Sikhism:
A Miri Piri System
In the Miri Piri concept in
Sikhism a lot of literature has appeared, both in English and Punjabi. We feel
that basic concept of Sikhism will not be out of the palace. Before that, however it
seems necessary to briefly recount some other fundamental belief that
underlines this doctrine:
Spiritual Experience: The bani says, “True is he;
true is his creation”. “True are thy continents, and true thy universes. True
are Thy worlds and the forms created by thee”. A consequential implication of a
Loving God is that He expresses His Love and all virtues in this world. This further
fortifies the interference about the reality and meaningless of the universe. If
also implies that the universe is not a purposeless mass of confusion, but is
directed with a will which is Altruistic. Also, the fundamental Reality is
deeply interested in guiding the world in all its spheres. As Emperor and
Master of the world, He guides both the piri and the miri aspects of the universe.
In facts as its Benevolent Guide, he hardly makes a division between these
aspects, which are just man made distinctions of splitting. It gives spiritual
sanction to moral life of man, because the Basic Reality is the Fount of all
virtues and values.
It in the this background of
his description of the Basic Reality and his Spiritual Experience, that Guru
Nanak lays down the goal of man in the very beginning of the Guru Granth. He categorically
rejects the ascetic path of withdrawl, remaining silent, one-point meditation
or the like, but lays down that the path for the spiritual man is to move and work
according to His Will. This is the emphatic goal in Sikhism. As compared to the
earlier Indian systems it completely changes the very basis and direction of
pursuit of religion. The failure of many scholars t grasp the radical departures
of Guru Nanak makes, is just due to the lazy notion that Guru Nanak was just a
quitetist sant, or a part of the Bhakti movement Keeping into view the spiritual
experience of the Guru the changes he made were both natural and essential. For
where, God, the miri piri master, is deeply interested in the world, and is
guiding all spheres of life with his altruistic will, for the spiritual seeker to
drop out or be interested in only a part of if, would be just incongruous, if
not defiant, and self-contradictory. Thus in Guru Nanak’s system for a sikh to
be a disinterested onlooker of the world and life, is just out of the question.
In short, Guru Nanak lays down a fully life-affirming goal for the spiritual
man without any aspect of it being taboo him.
Methodology: Straightway
Guru Nanak rejects all such worldviews, as directly or indirectly give credence
to these institutions. It is important to grasp that there is nothing like half
life-affirmation or half life-negation. Life is one composite whole. It has no
non-essential compartments that can be ignored or rejected. God is the Gracious
Master of the entire universe and life, and for that matter, faith in Him leaves
the seeker no choice to select some aspects and leave others. This is the
fundamental spiritual fact which has to be grasped, so as to understand the revolutionary
changes in goals, direction, ethics and methodology Guru Nanak makes. Thus the
first corollary of his system is to accept every aspect of life and share its responsibilities.
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