Guest guest Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the language that Kundalini yoga is chanted in. I beleive it is Gurmuki? Where did it originate? Where was it spoken, when? What language family does it come from? Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated, as curiouslity is getting the best of me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Mantras used in Kundalini Yoga come from many different sources and are in many languages, ie English, sanskrit, hindi, punjabi, gurmukhi. Sanskrit is the language of the Yogic Sciences, but not a spoken language. The science of mantra is not just based on language and meaning, but also on the rhythm and sound current. (the is a good explanation of Mantra in the Sadhana Guidelines Manual) Yogi Bhajan was a master of the science of Naad and he utilized this mastery to expand the mantras he had learned as a student of KY to include other languages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Note that Gurmuki does not refer to a language, it refers to the script, the " alphabet " , that the Punjabi language uses. It is like the Roman characters are used in French, English, Spanish, Italian, Latin, etc., but the Roman characters do not by themselves constitute a language. Same for Gurmuki. It just turns out that only one language uses the Gurmuki script. Blessings, Awtar Singh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 ---- Original Message ---- " nld410 " <nld410 <Kundalini-Yoga > Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:25 PM Gurmuki > I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the language that > Kundalini yoga is chanted in. I beleive it is Gurmuki? Where did it > originate? Where was it spoken, when? What language family does it > come from? Any information you could provide would be greatly > appreciated, as curiouslity is getting the best of me Sat Nam! Gurmukhi is a language made by Guru Angad (the 2nd Sikh Guru), not a spoken language but a language just used to recite sacred hymns or mantras. Here you can find what you're searching for: http://www.infoaboutsikhs.com/language.htm http://www.sikhs.org/gurmukhi.htm http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak2.html No matter of what religion you follow (being focused just on our Kundalini Yoga pratice), Gurmukhi (and the vibration of mantras) helps us to properly stimulate specific meridians inside our mouth (84). " ...Between talu -- that is the upper palate under the hypothalamus -- there are 84 meridian points in two rows, like that of the teeth, and on those meridians this tongue as a lingum moves in a permutation and combination when you speak and it is that stimulation which settles the pattern of your neurons and your body energy and your subtlety, and brings ether to you so that you can always remain uplifted and never feel down... " http://www.sikhnet.com/sikhnet/articles.nsf/7a1578096f5ebe0987256671004e06c4/c39\ f6aa8ed980a1087256671004e4651!OpenDocument Fateh Dharma! Sujan Singh http://www.yogajap.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Sat Nam Awtar, I was informed some time ago that Gurmuki referred to the script, but I have not heard what the language of our mantras is indeed called (if anything). In fact, I've seen/heard the language referred to as Gurmuki on many occasions over the years, in literature and verbally by very senior teachers. Perhaps you (or someone) could shed some more light on this? Humbly, Nirmal Singh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Sat Nam, I studied Hindi/Devanagari, Punjabi/Gurumukhi and Urdu/Persian and dabbled in Sanskrit at the University of Washington in the seventies to gain proficiency in understanding the language of the Gurus. Gurmukhi is a simple, modified version of Devanagari, the script used to write Hindi words. Both are scripts, not languages of themselves. The Gurmukhi alphabet version of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib has many words in Gurmukhi script from Medieval Hindi, Medieval Punjabi, Sanskrit and Bradj Basan, the common language of the saints. There are also Nitnems available in Devanagari and Urdu scripts (for writing Persian)--the version the Siri Singh Sahib learned in his youth and preferred. I hope this clears it up a bit! Blessings, Guruprem Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 > > Sat Nam Awtar, > I was informed some time ago that Gurmuki referred to the script, but I have > not heard what the language of our mantras is indeed called (if anything). > In fact, I've seen/heard the language referred to as Gurmuki on many > occasions over the years, in literature and verbally by very senior > teachers. Perhaps you (or someone) could shed some more light on this? > > Humbly, > Nirmal Singh > Dear Nirmal Singh: I just explained what a respected Indian Sikh from our Rochester Sikh community told me when I started to learn Punjabi with him and I asked him the very question of the difference between Gurmuki and Punjabi. Blessings, Awtar Singh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 There are some great websites you can go to and hear back the letters when you press the key, here's a couple: http://www.sikhs.org/gurmukhi.htm http://www.advancedcentrepunjabi.org/intro1.asp#vowels If you google around for more, you'll find more. Also check out Sikhnet.com and they'll might be some links. Good luck. Atma -- Atma K. Khalsa 951.696.9063 ext. 105 http://www.yogamurrieta.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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