Image via WikipediaThe word Rama is used too often in Gurbani, the Collection of Teachings of Shri Guru Granth Sahib, the Holy Book of Sikhs. The Word Rama means Omnipresent or Present Everywhere. In the Gurbani it says in the Assa Di Var that the Riga Veda says that God is Present Everywhere and it is saying is symbol of the Sun is used for it:
"Rig Kahai Rahya Bharpoor, Ram Naam Vedan Menh Sooru"
We usually think that our Sun is just for our solar system and this makes us not part of the universe, but just of the solar system. Our universe has many suns, the stars that can be addressed in the same way, and all are related to one another. This is according to the Theory of the Relativity. Our Solar (Star) systems move around the polar star that is also known as the Dhruva in Indian Scriptures and Science, the Astronomy in general.(Please read more about it from the source with thanks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_star)
Our solar system is just an example of billions of solar systems in the universe.
Thus, the word Rama describes it, similarly many other words are also used in the Gurbani that like Satotras, the praise that we do with many names, which are synonymous, and also give so many universal qualities of God. For example if we read in the Gurbani:
Like word Gopal is used for God for running life on billions of earths. Here Go is for earths and Pal is that sustains life. Now, when we read a line say:
"Gopal Tera Aarta, Jo Jan Teri Bhagat Krante Tin Ke Kaaj Swarta"
(Bhagat Dhana Ji has written it in Raga Dhanasari in Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji)
It means that the one who runs life on earths helps all those, who seek His help, the Word Aarti is a special as it seeks that no matter what wrongs, mistakes, errors, and other humanly faults we make or have all are forgiven and removed when one prays this way. So, if we understand meanings of the words that refer to God's various names, we can have more clarity and insight.
Before going further, let us consider the Concept of Gurbani-The Gurbani is the collection of the teachings of the metaphysically transcendental souls, the enlightened ones. It does not matter to which religion, cult, sect or ism they belong. The belief in it is that the whole of the Creation is having the governance from One God, called and known by many different names. The word ‘Omni’ as a prefix has ‘Om’ which if we combine with ‘Kar’-the Universal activities and actions, it bears the name ‘Onkar’. For example, He is Omni-present, the name in different languages may differ, however, in India and Indian languages the word Ram or Rama is having the same meaning for it, the Omnipresent.
The words in the Gurbani or the Holy Scriptures do not popup. These has been used for ages by the sages, the people who go for the devotional worship. Like Bhai Gurdas Ji says that word Waheguru (also spelled as Vaheguru) has come into existent from four words:
Wa (or Va) is from Wasudeva (also spelled as Vasudeva), the name that means that God dwells within every heart and similar meanings are there according to the languages like Sanskrit, Hindi and Punjabi
Ha is from Hari, which means that God dispels all sorrows.
G of Gu is from Gobind that makes our conscience experiences all that we perceive, think, and do as "I". The essence of our "I" special power of God that makes and helps us to know and understand the "I".
R of Ru is from Rama, the means that the Spirit is Present everywhere that we also say Omnipresent.
Thus, he writes that word Waheguru means that God Dwells in All Hearts (Wa from Waheguru), Dispels All Sorrows (He, from Waheguru), while also Making One Realize the Essence of "I" as from Ignorance to Experience what makes and helps us know what makes us know the "I" (Gu from Waheguru) and what does all of it is Present Everywhere, the Omnipresent (Ru from Waheguru). The words Wasudeva (also spelled as Vasudeva in Hindi), Hari, Gobind (also spelled as Govind), and Rama are used many times in the Gurbani in Shri Guru Granth Sahib.
It is similar to what we know about OM as OAM (O for Brahma, A for Vishnu, and M for Mahesha, the Shiva), which further goes as ONKAR which means that all that is happening as KAR is from the one who created the Brahma, Vishnu and the Mahesha as it says in the Japu Ji Sahib in Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji:
"Eka Mayi Jugat Viayi, Tin Chele Parvan, Ik Sansari, Ik Bhandar, Ik Lage Debanu"
Here the Shakti that created Brahma, Vishnu and the Mahesha is from the Word OM as it has all the powers and energies of creation. However, by this Word, the Sound, the Universe was created and thus as this sound is form of Energy and this energy is given a female form, which simply means whatever changes form. We have these genders for words.
The Power does not change so the this word is considered as male in nature and thus, the Purukh. Now, this is not gender as we assume biologically. These forms of energies and powers thus are one in its essence that we know and understand as the Law of Conservation of Energy (The Resultant Never Changes, the Law Conservation of Energy is thus Omnipotent and remains hidden as we see only forms of energy as sound and light).
So, all words that are for God has deep meaning, feeling, insight, experience, and so on leading to the Divine Wisdom.
Part 2 is here: http://metaphysicsinlife.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-and-why-rama-is-used-in-sikhism_14.html
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