahib:6th Ashtapadee:1st Pauri:My Understanding
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<blockquote data-quote="Amarpal" data-source="post: 92443" data-attributes="member: 10"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dear Khalsa Ji,</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I share with you all, my understanding of the 1st Pauri of 6th Ashtapadee of Sukhmani Sahib. <em><u>Please note that the English sentence after the Transliteration is not the exact literal translation of the sentence, it is the meaning of the tuk as understood by me</u></em><u>.</u></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><u>First the summary</u></strong><strong>:</strong><span style="font-size: 12px"> Guru Sahib in this Pauri has asked us that while living the natural life including that of a house holder and enjoying the worldly pleasures, one should always remember ‘The Sat’. It is by the grace of ‘The Sat’ that good life comes to us.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">1.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> ijh pRswid CqIh AMimRq Kwih ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jih parsaa<u>d</u> <u>chh</u>a<u>t</u>eeh amri<u>t</u> <u>kh</u>aahi.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">By Who’s Grace, you partake of the thirty-six delicacies;</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">2.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> iqsu Twkur kau rKu mn mwih ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">t</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">is <u>th</u>aakur ka-o ra<u>kh</u> man maahi.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Enshrine that Master within your mind.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Before I elaborate on what I understand from this Pauri, I need to say some thing about Sikh Religion. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><span style="color: blue">Sikh Religion</span></strong> does not ask its followers to leave the world go to a secluded place and deprive one-self of all the joys that human life is capable of giving.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><span style="color: blue">Sikh Religion</span></strong> clearly says that to achieve any thing in life two inputs are concurrently needed - one is sustained honest efforts and second is ‘Gurparsadee’ i.e. blessing of ‘The Sat’. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">According to <strong><span style="color: blue">Sikh Religion</span></strong>, being born in human form is a blessing, which enables the person to go beyond life. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><span style="color: blue">Sikh Religion</span></strong> provides for evolution of spiritual life of the person while she or he lives the life in normal honest and ethical way as house holder.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><span style="color: blue">Sikh Religion</span></strong> says that human birth is an opportunity to go beyond life. It explains how to live in this world of Maya without being fooled by it.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><span style="color: blue">Sikh Religion</span></strong> asks its followers to enjoy the pleasures life and face the sorrows as they come with equanimity without getting attached, addicted or overwhelmed by them.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><span style="color: blue">Sikh Religion</span></strong> is a spiritual path in life i.e. the way of living, which leads to divinity.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong><span style="color: blue">Sikh Religion</span></strong> is life-affirming religion; it is not a life-negating religion. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With this introduction I come back to my main task of conveying what is my understanding of this Pauri.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib in the first line touched upon the human sense of taste. Guru Sahib has mentioned about thirty six delicacies. No one needs to list these 36 delicacies. Use of this number 36 is a way of saying ‘many’. Here it means many delicacies. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib has not asked his followers to refrain from enjoying the human sense of taste. What Guru Sahib has said in these lines is that always remember that the means to buy the delicacy has come to her or him with the grace of ‘The Sat’, delicacy, well prepared which she or he is enjoying has come to him by the grace of ‘The Sat’ and also the sense of taste with which the person is relishing the delicacy is in the person as a result of grace of ‘The Sat’. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib asks us to never forget ‘The Sat’.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">If this teaching percolates into the being of the person then the sense of Ahamkara will not arise in her or him.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">3.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> ijh pRswid sugMDq qin lwvih ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jih parsaa<u>d</u> sugan<u>Dh</u>a<u>t</u> <u>t</u>an laaveh.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">By Who’s Grace, you apply scented oils to your body;</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">4.</span></span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> iqs kau ismrq prm giq pwvih ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">t</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">is ka-o simra<u>t</u> param ga<u>t</u> paavahi.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Remembering ‘The Sat’, the supreme state is obtained.