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Many times, I have heard from my own friends that living strictly according to the Gurbani becomes very much difficult. It appears to them that it is not possible to become detached with the world; besides, they also believe that Tenth Nanak has taught them to deal with the world without becoming detached while following First Nanak.
I wonder what made them think so! I agree that walking on the First Nanak’s path is not that simple, but all the same, it is not impossible. Tenth Nanak has attached us to the Gurbani so that we, his Sikhs, take guidance from it; however, living detached means living fearlessly without getting attached with anything emotionally; what we have, we have, but if it is gone, it should not affect on us negatively. Tenth Nanak has shown us by going through the storm of ups and down.
Tenth Nanak was certainly one with First Nanak and many oftenly we fail to realize that. No wonder, the outsiders separate Tenth Nanak from First Nanak forgetting that the same message was conveyed in context of different situations and contexts. In a detached situation, utter humility is cemented with fearlessness; Tenth Nanak inspires us to stand up against tyranny or injustice but being detached, as he keeps First Nanak’s advice his priority number one, because the message is the same; according to him, turning our backs towards any eminent oppression is not right for the Guru’s follower (Please see First Nanak’s shabda on, 417,SGGS). The Guru’s followers are fearless and detached and what can scare them? Even while living a normal life and dealing with the worldly conflict, it is possible to remain detached. Tenth Nanak and his brave followers proved to be detached and fearless. Didn’t they? No attachment of any kind came in their way.
Actually attachment sows the seed of fear. In the Gurmat, by divorcing everything or every relation, living in a lonely place is not called a detached life. To understand the real aspect of detachment, the Gurbani asks us to live like a guest without getting attached to anything (Please see 1188, 646, 148, SGGS). In the following shabdas, we will see that living as per the Gurbani is not impossible while bearing in our minds our Tenth Nanak’s advice about injustice and oppression.
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 Sincerely yours
Anant Singh
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