{"id":11076,"date":"2011-11-28T19:47:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T19:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2011\/11\/sat-sri-akal-invoking-fighting-spirit-entrenched-sacrifice-infinite\/"},"modified":"2011-11-28T19:47:32","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T19:47:32","slug":"sat-sri-akal-invoking-fighting-spirit-entrenched-sacrifice-infinite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2011\/11\/sat-sri-akal-invoking-fighting-spirit-entrenched-sacrifice-infinite\/","title":{"rendered":"Sat Sri Akal: Invoking the Fighting Spirit entrenched in Sacrifice for the Infinite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The beauty of Sikhism is that the teachings of the Gurus is profound and yet simple. The problem anyone trying to walk this path is that one cannot find something \u201cSpiritually interesting\u201d unless it also comes across as profound. So, one tries to make things profoundly complex to give it enough \u201cweight\u201d. And therein loses that which is the core.<\/p>\n

I am not well versed in Sikh scriptures nor have I had much knowledge of the history or the spiritual\/theological discourse. But I find baani (words) of the Gurus very enriching. One of the things that I was wondering the past week was the reason for having something \u201cnew\u201d as a way of addressing. \u201cSat Sri Akal\u201d, in this case vs \u201cNamaskar\u201d. Now, its not that the Gurus were against Namaskar or anything like that. Guru Gobind Singh himself addresses his way of respect the Cosmic\/Infinite God with a \u201cnamaskar\u201d in his own prayer (Benti Chaupaee).<\/p>\n

jvan kal jogi siv kio. baid raj brahma joo thio. jvn kal sabh lok svara. namaskar<\/strong> hai taeh hmara<\/em><\/p>\n

namaskar<\/strong> tis hi ko hamari. skal prja jin aap svari. sivkn ko siv gun sukh dio. sttrun ko pul mo bdh kio<\/em><\/p>\n

What would he be trying to denote when the call of Sat Sri Akal first resounded? Now, Sikhism is a unique mix of Bhakti Yogis taking on the sword to honor their karmic situation. So, Sikh Gurus approached war with spiritual sensitivity.<\/p>\n

In a tradition, where for the love of one\u2019s Guru, the disciples gave their lives \u2013 often tortured in the most horrific ways \u2013 it was important that the same element of sacrifice be invoked in the war. When the war is fought \u2013 consciously \u2013 not for one\u2019s own gain, but because it needs to be done due to the situation, then the war cry had to be different.<\/p>\n

And nothing exemplifies it more that the Sikh war cry itself. Sat Sri Akal, Jo Bhole So Nihaal<\/strong>. The Way I understood it by looking at its literal meaning which is simple yet profound!<\/p>\n

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That which is Sat<\/strong> (Satyam<\/em>, the Truth), that which is Sri<\/strong> (Sundaram<\/em>, the Beauty) and that which is Akal<\/strong> (Shivam<\/em>, the Timeless). When it says\/calls \u201cJo Bole\u201d (the voice of the Infinite, Timeless Truth will be in form of the Cosmic Law<\/em> or the Hukam<\/em> or Dharma<\/em>), then I be so without intervention \u201cSo Nihaal\u201d (when the ego of the \u201cme\u201d doesn\u2019t interfere in my action, and my action is of the situation).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This saluation, which became the war cry of many Sikhs \u2013 was to invoke the sacrificing tendency of a disciple firmly entrenched in the love of his Master, so that he may fight but not for his personal reasons. For general good and because the situation demands it. If the situation didn\u2019t demand it, such a Sikh would be contented to live as a Saint. In its spiritual sense, it is very similar to Namaskar<\/em>, in that when just \u201cSat Sri Akal\u201d may be used as a salutation, one is reminded that the \u201cother\u201d is One Truth\/Beauty\/Timeless reality.<\/p>\n

This one salutation, if properly understood in its profundity, can take one beyond all limitations of physical and mental constructs\u2026 to the timeless state of being. In it is hidden the message that even war cannot be waged for one\u2019s personal ego or good. It brings out the beauty of Sikh teachings. Simple, yet profound!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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