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Friday August 15th, 2008

08-15-'08Forgiveness III: Kshama or Forgiveness

This week, a series of articles and helpful information about forgiveness will be shared in this newsletter. The third is a passage from Gurmat Sidhant, also known as " Philosophy of The Masters " , by Hazur Maharaj Sawan Singh, on the topic of Practicing Forgiveness.

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Love, Dayu

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On

the topic of practicing forgiveness, from the book " Philosophy of the

Masters " (Gurmat Sidhant), by Hazur Maharaj Sawan Singh.

3. Forgiveness

Kshama or forgiveness means to forgive the faults of others, and to

have no thought of it in the mind thereafter. Persons without

forgiveness fight each other and exterminate themselves. Millions of

persons perish because of lack of this virtue. Guru Nanak Sahib says:

Without forgiveness, millions have perished.No one can count them.

Numberless persons have died.

A holy man wrote a book. His dog upset the lamp. All the manuscript

was burnt. the holy man forgave the dog and only said, " You do not

know the damage caused by you. " He then rewrote the entire book.

That man cam be

embellished with forgiveness who has a compassionate nature. Unless

there is compassion, there can be no forgiveness. By forgiveness,

quarrels are resolved and means for removing the suffering are found.

A person of

forgiving nature is calm, humble, patient, and forbearing. Even in the

face of great difficulties, he does not give up forgiveness and is

always cheerful. There are two powers in the world. One is justice

and the other is forgiveness born out of mercy. Justice is good, but

that which can be achieved by forgiveness cannot be had by justice. To

err is human. It is not at all uncommon for man to err. If errors are

to be invariably punished, it would result in extirpation of the erring

individuals. How can blood be washed with blood? If we demand

justice, it punishes the guilty. The guilty man undergoes the

punishment. This, however, does not remove the hatred against the

complainant and the spirit of revenge is there. The resolve to take

revenge for getting him punished is very much strengthened. Whenever

he passes by the complainant, the mental desire to take revenge always

springs. He gets no rest until he avenges him. This leads to

retribution by the other side. The dispute thus increases, justice

cannot remove the thought of ill-will and revenge. But if we forgive

any person out of kindness and mercy, it has great effect. The dispute

is settled. The thought of revenge does not arise. On the other hand,

the person forgiven feels grateful to the person forgiving him, and he

has a feeling of friendship for him. The feelings of inflicting

punishment and taking revenge are spreading unrest, uneasiiness and

disorder in the world. The reactions correspond to the thoughts sent

out and they would, and they would affect us accordingly. If you send

out currents of love you will get those of love as reaction. If you

have thoughts of hatred against anyone, you will get the same in

return. Actions beget reactions. If you propagate thoughts of love,

you will get the fruits of love. If you sow thorns only, thorns will

grow. Do not expect grapes if you sow thorns. Practice forgiveness,

and people will forgive you. You reap what you sow. To hope for silk

after giving wool for being spun is useless.

O Farid! how can you expect grapes after sowing thorns;How can silk be the product of spinning wool?

(Farid Salok 1379-3)

If we do not think ill of anyone, our love will be universal. When we

forgive the guilty and do not wish them ill, we will have no enemy. A

forgiving person is always happy. It is impossible to describe

happiness, calmness of mind and peace which results from forgiveness.

It is only a brave

man who can forgive. This is beyond the power of a weak man. The Lord

is kind and compassionate. Where there is compassion, there the power

to forgive can arise. For this reason, the great saint Kabir has

assigned a very high position to forgiveness. he goes to the extent of

saying that the Lord Himself dwells in a forgiving person. Where there

is forgiveness, the Lord is there in the form of mercy.

O Kabir, where there is Gian (knowledge), there is Dharma (duty):

Where there is untruth, there is sin.Where there is attachment, there is death.

Where there is forgiveness, He is there Himself. (Kabir Salok 1372-13)

Forgiveness has a glorious form. All say that forgiveness is good. He

who has no feeling of forgiveness in his heart drowns in the ocean of

this world. Kabir Sahib says:

All say it is good.

The form of forgiveness is glorious.He who has no forgiveness in his heart.

Is drowned in the well of fear.

By adopting forgiveness, one gets contentment. A forgiving person is

not attached by disease and he is not afraid of death. He gathers the

wealth of truth through forgiveness.

Forgiveness includes fast, good conduct and contentment.

He is not attacked by disease and is not afraid of death.

(M 1 Gauri 223-16)Forgiveness

extinguishes the fire of anger. There is no other way to calm it. Man

remains ignorant of the reality, owing to the veil of egoism. This can

be understood on meeting a perfect Master only. The fire of desires and

egoism is extinguished. Anger can be given up by giving place to

forgiveness in one's mind by the grace of the Master. Egoism and anger

leave the mind wherein contentment dwells. Guru Amar Das says:

On meeting the Master I have come to know the secret of the body.

Egoism and desires are gone.

Anger has disappeared on adopting forgiveness.

An egoistic and angry person loses fear of the Lord. He acts like a

reinless camel and commits sins and perpetrates very mean acts. We can

learn the lesson of forgiveness from the mother. She does not punish

her children for innumerable faults. the greatest merit of a mother is

that she does even think of the faults of her children.

Many faults are committed by the sons.A mother however does not mind them.

(Kabir Asa 478-14)

The highest embellishment of forgiveness is the divine glory of the

saints and they preach its practice. A forgiving person forgives

everything except breach of duty. it is generally seen that people do

not forgive small matters. The spirit of non-forgiveness is the chief

cause of unrest in the world. Forgiveness is most sacred. By

practicing it, unrest disappears and man is saved from being burnt in

the fire of anger. A man should, therefore, always practice

forgiveness.~*~

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