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In these Tuks Guru Sahib has touched upon the sense of smell. Guru Sahib has not asked us to avoid the pleasure of this sense, but told us that the ability to purchase the oil, apply it on the body and finally enjoy the sense of pleasure is due to the grace of ‘The Sat’. We on our own has not created this body on which we apply the scent, we have not created the brain which is the repository of the skills which the individual has that enables her or him to earn money and buy oil, and the sense of smell too is a gift from ‘The Sat’. If we remain aware of these fundamental facts, as I understand, the sense of Ahamkara will not enter us and one will be able to become one with ‘The Sat’.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">5.</span></span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> ijh pRswid bsih suK mMdir ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jih parsaa<u>d</u> baseh su<u>kh</u> man<u>d</u>ar.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">By who’s grace peace enters the mind.</span> </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">6. </span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'">iqsih iDAwie sdw mn AMdir ] </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">t</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">iseh <u>Dh</u>i-aa-ay sa<u>d</u>aa man an<u>d</u>ar.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <span style="color: blue">Always keep the remembrance of that entity in the mind.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The placidity of mind comes to us when we live a pure life. The purity in life comes when we live in accordance the values that are enshrined in spiritual life where we put in honest hard work and accept the outcome as gift of ‘The Sat’. Ahamkara disappears there is no I-ness in it. There are no enemies and the person remains in perfect harmony with all the entities that create her or his environment of life. This way we become one with the creation. Since creation and creator are one, we become one with the creator. As I understand, it is for this reason guru Sahib has asked us to always remember ‘The Sat’ for all that we do and that happens to us.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">7.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> ijh pRswid igRh sMig suK bsnw ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jih parsaa<u>d</u> garih sang su<u>kh</u> basnaa.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">By who’s Grace you live joyfully in the family</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">8.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> AwT phr ismrhu iqsu rsnw ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">aa<u>th</u> pahar simrahu <u>t</u>is rasnaa.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Remain imbued in the essence of remembrance of this entity – ‘The Sat’</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Guru Sahib has asked us to live a life of a householder which means the individual has to earn some living. Guru Sahib has asked us to do Kirt i.e. earn through honest hard work. Guru Sahib in this Tuk has also asked us to remember ‘The Sat’ all the 24 hours of the day. My brain can concentrate only on one entity at a time not on many. How can I concentrate on the remembrance of ‘The Sat’ and the physical or mental task at hand that enables me to earn. Both need to be satisfied concurrently, but how - needs to be explained. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">To me, remembrance does not mean that all the time we keep uttering the verbal sound that conveys the thought of ‘The Sat’ – say ‘Waheguru’. I cannot be doing Jaap at the same time making presentation at some forum. I had to deliberate on this doubt and how I come out of it I share with you. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As I understand, when all of my thoughts, all of my utterances and all of my actions gets first processed through the teachings of Siri Guru Granth Sahib before taking shape and effect, to me, it means, that all the time I am remembering ‘The Sat’. It is my understanding that living in accordance with the sum total of teachings of Siri Guru Granth Sahib the person gets delivered to ‘The Sat’. This I say because, here, I-ness in the person disappears, only ‘The Sat’ i.e. ‘The Karta’ remains. In this case the person is only an instrument of delivery; such person is instrument of ‘The Sat’. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">This is my way of remembering ‘The Sat’ all the time.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">9.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> ijh pRswid rMg rs Bog ] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">jih parsaa<u>d</u> rang ras <u>bh</u>og.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">By who’s Grace, one enjoys the joys of life.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">10.</span></span><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'WebAkharThick'"> nwnk sdw iDAweIAY iDAwvn jog ]1] </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="font-size: 12px">naanak sa<u>d</u>aa <u>Dh</u>i-aa-ee-ai <u>Dh</u>i-aavan</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"> jog. ||1||</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">O Nanak, meditate forever on the One, who is worthy of meditation. ||1||</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><u>My understanding</u>:</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Finally Guru Sahib asks us to have proper sense of gratitude towards the entity i.e. ‘The Sat’ because of whom we live our worldly life and enjoy its joys and pleasures. Guru Sahib says it is proper enshrine ‘The Sat’ in our being and always remember ‘The Sat’.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">With this I close.