Comments on: Guru Nanak - Ek Omkar http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/ Sacred Poetry from Around the World Wed, 7 Jan 2009 21:26:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Omkar http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-1176 Omkar Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:16:37 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-1176 Dear Friends ! My Name is 'Omkar' ! I want to know the real mean of My Name... I am 18 years old Guy and want to Adopt Qualities of My Name.. Thanks to Ivan and other Frinends for reading this :) Reply on My Yahoo ID- divinity.personified@yahoo.co.in.. Thanks Again.. Dear Friends !
My Name is ‘Omkar’ ! I want to know the real mean of My Name…
I am 18 years old Guy and want to Adopt Qualities of My Name..
Thanks to Ivan and other Frinends for reading this :)
Reply on My Yahoo ID- divinity.personified@yahoo.co.in..
Thanks Again..

]]> By: narinder bhandari http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-240 narinder bhandari Thu, 01 May 2008 06:32:19 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-240 "But it is only through directly experiencing the Eternal that our traditions reveal their full meaning. Without that direct experience of Truth, we are simply acting as museum curators. Cultures change -- always. We must always be engaged in that change, intelligently adapting the ancient ways, integrating them into the living present." That is the essence : the test, the final test of our ' knowing' and ' being' is our conduct!! incidentally, narinder had, on 13 april 2008, posted in the Sacred Poetry Discussions in www.poetry-chaikhana.com , "Nanak's Song of Remembrance " , narinder's humble homage to nanak's song of Love ," Ek Omkar " Thank you, michael.......... narinder “But it is only through directly experiencing the Eternal that our traditions reveal their full meaning. Without that direct experience of Truth, we are simply acting as museum curators. Cultures change — always. We must always be engaged in that change, intelligently adapting the ancient ways, integrating them into the living present.”

That is the essence : the test, the final test of our ‘ knowing’ and ‘ being’ is our conduct!!

incidentally, narinder had, on 13 april 2008, posted in the Sacred Poetry Discussions in http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com , “Nanak’s Song of Remembrance ” , narinder’s humble homage to nanak’s song of Love ,” Ek Omkar ”

Thank you, michael……….

narinder

]]> By: manpreet kaur http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-237 manpreet kaur Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:38 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-237 Dear Ivan Translations are sooo difficult, so there are many versions of the Mool Mantra. But basically they are the same... all words to express the same divine experience. i can not resist to send you a translation of Khushwant Singh (writer and journalist) There is One God. He is the supreme truth. He, the Creator, is without fear and without hate. He, the Omnipresent, pervades the universe. He is not born, nor does He die to be born again. By His grace shalt thou worship Him. Before time itself there was truth. When time began to run its course He was the truth. Even now, He is truth and evermore shall truth prevail. You see what i mean...different words, expressing the same. Hope it was not too pushy to send this comment. Satnam! Dear Ivan

Translations are sooo difficult, so there are many versions of the Mool Mantra. But basically they are the same… all words to express the same divine experience.
i can not resist to send you a translation of Khushwant Singh (writer and journalist)

There is One God.
He is the supreme truth.
He, the Creator,
is without fear and without hate.
He, the Omnipresent,
pervades the universe.
He is not born,
nor does He die to be born again.
By His grace shalt thou worship Him.

Before time itself
there was truth.
When time began to run its course
He was the truth.
Even now, He is truth
and evermore shall truth prevail.

You see what i mean…different words, expressing the same.
Hope it was not too pushy to send this comment.
Satnam!

]]> By: salam http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-236 salam Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:44:41 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-236 OM, MUNI PADMI HUM, were words chanted by Buddah centuries back, we here the echo,Dukhia sab sansar.Guru jee, kirpa karo maharaj. OM, MUNI PADMI HUM,

were words chanted by Buddah centuries back,

we here the echo,Dukhia sab sansar.Guru jee,

kirpa karo maharaj.

]]> By: Ivan M. Granger http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-234 Ivan M. Granger Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:28:36 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-234 Ong Kaar and Omkar... I received an email from someone in an American Sikh community pointing out that most Sikhs say Ongkar or Ong Kaar, not Omkar, in the Mool Mantra. The source I used actually transliterates it as Omkar in English, but I am aware that the more common usage is Ongkar. I should have mentioned that in my commentary for clarity. I think the translators may have used Omkar that is closer to Hindu usage. --- And, thank you, Manpreet and Maura, for the kind and wise notes. Ivan Ong Kaar and Omkar…
I received an email from someone in an American Sikh community pointing out that most Sikhs say Ongkar or Ong Kaar, not Omkar, in the Mool Mantra. The source I used actually transliterates it as Omkar in English, but I am aware that the more common usage is Ongkar. I should have mentioned that in my commentary for clarity. I think the translators may have used Omkar that is closer to Hindu usage.
—
And, thank you, Manpreet and Maura, for the kind and wise notes.
Ivan

]]> By: Maura http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-233 Maura Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:44:47 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-233 Ivan, I look forward to your poems and commentaries every day. Some resonate more than others, of course. That's the nature of such things. I am always impressed by the quality of your commentary--not just its fluency and grace (as a copy editor, I make a living out of assessing and amending people's prose) but also its balance and thoroughness. Today, for example, you alert us to the pitfalls of thinking superficially or with prejudice. It is too easy to fall into the delusion that we are fully enlightened and don't need to question our understandings of the dharma or of institutions or people. Your poem selections and commentaries invite us to listen, and listen again. Thank you. You wrote at length today, so I think you are well, Maura Ivan,

I look forward to your poems and commentaries every day. Some resonate more than others, of course. That’s the nature of such things. I am always impressed by the quality of your commentary–not just its fluency and grace (as a copy editor, I make a living out of assessing and amending people’s prose) but also its balance and thoroughness. Today, for example, you alert us to the pitfalls of thinking superficially or with prejudice. It is too easy to fall into the delusion that we are fully enlightened and don’t need to question our understandings of the dharma or of institutions or people. Your poem selections and commentaries invite us to listen, and listen again. Thank you.

You wrote at length today, so I think you are well,

Maura

]]> By: manpreet kaur http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-232 manpreet kaur Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:42:03 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/30/guru-nanak-ek-omkar/#comment-232 Sat Shri Akal! Dear Ivan Thank you for giving this beautiful poem to all your readers. It is called the Mool Mantra, (the root/basic )mantra and we pray it every day (even more than one time). Hope your health is better now, you are in my prayers. love manpreet kaur Sat Shri Akal!

Dear Ivan

Thank you for giving this beautiful poem to all your readers. It is called the Mool Mantra, (the root/basic )mantra and we pray it every day (even more than one time).
Hope your health is better now, you are in my prayers.
love

manpreet kaur

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