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Is Guru Granth Sahib Your Teacher / Guide Or Is It A Diety


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So tell us hsingh what you are meaning.I know you read these posts.Do you think it's ritualistic to take Amrit,naam simran,keeping hair etc?

I thought you were not talking to me.. Yes and no. If you take amrit because everyone else is doing it then yes it's a ritual, if you take amrit to join and group or get fame within a tribe then it is a ritual. But if you take amrit to find god then it isn't.

If you repeat a naam mantar like a parrot, or you trying to build up your avasta, or you think a mantar has a magical power in it, or you think by repeating a mantar again and again will lead you to God then it is a ritual. However if you try to understand why this mantar was given and try to do shabad veechar as gurbani mentions then it isn't a ritual.

Wow, why is everyone so judgemental nowadays? I was simply providing an explanation for what I thought veerji meant. There's no need to make insulting, defamatory assumptions about people.

As you can see I have a lot of fans on this forum.

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What exactly did you find judgemental about my comment?

I will say it again, speak for yourself.

What do you mean by that? Just seems slightly rude if I'm honest.

I thought you were not talking to me.. Yes and no. If you take amrit because everyone else is doing it then yes it's a ritual, if you take amrit to join and group or get fame within a tribe then it is a ritual. But if you take amrit to find god then it isn't.

If you repeat a naam mantar like a parrot, or you trying to build up your avasta, or you think a mantar has a magical power in it, or you think by repeating a mantar again and again will lead you to God then it is a ritual. However if you try to understand why this mantar was given and try to do shabad veechar as gurbani mentions then it isn't a ritual.

As you can see I have a lot of fans on this forum.

Agreed, that's essentially the point I was trying to make earlier, that just doing the action won't get you anywhere, you've gotta do it with conviction and meaning.

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I thought you were not talking to me.. Yes and no. If you take amrit because everyone else is doing it then yes it's a ritual, if you take amrit to join and group or get fame within a tribe then it is a ritual. But if you take amrit to find god then it isn't.

If you repeat a naam mantar like a parrot, or you trying to build up your avasta, or you think a mantar has a magical power in it, or you think by repeating a mantar again and again will lead you to God then it is a ritual. However if you try to understand why this mantar was given and try to do shabad veechar as gurbani mentions then it isn't a ritual.

So you agree that Naam simran is not a ritual ... hmmmm. but that is 180 degree turn on your statements earlier. TBH, you keep changing your statements quite often according to the circumstances...

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I thought you were not talking to me.. Yes and no. If you take amrit because everyone else is doing it then yes it's a ritual, if you take amrit to join and group or get fame within a tribe then it is a ritual. But if you take amrit to find god then it isn't.

If you repeat a naam mantar like a parrot, or you trying to build up your avasta, or you think a mantar has a magical power in it, or you think by repeating a mantar again and again will lead you to God then it is a ritual. However if you try to understand why this mantar was given and try to do shabad veechar as gurbani mentions then it isn't a ritual.

As you can see I have a lot of fans on this forum.

Do you think when you were amritdhari it was ritualistic what you were doing?
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Have a read of this, it's an ebook of bhai randhir singh taking on a christian in a discussion about guru granth sahib being an idol and diety. So it might be relevant to the discussion

http://www.vidhia.com/Bhai%20Randheer%20Singh%20Ji/Is-bowing-to-Guru-Granth-Sahib-Ji-akin-to-idol-worship.pdf

Btw brushing your teeth, taking a bath, washing your hand are all rituals. They have deeper meanings behind them, sikhi doesn't reject rituals it rejects blind rituals- things which have no phaal or fruit or any spiritual merit like throwing an idol in the river or throwing water backwards, or kissing the black stone of mecca, or throwing stones at the devil represented in mecca, or bowing to the pagan temple kaba. Guru shows the true path of bhakti is in the heart that god resides within that. If we are going to equate nitnem to lipservice then you got to realize the power of gurbani as it is to other man made books.

ਬੇਦ ਕਤੇਬ ਇਫਤਰਾ ਭਾਈ ਦਿਲ ਕਾ ਫਿਕਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਇ ॥
The Vedas and the Scriptures are only make-believe,
O Siblings of Destiny; they do not relieve the anxiety
of the heart. (Guru Granth Sahib Ji, Ang 727)

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