</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: 92443, member: 10"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Dear Khalsa Ji,[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I share with you all, my understanding of the 1st Pauri of 6th Ashtapadee of Sukhmani Sahib. [I][U]Please note that the English sentence after the Transliteration is not the exact literal translation of the sentence, it is the meaning of the tuk as understood by me[/U][/I][U].[/U][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][B][U]First the summary[/U][/B][B]:[/B][SIZE=3] Guru Sahib in this Pauri has asked us that while living the natural life including that of a house holder and enjoying the worldly pleasures, one should always remember ‘The Sat’. It is by the grace of ‘The Sat’ that good life comes to us.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]1.[/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] ijh pRswid CqIh AMimRq Kwih ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]jih parsaa[U]d[/U] [U]chh[/U]a[U]t[/U]eeh amri[U]t[/U] [U]kh[/U]aahi.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]By Who’s Grace, you partake of the thirty-six delicacies;[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]2.[/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] iqsu Twkur kau rKu mn mwih ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][U][FONT=Tahoma]t[/FONT][/U][FONT=Tahoma]is [U]th[/U]aakur ka-o ra[U]kh[/U] man maahi.[/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Enshrine that Master within your mind.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Before I elaborate on what I understand from this Pauri, I need to say some thing about Sikh Religion. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=blue]Sikh Religion[/COLOR][/B] does not ask its followers to leave the world go to a secluded place and deprive one-self of all the joys that human life is capable of giving.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=blue]Sikh Religion[/COLOR][/B] clearly says that to achieve any thing in life two inputs are concurrently needed - one is sustained honest efforts and second is ‘Gurparsadee’ i.e. blessing of ‘The Sat’. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]According to [B][COLOR=blue]Sikh Religion[/COLOR][/B], being born in human form is a blessing, which enables the person to go beyond life. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=blue]Sikh Religion[/COLOR][/B] provides for evolution of spiritual life of the person while she or he lives the life in normal honest and ethical way as house holder.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=blue]Sikh Religion[/COLOR][/B] says that human birth is an opportunity to go beyond life. It explains how to live in this world of Maya without being fooled by it.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=blue]Sikh Religion[/COLOR][/B] asks its followers to enjoy the pleasures life and face the sorrows as they come with equanimity without getting attached, addicted or overwhelmed by them.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=blue]Sikh Religion[/COLOR][/B] is a spiritual path in life i.e. the way of living, which leads to divinity.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B][COLOR=blue]Sikh Religion[/COLOR][/B] is life-affirming religion; it is not a life-negating religion. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With this introduction I come back to my main task of conveying what is my understanding of this Pauri.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guru Sahib in the first line touched upon the human sense of taste. Guru Sahib has mentioned about thirty six delicacies. No one needs to list these 36 delicacies. Use of this number 36 is a way of saying ‘many’. Here it means many delicacies. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guru Sahib has not asked his followers to refrain from enjoying the human sense of taste. What Guru Sahib has said in these lines is that always remember that the means to buy the delicacy has come to her or him with the grace of ‘The Sat’, delicacy, well prepared which she or he is enjoying has come to him by the grace of ‘The Sat’ and also the sense of taste with which the person is relishing the delicacy is in the person as a result of grace of ‘The Sat’. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guru Sahib asks us to never forget ‘The Sat’.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]If this teaching percolates into the being of the person then the sense of Ahamkara will not arise in her or him.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]3.[/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] ijh pRswid sugMDq qin lwvih ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]jih parsaa[U]d[/U] sugan[U]Dh[/U]a[U]t[/U] [U]t[/U]an laaveh.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]By Who’s Grace, you apply scented oils to your body;[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]4.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] iqs kau ismrq prm giq pwvih ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][U][FONT=Tahoma]t[/FONT][/U][FONT=Tahoma]is ka-o simra[U]t[/U] param ga[U]t[/U] paavahi.[/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Remembering ‘The Sat’, the supreme state is obtained.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]In these Tuks Guru Sahib has touched upon the sense of smell. Guru Sahib has not asked us to avoid the pleasure of this sense, but told us that the ability to purchase the oil, apply it on the body and finally enjoy the sense of pleasure is due to the grace of ‘The Sat’. We on our own has not created this body on which we apply the scent, we have not created the brain which is the repository of the skills which the individual has that enables her or him to earn money and buy oil, and the sense of smell too is a gift from ‘The Sat’. If we remain aware of these fundamental facts, as I understand, the sense of Ahamkara will not enter us and one will be able to become one with ‘The Sat’.