GURUDWARASAHIBKLANG

From the Book “The True Name Japji Sahib By Osho:”

Rajneesh said I gave you orange robes, but only for to remember constantly that you have been initiated into sannyas. Now you have to sit, stand, walk, talk as a sannyasin should. Your actions in the world should not be that of a SLAVE but that of a MASTER, which is why I call you a swami. Now show that you are a free person, not a captive. I agree that this cannot come immediately, but you have to make a beginning somewhere. These clothes are like a knot for you. Their usefulness lies in constantly focusing your remembrance on the fact of being a sannyasin from the very beginning.

The above paragraph can be interpreted like this:

The panj Kakkar I(SRI GURU GOBIND SINGH JI) gave you to wear is for you to remember constantly that you have been initiated into Sikh Panth (disciple hood). Now you have to sit, stand walk, talk as a Sikh should. Your actions in the world should not be that of a SLAVE but that of a MASTER, which is why I call you a Gursikh. Now show that you are a free person, not a captive. I agree that this cannot come immediately, but you have to make a beginning somewhere. These 5 Kakkars are like a knot for you. Their usefulness lies in constantly focusing your remembrance on the fact of being a Gursikh from the very beginning.

I find that when we do something we do it as a slave to that doing.

E.g. When we watch a movie we become a slave to the movie, or

when we eat too much food we also become a slave to the food or

when we wear expensive clothes we also become a slave of the clothes or

when we have a bad character we also become a slave to the bad habit or

when we sleep too much we also become a slave to the sleeping or

when we get angry we also become a slave to the anger .

These are a few examples, if we can free ourselves from these slavery we can be very blissful automatically.