there is nothing comparable to a Sree Akhand Paath Sahib mandal if you ask me .
If rehitvaan abhiyaasi gursikhs who read bani with preym are doing Paath seva....
If there are listeners who have thirst to listen to bani with preym...
If listeners while listening to bani stir Naam Khanda within simultaneously...
Bhai Sahib in his own words has called, a Sree Akhand Paath Sahib mandal as
"Sachkhand" on this earth.(recall reading it somewhere)
anyway...
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Jaspreet Singh
I mean, the same Baani Sangat gets together to sing, why can't we do simply do Paatth of it in Sangati roop? Do we have to sing Baani? After all, it is not the vaja played or the vaja itself or the tabla played or the tabla itself that is going with you when you die, it is the Baani we sang using musical instruments that is going with us. So without Gurbaani, the instruments themselvea don'y have value. It is Baani that has value. So what is the need to play the instruments, when Baani is the treasure in the end?
My meager understanding is, the human mind has an attraction towards music. The mind is attracted to music like how a bee is to flowers.
To the extent, it has the ability to record the music it has heard. So, I believe that music+gurbani= keertan was used as tool by Guru Sahib, to "bribe" the wavering human mind into being present in hearing Sri GuruBani Jee. At the same time, when one is in emotions like love, bairaag or wailing for help, it help one to express it through keertan.
Of all, bibeki karams, kirtan happens to be the easiest one to focus on.
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Reading gurbani with attention requires one to have a balvaan surti. This doesn't come to everyone easily. Hence, the less interest. Same goes for the lack interest in Sree Akhand Paat smagams.
Bhai Guriqbal Singh (mata kaula) was in my town long time ago. A Choupera-6 hour abhiyaas program was arranged. Whereby Sangat would do paath of Sri JapJiSahib, Sri Sukhmani Sahib and so on. The was so much anand in hearing hundreds uttering gurbani at the same time.
You are right, we are seriously lacking on Paath Smagams in the Panth.
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