Elephant-Mind

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Spiritually speaking, when we talk about a wild elephant, its three main aspects come to light: (1) elephants’ lustful urges, (2) its conduct, which is like a drunkard being (3) its enormously fat size. The Gurbani compares all these aspects of an elephant with the human ego-mind (Haumai, Mayaic mind, conditioned mind, the consciousness of time-space-causation…). On account of it … Read More »

Crow-Mind

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Consider the following verse of the Gurbani:

ਕਊਆ ਕਹਾ ਕਪੂਰ ਚਰਾਏ ॥ ਕਹ ਬਿਸੀਅਰ ਕਉ ਦੂਧੁ ਪੀਆਏ ॥੨॥: Kaouooaa kahaa kapoor charaae. kah bisiar kaou doodhu piaae ||2||: Offering camphor (ਕਪੂਰ, a fragrant grass) to a crow is of no avail (because his habit of eating filth will not go away – ਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਗੰਦ/ਵਿਸਟਾ ਖਾਣ ਦੀ ਆਦਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾ … Read More »

Gurbani says do not call Vedas false

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The Truth is One (ੴ ). The Gurbani and the Vedas point toward That One Truth. The differences are only in the depth to which each one of us comprehends (ਸੂਝ-ਬੂਝ) This Truth. That’s where the confusions arise!

The Gurbani tells us that the Vedas are not false. In the same breath, the Gurbani also tells us that false are … Read More »

Reading and memorizing Gurbani is of no avail unless

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The ego-mind may not be agreeable with the Gurbani boldly saying that reading and memorizing (religious texts, Granths…) is of no avail (Spiritual Gain, ਆਤਮਕ ਲਾਭ, ਲਾਹਾ…) unless one gains Understanding (ਆਤਮਕ ਸੂਝ-ਬੂਝ) in his Heart. Here is the proof from the Gurbani:

ਪਢੇ ਗੁਨੇ ਨਾਹੀ ਕਛੁ ਬਉਰੇ ਜਉ ਦਿਲ ਮਹਿ ਖਬਰਿ ਨ ਹੋਈ ॥੨॥: Padhe gune naahee kachhu baoure … Read More »

Panch Ko Jhagaraa

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Panch ( ਪੰਚ) = five (passions: lust, anger, greed, attachment, and pride), leader, ਚੌਧਰੀ, ਮੁਖੀ, ਪੰਜ ਕਾਮਾਦਿਕ…

Jhagaraa (ਝਗਰਾ) = dispute, variance, contention, scramble, affray, squabble, controversy, tussle, wrangling, scrimmage, quarrel…

Bhagat Kabeer Sahib says that all the quarrels in this world are of the “Panch” (ਚੌਧਰਪਣਾਂ…), egotism or Haumai whose faults are Bikaar such as lust, anger, greed, and … Read More »

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