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{{tuk|522|23370|ਨਾਨਕ ਸਤਿਗਰਿ ਭੇਟਿਝ ਪੂਰੀ ਹੋਵੈ ਜਗਤਿ ॥ ਹਸੰਦਿਆ ਖੇਲੰਦਿਆ ਪੈਨੰਦਿਆ ਖਾਵੰਦਿਆ ਵਿਚੇ ਹੋਵੈ ਮਕਤਿ ॥੨॥ | {{tuk|522|23370|ਨਾਨਕ ਸਤਿਗਰਿ ਭੇਟਿਝ ਪੂਰੀ ਹੋਵੈ ਜਗਤਿ ॥ ਹਸੰਦਿਆ ਖੇਲੰਦਿਆ ਪੈਨੰਦਿਆ ਖਾਵੰਦਿਆ ਵਿਚੇ ਹੋਵੈ ਮਕਤਿ ॥੨॥ | ||
Nĝnak saṯgur bẖeti▫ai pūrī hovai jugaṯ. Hasanḝi▫ĝ kẖelanḝi▫ĝ painanḝi▫ĝ kẖĝvanḝi▫ĝ vicẖe hovai mukaṯ. ॥2॥ | |||
O Nanak, meeting the True Guru, one comes to know the Perfect Way. | |||
While laughing, playing, dressing and eating, he is liberated. ॥2॥}} | While laughing, playing, dressing and eating, he is liberated. ॥2॥}} | ||
There are also verses as below | There are also verses as below | ||
nachiai ttapiai bhagath n hoe || | |||
By dancing and jumping, devotional worship is not performed. | |||
Please do read the whole Shabad, and understand that the historical background is that certain peoples do consider dancing a form of worship to their God/dieties - ex. Hindu sects. | |||
gur kai bhaanai naachehi thaa sukh paavehi a(n)thae jam bho bhaagai || rehaao || | |||
If you dance according to the Guru's Will, you shall obtain peace, and in the end, the fear of death shall leave you. ||Pause|| | |||
Is this dance one of Bhangra/Gidda or one of other substance? | |||
|naachan soe j man sio naachai || | |naachan soe j man sio naachai || | ||
|He alone is a dancer, who dances with his mind. | |He alone is a dancer, who dances with his mind. | ||
|Perhaps the true dance - the mental Bhagti is being alluded to here? | |Perhaps the true dance - the mental Bhagti is being alluded to here? | ||
|The tuk is quite specific not referring to a physical dance. | |The tuk is quite specific not referring to a physical dance. | ||
Indeed, Guru Sahib's path never encouraged the recluse lifestyle. The gristi (householder) lifestyle was encouraged and accepted. The activities described in the above verse are a testament to that, where Guru Sahis is preaching to the reader that the Gursikh will be able to attain liberation while engaged being a part of it, not only as a tyagi (he/she who has abandoned the world). A Sikh must embody the concept of tyagi of tyag - one who has no attachments in the world and yet is able to participate in it. As a lotus that sits on the world ocean, the Sikh is rooted in the world, and yet above it (mentally and spiritually one with the Almighty). | Indeed, Guru Sahib's path never encouraged the recluse lifestyle. The gristi (householder) lifestyle was encouraged and accepted. The activities described in the above verse are a testament to that, where Guru Sahis is preaching to the reader that the Gursikh will be able to attain liberation while engaged being a part of it, not only as a tyagi (he/she who has abandoned the world). A Sikh must embody the concept of tyagi of tyag - one who has no attachments in the world and yet is able to participate in it. As a lotus that sits on the world ocean, the Sikh is rooted in the world, and yet above it (mentally and spiritually one with the Almighty). | ||
Revision as of 08:12, 26 March 2014
This article is part of the series on the "Message of Gurbani"
This articles lists Gurbani relating to dancing and singing which are activities where many preconceived prejudices and views exist in the Sikh and Punjabi community. Singing and dancing are great traditions of Punjab which have been in existence for many thousands of years. These activities are condemned by the Guru. The Guru tells us:
Sikhism Says it is better to stress more on listen and enjoy the essence of gurbani from inside.
| ਹਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਜੀਉ ਵਾਰੀ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮਿ ਸਹਾਵਣਿਆ ॥ ਗਰਮਖਿ ਗਾਵੈ ਗਰਮਖਿ ਨਾਚੈ ਹਰਿ ਸੇਤੀ ਚਿਤ ਲਾਵਣਿਆ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥ हउ वारी जीउ वारी हरि हरि नामि सढ़हावणिआ ॥ गढ़रमढ़खि गावै गढ़रमढ़खि नाचै हरि सेती चितढ़ लावणिआ ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥ |
| Hao vĝrī jīo vĝrī har har nĝm suhĝvaṇiĝ. Gurmukẖ gĝvai gurmukẖ nĝcẖai har sėṯī cẖiṯ lĝvaṇiĝ. ॥1॥ rahĝo. |
| I am a sacrifice, my soul is a sacrifice, to those who look beautiful in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. The Gurmukhs sing , the Gurmukhs dance, and focus their consciousness on the Lord. The Gurmukhs sing , the Gurmukhs dance, and focus their consciousness on the Lord.((1)(Pause)) |
Keep your focus on the Almighty. With each motion remember Him!
