Word Of The Day: Nindaa

ਨਿੰਦਾ (niňdaa)
Meaning: noun: slander, blame; scoffing.

Quote:
ਨਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਤੇ ਜਨਮੁ ਸਿਰਾਨੋ   ਕਬਹੂ ਨ ਸਿਮਰਿਓ ਰਾਮੁ॥
niňdaa karte janam siraano kab-hoo na simrio raam.
Life passed by slandering others, and one never remembered the Divine.
– Bhagat Kabeer, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 1105

Message: Forgetting one’s true purpose and meaning of life, man seems more focused on how others live theirs. There is constant comparison of lifestyles, many an attempt to keep up with the rest. Using his five vices as a crutch to appear superior, he believes himself to be great and others small. The lustful, the angry, the clever, the deceitful and the lazy waste their human lives focused on backbiting and gossiping about others. So engrossed in false thought, word and deed is man, that there is no time to give to divinity and to learn from divine wisdom. In place of joining the company of good people, man wanders around uselessly. How can such a man be saved?

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. – Socrates

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Etymology:From Sanskrit nindaa → Pali nindaa (blame) → Gurbani.