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  1. Ishna

    Japji Translation Questions

    Sat Sri Akal Hi everyone I've started this thread as a place to gather questions specifically relating to translations of Japji Sahib. Here's a question from the first line after Mul Mantar: ਸੋਚੈ ਸੋਚਿ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਜੇ ਸੋਚੀ ਲਖ ਵਾਰ ॥ Socẖai socẖ na hova▫ī je socẖī lakẖ vār. The English...
  2. findingmyway

    The Use Of Metaphor In Gurbani And How To Use That When Interpreting Shabads

    Someone recently asked me how do you know that your interpretation is correct when there are so many different ways of thinking? I thought I would demonstrate my way of thinking using a shabad that most people know but that I commonly see misinterpreted - RamDas Sarovar Nate. However, Sikhi is a...
  3. Gyani Jarnail Singh

    The Haughty Elephant In Gurbani

    ਗੁਰਬਾਣੀ ਵਿੱਚ ‘ਹਾਥੀ’ ਦੇ ਅਰਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੁੰਚਰ, ਹਸਤੀ, ਗਜ, ਮੈਗਲ ਆਦਿ ਸ਼ਬਦ 50 ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਵਾਰ ਵਰਤੇ ਗਏ ਹਨ ਪਰ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਹੈਰਾਨ ਹੋਵੋਗੇ ਕਿ ਕੀੜੀ, ਕੁੱਤਾ, ਸੂਰ ਆਦਿਕ ਨਖਿੱਧ ਸਮਝੇ ਜਾ ਰਹੇ ਜਾਨਵਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਤਾਂ ਕੋਈ ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ਗੁਣ ਦੱਸ ਕੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਣਾ ਲੈਣ ਦਾ ਉਪਦੇਸ਼ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ। ਜਿਵੇਂ-‘ਹਰਿ ਹੈ ਖਾਂਡੁ ਰੇਤੁ ਮਹਿ ਬਿਖਰੀ, ਹਾਥੀ ਚੁਨੀ ਨ ਜਾਇ॥...
  4. Ishna

    Respect To Gurbani In Other Languages

    Sat Sri Akal I would like to know the sangat's opinion on the level of respect to accord to gurbani in various written forms. Do you feel translations should be shown the level of respect as gurmukhi? Would you cover your head if reading, for example, an article at www.gurbani.org, as opposed...
  5. H

    What The Word GURBANI Stands For?

    Dear SPNers, Does the following lines stand good? Pl do give your views. Almighty Lord means "ਪ੍ਰਭ" Technique to merge in HIM is called “GUR” (GUR in Punjabi stands for Technique, Method or Formula). Remember only a True and Complete Guru can provide “GUR” That’s why to learn all this we...
  6. J

    Two Questions To Consider

    What will happen: * If each & every member of the site starts living on the teachings of "Gurbani" Seriousely or whole heartedly to become "Gurmukh" than "Manmukh". * If each & every person of the world starts living on the teachings of "Gurbani" Seriousely or whole heartedly to become...
  7. BhagatSingh

    Can The Modern Mind Comprehend Gurbani?

    Redirected from this thread http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-sikhi-sikhism/9096-reincarnation.html#post132441 Narayanjot Kaur ji I agree ultimately when the Gurmukhi words are processed through our brain, what we come know and understand is from our own intellect and filters within that...
  8. D

    Daily Gurbani On Your Mobile Phone

    www.dailygurbani.co.uk VKVF We offer a free service to users throughout the world and provide Gurbani to your mobile phone daily between 7 - 9am. Each day, we continue from where we left off the previous day, in our humble attempt to slowly go...
  9. D

    India Rejection Of Astrological Practices In Gurbani

    I find the following Puari ( no 8 ) of Vaar 5 of Bhai Gurdass Ji as a good proof that Gurbani specifically rejects superstition & practices based upon astrology . what else can be termed as rejecting astrological superstitions specifically in Gurbani in view of all SPNrs...
  10. M

