If we don’t understand Mool Mantra (A prelude To Jap Ji), we know nothing about Sikhi; without understanding the concept of the Creator in “Mool Mantra”, we simply build our pyramids of knowledge based on stories told over times by those, who were more interested in the pursuit of their own quest than understanding fully …
Category: GURBANI ARTICLES
Fourth Nanak’s Advice On Religious Shops In Competition
In the Gurbani, the followers are guided carefully towards Prabh, the all pervading imperishable Creator; the Gurus have taken all efforts to make their followers aware not only about negative influences of Maya attractions, but also about those religious shops, which rip off the believers financially and spiritually by misleading them. It appears that the …
Are We Listening To Our Guru?
In Sri Guru Granth Sahib, there is First Nanak’s expressed truth about those persons who don’t care what the Guru says but remain interested in those things that lead them to frustrations and sufferings. The Guru points out our indifference toward our Creator through a metaphor of a frog, which remains engrossed in its own …
First Nanak: Always Be Prepared To Go Home.
In the Gurbani, death is deemed as a call from the Creator (23, SGGS), but it is also referred in it to realize us that we are not here forever; we witness the reality of death everyday around; when someone dear to us dies, we feel it very close to us. Bringing close the certainty …
A Visit To The Guru
I want to share with my Sikh brothers and sisters a Sloka of Third Nanak through which I feel guided toward the path of Prabh in a nut shell. The language the Guru uses is simple and attractive. I get glued to his every idea in this sloka to explore Gurmat. Let us first read …
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