Religion:Pyaar
Pyār (Punjabi: ਪਿਆਰ Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.) is the Punjabi and Hindi word for love. It is derived from Sanskrit Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. (love) and Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. (act).[citation needed] It is one of the five virtues of Sikhism.[1]
Description
Pyaar is prescribed by the Sikh gurus as the treatment for Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. (extreme sexual desire, one of the five thieves). Regarding the usage of Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. for sublimating Script error: The function "transl" does not exist., Guru Gobind Singh makes the following remark:[2]
Hear ye all, I proclaim here the truth: only they who love God find Him.
The ideal relationship between the divine and devotee in Sikhism is envisioned as a soul-bride, in which the devotee is a wife longing for her husband (Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.), which is God.[2] This is a recurring theme through the Sikh canon.[2] The devotee is pained by the state of being separate from God and craves reunion with God.[2] This procedure of complete devotion stifles the negative potentials of Script error: The function "transl" does not exist. and redirects its energy to spiritual progress for the individual.[2]
Guru Arjan states on page 534 of the Guru Granth Sahib that a person who has truly fallen in love with God humbly seeks neither positions of power, authority, or even spiritual liberation (Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.).[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Makan, Pritpal Singh. "Five Virtues and Five Evils" (in en-UK). http://sikhguru.org.uk/sikhsim/sikh-beliefs/five-virtues-and-five-evils/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Singh, Harbans (1992–1998). The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism. Patiala: Punjabi University. p. 419. ISBN 9788173803499.
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