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Parmanand ((パンジャーブ語:ਭਗਤ ਪਰਮਾਨੰਦ)), a Maharashtrian saint-poet, one of whose hymns is included in the Guru Granth Sahib. Born probably in 1483, he is believed to have resided at Bãrsi, situated to the north of Pandharpur, in present-day Sholãpur district of Mahãrãshtra. Parmãnand was a devotee of Vishnu and used in his songs the nom de plume Sarañg, the name of a bird ever thirsty for the raindrop. Parmanand always longed for God whom he worshiped in the Vaisnavite manifestation of Krsna. He used to make, it is said, seven hundred genuflections daily to God on his uncovered, often bleeding, knees. He believe for a long time that God could be worshiped as an Image only, but later he had the realization that the nirguna Supreme, God unmanifest, could also be loved and prayed to. Parmanand’s one hymn incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib (p. 1253) subscribes to this view. In this hymn, he disapproves of the ritualistic reading and hearing of the sacred books If that has not disposed to the service of fellow beings.He commends sincere devotion which could be imbibed from the company of holy saints. Lust, wrath, avarice, slander have to be expunged for they render all seva, i.e. service, fruitless. This is the 1 Shabad from Parmanand in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib: * (SGGS Page 1253 ) ==References== * Excerpts taken from ''Encyclopedia of Sikhism'' by Harbans Singh. Published by Punjabi University, Patiala * ''The Sikh Religion, Vol 6,'', Max Arthur MacAuliff, Oxford University Press, 1909. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bhagat Parmanand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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