Guest guest Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Sat Nam, If anyone has a little bit of time, would you please go to the page shown and see if I have got the info on Gurmukhi correct. I wanted to put in some info on Gurmukhi that would explain it to a new person, why it is used and where it comes from. Is there a better way of saying it. (at one point I found a website that had the most wonderful explanation and now I can't find it) http://www.kundaliniyogainfocntr.com/page/What+is+Gurmukhi Thank you for any help you can give me. Sat Avtar Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Just a few corrections in concept (which I decided might be useful to share more generally): Gurmukhi " Guru's mouth " refers to two things: 1. The Gurmukhi alphabet (or written form of Gurbani - " Guru's word " ) created by Guru Angad to represent the many languages of the Gurus, Bhagats, and spiritual masters. In the Siri Guru Granth Sahib alone, there are over ten languages represented - beyond Punjabi and Hindi - including Farsi, Urdu, Braj, etc. Since this written language is phonetic, it can be used for almost ANY language. In our Gurdwara, we have written the English " Song of the Khalsa " in Gurmukhi - at the request of Punjabis who don't speak English who want to sing along. This written language is still used to represent ancient mantras used in yogic traditions, as well as Gurbani compositions included in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib from many countries and religions. 2. When the word " Gurmukhi " is used to represent the language of spiritual masters or the language of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, it is understood that it is not a separate " language " per se - because it represents so many languages, which were in existence long before Guru Angad created the written form. The " Gurmukhi " one finds in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib differs from spoken language in that it is poetic language with meter and rhyme - as is also the case with many mantras represented in Gurmukhi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Sat Nam, Sat Avtar, you wrote this beautifully, I love your explanation. You might consider putting your last box first (about phonetic languages) as an introduction to what you are explaining. Sat Nam Gurumeet Kaur Khalsa Create Inner Peace www.createinnerpeace.com www.gurumeet.net Sat Nam, If anyone has a little bit of time, would you please go to the page shown and see if I have got the info on Gurmukhi correct… http://www.kundaliniyogainfocntr.com/page/What+is+Gurmukhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Kundalini-Yoga , " Sat Avtar Kaur " <myralorey wrote: > > Sat Nam, > > If anyone has a little bit of time, would you please go to the page > shown and see if I have got the info on Gurmukhi correct. > > I wanted to put in some info on Gurmukhi that would explain it to a > new person, why it is used and where it comes from. Is there a better > way of saying it. (at one point I found a website that had the most > wonderful explanation and now I can't find it) > > http://www.kundaliniyogainfocntr.com/page/What+is+Gurmukhi > > Thank you for any help you can give me. > > Sat Avtar Kaur > Sat Nam, Sat Avtar Kaur - I appreciate your effort. A lot of people get fouled distinguishing Gurmukhi and Punjabi. I your case, there is just one factual error I could see: Gurmukhi is not " used... by Hindus as well as Muslims living in Punjab to represent their common spoken language, Punjabi. While some tens of millions of Muslims and Hindus do speak Punjabi, in writing it they will use their respective scripts - Urdu (related to Arabic) script for the Muslims and Devanagari (same as Sanskrit) for the Hindus. " Basically the Gurmukhi script is only used by Sikhs on a daily basis - either in the Gurdwaras, at home, or in the Punjabi Sikh media. Blessings abounding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Sat Nam One and All, I want to THANK YOU all, for replying. I am deeply grateful. I have attempted to put in all the suggestions which led to some confusion and re-writing. I hope I have it right. Then, I decided to check the website and see if anyone else had something to say, I even read all the 2007 messages (before I realized they were from 2007) which did not help me, at this time. Very confusing to have the functions of the thyroid thrown in to the discussion of Gurumukhi. To bad there is no way to move the thyroid disscussion to their very own spot. I am thankful for the help I have received and any other help that show up, however, at this time, I am tired and so I am going to work on my dissertation about peanut butter sliding off my banana slices and sneaking away. Blessings to all and to all a Good Night, Sat Avtar Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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