I know that the Tao is Chinese, but I thought it is the same as Enlightenment since it cannot be dualistic--I always thought that it was the Chinese Gurus way of referring to enlightenment.
I thought it was odd that you would say that Zen Masters used enlightenment/Tao to reach enlightenment...
I have not had it termed in this fashion, could you please elaborate? My understanding was that the Tao is the base reality, you seem to be saying that it is a yoga?
This is only a Guess, but I think Language happened. A communication method which is Dualistic and so could never explain the Tao without dualism and so we lost recognition of the Tao.
Is Sikhism a Yoga? And by extension are all faiths merely Yogas, techniques to reach enlightenment?
Many ways of Building a Box sort of thing?
If we go by this definition, could this be why the Gurus maintained that all paths followed and contemplated sincerely, are Ok?
Yes but I was coining the possibility that like multiple people writing about a proof/theorem in mathematics, sometimes to see without eyes it is beneficial to see what others have contemplated.
Do you disagree that the Taoist texts are from enlightened Gurus in China?
Now that we have converted the Eggnostic to our ways.
:sarcastic
Panentheism, while an accurate description of Sikhism, sounds :no:
We need a better sounding term, like-------:sad:...........
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By all means brother, just as we all do with the indulgence of Ik Onkar. I understand what your saying about Love, but I'm asking a broader question--have the rituals and practices of the Current Gurdwara turned the Gurdwara into a Temple, with the Idol being the Guru Granth? And the offerring...
Sorry for the slow reply.
All of what your saying is about camps is good, but I can't help but feeling that the Gurdwara should be the school. It is after all the House of the Teacher, and in imitation of Guru Nanak's house where people came to learn from him.
Should a greater effort be made...
...offering food to Guru Nanak..
Do they know he hates Vanilla casserole? But really, who doesn't? :drool:
So what your saying is forget about learning to fly, they seem to have forgotten how to climb? :sad4:
Do you think more schools would stop this kind of thing?
Well the detailed explanation is that it couldn't have been the Reverend Green, he was seen by the kitchen. :drool:
:facepalm:..........:no:
Oh, the easy question?:drool:
Are we falling into a practice of devotion for the Guru Granth instead of Ik Onkar?
Tribal identity, and economics. A shared belief is like a shared identity and is on a fundamental level how we get societies. No Beliefs/rituals means no groups only individuals, this is tied to warfare and the motivation of warfare--the world isn't how it is supposed to be. There is also an...
Should the Guru Granth be thought of and taught as something equivalent to training wheels?
That is something which is useful but needs to be disregarded once one can ride and begin the path to becoming dead while alive.
Are we as Sikhs following the mistakes of other religions by placing...