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]5.[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] ijh pRswid bsih suK mMdir ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]jih parsaa[U]d[/U] baseh su[U]kh[/U] man[U]d[/U]ar.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue]By who’s grace peace enters the mind.[/COLOR][COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]6. [/FONT][/SIZE][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick]iqsih iDAwie sdw mn AMdir ] [/FONT][/COLOR][SIZE=3][U][FONT=Tahoma]t[/FONT][/U][FONT=Tahoma]iseh [U]Dh[/U]i-aa-ay sa[U]d[/U]aa man an[U]d[/U]ar.[/FONT][/SIZE][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [COLOR=blue]Always keep the remembrance of that entity in the mind.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The placidity of mind comes to us when we live a pure life. The purity in life comes when we live in accordance the values that are enshrined in spiritual life where we put in honest hard work and accept the outcome as gift of ‘The Sat’. Ahamkara disappears there is no I-ness in it. There are no enemies and the person remains in perfect harmony with all the entities that create her or his environment of life. This way we become one with the creation. Since creation and creator are one, we become one with the creator. As I understand, it is for this reason guru Sahib has asked us to always remember ‘The Sat’ for all that we do and that happens to us.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]7.[/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] ijh pRswid igRh sMig suK bsnw ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]jih parsaa[U]d[/U] garih sang su[U]kh[/U] basnaa.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]By who’s Grace you live joyfully in the family[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]8.[/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] AwT phr ismrhu iqsu rsnw ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]aa[U]th[/U] pahar simrahu [U]t[/U]is rasnaa.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][COLOR=blue][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Remain imbued in the essence of remembrance of this entity – ‘The Sat’[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Guru Sahib has asked us to live a life of a householder which means the individual has to earn some living. Guru Sahib has asked us to do Kirt i.e. earn through honest hard work. Guru Sahib in this Tuk has also asked us to remember ‘The Sat’ all the 24 hours of the day. My brain can concentrate only on one entity at a time not on many. How can I concentrate on the remembrance of ‘The Sat’ and the physical or mental task at hand that enables me to earn. Both need to be satisfied concurrently, but how - needs to be explained. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]To me, remembrance does not mean that all the time we keep uttering the verbal sound that conveys the thought of ‘The Sat’ – say ‘Waheguru’. I cannot be doing Jaap at the same time making presentation at some forum. I had to deliberate on this doubt and how I come out of it I share with you. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]As I understand, when all of my thoughts, all of my utterances and all of my actions gets first processed through the teachings of Siri Guru Granth Sahib before taking shape and effect, to me, it means, that all the time I am remembering ‘The Sat’. It is my understanding that living in accordance with the sum total of teachings of Siri Guru Granth Sahib the person gets delivered to ‘The Sat’. This I say because, here, I-ness in the person disappears, only ‘The Sat’ i.e. ‘The Karta’ remains. In this case the person is only an instrument of delivery; such person is instrument of ‘The Sat’. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]This is my way of remembering ‘The Sat’ all the time.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]9.[/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] ijh pRswid rMg rs Bog ] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]jih parsaa[U]d[/U] rang ras [U]bh[/U]og.[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]By who’s Grace, one enjoys the joys of life.[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]10.[/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=maroon][FONT=WebAkharThick] nwnk sdw iDAweIAY iDAwvn jog ]1] [/FONT][/COLOR][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=3]naanak sa[U]d[/U]aa [U]Dh[/U]i-aa-ee-ai [U]Dh[/U]i-aavan[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma] jog. ||1|| [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma]O Nanak, meditate forever on the One, who is worthy of meditation. ||1||[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=blue][FONT=Tahoma][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=blue][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][U]My understanding[/U]:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Finally Guru Sahib asks us to have proper sense of gratitude towards the entity i.e. ‘The Sat’ because of whom we live our worldly life and enjoy its joys and pleasures. Guru Sahib says it is proper enshrine ‘The Sat’ in our being and always remember ‘The Sat’.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]With this I close.[/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]Amarpal Singh[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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Sukhmani Sahib:6th Ashtapadee:1st Pauri:My Understanding
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