We are conditioned from the childhood to consider ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ or Tuesday as Ashubh (unfortunate, inelegant, bad, untoward, potentious, evil, ill-omened, ill-boding, unfavorable, inauspicious, calamity, ill-luck, and so on.). Consequently, people… Continue reading Tuesday
Ways of the World
The Gurbani urges us to renounce ways of the worldly people (ਲੋਗਾ ਰੀਤਿ, ਲੋਕ ਲਾਜ etc.) for the world is consumed by hidden fire (of worldly temptations and their corrupting… Continue reading Ways of the World
Bhangaar – Mental Filth
Smokers of Hukkaa (or Hukka, hubble-bubble, ਹੁੱਕਾ…), after each smoking session, empty the burnt tobacco and coal from the Hukkaa’s Chilam (the top head part or bowl that holds the… Continue reading Bhangaar – Mental Filth
Stubborn Mindedness – Getting Rid of it
Stubborn mindedness is critiqued and rejected (Khandan) in the Gurmat Wisdom of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS). A stubborn person is a person of blind-mind (Un-enlightened, Manmukh-Saakat-Mayadhaaree). Hence, the… Continue reading Stubborn Mindedness – Getting Rid of it
Stubborn Mindedness – Counting Beads
The edict of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) is that telling beads or counting beads is worthless — ‘Phokat’, of no value etc. Read More