According to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS), STUBBORN MIDEDNESS — Mann Hath (ਮਨ ਹਠ) — is a Bikaar (i.e., ਅਵਗੁਣ: demerit, flaw, defect, fault, blemish etc.). Therefore, according to Gurmat… Continue reading Stubborn Mindedness – a Mental Disease
Category: Gurbani
We Pay for Dishonesty
Pursuit of knowledge must lead to truthful living. Therefore, unless knowledge changes one’s life in the direction of Truth — man’s essential state — it’s useless. One can spend all… Continue reading We Pay for Dishonesty
Oily Rag and the Human Mind
Four things are common in animals and a sense-blind human beings with an empty mind: (1) eating, (2) sleeping, (3) mating, and (4) defending. Mind infatuated with vices or Bikaar… Continue reading Oily Rag and the Human Mind
Slave of the Senses
Out of ten physical senses, the five sense-organs are of knowledge or perception (Giyan Indriyas – eyes, years, nose, tongue and skin), and the five sense-organs of action (Karam Indriyas… Continue reading Slave of the Senses
We Cannot Hide Our Actions
The Gurbani tells us we cannot hide our actions (ਕਰਤੂਤ, deeds, conduct, work, business, manner of our life, etc.) from the All-knowing Presence. Generally this is what happens when we… Continue reading We Cannot Hide Our Actions