advises shedding of moh as it is the source of all evil and a cause for repeated births and deaths. The antidote to moh is non-attachment. This is not easy, for the Gurus preach active participation in life rather than renunciation and escapism. Ultimately, all depends on nadar or God’s grace. Says Guru Nanak “nadari kare ta ehu mohu jai—by (His) grace alone will this moh be cancelled” . The right remedy is the understanding (gian) that the mundane world, its relations and affairs, demanding one’s participation and involvement are transient. Non-attachment thus is not non-action, but an attitude to action characterized by Guru Nanak as that of a bajigar, participant in a sport. The world, says Guru Nanak in a hymn in Maru measure, “is like a seasonal pastureland where one passeth but a few days. . . Like the bajigar one plays one’s part here and departs”. An image in gurbani describing the ideal life is that of the lotus which, although living in water, keeps its head above it without allowing itself to be submerged. References Bibliography Sabadarth Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Amritsar, 1969 Avtar Singh, Ethics of the Sikhs. Patiala, 1970 Sher Singh, The Philosophy of Sikhism. Lahore, 1944 Further reading Concepts In Sikhism - Edited by Dr. Surinder Singh Sodhi Sikh terminology