Continued From:
http://tdsinghharjidamarg.blogspot.in/2017/02/1716-end-death-in-light-of-dhan-shri.htmlPassions/Sins:
What is passion,
an urge, craving, desire? Passion signifies obsessive indulgence
of an individual to his emotions. These emotions can become so intense that an
individual fail to comprehend what is right and what is wrong under their
influence. What matters to him is fulfillment of his emotions, no matter what
he has to do to gratify or satiate him self. He may become ego, lust, rage,
greed and worldly attachment. And his passions become negative. That’s the
reason Gurbaani has discouraged behavior under the influence of passions
– Ego, Anger, Lust, Attachment and Greed. These passions are also referred as ‘Sins’
and any association with them is considered evil. And what happens to them who
make association with evil is described by Dhan Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in
following words:
कानी कालु सुणै बिखु बैणी ॥
(Death is
over their ears, when they hear talk of evil.)
What does it
mean by talking and hearing evil? Two individuals connect to each other via
combination of talking and hearing. That is one speaks and other listens at one
moment. If both speaks together it is not conversation, it is argument and in
an argument the purpose is satisfy ego and they make association with evil. In
a discussion language and words are used. If words are meant to slandering and
just self-appreciation, and they feel good, it simply means ego is playing its
role. Also, what is the purpose of such arguments or debates? The very reason
is to establish supremacy over others and to boast about one’s cleverness and knowledge.
But Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji says such cleverness never liberate an individual
from fear of Death in following words:
बहुतु सिआणप जम का भउ बिआपै ॥
(Even
with great
cleverness, the fear of death clings to you.)
Evil
is poison. Like poison kills physical body similarly evil kills the mind that
is it paralyzes the mind to an extent of making correct decision. Any
individual under influence of such poison can never be free of doubts and will
end up in searching for more poison and eventually ‘Death’ will tear him
apart as said by Dhan Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Dhan Shri Guru Amar Das Ji
in following words:
अंतरि बिखु बाहरि निभराती ता जमु करे खुआरी ॥६॥
(With
poison
within, he pretends to be free of doubt; he is ruined and humiliated by the Messenger of Death.)
बिखिआ राते बिखिआ खोजै मरि जनमै दुखु ताहा हे ॥१३॥
(Imbued
with poison,
they search out poison, and suffer the pains of death and rebirth.)
Next we will see
various manifestations of ego and its consequences in divine light of Dhan
Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
EGO:
How an egoistic
person is recognized? He will just talk about himself. He will only want to
hear about himself. That’s what Dhan Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji
describes in the following words:
सभ जग महि दोही फेरीऐ बिनु नावै सिरि कालु ॥
(You may beat the drum and proclaim authority over
the whole world, but without the Name, death hovers over your head.)
Egoistic person
can go to any limits to prove his point. For him what matters is his
appreciation no matter how it comes. Like Guruji has said above, egoistic
individual will beat drums i.e. he will just indulge in advertising himself
thinking he can claim or has established his authority over the world. But
still he cannot escape the ‘Death’ since he is driven by ego. Guruji
further says following:
करि फुरमाइसि खाइआ वेखि महलति मरणु विसारिआ ॥
(Asserting
their authority, they eat, and beholding their mansions, they forget about death.)
Once an egoistic
individual thinks his authority has been established that is every entity
follows his command, a wrong perception leading to illusions rising from ego,
they are drowned in pleasures of life. They feel happy enjoying good food in
big mansions. Well, their ego makes them to forget that ‘Death’ is not far behind.
An individual deluded by his ego ends up as ‘Faithless Cynic’. How an
individual can have faith for whom very own comprehension is the only ‘Truth’?
His world is as big as and as small as his ego. He cannot go beyond his own
image. And it is quite evident, how such individual can be ‘Faith
Bearer’? One needs to understand having own comprehension is not wrong,
since that is experience. But considering that only own comprehension is
correct and nothing else is ego. That’s the reason Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji,
The
Guru with The Great Vision saved His Sikh from becoming victim
of ego when He decided to compile experiences of ‘Other Great’ in Dhan
Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. He ensured that His Sikh does not negate
the experiences of other’s, who have achieved ‘Great Spiritual Peaks’ in
sheer ego. Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji! Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji!
An individual without faith is driven by pessimism. Where will he find hope, as
he has shut down all the doors of hope by choosing the path of faithless? And
without hope what kind of behavior he will indulge? Well, every action of his
will be just ego. And such ‘Faithless Cynics’ are hunted,
chased, tortured by Death as said by Dhan Shri Guru Raam Das Ji, Dhan
Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Dhan Shri Guru Amar Das Ji and Dhan
Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in following words:
साकत बधिक माइआधारी तिन जम जोहनि लागे ॥
(The
vicious hunters, the faithless cynics, are hunted down by the Messenger of Death.)
साकत नर सभि भूख भुखाने दरि ठाढे जम जंदारे ॥६॥
(The
Faithless Cynics
shall all remain hungry; the brutal Messenger of Death stands waiting at their door.)
ङंङा ङ्रासै कालु तिह जो साकत प्रभि कीन ॥
(NGANGA:
Death
seizes those whom God has made into faithless cynics.)
निहफलु जनमु तिन ब्रिथा गवाइआ ते साकत मुए मरि झूरे ॥
(They
have wasted away their whole lives in vain; those faithless cynics die a regretful death.)
