pyaar
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Pyār (Hindi: {{lang|hi|प्यार}} {{transliteration|hi|pjɑːɾ}}; Punjabi: {{lang|pa|ਪਿਆਰ}} {{transliteration|pa|pi'āra}}) is the Hindi and Punjabi word for love. It is derived from Sanskrit {{transliteration|sa|priya}} (love) and {{transliteration|sa|kāra}} (act).{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} It is one of the five virtues of Sikhism.{{Cite web |last=Makan |first=Pritpal Singh |title=Five Virtues and Five Evils |url=http://sikhguru.org.uk/sikhsim/sikh-beliefs/five-virtues-and-five-evils/ |website=Sikhguru Organization U.K. |language=en-UK |access-date=18 August 2022}}
Description
Pyaar is prescribed by the Sikh gurus as the treatment for {{transliteration|pa|Kaam}} (extreme sexual desire, one of the five thieves). Regarding the usage of {{transliteration|pa|pyaar}} for sublimating {{transliteration|pa|kaam}}, Guru Gobind Singh makes the following remark:{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Harbans |title=The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism |date=1992–1998 |publisher=Punjabi University |isbn=9788173803499 |location=Patiala |page=419}}
{{Blockquote|text=Hear ye all, I proclaim here the truth: only they who love God find Him.|author=Guru Gobind Singh}}
The ideal relationship between the divine and devotee in Sikhism is envisioned as a soul-bride, in which the devotee is a wife longing for her husband ({{transliteration|pa|kant}}), which is God. This is a recurring theme through the Sikh canon. The devotee is pained by the state of being separate from God and craves reunion with God. This procedure of complete devotion stifles the negative potentials of {{transliteration|pa|kaam}} and redirects its energy to spiritual progress for the individual.
Guru Arjan states on page 534 of the Guru Granth Sahib that a person who has truly fallen in love with God humbly seeks neither positions of power, authority, or even spiritual liberation ({{transliteration|pa|mukti}}).
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