Explanation Of Gurbanee Quote

[Guest kd]

gurfateh jee!

can someone pls explain the meaning of this gurbani quote. i dont quite understand it.

thanks

http://www.sikhitothemax.com/Page.asp?Sour...40&Format=2

[Jap Har Har]

Ganey choopne = sucking/having sugrcanes.

I dont know if u've ever tried it, but its pretty common in punjab.

Just my thoughts:

Bhagat Kabeer ji says, that ppl/man, work so Hard to get to the sugarcne juice, by chewing off the outer shell, just for the sweet taste inside....that they should work just as hard for acquiring the juice of virtue in todays times/kalyug.

The person who lacks virtue - no one calls him good.

Self explanatory...a man without virtue is not respected in this world or in the next...you might fool someone with pakhand...but when ppl find out, they'll leave.

[Papi]

To extend that a bit further

If you have every tried to peel the sugarcane skin, it is not easy. You need strong teeth and even then you need to know how to do it or you don't get to the juicy goodness inside.

Think about all the efforts people put in to get ras from mayavi things.

- kaami person goes out of their way to get kaam raas. they may spend lots of money and time and effort for this, learn new techniques etc...

- greedy person goes out of their way to get money and material goods. this will have a negative impact on both their physical and emotional health in long term

Bhagat ji is saying that all these efforts being put in to get rass from maya can be compared to efforts being put in to get to the juicy goodness of a sugarcane. After all that effort one might finally get some rass, but this rass only stays for a short while till we drain all the juice then we must spit out the remains, these remains do leave a non-tasty feeling in your mouth. The same object that gave us rass a few moments ago is now giving a bitter taste. For such small amount of rass we put all this effort to get it.

Bhagat jee says that only if people put half the amount of effort to gain some virtue, their life would change for the better

[۹βkaur۹β]

^^^ yeah, like we make soo much effort to do things which deal with maya.... we make an effort lookin for jobs, gettin an education etc, only if we made this much of an effort in japing naam and makin virtues-- doing goood deeds.

maya seems sweet to us just like the sugarcane, but in the end it will only cause pure pain.

vahegurujiakakhalsa vaheguroojikifateh

[Papi]

Right. Getting an education so that we could support ourselves and our families is maya :rolleyes:

Guru Sahib said every sikh should be kirti, must earn an honest living. If we go by what you have said above, then guru sahib threw every sikh deeper into maya rather than taking them out.

[۹βkaur۹β]

Right. Getting an education so that we could support ourselves and our families is maya :rolleyes:

Guru Sahib said every sikh should be kirti, must earn an honest living. If we go by what you have said above, then guru sahib threw every sikh deeper into maya rather than taking them out.

did i say stop?? no i didnt. i said we all make an effort.

i never said anything about not doing kirt kamai. please stop twisting my words! and take a chill pill.

vjkk vjkf

[besoft]

kaur ji has explained in her own way and things seem perfectly ok. It is the semantics and the language that is the culprit. We all understand the meaning in essence.

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