drawrof Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Evil (this has been condensed and taken from sardar kapur singh's me judice...essentials of sikhism). Existence of evil is the main reasons for the existence of religion. Main problem in assessing: did god create evil? Is evil due to misuse of the gift of free will? Hindu thought: since the world itself is unreal, the existence of evil in it is not of greater concern to the individual than the world itself. Hence, the recourse would be to attain mukti by renouncing the world. Sikh thought: does not accept a dichotomy between matter and spirit, hence it can not ignore the problem of evil. It does not accept the principle of illusion as an independent identity. “Sikhism asserts that there is no such thing as the principle of evil, as some theologies postulate, although there are things in this world which are evil. This anti-thesis of evil and good, according to Sikhism, is a necessary characteristic of the process of involution which the spirit is undergoing in the process of creation of the world. Evil and good appear at one stage of this involution-cum-evolution and they disappear when the process of evolution culminates into the unitive experience of god, just as the white ray of light splits into its spectrum while passing through a prism, and again gathers these multichromatic hues into its all absorbing whiteness, when it becomes itself again. This explanation and statement of the doctrine of evil is laid down almost in as many words in the “Sukhmani†of the fifth nanak, “When a complete perspective is granted to man by the Grace of god, all evil is seen to melt into its primal sources, which is all goodâ€. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Evil (this has been condensed and taken from sardar kapur singh's me judice...essentials of sikhism). Existence of evil is the main reasons for the existence of religion. Main problem in assessing: did god create evil? Is evil due to misuse of the gift of free will? Hindu thought: since the world itself is unreal, the existence of evil in it is not of greater concern to the individual than the world itself. Hence, the recourse would be to attain mukti by renouncing the world. Sikh thought: does not accept a dichotomy between matter and spirit, hence it can not ignore the problem of evil. It does not accept the principle of illusion as an independent identity. “Sikhism asserts that there is no such thing as the principle of evil, as some theologies postulate, although there are things in this world which are evil. This anti-thesis of evil and good, according to Sikhism, is a necessary characteristic of the process of involution which the spirit is undergoing in the process of creation of the world. Evil and good appear at one stage of this involution-cum-evolution and they disappear when the process of evolution culminates into the unitive experience of god, just as the white ray of light splits into its spectrum while passing through a prism, and again gathers these multichromatic hues into its all absorbing whiteness, when it becomes itself again. This explanation and statement of the doctrine of evil is laid down almost in as many words in the “Sukhmani†of the fifth nanak, “When a complete perspective is granted to man by the Grace of god, all evil is seen to melt into its primal sources, which is all goodâ€. i don't think it could've been said any better than that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 21, 2005 Report Share Posted December 21, 2005 truly amazing post 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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