| ਗਰਮਖਿ ਨਿਰਤਿ ਹਰਿ ਲਾਗੈ ਭਾਉ ॥ ਪੂਰੇ ਤਾਲ ਵਿਚਹ ਆਪ ਗਵਾਇ ॥ |
| Gurmukẖ niraṯ har lĝgai bẖĝo. Pūrė ṯĝl vicẖahu ĝp gavĝė. |
| The Gurmukh's dance is to embrace love for the Lord;
to the beat of the drum, he sheds his ego from within. |
The dance being mentioned that of a spiritual nature
| ਖੰਡ ਬਰਹਮੰਡ ਤਰੈ ਗਣ ਨਾਚੇ ਜਿਨ ਲਾਗੀ ਹਰਿ ਲਿਵ ਤਮਾਰੀ ॥ ਜੀਅ ਜੰਤ ਸਭੇ ਹੀ ਨਾਚੇ ਨਾਚਹਿ ਖਾਣੀ ਚਾਰੀ ॥੫॥ |
| Kẖand barahmand ṯarai guṇ nĝcẖė jin lĝgī har liv ṯumĝrī. Jīa janṯ sabẖė hī nĝcẖė nĝcẖeh kẖĝṇī cẖĝrī. ॥5॥ |
| The planets and solar systems dance in the three qualities, as do those who bear love for You, Lord. The beings and creatures all dance, and the four sources of creation dance. ॥5॥ |
"Dancing" here is referring to the constant happenings of the universe. The very being, the existence of the world, is "dancing" to the Almighty's Will.
| ਪੂਰੇ ਤਾਲ ਨਿਹਾਲੇ ਸਾਸ ॥ ਵਾ ਕੇ ਗਲੇ ਜਮ ਕਾ ਹੈ ਫਾਸ ॥੩॥ |
| Pūrė ṯĝl nihĝlė sĝs. vĝ kė galė jam kĝ hai fĝs. ॥3॥ |
| She dances to the beat, exciting the breath of those who watch her.
But the noose of the Messenger of Death is around her neck. ॥3॥ |
This verse actually tells of how people are deluded in the worldly stage, with dancing being given as a means for a woman to entice onlookers, and will one day perish to the ultimate reality of Death. Guru Sahib is actually telling the reader to awaken from their slumber of the 5 vices and to realize that Death is ever close.
| ਨਾਨਕ ਸਤਿਗਰਿ ਭੇਟਿਝ ਪੂਰੀ ਹੋਵੈ ਜਗਤਿ ॥ ਹਸੰਦਿਆ ਖੇਲੰਦਿਆ ਪੈਨੰਦਿਆ ਖਾਵੰਦਿਆ ਵਿਚੇ ਹੋਵੈ ਮਕਤਿ ॥੨॥
Nĝnak saṯgur bẖeti▫ai pūrī hovai jugaṯ. Hasanḝi▫ĝ kẖelanḝi▫ĝ painanḝi▫ĝ kẖĝvanḝi▫ĝ vicẖe hovai mukaṯ. ॥2॥ O Nanak, meeting the True Guru, one comes to know the Perfect Way. While laughing, playing, dressing and eating, he is liberated. ॥2॥ |
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There are also verses as below
nachiai ttapiai bhagath n hoe ||
By dancing and jumping, devotional worship is not performed.
Please do read the whole Shabad, and understand that the historical background is that certain peoples do consider dancing a form of worship to their God/dieties - ex. Hindu sects.
gur kai bhaanai naachehi thaa sukh paavehi a(n)thae jam bho bhaagai || rehaao ||
If you dance according to the Guru's Will, you shall obtain peace, and in the end, the fear of death shall leave you. ||Pause||
Is this dance one of Bhangra/Gidda or one of other substance?
|naachan soe j man sio naachai ||
|He alone is a dancer, who dances with his mind.
|Perhaps the true dance - the mental Bhagti is being alluded to here?
|The tuk is quite specific not referring to a physical dance.
Indeed, Guru Sahib's path never encouraged the recluse lifestyle. The gristi (householder) lifestyle was encouraged and accepted. The activities described in the above verse are a testament to that, where Guru Sahis is preaching to the reader that the Gursikh will be able to attain liberation while engaged being a part of it, not only as a tyagi (he/she who has abandoned the world). A Sikh must embody the concept of tyagi of tyag - one who has no attachments in the world and yet is able to participate in it. As a lotus that sits on the world ocean, the Sikh is rooted in the world, and yet above it (mentally and spiritually one with the Almighty).
Therefore, Gurbani has not given Sikhs a green light to dance their lives away. Even if a very liberal view of dancing was to be accepted, one must always remember that any activity that a Sikh undertakes is to be in constant meditation of the Almighty and to reach ever closer to that One-Supreme. All other activities are useless per Gurbani.
