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The Sikh Bulletin m`Gr- poh 544 nwnkSwhI November-December 2012that the suMn (Sunn) is the Name (nwm) of God, who isFlawless:AMqir sunM 1 bwhir suMnµ iqRBvx 2 suMn msuMnµ 3 ]cauQy 4 suMnY 5 jo nru jwxY qw kau pwpu n puMnµ ]Git 6 Git suMn 7 kw jwxY Byau 8 ]Awid 9 purKu 10 inrMjn 11 dyau ]jo jnu nwm 12 inrMjn 13 rwqw ]nwnk soeI purKu ibDwqw 14 ]51]Aggs, m: 1, pMnw 943.The Nothingness 1 (God) is within and outside (meanseverywhere) and everywhere throughout the so-calledmythical three worlds 2 (Means everywhere); in shortthere is Nothingness (God) but only Nothingness 3(God).One, who knows the fourth dimension 4 (time) ofNothingness 5 (God), is not subject to virtue or vice.Everybody 6 knows that Nothingness 7 (God) is withoutflaws 8 . The One 10 , who existed before the time andspace appeared 9 , is the Flawless 11 .They, who haveunderstood that Nothingness is the Name 12 of theFlawless 13 (God); understand that One is theBounteous 14 . AGGS, M 1, p 943.Note: Here suMn (Sunn) has been equated to God byGuru Nanak.purKu ibDwqw14 : The One Who has provided all thenecessary resources for sustaining life on this Earth.vii) God Originated by ItselfGuru Nanak further explains that God originated byItself:AwpInY 1 Awpu 2 swijE 3 AwpIn@Y 4 ricE 5 nwau 6 ]duXI 7 kudriq 8 swjIAY 9 kir Awsxu 10 ifTo 11 cwau 12 ]dwqw 13 krqw 14 Awip 15 qUM quis dyvih krih pswau 16 ]Aggs, m: 1, pMnw 463.God 1 came into existence 3 by Itself 2 (fromNothingness). And assumed 5 Its own attributes 6 byItself 4 . Secondly 7 , God created 9 Nature 8 (Universe)and pervades 10 in the Nature/Universe and pleases 12Itself by watching 11 it.Oh God! You Yourself 15 are responsible 14 forexpansion 16 and You are the Bounteous 13 (Giver).AGGS, M 1, p 463.This phrase also explain the meanings of sYBM (sebhang)used by Guru Nanak to explain an attribute of God inthe Commencing Verse of the AGGS (Chapter 10).The concept of God in Nanakian Philosophy has beendiscussed in Chapter 13.Guru Arjan has further strengthened the abovephilosophy of Guru Nanak that from Nothingness toUniverse to Nothingness again as follows:keI 1 bwr 2 psirE 3 pwswr 4 ]sdw 5 sdw 5 ieku 6 eykMkwr 7 ]Aggs, m: 5, pMnw 276.The Universe 4 came into existence 3 many 1 times 2 butthe God remained One 6 and Only One 7 all the times 5 .AGGS, M 5, p 276.viii) Origin of suMn (Sunn)Now in the following verse Guru Nanak is talkingabout the origin of suMn (Sunn):suMno 1 suMnu khY sBu koeI ]Anhq 2 suMnu 1 khw qy hoeI 3 ]Anhq 2 suMin rqy 4 sy kYsy 5 ]ijs 6 qy aupjy 7 iqs 8 hI jYsy 9 ]Eie jnim n mrih n Awvih jwih ]nwnk gurmuiK mnu smJwih ]52]Aggs, m: 1, pMnw 943.In the first four phrases Guru Nanak is saying thateveryone talks about Sunn. But where did Sunn comefrom?Everyone speaks about the Nothingness 1 .How did Infinite 2 Nothingness 1 originated 3 ?How 5 can one understand 4 the Infinite 2 Nothingness?Then Guru Nanak answers it as follows:From which that 6 (Nothingness) originated 7 itbecomes like that (Nothingness) again. 8-9Now in the last two phrases Guru Nanak is indicatingthat this Nothingness is God for him, Who does nottake birth or dies as follows:K. T. F. of N. A. Inc. 3524 Rocky Ridge Way, El Dorado Hills, CA. 95762 18
