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Light Symbolizes Knowledge

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The gurbani leads us to the Light – Infinite Knowledge (Wisdom, Giaan, etc).

Light (Jot, Joti, or Jyoti) Symbolizes spiritual Knowledge, the greatest and lasting Inner Wealth. For Knowledge removes spiritual ignorance (ਆਤਮਕ ਜੀਵਨ ਵਲੋਂ ਬੇ-ਸਮਝੀ ਦਾ ਹਨੇਰਾ) just as light removes darkness.

ਅਗਿਆਨੁ ਅੰਧੇਰਾ ਮਿਟਿ ਗਇਆ ਗੁਰ ਚਾਨਣੁ ਗਿਆਨੁ ਚਰਾਗੁ ॥: Agiaan andheraa miti gaiaa gur chaanan giaan charaag: … Read More »

Cultivating Knowledge

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The Gurbani Guides us how to Cultivate Knowledge.

ਗਿਆਨੁ ਕਮਾਈਐ ਪੂਛਿ ਜਨਾਂ ॥: Giaan kamaaeeai poosh janaan: (O my mind!) Consulting the (saintly, the Gurmukhs, etc.) beings, practice (i.e., learn to cultivate, ਹਾਸਲ ਕਰਣਾਂ, etc.) spiritual Knowledge (Wisdom, ਆਤਮਕ ਜੀਵਨ ਦੀ ਸੂਝ, etc.) (1180).

There is huge emphasis on Vichaar in the SGGS (ਸਿਖੀ ਸਿਖਿਆ ਗੁਰ ਵੀਚਾਰਿ ॥ sggs 465).

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Without Knowledge and Naam

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As the opposite of darkness is light, the opposite of ignorance is Knowledge.

As the Gurbani indicates, spiritual Knowledge (Wisdom, Giaan, Shabad-Vichaar, etc.) and Naam (Simran, meditation on the Name, contemplation on the Shabad, etc.) are interconnected. The Gurbani says that whosoever in the world is without these, consider that person as just dead.

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A PARADOX

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We are given this Divine Gurbani, which spares no effort in trying to save us, but the majority of us (over 99.9 percent) remain unresponsive. Why?

The reason is of the nature of a paradox. It is the Gurbani that gives us Giaan (Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding, ਸੂਝ …). But to understand the Gurbani, we need Giaan!! This is the paradox.

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The Highest Giaan – Knowledge

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The Gurbani stresses that this physical world, and all the experiences associated with it, is only a dream (“ਸੁਪਨਾ”). In other words, as repeatedly indicated in the Gurbani, it is important to realize that one’s life on earth is tantamount to a dream.

ਨਾਨਕ ਕਹਤ ਜਗਤ ਸਭ ਮਿਥਿਆ ਜਿਉ ਸੁਪਨਾ ਰੈਨਾਈ ॥੨॥੧॥: Nanak kahat jagat sabh mithiaa jiou supnaa rainaaee … Read More »

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