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THE UNDERSTANDING OF RAAG MALA - PART 2 Q: How to get rid of doubt? duqIAw  mwlkausk Awlwpih ] A: Duteeaa Maalkousak Aalaapehi Duteeaa = duality, Maal = rub/knead, Kao = why, Sak = doubt Explanation: Those who knead their duality (destroy it), why would they be doubtful; meaning doubt ceases to exist. Q: How to stop the five organs of actions? sµig  rwgnI  pwcau Qwpih ] A: Sang Raagnee Paacho Thaapehi Sang = with, Raagnee = love, Paacho = five action organs, Thapehi = stop, a state of stillness Explanation: (The Gurmukhs) stop or bring under control the five organs of actions by way of love. Personal Note: The five action organs (karm indryia) are   1) Mouth -organ of speech 2) Hands 3) Feet 4) Reproductive organ 5) Anus-Organ of excretion. Humans create karma with these five organs, hence the reason why they are called karm indriya. These five work under the leadership of the mind, which plans   and schemes all activities. They cannot work indepen

THE UNDERSTANDING OF RAAG MALA - PART 1 T hese 84 (6 raags (masculine forms of raags), 30 raagnis (feminine forms) and 48 sons) were all sung with great love by Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji during the Bhog Ceremony of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The names of all of the above stated were written by Guru Sahib himself in Raag Mala. Guru Sahib personally read Raag Mala  during the Bhog ceremony of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (SGGS Ji)and commanded that those who read Raag Mala during the Bhog ceremony will not enter the cycle of 8.4 Million species. Satguru Sri Gobind Singh Ji himself wrote the the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji (through Bhai Mani Singh Ji) commencing from Ek Oangkaar up to Athare Das Bees before bestowing SGGS Ji with the eternal Guru status and created the Khalsa Panth Sangat. Sat Sri Akal. Preface : When Satguru Guru Arjan Dev Ji was compiling the Adi Granth, Guru Ji had finished writing the Mundavni when members of the sangat clasped their hands and requested Guru Ji that, since