Category: GURBANI ARTICLES

Identifying The Creator (Part-I)

On a scientific measure, the existence of the Creator, expressed in various scriptures, cannot be proved; nonetheless, there is something within the human beings that inspires them to experience the power that is a cause of the world and beyond. In Sikhi, though that entity is addressed mostly as masculine, it is also made clear …

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Beyond The Curtain

 Baffled and frustrated with the competition set up in the worldly materialistic pursuits, the mortals prefer materialistic gains to divinity. If somehow success dawns in their pursuits, they get puffed up with it and offer very enigmatic responses to the questions referred to divinity. The lenses of their eyes perceive everything according to their successes …

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The prayer of First Nanak

Praying has been a great support for a believer for centuries; in the materialistic world, praying remains limited to materialistic things or individual comforts; however, in the realm of liberation, the prayer for materialistic purpose loses its luster. In the state of liberation, one’s prayer remains focused on the Creator, and also one’s wishful thinking …

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Walking With The Guru

I feel the stanzas 35 and 36 of Japji address the way out to explore the actual spiritual goal, and it should be an ultimate goal of every Gursikh. Please also read another related stanza of Japji given below to grasp the depth of the spiritual approach the Guru asks his followers to embrace. These …

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Enlightening Slok Of First Nanak

Sri Guru Granth Sahib echoes around the inexpressible love of the Creator’s lovers; instead of learning how to get absorbed in that echo, sometimes we get enveloped in very small pursuits. For example, many of my Sikh brothers and sisters are stuck with one name of our Creator and question the names other people give …

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