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Why is the Guru Granth Sahib so important?
Guru Granth Sahib ji is a Holy book , But As per the order by Tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh ji, Guru Granth Sahib is to be worshiped as 11th Guru After them.So Every Sikh, and most of the people worship Guru Granth Sahib as a Living Guru. All 10 Sikh Gurus wrote their teachings in Guru Granth Sahib and everything written in that is totally true.even USA scientists are now trying to understand each and everything written in it. Also, VIP Red Light is given to all cars in which Guru Granth Sahib is carried. Land or Property can also be registered on Guru Granth Sahib ji's name, As it a Living thing for all.. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa !! Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh !!
How many pages does the Guru Granth Sahib have?
Guru Granth Sahib ji has exactly 1430 pages and they are divided into 31 Ragas, musical rhythm. Each page contains in bold print 18 or 19 lines dependent on the page size.
Which book is read from beginning to end during each Gurpurb?
The Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhism, is read from beginning to end during each Gurpurb. Gurpurbs are sacred Sikh holidays that commemorate the lives and teachings of the Sikh Gurus.
Who is the living God of the Sikhs?
The Sikhs Tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, passed on the Guruship to The Guru Granth Sahib Ji, or their Holy Scripture. Some people see their Scripture merely as a 'Book' but to a Sikh, The Guru Granth Sahib is considered as a Living Guru. Some people also see that although Sikhs do not believe in Idol worship, they think that worshiping to a 'Book' is contradictory. According to a Sikh, when the the Gurus passed the Guruship or Guru Gaddi to one-another over time, Guru Nanak Dev Ji came in the form of the next Gurus. Guru Nanak has come in the form of Guru Granth Sahib Ji or prayers/Gurbani. Sikhs believe in One God, some people call God as Allah, Ram and other names, but those names are all pointing to One God. Each religion doesn't have different Gods but it is the same God. Also there are ELEVEN Gurus of the Sikh faith and not only ten. Guru Granth sahib is the last Guru of the Sikhs for Eternity. P.S the Guru Granth Sahib is not only for Sikhs but for the rest of humanity. Guru Granth Sahib Ji is a Spiritual Guide for Humanity.
Why was guru har krishan important?
The Guru Granth Sahib is the holy scripture and the final Guru of Sikhs. It is some 1430 pages in length and was compiled and composed from 1469 to 1708. It is a collection of hymns which describe the nature of God and the correct way to live.No one can alter any of the writings of the Sikh Gurus written in Guru Granth Sahib; this includes sentences, words, structure and grammar.The Guru Granth Sahib is kept in a place of honour in the gurdwara (place of worship), and there is a ceremony during which the scripture is "put to bed" at the end of the day.Any copies of their sacred book Guru Granth Sahib which are too badly damaged to be used, and any printer's waste which contains any of its text, are cremated in a similar fashion to the deceased.Related link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/
Who wrote Guru Granth Sahib?
Shri guru granth sahib ji was written by 7 of our gurus, Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Guru Angad Dev Ji, Guru Amar Das Ji, Guru Ram Das Ji, Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji and Guru Gobind Singh ji. also other than the ten gurus many religious people wrote it these religious people was chosen very carefully by guru arjan dev ji as he didint want to discriminate against any other religion. The people were: Bhagat Kabir, Bhagat Nam Dev, Bhagat Ravidass, Bhagat Trilochan, Bhagat Dhanna, Bhagat Sain, Bhagat Jai Dev, Bhagat Pipa, Bhagat Sur Das, Baba Farid ji, Bhagat Sadhna, Bhagat Beni, Bhagat Ramanand, Bhagat Bhikan. Guru Nanak 974 hymns Guru Angad Dev 62 Guru Amar Das 907 Guru Ram Das 679 Guru Arjan Dev 2218 Guru Tegh Bahadur 115 Guru Gobind Singh 1 These are the amount of hyms each guru wrote. If you need any more info please ask as i am happy to help with anyquestion related to sikhism... well to tell you that my great great great great grandfather wrote the guru granth sahib
Why do we do matha tek --- bow to touch the ground with our forehead -- to the holy Sikh Bible ie. Guru Granth Sahib -- Is it not idol worship?
Shri Guru Granth Sahib not a idole, an idole cannot give your answer and cannot guide you, but Shri Guru Granth Sahib give Avery answer if you search (Jo khoje so pave). Shri Guru Granth Sahib guide you in every time as a true Guru guide u. "Bani Guru, Guru hai bani vich bani amrit sare, bani kahe sevak Jan mane partakh guru nistare". Meanwhile Guru Govind Singh order to all his Sikh that they considered their Guru to Shri Guru Granth Sahib.mail4u2dear ANS#2:Bowing before Guru Granth Sahib is not idol worship. The answer has been discussed earlier. It is to make us feel humble and reduce our ego, the cause of our all problems. To explain it further, culture plays a very important role in the rituals of a religion. We can find such examples all over the world. There are different methods of greeting your friend in different cultures. i) Folding hands in front of your chest and bending head slightly, ii) Bending your body at the waist with your head bending downwards and hands going backwards, as with the Japanese iii) Shaking right hands, the most common international custom iv) Embracing each other, particularly Panjabi women. v) Exchange of kisses, as among the people of the middle East.
