dear ji
to my understanding any activities done on this 3 gunas, true mukti cannot be earned, and we will become slaves to cycles of birth and death.. destiny in sikhism is to get freed from death.. so by only indulging in this 3 gunas we cannot find mukti.. the whole controller of this gunas is the mind.. when the mind is completely surrendered in deep meditation with the help of NAAM, then we are liberated, freed from death. no more death..so in other words we can say this 3 gunas are the cause of pain and suffering, always facing death.. further more maya is not eternal in sikhism thought, so no point in making a destiny to maya.. there will be always death in maya.. in the region of maya, the most highest reward that we can earn from this gunas life after life is a human birth.. after all the goodness done life after life, i had already earned this body, so now is to earn mukti thru the grace of waheguru. human birth is a channel for path of mukti.. thanks and sat sri akal
It is my opinion that this is not true. I do not think we can go on believing that Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is the culmination of hundreds of years of learnings from the vedas and upanishads. The "whole controller" is not the mind. The controller is Waheguru.
ਗਉੜੀ ਮਹਲਾ ੯ ॥
गउड़ी महला ९ ॥
Ga▫oṛī mėhlā 9.
Gauree, Ninth Mehl:
ਸਾਧੋ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਕੇ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਵਉ ॥
साधो गोबिंद के गुन गावउ ॥
Sāḏẖo gobinḏ ke gun gāva▫o.
Holy Saadhus:
sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord of the Universe.
ਮਾਨਸ ਜਨਮੁ ਅਮੋਲਕੁ ਪਾਇਓ ਬਿਰਥਾ ਕਾਹਿ ਗਵਾਵਉ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
मानस जनमु अमोलकु पाइओ बिरथा काहि गवावउ ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥
Mānas janam amolak pā▫i▫o birthā kāhi gavāva▫o. ||1|| rahā▫o.
You have obtained the priceless jewel of this human life; why are you uselessly wasting it? ||1||Pause||
ਪਤਿਤ ਪੁਨੀਤ ਦੀਨ ਬੰਧ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਨਿ ਤਾਹਿ ਤੁਮ ਆਵਉ ॥
पतित पुनीत दीन बंध हरि सरनि ताहि तुम आवउ ॥
Paṯiṯ punīṯ ḏīn banḏẖ har saran ṯāhi ṯum āva▫o.
He is the Purifier of sinners, the Friend of the poor. Come, and enter the Lord's Sanctuary.
ਗਜ ਕੋ ਤ੍ਰਾਸੁ ਮਿਟਿਓ ਜਿਹ ਸਿਮਰਤ ਤੁਮ ਕਾਹੇ ਬਿਸਰਾਵਉ ॥੧॥
गज को त्रासु मिटिओ जिह सिमरत तुम काहे बिसरावउ ॥१॥
Gaj ko ṯarās miti▫o jih simraṯ ṯum kāhe bisrāva▫o. ||1||
Remembering Him, the elephant's fear was removed; so why do you forget Him? ||1||
ਤਜਿ ਅਭਿਮਾਨ ਮੋਹ ਮਾਇਆ ਫੁਨਿ ਭਜਨ ਰਾਮ ਚਿਤੁ ਲਾਵਉ ॥
तजि अभिमान मोह माइआ फुनि भजन राम चितु लावउ ॥
Ŧaj abẖimān moh mā▫i▫ā fun bẖajan rām cẖiṯ lāva▫o.
Renounce your egotistical pride and your emotional attachment to Maya;
focus your consciousness on the Lord's meditation.
ਨਾਨਕ ਕਹਤ ਮੁਕਤਿ ਪੰਥ ਇਹੁ ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਹੋਇ ਤੁਮ ਪਾਵਉ ॥੨॥੫॥
नानक कहत मुकति पंथ इहु गुरमुखि होइ तुम पावउ ॥२॥५॥ Nānak kahaṯ mukaṯ panth ih gurmukẖ ho▫e ṯum pāva▫o. ||2||5||
Says Nanak,
this is the path to liberation. Become Gurmukh, and attain it. ||2||5||
The elephant is freed from the mud of attachments by the divine. He does not free himself. The elephant recognizes his dependence on the divine, not on his own efforts. This is the key to shabad guru. You can try all sorts of things, but you are not in charge.
Notice in the shabad that human life is a precious thing. It is not an evil thing. It is just that we get stuck in its gunas, just like the elephant. The shabad says
He is the purifier. We are not the purifiers of ourselves. We renounce our ego and emotional attachment to Maya, but ridding ourselves of attachment to Maya or her gunas is not the sufficient condition for liberation. We must focus on Gobind to become Gurmukh. Gurmukh means we turn our face, give our total concentration, to the Guru.
Even the sadhu must call out just like the elephant. In the vedic tradition, or some forms of them,
if you meditate in order to free yourself of attachment to Maya/gunas, then you will achieve mukhti. In Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji,
if you do simran of the Lord of the Universe Gobind then the gunas will no longer enslave you. One is a message of
self-purification; the other says if you let
Gobind help you, there is no possibility for the gunas to be your trap.
Waheguru does the work of liberation if you call out That is your job. You are already the elephant.
