Category: GURBANI ARTICLES

Identifying The Creator (Part-III)

Let us know how does our Creator exist in all the lives according to the Gurbani. On 1169, SGGS, First Nanak writes: ਬਸੰਤੁ ਮਹਲਾ ੧ ॥ ਸਗਲ ਭਵਨ ਤੇਰੀ ਮਾਇਆ ਮੋਹ ॥  ਮੈ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਦੀਸੈ ਸਰਬ ਤੋਹ ॥ Basanṯ mėhlā 1. Sagal bẖavan ṯerī mā-i-ā moh.  Mai avar na ḏīsai sarab ṯoh. Raag Basant, …

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Identifying The Creator (Part-II)

Now it has become clear that our Creator, as per Guru Nanak, is a permeating entity with infinite power and well above the human like entity governed by human feelings and thoughts, because unlike the human, He is infinite, beyond birth or death. As He is addressed as an active Creator, though formless, He remains …

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Identifying The Creator (Part-I)

On a scientific measure, the existence of the Creator, expressed in various scriptures, cannot be proved; nonetheless, there is something within the human beings that inspires them to experience the power that is a cause of the world and beyond. In Sikhi, though that entity is addressed mostly as masculine, it is also made clear …

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Beyond The Curtain

 Baffled and frustrated with the competition set up in the worldly materialistic pursuits, the mortals prefer materialistic gains to divinity. If somehow success dawns in their pursuits, they get puffed up with it and offer very enigmatic responses to the questions referred to divinity. The lenses of their eyes perceive everything according to their successes …

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The prayer of First Nanak

Praying has been a great support for a believer for centuries; in the materialistic world, praying remains limited to materialistic things or individual comforts; however, in the realm of liberation, the prayer for materialistic purpose loses its luster. In the state of liberation, one’s prayer remains focused on the Creator, and also one’s wishful thinking …

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