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Summary of Question: | A Good Sikh |
Category: | Sikh Practices |
Date Posted: | Wednesday, 1/28/2004 1:07 PM MST |
don't mean to offend anyone with my honest question, maybe i misunderstood the post.
god bless.
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Thank you for your very good question. Certainly clarification is in order with regard to yatras. The author of the post to which you refer got his information directly from Siri Guru Granth Sahib. The point that the Guru makes is that if one thinks that making pilgrimages brings liberation, one must understand that it is the elevation of one's own consciousness by connecting to the Shabd Guru that brings liberation and that pilgrimages alone will not do it. It is a common belief among many that by visiting a holy place one can be liberated, and so many people make pilgrimage after pilgrimage seeking enlightenment.
The Guru does not mean that one should NOT visit holy places, nor that the peace and blessing of such a visit is not wonderful and inspiring. The Guru means that getting hung up on making pilgrimages without meditation and connection to the Sabd Guru is a diversion.
.....G