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Guru Nanak Dev ji, at the very beginning of Jap ji Sahib, has rejected the philosophy of Vedant by saying “ਸੋਚੈ ਸੋਚਿ ਨ ਹੋਵਈ ਜੇ ਸੋਚੀ ਲਖ ਵਾਰ Timeless being is beyond comprehension, no matter how much one tries to comprehend.” And the concept of thought of Vedant is rejected by Guru Sahib.
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Naam-practice is totally missing, as if it does not relate to Gurmat.Īs explained, scholars in explicating Gurbani, sometimes lose track of Gurmat’s basic principle. This gives the impression that Gurmat, like Vedant, is another subject of mind’s thought. He goes to say, “it is understood according to thinking perception of self-duty thinks perceives gets engrossed in these thoughts, on comprehending, increasing our knowledge with the force of education and contemplation he proceeds to envision the map flooded with knowledge that wipes all doubt and illusion,” all the words relate to the mind’s thinking. By critically observing the above given example, we find that the learned scholar has named both Dharam and Gian Khands as stages, without any mention of Naam-practice. It is not our purpose to criticize, but to arrive at the reality of Five Khands. Similar explanation follows for the remaining Khands. He is flooded with knowledge that wipes away all doubts and illusion. With the force of education and contemplation, he proceeds to envision the map of limitless creation. This spiritual stage is Dharam Khand…and he thinks of his life objective…At this stage, the person perceives that a mortal is born on earth to perform duty…As the person gets engrossed with these thoughts…comprehending the duty, he tries to increase his knowledge. “The mortal-being divinely graced, first he comes to understand…In the light of aforesaid thought, the first stage for the person is the perception of self-duty.
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Here are presented some examples of the interpretations by a prominent scholar for Jap ji Sahib: It would be helpful if it is explained how and when, what stage is reached during Naam-practice (Naam Abhiyaas Kamayee), but the scholars have emphasized more on their mind’s thinking rather than Naam-practice. Some scholars feel that the Five Khands are the five milestones en route the progressive journey of the Gurmukh Naam practitioner. Thus we loose sight even of the basic Gurbani principles. The right approach would have been to give credence to Gurbani, whereas we make Gurbani follow our own whim in our interpretation. Self imagined reasoning is substantiated by our interpretation of Gurbani as authentic. So, also in the case of named five regions, we employ the flight of imagination to argue that Gurbani being a spiritual field, the Khands under reference can only be the five stages of spiritual journey. We are prone to interpret Gurbani in the light of our own inadequate intellect for self-satisfaction when we do not find the right meaning. The final word can come only from Guru Nanak Dev ji or a graced and perfect sage otherwise it is only an individual guess work. Yet the question remains about how and where these are constituted. There is a detailed explication of the different Khands. To a boy's name the word 'Singh' and to a girl's name the word 'Kaur' is added.Japji Sahib Gurbani refers to the five regions, namely: Dharam Khand, Gian Khand, Saram Khand, Karam Khand and Sach Khand. Here is list of suggested Sikh Names, click on the selected letter to list Sikh Baby Names starts with. Words or sounds are the means of celebrating and singing the glories of God and this act is called Shabad Kirtan. Recited by the Sikhs as a part of morning prayer. Sukhmani Sahib : Audio Path of Sukhmani Sahib in mp3 format Sukhmani Sahib, titled Gauri Sukhmani in the Guru Granth Sahib after the musical measure Gauri to which it belongs, composed by Guru Arjan Dev Ji around AD 1602-03 on the bank of Ramsar pool in the city of Amritsar. Sikh Nitnem : Sikh Morning & Evening Path Sikh Morning Nitnem : Punj Kakkar : Panj Kakke : Five K's Keshas : The Hair | Punj Piare : The five beloved ones Bhai Daya Singh | Sikh Gallery : Sikh Art & Photos Gallery Sikh Guru Sahib Picture Gallery A | Takht Sahib : Sikh seats of Authority Takht Sri Akal Takht Sahib | Waheguru Ji ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh