Category Archives: Animals

Human Mind Acting Like Nonhuman Animals

Posted on January 15, 2019 by T Singh 8 Responses

Four things are common in nonhuman animals and a sense-blind human having an unhealthy or empty mind: eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. Mind infatuated with Bikaar (lust,anger, greed, etc.) is … Read more

Baavar Gaavar

Posted on December 23, 2013 by T Singh 10 Responses

Baavar (“ਬਾਵਰ”) => Crazy, mad, demented, ਬਾਉਲਾ, ਝੱਲਾ, ਕਮਲਾ, ਵਾਤੂਲ, ਪਾਗਲ, etc. Gaavar (“ਗਾਵਰ”) => Fool, stupid, primitive, ਗੰਵਾਰ, etc. The Gurbani calls that person “Baavar Gaavar” whose deluded or … Read more

The Dog’s Tail

Posted on August 20, 2013 by T Singh 11 Responses

The previous post touched upon the use of idioms (ਮੁਹਾਵਰੇ) in the Gurbani. When the Truth that has not been personally experienced, one can not grasp it directly. However, with … Read more

Crazy-Mind

Posted on June 17, 2012 by T Singh 6 Responses

As indicated in the few previous posts, the human mind that conducts itself at the animal (e.g., elephant, monkey, frog…) level is crazy. The Gurbani urges us to look into … Read more

Dog-Mind

Posted on June 1, 2012 by T Singh 3 Responses

It is said that one can keep a dog’s tail in a straight tube and hold it there for as long as the dog lives. But it will curl as … Read more

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