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Re: ARTICLE : Sikh view of Hinduism
H. Krishna Susarla (susarla.krishna@tumora.swmed.edu) wrote on Mon, 16 Sep 1996 17:25:00 GMT:
>You are right; those were extremely shallow arguments. It seems that Guru
>Gobind Singh essentially tries to limit God by making Him bound to his
>mundane logic.
Vaaheguroo ji Ka Khalsa, Vaehguroo ji ki Fateh.
Dear Harikrishna,
The arguments seem shallow because the topic they are on is shallow --
precisely the point Guru Gobind Singh is dwelling upon in the cited
Gurbani. In his own Revelations, Guru Gobind Singh repeatedly stresses
the point of God being Unbounded, Unlimited and Timeless. Given your
viewpoint [unbounded God etc] I am sure you will be interested in Guru
Gobind Singh ji's bani "Jaap Sahib."
His logic seems mundane because he is indeed commenting upon something which
is based on rather mundane logic!
>If one says that God must be understood by logic, then that is fine. But by
>one's logic, one has to accept that God can do things that are beyond the
>conception of one's logic.
Indeed, and as per my understanding, Guru Gobind Singh says precisely the
same: it is futile to imagine God being born from a woman;s womb and other
such stories.
I do not know how to put it in a way that does not conflict with many
readers' beliefs and faiths, but the criticism of many commonly held
beliefs and practices is very unambiguous in Gurbani.
Regards
Rajwinder Singh
p.s. Someone might accuse me of "semitizing" Sikhism by using the
word "Revelation" above -- but in Gurbani it is clearly written
that the Word of the Guru is indeed Revelation: "satgur kee baaNee sat
sat kar jaaNah(u) gursikhah(u) har karta aap mukhah(u) kaDhaae" -- "O Sikhs,
consider the Word of the Guru as the Truth. God Itself makes the Guru
utter it from his mouth."
