Re: Living The ShabadGuru: My Thoughts And Feelings
Jasbir Kaleka ji,
A little to the side: Doesn't gurbani tell us to repeat Naam over and over again? Doesn't it say that doing so will in fact, bring fortune and riches? I am not so sure that the issue is so black and white, there are levels of ignorance.
Many Sikhs I have met equate Naam to Gurbani itself. In the process, Gurbani becomes a mantra that's to be chanted over and over. Here's the transition:
Gurbani contains praises of the Lord > Gurbani says to chant praises of the Lord > Chant (the relevant passages in) Gurbani
I am not sure how Naam and Praises of the Lord are related though.
... Its all in good faith and isn't that what it all boils down to when one speaks of religion, faith?
relevant quotes from srigranth.org:
http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=23&english=t&id=950#l950
On the surface, it does appear like doesn't it?
I am sure you guys have a different, perhaps deeper, interpretation.