What do you mean by Raj karega khalsa aki reheh na koi ------ who is going to do raj?
Simple explanation so this phrase would be: -"the pure shall rule, and impure will be no more"But it didn't justify the whole Dhora so I decided to have an in depth look in to it.Guru Gobind Singh had written Dohra at Hazoor Sahib. He wrote this Dohra after giving Gur Gaddi to Guru Granth Sahib and original text is at Hazoor Sahib and this is being read there since 10th Guru's time. This Dohra is also written in Giani Gian Singh's book and perhaps also in Biaji Mkut Sakhi 10. The Dohra is also quoted in a few Rehitnamas."Agya bhai Akal ki tabhi chalayo Panth Sabh Sikhan ko hukam hai Guru manyo Granth Guru Granth Ji manyo pargat Guran ki deh Jo Prabhu ko milbo chahe khoj shabad mein le Raj karega Khalsa aqi rahei na koe Khwar hoe sabh milange bache sharan Jo hoe." Translation:"Under orders of the Immortal Being, the Panth was created. All the Sikhs are enjoined to accept the Granth as their Guru. Consider the Guru Granth as embodiment of the Gurus. Those who want to meet God, can find Him in its hymns. The pure shall rule, and impure will be no more, Those separated will unite and all the devotees shall be saved."The composition of this sacred Granth contains rendering (Bani) of six Gurus of Sikh faith and some Bhaktas and saints. It was composed in this form in the year 1604 with the addition later of Guru Tegh Bahadur's Bani (sacred composition). And its blessings are sought by the seeker with devout heart. Sikh religion sincerely believes that in each of succeeding Gurus, the spirit of Guru Nanak was operating incarnated.The sacred Granth is installed in all Sikh holy places of worship and treated as presiding presence of Guru, an apostle of Divine Truth. The devotees of congregation in solemn assembly pray and seek blessings of the Supreme. This comes through in the mystical thought of Gurbani and it stands for realization of the Truth. The Gurus' word, known as 'sabad' is taken as the mystic thought of Guru.In the words of Bhai Gurdas, a great scholar of Guru's time, "In the word is the Guru, and the Guru is in the word (sabad). In other words, the human body was not the Guru but the light of the word (shabad) and within the heart was their real personality." When the human mind dives deeper and deeper into the Guru's word, all mental impurities depart and wisdom of the Guru draws on the human soul. Thereby the devotee attains the divine light and wisdom which makes him to contemplate on God's name (naam). In the light of above realities, the Sikh religion makes the holy Granth as a living master of Sikh Panth.Before setting for heavenly abode, Sri Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru, the founder of order of Khalsa brotherhood, conferred the Guruship to Sri Granth Sahib as a living Guru of Khalsa.
Who worshipped in the temple?
The Sikh holy priests sings the holy hymns and holy book of Sikhs, Guru Granth Sahib, is worshipped inside the Golden temple. Each and every human being can worship in Golden Temple situated in Amritsar city of Punjab state. The doors on the four sides of the main shrine signifies that it is open to every person belonging to any religion for worshipping.
What are the hymns about in the guru granth sahib?
Guru Granth Sahib contains 5894 hymns. The number of stanzas according to Pincott{Frederic Pincott, "The Arrangement of the Hymns of the Adi Granth} is 15575. 974 hymns are written by the first Guru, 62 by the second Guru, 907 by the third, 679 by the fourth, 2218 by the fifth, and 115 by the ninth. Among the remaining 922 hymns of Bhagats, the highest number of hymns (541) is by Kabir. Music forms the basis of the classification of the hymns. Under each Rag, the hymns are arranged in the following order : 1. Chaupadas-hymns of four verses. 2. Ashtapadas-hymns of eight verses. 3. Long poems. 4. Chhants-Verses of six lines. 5. Short poems. ...Most of the hymns are about praising God , or teachings of the Guru's , "Kabir" being an exception , because he was not a Sikh but a man who believed in God and expressed it through poetical rhyme .Being born into a Muslim community , Kabir was capable of being objective from Islam & Islamic culture , this enabled him to identify classics of the human predicament in context to his acknowledgement of an immortal God , this and his humble observations endeared him to the Sikh Guru's. This link is to YouTube , there is a Sikh prayer there , that has very clear and well thought out English subtitles .I couldn't find a good subtitled hymn , but basically Sikh "raagis" disciples of Sikhism who devote there lives to singing Sikh hymns , they can turn the most simplest prayer into a melody of most amazing harmony. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoEjmiga92Y&feature=related
What do Sikhs do on Guru Nanak Dev Ji's birthday?
His birthday is celebrated on the 14th of AprilBut it used to be the 14th march
I am Sikh and my girl friend is also Sikh we love each other very much could we marry in a church the church will allow us to marry?
1.Congratulations. It's not up to us, it's up to the church that you ask to get married in. But seriously, as Sikhs, have either of you considered marrying in Gurdwara? 2.The Church may allow you both to marry there. But if you are a Sikh, you have to get married according to the Sikh code of marriage which is called "Anand Karaj" in a Gurdwara, in the prescence of Guru Granth Sahib.
