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<blockquote data-quote="Amarpal" data-source="post: 22284" data-attributes="member: 10"><p><strong>Re: Why do we do path or listen to path</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Dear ddhillon Ji,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">When ever one tries to learn something new, it is little difficult assimilate it fully. It takes time and one has to go over it again and again. This applies to Gurbani also.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is true for the text of Granth Sahib too. It takes time to get the deeper meaning of it and it still takes efforts and requires considerable mental discipline to incorporate the learning into one’s own being.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I suggest that you read Gurbani in the following way.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(i)</span> <span style="font-size: 12px">Read the first Pauri of Japji Sahib. Think it over, and try to understand it the best you can. Do not bother about the correctness of it. It will become purer and purer as you progress and learn more.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(ii)</span> <span style="font-size: 12px">Now, read the next Pauri and do the same to understand it separately. Synthesize the meanings of this Pauri with what you had deliberated on previously. You will find that this new understanding either supports the meaning you had learned from the earlier deliberation or will negate it – fully or partially. Now arrive at the new understanding, which harmonize the two and fuse them into one.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(iii)</span> <span style="font-size: 12px">Keep repeating step (ii) with each and every new Pauri/sentence of Japji Sahib. This way you keep synthesizing and harmonizing your earlier learning with the new learning. As you continue to make progress in reading Japji Sahib you will find that you have accumulated sufficient learning which helps you to grasp the meaning of the subsequent Pauris more easily. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(iv)</span> <span style="font-size: 12px">After Japji Sahib, you do the same with other Banis of Siri Guru Granth and synthesize them with your past learning. Continue to do so with the entire Siri Guru Granth Sahib. This way you keep are merging the entire Siri Guru Granth Sahib into One. This One is EkOngkar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">(v)</span> <span style="font-size: 12px">At this stage you will know that the essence of Siri Guru Granth Sahib is ‘EkOngkar Satgurparsadi - the first and last words of the First Pauri of Siri Guru Granth Sahib – the rest of Siri Guru Granth Sahib is elaboration of it. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Now see from where you had started in step (i) and where you have reached at the end of step (v). This is the journey which is the intent of the life in Human form. To complete this journey and to reach 'One' we have to read and listen Siri Guru Granth Sahib again and again and again and again……</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">It is for this reason we do Paath and listen to it again and again and again…… </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: 22284, member: 10"] [b]Re: Why do we do path or listen to path[/b] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Dear ddhillon Ji,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]When ever one tries to learn something new, it is little difficult assimilate it fully. It takes time and one has to go over it again and again. This applies to Gurbani also.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It is true for the text of Granth Sahib too. It takes time to get the deeper meaning of it and it still takes efforts and requires considerable mental discipline to incorporate the learning into one’s own being.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I suggest that you read Gurbani in the following way.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](i)[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Read the first Pauri of Japji Sahib. Think it over, and try to understand it the best you can. Do not bother about the correctness of it. It will become purer and purer as you progress and learn more.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](ii)[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Now, read the next Pauri and do the same to understand it separately. Synthesize the meanings of this Pauri with what you had deliberated on previously. You will find that this new understanding either supports the meaning you had learned from the earlier deliberation or will negate it – fully or partially. Now arrive at the new understanding, which harmonize the two and fuse them into one.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](iii)[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Keep repeating step (ii) with each and every new Pauri/sentence of Japji Sahib. This way you keep synthesizing and harmonizing your earlier learning with the new learning. As you continue to make progress in reading Japji Sahib you will find that you have accumulated sufficient learning which helps you to grasp the meaning of the subsequent Pauris more easily. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](iv)[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]After Japji Sahib, you do the same with other Banis of Siri Guru Granth and synthesize them with your past learning. Continue to do so with the entire Siri Guru Granth Sahib. This way you keep are merging the entire Siri Guru Granth Sahib into One. This One is EkOngkar.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](v)[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]At this stage you will know that the essence of Siri Guru Granth Sahib is ‘EkOngkar Satgurparsadi - the first and last words of the First Pauri of Siri Guru Granth Sahib – the rest of Siri Guru Granth Sahib is elaboration of it. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Now see from where you had started in step (i) and where you have reached at the end of step (v). This is the journey which is the intent of the life in Human form. To complete this journey and to reach 'One' we have to read and listen Siri Guru Granth Sahib again and again and again and again……[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]It is for this reason we do Paath and listen to it again and again and again…… [/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] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Amarpal Singh[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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