Guru Granth Sahib
By Radhika
This scripture is composed by Guru Gobind Singh
The Guru Granth Sahib is a
collation of hymns, poems
and other writings from
scholars.
The Guru Granth Sahib is
not just the holy scripture of
Sikhism.
Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Granth Sahib is considered by the Sikhs as a spiritual
guide not only for them but for the entire humanity.They
regard it as a 'Living Guru' that has all the answers regarding
religion and morality.
It has an interesting story behind this
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When the tenth master, Guru Gobind Singh
declared that after him there will be no
human guru, he instructed his followers to
seek guidance from the eleventh and
The entire Guru Granth Sahib is written in the Gurmukhi script.
The Gurmukhi script, means “ from the mouth of Guru”
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Mainly it is divided into 2 parts
1. Introductory section composed by Guru Nanak
2. Compositions of Sikh Gurus, followed by those of other saints and
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mystics, collected according to the chronology of ragas or musical
settings.
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Gurū Nānak, also known as Bābā Nānak, was the founder of
political platform based on equality, fraternal
Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. love, goodness, and virtue.
He is said to have travelled far and wide
across Asia teaching people the message of
Ik Onkar ('One God'), who dwells in every
one of his creations and constitutes the
eternal Truth. With this concept, he would
set up a unique spiritual, social, and political
platform based on equality, fraternal love,
goodness, and virtue.
Guru Granth Sahib is the only scripture of its kind which
contains the songs, hymns and utterances of a wide
variety of saints, sages and bards. This shows that the
Gurus wanted to affirm the fundamental unity of all
religions and the unitary character of all mystic
experience.
It is indeed, a magnificent compendium of religions, mystic
and metaphysical poetry written or uttered between the 12th
and the 17th century in different parts of India. It is, at the
same time, a mirror of the sociological, economic and
political conditions of those days.
It is indeed, a magnificent compendium of religions, mystic and
metaphysical poetry written or uttered between the 12th and the
17th century in different parts of India. It is, at the same time, a
mirror of the sociological, economic and political conditions of
those days.
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