Sunday, December 4, 2011
ਕੰਠਾਗਰ ਕੀਰਤਨ: Benefits of getting Bani ਕੰਠ :
ਕੰਠਾਗਰ ਕੀਰਤਨ: Benefits of getting Bani ਕੰਠ :: Benefits of getting Bani ਕੰਠ : 1) When trying to memorise Gurbani by heart, the concentration is improved because a lot of concentration is...
Benefits of getting Bani ਕੰਠ :
Benefits of getting Bani ਕੰਠ :
1) When trying to memorise Gurbani by heart, the concentration is improved because a lot of concentration is required to get Gurbani ਕੰਠ (Kanth) in the first place.
2) You are moving closer to Guru Sahib because useful time will be spent with Guru Ji.
3) Increased memory. Gursikhs have reported that they could remember more and hence did well in the exams after they had ਕੰਠ (Kanth) their Nitname Bani's.
4) People normally trying to kill time by playing games, watching TV, eating Junk food so spending time to get Bani's ਕੰਠ (Kanth) will really help you to get rid of bad habits and you will feel a lot peaceful and calmer.
5) As you get more Bani's Kanth you will develop more rass (taste) for Gurbani but you also have to make sure that you stick to the Rehit.
6) You will feel a lot better generally and with more Gurbani abhiyaas you will stay in Chardikala constantly.
7) If you suffer from depression then your concentration will be diverted to getting Gurbani memorised by heart. A beautiful way to help beat depression. Also the understanding of the Gurbani will also help as well as the Sangat.
9) It will be useful after you leave this body and go to Dharam Khand.
10) Guru Sahib will be happy with you because you have taken your precious time for Dhur Ki Baani.
11) You don't know what situation you might be in tommorow... you may have no Gutka/Pothi Sahib available and if you have a lot of Gurbani Kanth then you can read the one which is appropriate for the situation...
12) Keep reading Gurbani will keep you Naam Khanda going...
13) If you understand Gurbani while memorising it then you will start to see the world from a new angle and slowly but surely you will start to get detached with Vaheguru ji's kirpa.....
1) When trying to memorise Gurbani by heart, the concentration is improved because a lot of concentration is required to get Gurbani ਕੰਠ (Kanth) in the first place.
2) You are moving closer to Guru Sahib because useful time will be spent with Guru Ji.
3) Increased memory. Gursikhs have reported that they could remember more and hence did well in the exams after they had ਕੰਠ (Kanth) their Nitname Bani's.
4) People normally trying to kill time by playing games, watching TV, eating Junk food so spending time to get Bani's ਕੰਠ (Kanth) will really help you to get rid of bad habits and you will feel a lot peaceful and calmer.
5) As you get more Bani's Kanth you will develop more rass (taste) for Gurbani but you also have to make sure that you stick to the Rehit.
6) You will feel a lot better generally and with more Gurbani abhiyaas you will stay in Chardikala constantly.
7) If you suffer from depression then your concentration will be diverted to getting Gurbani memorised by heart. A beautiful way to help beat depression. Also the understanding of the Gurbani will also help as well as the Sangat.
9) It will be useful after you leave this body and go to Dharam Khand.
10) Guru Sahib will be happy with you because you have taken your precious time for Dhur Ki Baani.
11) You don't know what situation you might be in tommorow... you may have no Gutka/Pothi Sahib available and if you have a lot of Gurbani Kanth then you can read the one which is appropriate for the situation...
12) Keep reading Gurbani will keep you Naam Khanda going...
13) If you understand Gurbani while memorising it then you will start to see the world from a new angle and slowly but surely you will start to get detached with Vaheguru ji's kirpa.....
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Bhai Atma Singh from Panjokhra Sahib was staunchly against using the Pothi on the Vaja during Keertan
Bhai Atma Singh from Panjokhra Sahib was staunchly against using the Pothi on the Vaja during Keertan. If we look at the jeevan of these Gursikhs from old times we can see how much Sikhi they had inside them. Bhai Atma Singh was aptly named as ‘Pothi Jee’ by Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh and others in the Jatha. This was because Bhai Atma Singh had most, if not all of Siri Guru Granth Sahib memorised. In keertan Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh would sometimes signal to Bhai Atma Singh to finish of the pangtee. This was the jeevan of Puratan Singhs.
Unfortunately during the 1980’s Bhai Atma Singh was seen as a ‘hardliner’ and extremist by some leading figures in the Jatha and therefore was not allowed to take part in Jatha affairs. Bhai Sahib passed away in the early 1990’s.
The most disappointing factor is that in todays day and age we are slowly drifting away from the principles adopted by puratan Gurmukhs, codes conducts that were put in place for the reasons of respect and honour of Guru Sahib are no longer valued and don’t seem to hold any sort of significance.
To this day the maryada at Siri Harmandar Sahib Darbar Sahib Amritsar is that the Kirtan has to be done from memory. If we look back to the times of the Gurus up until the 1900’s all Kirtan was done Kanth as in them days there were no Harmoniums (introduced by the West). All Keertan took place using stringed instruments. This conduct is still in place at other Takhats and historical Gurdwaras across India.
When looking at the pothi one has to constantly keep referring back to it, therefore, there is not 100% concentration on the Shabad being sung. Our Kirtan merely becomes a performance of show and ego. These days Gursikhs who come across as being strict and ‘hardcore’ and have the biggest dumaley and Kirpans struggle to memorise small Shabads. These Gursikhs boast the strictest Rehat Bibek, unfortunately they are lacking Simran Bibek. They do not practice reading Gurbani or meditating on Naam in their own time. On the contrary our elder generation of Kirtanis will have much Bani Kanth and many Shabads Kanth. Famous Ragis of the Panth also have all their Shabads memorised. Not once have they been seen using a Pothi on top of the Vaja.
Unfortunately during the 1980’s Bhai Atma Singh was seen as a ‘hardliner’ and extremist by some leading figures in the Jatha and therefore was not allowed to take part in Jatha affairs. Bhai Sahib passed away in the early 1990’s.
The most disappointing factor is that in todays day and age we are slowly drifting away from the principles adopted by puratan Gurmukhs, codes conducts that were put in place for the reasons of respect and honour of Guru Sahib are no longer valued and don’t seem to hold any sort of significance.
To this day the maryada at Siri Harmandar Sahib Darbar Sahib Amritsar is that the Kirtan has to be done from memory. If we look back to the times of the Gurus up until the 1900’s all Kirtan was done Kanth as in them days there were no Harmoniums (introduced by the West). All Keertan took place using stringed instruments. This conduct is still in place at other Takhats and historical Gurdwaras across India.
When looking at the pothi one has to constantly keep referring back to it, therefore, there is not 100% concentration on the Shabad being sung. Our Kirtan merely becomes a performance of show and ego. These days Gursikhs who come across as being strict and ‘hardcore’ and have the biggest dumaley and Kirpans struggle to memorise small Shabads. These Gursikhs boast the strictest Rehat Bibek, unfortunately they are lacking Simran Bibek. They do not practice reading Gurbani or meditating on Naam in their own time. On the contrary our elder generation of Kirtanis will have much Bani Kanth and many Shabads Kanth. Famous Ragis of the Panth also have all their Shabads memorised. Not once have they been seen using a Pothi on top of the Vaja.
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