    JapJi Sahib

    ੴ ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ ੴ सति नामु करता पुरखु निरभउ निरवैरु अकाल मूरति अजूनी सैभं गुर प्रसादि ॥ Ik*oaʼnkār saṯ nām karṯā purakẖ nirbẖa*o nirvair akāl mūraṯ ajūnī saibẖaʼn gur parsāḏ. One Universal Creator God. The Name Is...
  11. spnadmin

    Shabad Gurbani : With Each Breath Meditate On The Name Of God (Sikh Archives)

    From the Sikh scriptures, the Respected Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred hymn at ang (appendage of the living body) 679 (page 569:) (uttered by Guru Arjan Dev, the Fifth Nanak): Saas (breath) saas (breath) simroh (meditate ) Gobind (God) [ With each breath of your body meditate upon God...
  12. spnadmin

    Gurus Guru Arjan Dev (Collection Of 6 Gurbani Kirtan Videos)

    gurbani kirtan guru arjan dev ji One's light merges with the Supreme Light, & becomes perfect...
  13. R

    Sikhism Brahmanical Way Of Applying Gurbani

    SSA, I am giving a webpage link ( which was sent to me by a gurmukh friend) of a news published in an internet paper. I request sikh scholers of this forum to read it and see what head priest is saying:- Ambedkar Lehar How Giyani ji could use gurbani in brahmanical way. This is not as per...
  14. A

    Where Can I Download Gurbani Transliteration In Adobe Pdf Format

    waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh I'm searching for gurbani transliteration in adobe pdf format in any of Punjabi, Hindi or English. I'v found such gurbani files on gurbanifiles.org but they are having sentence by sentence meanings. But I need word by word meanings. Please give me...
  15. spnadmin

    Scripture That Pits Man Against Woman Cannot Be Gurbani

    Scripture that pits man against woman is not consistent with the bani of our Gurus and is contradicted by Sri Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj ji. I have copied some portions from an article Woman: The Sikh Perspective taken from the site Sikhism - Reflections On Gurbani. Because the articles at that...
  16. S

    Atheism Biba Kirandeep Kaur Presenting Amritbani

    :khanda3:12 years old Kirandeep Kaur appreciated by audience (Sangat) for a better performance in recital of Kirtan gurbani in Chandigarh, Mohali, Punjab in various Kirtan Samagam, Shabad Gayan programs. for more visit www.amritbani.info or call 91-9217811339, 91-9041778708:khanda3:
  17. Archived_Member16

    THE GURBANI SAYS JUDGE YOURSELF, NOT OTHERS

    THE GURBANI SAYS JUDGE YOURSELF, NOT OTHERS T. Singh ਨਾਨਕ ਪਰਖੇ ਆਪ ਕਉ ਤਾ ਪਾਰਖੁ ਜਾਣੁ ॥: Nanak parkhe aap kayu ta paarakh jaan: O Nanak, if someone judges himself, only then is he known as a real judge (sggs 148). ਇਸੁ ਮਨ ਕਉ ਕੋਈ ਖੋਜਹੁ ਭਾਈ ॥: Is mann kayu koee khojo bhaaee: Let each person...
  18. Admin

    Gurbani Debate : Bhai Kulbir Singh Of Toronto And Prof. Inder S. Ghagga

    Gurbani Debate : Bhai Kulbir Singh of Toronto and Prof. Inder S. Ghagga [PART 1] Gurbani Debate : Bhai Kulbir Singh of Toronto and Inder S. Ghagga <embed id=VideoPlayback src=http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-6132018122477402542&hl=en&fs=true style=width:400px;height:326px...
  19. Taranjeet singh

    Interpretation Of Gurbani

    Interpretation of Gurbani- A scientific approach Prof. Devinder Singh Chahal, PhD "Religion without science is blind.Science without religion is lame." Albert Einstein (21) Introduction Guru Nanak through his ten forms (Guru Nanak 1469 . . . to Guru Gobind Singh . . . 1708) founded a...
  20. Navdeep88

    FreeWill As Per Gurbani

    If Waheguru ji controls everything, if a leaf cannot even move without his will...why do we go astray and make big mistakes? are those also of his will? were we meant to wander away? if in the physical world, every breeze, every ripple in an ocean is predestined and by his will alone... what...
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