Word Of The Day: het Rog

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Meaning: noun: The disease of attachment (infatuation with the world).

Quote:
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het rog kaa sagal sa?saaraa. tribidh rog mahi badhe bikaaraa.
The whole world is sick with the disease of attachment. Afflicted with this disease of attachment to the three modes of Maya, people indulge in vices.
– Guru Arjan Sahib, Guru Granth Sahib, Page 1140

Message: Attachment is a disease most commonly found in humankind. Look around and you will realise how pervasive this sickness is. We attach to the material world through our wealth and possessions. We attach to our loved ones through controlling and demanding relationships. We attach to our sense of self through arrogance and conceit.

Maya can be described as a curtain through which we see a distorted view of the world. The attachment to Maya creates a delusion and we are caught in the web of our egoism. Due to ignorance, we do not see the presence of the divine essence in us. Maya takes us away from it.

Passion is born of unlimited desires, longing and attachment to mundane worldly objects. Egoism, powered by passion focusses on wealth and possessions. Selfishness, fear, greed, lust – actions performed in the mode of passion result in misery and sorrow.

Goodness in the form of enlightened actions, love, compassion, tolerance should take us to a place of righteousness with no expectation of reward. But humans become egoistic even in their acts of righteousness.

The modes of Maya, ignorance, passion and goodness are inherent in one�s nature. Like three intertwined strands of a rope, they determine our character and conduct.

Our whole life is sadly wasted away by this disease of infatuation with the world. This leads us deeper into the web of vices, failed relationships, and into the emptiness of falsehood, which many of us consider to be life.

Etymology: het, from Sanskrit hit (placed).