Sankat Mochan Path Gurbani

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Miina Hunker

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Aug 3, 2024, 6:11:29 PM8/3/24

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The legend is that the shabads and associated siddhis were compiled by Bhai Mani Singh for sangat who complained that they had to go to Brahmins, Tantrics and Pirs to get the solution to problems in their lives, and that Sankat Mochan was written to break this reliance that some had on these religious charlatans.

If this is the case, why are there different versions of Sankat Mochan, and why was it created when the general concensus in Sikhi seems to be that doing jaap for rewards like the one's described in the book is not congruent with the teachings of the Gurus?

If you feel that the shabads do have the siddhis associated with them, and that one can recite the shabads for specific purposes as suggested in the book, why is there such a stigma attached to the use of this book? Why do more Sikhs not perform the sadhanas described to improve their lives and that of the Panth as a whole?

There are different versions of the granth b/c, according to Giani Thakur Singh ji, some Sikhs felt other shabads or methods would work better so they changed Bhai Mani Singh ji's writings. Basically, hunkaar.

I think stigma attached to its use is due to modern day Sikhs who feel that Sikhi is 'simple and not complex'. They mistakenly think that use of the viddhis there will give no greater benefit than just sitting down, japping naam, and asking for what you want.

I have also though the same thing many times. My dad has a super old copy of Sharda Pooran Granth, printed by Boota Singh and Sons I think, really old copy it has about 200 shabads. It has the story by Bh. Mani Singh listed above.

Sankat Mochan seems to be basically 40 day jaaps of a certain shabad (ussually 108 times a day) and Sharda Pooran seems to much longer jaaps and you have to have jot and dhoof and water kumbh etc, etc.

One point though, there are no garauntee's. Even if you do bhagtee there is no garauntee God will accept you. The gifts are only received when he casts his glance upon us and gives it to us. Sometimes he gives without having to do jaaps, sometimes he gives after jaaps done, sometimes he doesn't give you what you want at all or after alot of tests which ususally take you to the a breaking point in life. In which nothing works and you feel broken on the inside...........but sometimes he doesn't do this at all. It' really hard to say.

Somebody with higher knowledge pls enlighten us with more understanding and insight........I think Karaj Siddhi is the lower levels of bhagtee, gradually one see'e that it is a never ending circle of desires and one shoud move on towards being content.

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We are here to bhog our karams as per the pre-destined lekha. Gurbani makes it explicitly clear that the only manner that a Sikh can re-write their own lekha and wipe bad karams is by simran and japping naam to start raising your consciousness and vibration.

It saddens me that the Sikhs don't even go out of their way to understand what the ARDAS really means and what HUKAM is. Need to pay attention to what ardas says in regard to praying for strength/guidance to walk on the fine line of hukam....The same line of hukam that all the Gurus (consecutively named) walked on. Instead, we foolishly do ardas asking for the universal hukam to be changed by the ONE to fulfill our minds intentions.

everyone is at a different spiritual state. most people are not yet spiritually ready to accept bhana so the ability to improve their daily life situation through Bani helps them to come to a space where they can focus more time on Naam, which enables them to reach that state of being where they can accept Bhana. It also increases faith in Sikhi as they see the results of the jaap in their daily life.

This is similar to how people go to sants and ask for worldly thing. many times the sants help them remove those worldly distractions by helping them take care of the problem. this makes it easier to live near the core of Sikhi.

It's like a telling a young kid that if they want something, then they should pray to Waheguru and ask. Tell them yes, this almighty is invisible, but he knows and can do everything, even though he can't be seen. The kid's wishes nearly always get fulfilled because the lord wants everyone to build their own foundations of faith.

After time. one comes to realise that his hukam and bhana is what prevails, and eventually,you get to a stage where it will feel foolish asking for any worldly needs. This is because you know that the Lord knows what you really need and not what you think you may need. Then your ardas becomes mainly for shakti to get closer to Akal purkakh and forgiveness of all mistakes that one may have made and may make in the present. Mistakes being knowingly and unknowingly.

The purpose of Gurbani, is nothing more than that of awakening us to that Higher and Ultimate Truth of Waheguru, then, by relying on His kirpa, do the real thing and free ourselves, to finally merge and become one with Him.

Is this not enough for us to be always happy and never ever feel discouraged? What more grace do we want? Why wsate away our life by keeping looking here and there when the way is laid for us by Maharaj? Then too, we complain and say, Guru Jee why me, when we are in moments of pain and distress?

Gurbani is crystal clear in what we must really do, then, if we do not follow implicity what Guru Jee tells us throughout the Bani, then who is to be blamed ? Waheguru the all merciful, or we the proud "moorakhs"?

Throughout our lives, we may expirement some type of inner experiences with different techniques, which we may find them fascinating, but, if we do nothing in terms of doing that real thing of reuinting our surtees with our Origin, then pitifully, we have done nothing, for we have wasted away our precious human life, thus we remain prisoners in the "sankat" of the wheel of 84.

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