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<blockquote data-quote="Taranjeet singh" data-source="post: 116272" data-attributes="member: 10049"><p><strong>Re: The guru:ਗੁਰਮੰਤ੍ਰ - gurmantra</strong></p><p></p><p>:the following may be useful....</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In Sikhism, the gurmantra is neither variable nor confidential. It is not whispered into the ear of the disciple, but openly pronounced. The word Vahiguru has been the gurmantra for the Sikhs from the very beginning; Vahiguru is the name by which the Supreme Being is known in the Sikh tradition. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhai_Gurdas" target="_blank">Bhai Gurdas</a> (1551-1636) makes the statement <strong>"Vahiguru is the gurmantra; by repeating it thou hast thy ego erased,"</strong> (Varan X111.2). In the Guru Granth Sahib, the gurmantra to be practised is referred to as nam, i.e. the Divine Name. Absorption in nam, i.e. constant remembrance of God's Name is repeatedly recommended. "All gains—spiritual and material—flow from concentration on nam" (GG, 290). "Gather the riches of God's Name; thus wilt thou earn honour in the hereafter," (GG, 1311). "Grant me the merit (O God) of remaining attached to thy Name." This nam, according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh" target="_blank">Sikh</a> tradition, Guru Nanak received in a mystical experience, during his disappearance into the Bein rivulet which is described in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puratan_Janam_Sakhi&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Puratan Janam Sakhi</a> in terms of a direct communion with the Divine Lord. "As the Lord willed, Nanak the devotee was escorted to His Presence. Then a cup filled with amrit (nectar) was given him with the command, 'Nanak, this is the cup of Name-adoration. Drink it. . . Go, rejoice in My Name and teach others to do so. . . I have bestowed upon thee the gift of My Name. . ." It is believed that the Name Guru Nanak revealed was Vahiguru.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mool_Mantar" target="_blank">Mool Mantar</a> or root formula with which <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Scripture" target="_blank">Sikh Scripture</a> opens defines the Reality. The epithet sati (satya from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" target="_blank">Sanskrit</a> as) in it means ever-existent, eternal. Onkar, the primal word in the Mool Mantar, is for the temporal world that wonder whose name is sat. Vahiguru directly and verbally echoes the wondrous aspect of the Guru, here the Timeless Being. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue"><u>Vahiguru and Satinam thus convey an identical awareness, the former being implicit and the latter explicit in the Guru Granth Sahib.</u></span> </p><p></p><p></p><p>The Supreme Being is the ultimate Guru (GG, 357). Gurmantra Vahiguru means the wonderful Ever-existent Lord, the Supreme Enlightener.</p><p> Sikhism by definition is the faith of discipleship. The Guru is central to the system—the Ten who lived in person and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib" target="_blank">Guru Granth Sahib</a> which was so apotheosized in 1708 by the last of the Gurus, Guru Gobind Singh. The Guru's word is for the Sikh the Word Divine, and he is meant to live by it. He to whom the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru" target="_blank">Guru</a> imparts nam mantra, i.e. gurmantra, alone achieves perfection (GG, 1298); he receives bliss transcending all desires, (GG, 318); he has his fear and suffering annulled (GG, 51); he has himself accepted everywhere (GG, 257); and he has his sins cancelled pierced by the arrow of truth (GG, 521). Gurmantra acts as panacea for all ills (GG, 1002). Accursed is he who is devoid of gurmantra (GG, 1356-57). Gurmantra fixes one's mind on Him Who pervades everywhere (GG, 1357).</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gur_Mantar" target="_blank">Gur Mantar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Taranjeet singh, post: 116272, member: 10049"] [b]Re: The guru:ਗੁਰਮੰਤ੍ਰ - gurmantra[/b] :the following may be useful.... In Sikhism, the gurmantra is neither variable nor confidential. It is not whispered into the ear of the disciple, but openly pronounced. The word Vahiguru has been the gurmantra for the Sikhs from the very beginning; Vahiguru is the name by which the Supreme Being is known in the Sikh tradition. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhai_Gurdas"]Bhai Gurdas[/url] (1551-1636) makes the statement [B]"Vahiguru is the gurmantra; by repeating it thou hast thy ego erased,"[/B] (Varan X111.2). In the Guru Granth Sahib, the gurmantra to be practised is referred to as nam, i.e. the Divine Name. Absorption in nam, i.e. constant remembrance of God's Name is repeatedly recommended. "All gains—spiritual and material—flow from concentration on nam" (GG, 290). "Gather the riches of God's Name; thus wilt thou earn honour in the hereafter," (GG, 1311). "Grant me the merit (O God) of remaining attached to thy Name." This nam, according to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh"]Sikh[/url] tradition, Guru Nanak received in a mystical experience, during his disappearance into the Bein rivulet which is described in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Puratan_Janam_Sakhi&action=edit&redlink=1"]Puratan Janam Sakhi[/URL] in terms of a direct communion with the Divine Lord. "As the Lord willed, Nanak the devotee was escorted to His Presence. Then a cup filled with amrit (nectar) was given him with the command, 'Nanak, this is the cup of Name-adoration. Drink it. . . Go, rejoice in My Name and teach others to do so. . . I have bestowed upon thee the gift of My Name. . ." It is believed that the Name Guru Nanak revealed was Vahiguru. The [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mool_Mantar"]Mool Mantar[/url] or root formula with which [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Scripture"]Sikh Scripture[/url] opens defines the Reality. The epithet sati (satya from [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit"]Sanskrit[/url] as) in it means ever-existent, eternal. Onkar, the primal word in the Mool Mantar, is for the temporal world that wonder whose name is sat. Vahiguru directly and verbally echoes the wondrous aspect of the Guru, here the Timeless Being. [COLOR=Blue][U]Vahiguru and Satinam thus convey an identical awareness, the former being implicit and the latter explicit in the Guru Granth Sahib.[/U][/COLOR] The Supreme Being is the ultimate Guru (GG, 357). Gurmantra Vahiguru means the wonderful Ever-existent Lord, the Supreme Enlightener. Sikhism by definition is the faith of discipleship. The Guru is central to the system—the Ten who lived in person and the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib"]Guru Granth Sahib[/url] which was so apotheosized in 1708 by the last of the Gurus, Guru Gobind Singh. The Guru's word is for the Sikh the Word Divine, and he is meant to live by it. He to whom the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru"]Guru[/url] imparts nam mantra, i.e. gurmantra, alone achieves perfection (GG, 1298); he receives bliss transcending all desires, (GG, 318); he has his fear and suffering annulled (GG, 51); he has himself accepted everywhere (GG, 257); and he has his sins cancelled pierced by the arrow of truth (GG, 521). Gurmantra acts as panacea for all ills (GG, 1002). Accursed is he who is devoid of gurmantra (GG, 1356-57). Gurmantra fixes one's mind on Him Who pervades everywhere (GG, 1357). [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gur_Mantar"]Gur Mantar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] [/QUOTE]
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