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<blockquote data-quote="sadhu" data-source="post: 97012" data-attributes="member: 7918"><p>virendr grewal ji</p><p> </p><p>I asked you some questions about your essay in my previous post. You never replied to my post. </p><p>Here are some more confusions. Reply only if you have the answers to my questions.</p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">First of all let us assume that that the creation was created by god's command, according to the above lines. So, where is the shabd guru here?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> Where does it says that universe was created by a word? I personally feel that universe cannot be created by a word, because word is a sound wave. Matter has to be there in the first place, to produce any kind of sound whatsoever. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Even if we assume that sound can sometimes be created without matter, we need to have an ear to listen to that sound. So whosever heard this "shabd hukam" to create this universe, was existing when the universe was created. So how did he came into being in the first place?</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I dont believe the idea that universe was created by one word, its practically absurd. </span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Someone has definitely interpreted this shabad wrongly. I dont know the correct explanation myself, but even a sixth grade child can understand the flaw in this. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Again, where is shabd guru in this? Where does it says that the shabd is the guru?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In the above lines guru is mentioned, his shabd is mentioned, but i dont find a single line which says that the shabd is the guru. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I still feel the meaning of the word shabd guru is not clear. Guru is the one who shows the path, and he uses certain "words"[shabds] to explain the path, but that does not mean that those "words" become your guru. A Word is a word, just a sound wave, nothing more than that. It will perish as soon as it is formed. Yes, it can be an indicator towards a destination, but it in itself is not a destination. A word can be a tool of the guru, to talk with his disciples. It cannot be the guru in itself. And tools without a guru are useless, disciples can play with the tools, they can even harm each other with them, but nothing more than that. Once the guru is not there, tools become useless. Because now the disciples will use the tools, according to their own narrow understandings. Because now the tools will be misused, as the guru is not there to guide. And this is what has happened to sikhism after the tenth guru. It has become a set of useless rituals and a mere game of politics. As people are now using the tools according to their own motives and interests. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sadhu, post: 97012, member: 7918"] virendr grewal ji I asked you some questions about your essay in my previous post. You never replied to my post. Here are some more confusions. Reply only if you have the answers to my questions. [FONT=Calibri] [/FONT][FONT=Calibri][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]First of all let us assume that that the creation was created by god's command, according to the above lines. So, where is the shabd guru here?[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] Where does it says that universe was created by a word? I personally feel that universe cannot be created by a word, because word is a sound wave. Matter has to be there in the first place, to produce any kind of sound whatsoever. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Even if we assume that sound can sometimes be created without matter, we need to have an ear to listen to that sound. So whosever heard this "shabd hukam" to create this universe, was existing when the universe was created. So how did he came into being in the first place?[/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]I dont believe the idea that universe was created by one word, its practically absurd. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Someone has definitely interpreted this shabad wrongly. I dont know the correct explanation myself, but even a sixth grade child can understand the flaw in this. [/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Again, where is shabd guru in this? Where does it says that the shabd is the guru?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]In the above lines guru is mentioned, his shabd is mentioned, but i dont find a single line which says that the shabd is the guru. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I still feel the meaning of the word shabd guru is not clear. Guru is the one who shows the path, and he uses certain "words"[shabds] to explain the path, but that does not mean that those "words" become your guru. A Word is a word, just a sound wave, nothing more than that. It will perish as soon as it is formed. Yes, it can be an indicator towards a destination, but it in itself is not a destination. A word can be a tool of the guru, to talk with his disciples. It cannot be the guru in itself. And tools without a guru are useless, disciples can play with the tools, they can even harm each other with them, but nothing more than that. Once the guru is not there, tools become useless. Because now the disciples will use the tools, according to their own narrow understandings. Because now the tools will be misused, as the guru is not there to guide. And this is what has happened to sikhism after the tenth guru. It has become a set of useless rituals and a mere game of politics. As people are now using the tools according to their own motives and interests. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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