My father once said to me 'you have a luxury we never had', he was talking about the questions we ask, the ability to say 'uhm that didn't really happen did it'. We have the internet, we have resources to further our brains, to use logic, discretion, to argue points. He also said that if he had questioned everything that I do, his relationship with his father would not have been the same, and frankly, he was quite happy to accept everything his father told him. My Grandfather was a Gyani, and often it is said, that if he were alive today, he would not entertain some of my more 'modern' philosophies (lack of reincarnation, etc etc), I explained about the litmus test, and how important it is, to get a grip, a feel, on what Sikhism represents, rather than the countless Sakhis people rely on, he just smiled. My father, and indeed my mother were devoted children to their parents, even way into his fourties, my grandfather would suggest something to my Dad, and Dad would always entertain the suggestion, even if he did not agree with it, he would entertain it out of respect.
Palaingthaji, you are about the same age as my Grandfather would have been, if he were alive, I would like to apologise to you for not being able to show you the same respect that my Dad gave to his father.
I am familiar with Nam Japo, Wand Chakko, Kirat Karo.
Karam Kamao as you have explained, intimates one should earn good deeds in order to move on to the next level. I find this quite Abrahamic, in that instead of living a good life, and doing good, for the sake of doing good, one should keep ones eye on the goal of breaking this mythical cycle of birth and death. Could I respectfully ask for your comments, thank you.
