Dasam Duar

[Guest G.Kaur]

Fateh jee,

what's the importance of having a joora on our head/covering dasam duar???

Can someone please explain this pauri from Anand Sahib:

vjwieAw vwjw paux nau duAwry prgtu kIey dsvw gupqu rKwieAw ]

vajaaeiaa vaajaa poun no dhuaarae paragatt keeeae dhasavaa gupath rakhaaeiaa ||

He blew the breath of life into the musical instrument of the body, and revealed the nine doors; but He kept the Tenth Door hidden.

gurduAwrY lwie BwvnI ieknw dsvw duAwru idKwieAw ]

guradhuaarai laae bhaavanee eikanaa dhasavaa dhuaar dhikhaaeiaa ||

Through the Gurdwara, the Guru's Gate, some are blessed with loving faith, and the Tenth Door is revealed to them.

http://www.sikhitothemax.com/page.asp?ShabadID=3375

[Wicked Warrior]

Dunno about the joora.

Dasam Duar is the tenth gate, situated (AFAIK) between and above the eyes. When you are ready to merge with Vaheguru, the tenth gate opens and it is through this gate you merge with Him. Have read about how when you meditate, the soul starts to move up towards the tenth gate. Others have said that the Kundalini moves up through the chakras and arrives at the tenth gate and this is when it opens.

Joora sits on top of head, not over Dasam Duar.

[Guest G.Kaur]

Thanks wicked warrior.

But why is it important for men and women to have a joora on the top of our head??

What's the significance?

[anjaan]

Physiologically, the majority of the body's energy escapes through the head. The top center of the head, which is the crown chakra, is a focal point of energy. When we are in the presence of Guru, Guru is giving us energy. That energy is sacred and when we retain it, Guru's energy lives in us and that gives us the living experience of Guru. To help retain that energy we cover our heads. That is also why we don't cut our hair. Hair draws energy from the sun and acts as antenna to the environment, giving us greater sensitivity and intuitiveness. When we tie our hair on top of our head, and cover it with a turban, that energy becomes focused, giving us the power of penetrating projection.

The Turban Spiritually

Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan

Each layer you put around your head, you totally wind in your own consciousness, your own commitment, and your own identity. A person just gives you one glance and with that one glance the person knows that you are something which he has to deal with.

Tying a turban and having hair on your head does not make you a Sikh. A turban crowns you with your own capacity to understand. You are deathless in the face of a direct confrontation with death.

Wearing a head covering enables you to command your sixth center, the Agia Chakra. Covering the head stabilizes the cerebral matter and the 26 parts of the brain, which are interlocked with the neurological system and electromagnetic field. Covering the head creates a focus of the functional circuit of the hemispheres of the brain, and tunes the neurological system. The whole head is to be covered, not just the crown chakra. The benefit of wearing a turban is that when you wrap the 5 to 7 layers of cloth, you cover the temples, which prevents any variance or movement in the different parts of the skull. A turban automatically gives you a cranial self-adjustment. You can pay for a cranial adjustment, or you can tie a turban for free!

The Turban Historically

Serjinder Singh Sahota, Glascow UK

In India and central Asia, the turban, or Dastar, as it is called in Persian, carries a totally different connotation from that of a hat in Europe. The turban represents respectability, and was a sign of nobility. An aristocrat, whether a Mughal noble man or a Hindu Rajput, could be distinguished by his turban.

A Persian saying at that time was "a person’s status could be judged from three things: Raftar, Dastar, and Guftar. Raftar meant his mannerisms and body language. Dastar literally meant, his attire, including of course, his turban. Guftar meant his manner of speaking." Those who were downtrodden did not have the means to aspire to display aristocratic attire, nor were they allowed to, even if they had the means. The Hindu Rajputs were the only Hindus allowed to wear ornate turbans, carry weapons and have their mustache and beard.

Also at this time, only the Rajputs could have Singh as their second name. Even the Gurus did not have Singh as part of their name, until the Tenth Guru. It was in this background that Guru Gobind Singh, decided to turn the tables on the ruling aristocracy by making every Sikh carry a sword, take up the name Singh, and have his kesh (hair) and turban displayed boldly, without any fear, and thereby feel at par with the rulers. In historical documents of the time, Guruji urges the Sikhs to come to him with at least five weapons displayed on his person, and bring horses, which are things that would be expected of an aristocratic warrior, not the common peasants and the low caste humble population.

With this background, the turban is seen as the celebration of that psychological and historical upliftment of humble human beings who fearlessly offered their mind and soul to Waheguru, the Eternal Being, and paraded themselves as His nobility.

also just as a king/queen is crowned once at the beginning of their reign, so a Sikh of the Guru is crowned everyday!

hope the above is of use!!

[Lonely Soldier]

waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ke fateh

to open the dasam duar u need to jaap an imense amount of naam and with mahrajs kirpa u will obtain anhad shabad

[Guest Papi]

please do note that dasam dawar is not sikh's ultimate destination. dasam dawar is nothing compared to what guru gives his sikh, if the sikh tries to be a sikh.