नानक साकत नरक महि जमि बधे दुख सहंन्हि ॥
(O
Nanak, the faithless
cynics are bound and gagged by the Messenger of Death, and suffer agony
in hell.)
साकत जम की काणि न चूकै ॥
(The
faithless cynic
is not rid of his fear of death.)
साकत ठउर नाही हरि मंदर जनम मरै दुखु पाइआ ॥७॥
(The
faithless cynic
has no place of rest in the Lord's palace; he suffers the pains of birth and death.)
So a faithless
cynic no matter how much power of world he holds, no matter how much venom his
spits, no matter how much he tries to establish his regime, no matter what ever
he speaks, he will remain ‘spiritually hungry’ and will eventually
fall. He cannot overcome the ‘Fear of Death’. He will never find
place in ‘Lord’s Mansion’ and Death will drag him, torture him and will
add miseries to his plight. It raises a question, what is the spread of egotism
i.e. who all are suffering from it. Well, Dhan Shri Guru Raam Das Ji says that
not only few or countable are victim of ego in fact whole world is affected by
ego in following words:
हउमै रोगि सभु जगतु बिआपिआ तिन कउ जनम मरण दुखु भारी ॥
(The
entire world is afflicted by the disease of egotism. They suffer the terrible
pains of birth and death.)
Guruji
confirms that ego is present in every individual and further Dhan
Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji says egotism is the very soul of sin in following
words:
हे जनम मरण मूलं अहंकारं पापातमा ॥
(O egotism, you are the root of birth and death
and the cycle of reincarnation; you are the very soul of sin.)
So
what happens to individuals having ego? Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji and Dhan
Shri Guru Amar Das Ji describes in following words:
हउमै जलते जलि मुए भ्रमि आए दूजै भाइ ॥
(In
the flames of egotism,
he is burnt to death;
he wanders in doubt and the love of duality.)
हउमै करम कमावदे जमडंडु लगै तिन आइ ॥
(Those
who go around acting in egotism are struck down by the Messenger of Death
with his club.)
मल भरम करम अहं ममता मरणु चीति न आवए ॥
(I
am stuck in the filth of doubt and egotistical actions, and I try not to think of death.)
जमणु मरणु न चुकई हउमै विचि दुखु पाइ ॥
(They
cannot escape birth and death, and with egotism within them, they suffer in
misery.)
हउमै रोगि जा का मनु बिआपित ओहु जनमि मरै बिललाती ॥२॥
(One
whose mind is afflicted by the disease of egotism, cries out in birth and death.)
हउमै पचे दीपक देखि पतंगा ॥
(They
burn to death
in egotism,
like the moth lured by seeing the flame.)
बाद साद अहंकार महि मरणा नही सूझै ॥१॥
(Entangled
in conflict, pleasure and egotism, he does not even think of death.)
हउमै वडा रोगु है सिरि मारे जमकालि ॥
(They
are stricken with the great disease of egotism; they are hit on the head by the Messenger of Death.)
जनम मरण हउमै दुखु पाइआ ॥
(Through egotism, they suffer the pains of birth and death.)
In
ego he wanders in doubt since he does not believe that ego is all false. This
gives rise to doubts and conflicts. Ego has such influence on an individual
mind; he believes that he will never die. What kind of delusion is this, which
makes an individual to disregard the only inevitable event on physical
manifestation, The Death? No matter what an egoistic individual believes or do
he cannot escape Death. That’s why Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji asks
mortals to give up ego else Death is very near in following
words:
मानु मानु मानु तिआगि मिरतु मिरतु निकटि निकटि सदा हई ॥
(Give up your pride and stubborn
self-conceit; death, yes, death, is always close and near at
hand.)TO BE CONTINUED!
[1]
Gauree Mehla 1 – Ang 227 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[2]
Sukhmani Sahib – Ang 265 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[3]
Maroo Mehla 1 – Ang 1013 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[4]
Maroo Mehla 3 – Ang 1057 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[5]
Siree Raag Mehla 1 – Ang 63 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[6]
Pauree – Ang 472 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Dhan Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji)
[7]
Gauree Poorbe Mehla 4 – Ang 172 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[8]
Nat Mehla 4 – Ang 981 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[9]
Pauree – Ang 254 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji)
[10]
Vadhans Mehla 4 - Ang 574Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[11]
Mehla 3 – Ang 854 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[12]
Maroo Mehla 1 – Ang 1030 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[13]
Maroo Mehla 1 – Ang 1043 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[14]
Sohee Mehla 4 – Ang 735 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[15]
Salok Sehaskritee Mehla 5 - Ang 1358 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[16]
Salok Mehla 3 - Ang 643 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[17]
Siree Raag Mehla 3 – Ang 65 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[18]
Chant – Ang 458 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Dhan Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji)
[19]
Mehla 3 – Ang 516 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[20]
Sorath Mehla 5 – Ang 610 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[21]
Raag Bilaval Mehla 5 Chaupade Ghar 1 – Ang 801 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[22]
Bilaval Mehla 5 - Ang 809 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[23]
Malar Mehla 3 - Ang 1258 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[24]
Maroo Mehla 1 – Ang 1038 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
[25]
Kaanaara Mehla 5 - Ang 1308 Dhan Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
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