The Sikh Bulletin m`Gr- poh 544 nwnkSwhI November-December 2012That It (God) neither takes birth nor dies nor come intocycle of lives.Finally, Guru Nanak advises that try to understand thisGod of Nanak:Oh Guru-oriented! Orientate your mind so youunderstand the above fact. 52.AGGS, M 1, p 943.In the following phrase of the above verse:ijs 10 qy aupjy 11 iqs 12 hI jYsy 14 ]From which that (Nothingness) originated it becomeslike that (Nothingness) again.Guru Nanak is explaining that when Nothingnessbecame the Universe after the Big Bang then it will goback to Nothingness. There is evidence that black holeis appearing in the center of our galaxy and possibly inother galaxies and these Black Holes will lead to theformation of Nothingness again. (Fig. 15-6)In Raga Maru Sohlay Guru Nanak has explained thateverything (elements, galaxies, stars, planets, moons,etc) in this Universe originated from suMn (Sunn):suMn 1 klw AprMpir 2 DwrI ]Awip 3 inrwlmu 4 Apr ApwrI 5 ]Awpy 6 kudriq 7 kir kir dyKY suMnhu suMnu 8 aupwiedw 9 ]1]…suMnhu 10 cMdu 11 sUrju 12 gYxwry 13 ]iqs 14 kI joiq 15 iqRBvx 16 swry ]suMny 17 AlK 18 Apwr 19 inrwlmu 20 suMny 21 qwVI 22lwiedw ]5]…pMc 23 qqu 24 suMnhu 25 prgwsw 26 ]…14]Aggs, m: 1, pMØny 1037-1038.The Nothingness 1 (God) is the state beyond 2 whichthere is nothing.The Nothingness 3 (God) is flawless 4 and beyond 5which there is nothing.The God 6 is Nature 7 and see that it originated 9 fromNothingness 8 .1…The stars 12 , planet 13 , moons 11 originated fromNothingness 10 .The Energy 15 of that 14 (God) pervades in the wholeUniverse 16 (mythical three worlds)The Ineffable 18 , Infinite 19 , without any flaw 20 (God)originated from the Nothingness 17 and is imbibed 22in the same Nothingness 21 .5…The five 23 (all) elements 24 have originated 26 fromNothingness 25 …14.AGGS, M 1, p 1037-1038.Explanation of pMc 23 qqu 24 (Five Elements):pMc 23 qqu 24 (Panj Tatt - Five Elements) is mythicalterm and many Sikh theologians accept that ‘PanjTatt’ are: hvw, pwxI, A`g, DrqI, AwkwS (Air, Water, Fire,Earth, Sky or Ether) but scientifically these are notelements.Air is a mixture of many gases.Water is not an element but a molecule of twoHydrogen atoms and one atom of Oxygen.Fire is a flame of many gases and energy as heat.Earth is composed of many elements.The so-called Sky is not made of anything, it is space.According to the current and widely accepted theorythe universe originated after the Big Bang of highlyconcentrated form of Energy. The first thing formedwere Electrons, Protons and Neutrons. The first atom,Hydrogen, was formed by the combination of oneproton and one electron. The next atom, Helium, wasformed when another electron and another protoncame into Hydrogen. (Fig. 15-7)Fig. 15-7. Formation of a new atom, Helium, fromHydrogen.(Also examine Fig. 15-1)To keep two protons in close contact two Neutronsalso came in to make it stable atom.Therefore, with every addition of proton, neutron, andelectron heavier and heavier atoms were formed. Thebiggest naturally occurring atom is Uranium, with 92K. T. F. of N. A. Inc. 3524 Rocky Ridge Way, El Dorado Hills, CA. 95762 19
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