The Gurmat Wisdom of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS) teaches us that the purpose of reading / listening the Gurbani is one has to become Wise (the Gurmukh) by… Continue reading Ritualistic Reading of the Gurbani
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Spiritual Indigestion
When one eats without properly chewing (ਚੱਬਣ) the food or eats more than one can chew, it results in bad-stomach or indigestion. Similarly, we get the spiritual indigestion when we… Continue reading Spiritual Indigestion
Spiritual Surgery
If we allow (big if!), the Gurbani can perform spiritual surgery on our minds diseased with the psychological ailments. As a medical doctor performs a surgical procedure to remove or… Continue reading Spiritual Surgery
Ladles do not know the Taste of Food They Cruise in!
When the Truth that has not been personally experienced, one can not grasp it directly. However, with the help of analogies, similes, allegories, metaphors, figurative or mystic representations and illustrations,… Continue reading Ladles do not know the Taste of Food They Cruise in!
Hearing Alone is not Enough!
Hearing or reading of the Gurbani must stimulate and reform thinking (ਸੋਚ). A Maya-driven or a doubt-ridden mind is a crowd. That is, a crowd of innumerable thoughts, fancies, imaginations,… Continue reading Hearing Alone is not Enough!