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 | | The holy book Guru Granth Sahib or the Adi Granth is considered the living Guru and the supreme spiritual authority of the Sikh religion. | | | Adi Granth: (Sanskrit) "First book." The central Sikh scripture, compiled 16031604 from the writings of Sikh, Moslem and Hindu holy men, most importantly the beautiful hymns of adoration, called Japji, by Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru. |
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http://www.experiencefestival.com/adi_granth
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| | Adi Granth |
| | Adi Granth: Literally "the first book." The early compilation of the Sikh scriptures by Guru Arjan, the fith Sikh Guru, in 1604. |
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http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Adi_Granth
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| | GRANTH - Online Information article about GRANTH |
| | There is also a second Granth which was compiled by the Sikhs in 1734, and popularly known as the Granth of the tenth Guru, but it has not the same authority as the Adi Granth. | | | There are thirty-one such measures in the Adi Granth, and the hymns are arranged according to the neasures to which they are composed. | | | All the doctrines of the Sikhs are found set forth in the two Granths and in compositions called Rahit Namas and Tanakhwah Namas, which are believed to have been the utterances The of the tenth guru. |
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http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/GOA_GRA/GRANTH.html
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| | Sarah Beth Campbell |
| | Adi Granth was written in the vernacular, the religion was contained in the Punjabi region (Banerjee 186-92). | | | Adi Granth, the main scripture of the Sikhs, was Guru Arjan’s most significant accomplishment and a milestone in the history of Sikhism. | | | Guru Granth, or the idea established after the tenth Guru of the sacred scripture as sharing authority with the Guru. |
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http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint/Touchstone/Sikhism-Campbell.htm
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| | Punjab Online: The Guru Granth Sahib |
| | The Adi Granth and the Guru Granth Sahib: There are two names for the Sikh holy book: the Adi Granth, the primal text, and the Guru Granth Sahib, the embodied Guru of the Sikh tradition. | | | The Adi Granth is therefore known as Guru Granth Sahib. | | | In 1708 the tenth Guru, Gobind Singh, appointed the Adi Granth as his successor (so that after him there would be no human Guru), and it became the Guru of the Sikhs. |
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http://www.punjabonline.com/servlet/page?Action=http://www.punjabonline.com/religions/sikhism/granth.html&Param=The_Guru_Granth_Sahib&c_link=library.religion?Action=Main&category=Religions
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| | Though the language of the Adi Granth is mainly Punjabi, Hindi and the cognate dialects, it is interspersed with Sanskrit, Marathi, Persian and Arabic words. | | | Subsequently, in AD 1705-6, additions were made to the Adi Granth by the tenth and the last guru, Godind Singh, who incorporated the hymns of the ninth guru, Teg Bahadur and enjoined that after him the Granth Sahib would take the place of the guru. | | | The Adi Granth is the most sacred book of the Sikhs. |
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http://www.coronetbooks.com/books/adig2446.htm
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| | Sikh Texts |
| | The Granth is the central text of Sikhism, a religion that emerged in the Punjab region of India in the 15th Century. | | | The Granth is considered the living embodiment of the Gurus, the "eleventh guru". | | | Sikhism is a unique faith which has aspects of Islam: monotheism and iconoclasm, and Hinduism: reincarnation, karma and nirvana. |
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http://www.sacred-texts.com/skh
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| | Gospel of Guru Granth: Scripture for all Mankind |
| | The Adi Granth was recompiled by Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth and last Guru, in 1704 in order to incorporate the hymns of the Ninth revered Guru Teg Bahadur, his father. | | | The religion that emerges from reading the holy Granth is the universal religion of man which, according to Guru Nanak, “is one and common for all human beings” and implies “a common course of conduct for all its votaries”. | | | Gospel of Guru Granth: Scripture for all Mankind |
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http://www.sikhreview.org/july2003/moral2.htm
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| | Guru Granth Sahib Dtl |
| | Guru Granth Sahib is the scriptures of the Sikhs. | | | Guru Granth Sahib is an anthology of prayers and hymns. | | | Most of the hymns are addressed to God and often describe the devotee's condition: his aspirations and yearning, his agony in separation and his longing to be with Lord. |
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http://www.sikh.net/SIKHISM/GURUS/DtlSGGSJ.htm
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| | Sikh Scriptures Highlight Human Rights & Human Dignity |
| | The Adi Granth means more to Sikhs than even the Qur'an means to Muslims, the Bible to Christians, and the Torah to Jews. | | | The writings of the tenth Guru, over 2,000 Hymns, constitute the "Dassam Granth" (book of the tenth Guru) and are not part of the sacred Adi Granth. | | | The Adi (first) Granth was formally invested with the function of a "Living Guru" by the last of the ten Sikh Gurus (continuum 1469 to 1708). |
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http://www.hrusa.org/advocacy/community-faith/sikh1.shtm
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| | Guru Granth Adi Guru Granth Sahib Ji Raag Taal |
| | The Guru Granth Sahib was originally compiled by the fifth Guru, Guru Arjun Dev Ji, and its present form which include the hymns of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji was given shape by the tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. | | | In the Guru Granth Sahib are enshrined the hymns of six Gurus, thirteen Hindu bhagats (saints - Trilochan, Naamdev, Ramanand, Surdas, Baini, Sadna, Kabir, Ravidas,Parmanand, Ravidas, Sain, Dhanna, Pipa and Jaidev), five muslim divines (Sheikh Farid, Bhikhan, Mardana, Satta and Balwand), a Sikh devotee (Sundar) and twelve bards. | | | The greatest glory of Guru Granth Sahib Ji is its universal scripture free from bias and prejudice. |
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http://www.info-sikh.com/PageH11.html
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| | 400th Adi Granth Anniversary |
| | The precursor to the Siri Guru Granth Sahib is known as the Adi Granth. | | | The Siri Guru Granth Sahib is unique because enlightened beings from all faiths and walks of life contributed their poetry to bring it into being. | | | In 1604, Guru Arjan Dev ji completed the compilation of the Adi Granth and, on August 30th, 1604, introduced the Adi Granth to the Sikh community. |
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http://www.sikhnet.com/s/adigranth
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| | SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. The Ahiyapur pothi |
| | As compared to these 47 hymns, the Adi Granth has a total of 44 hymns (not counting the Var of the 3rd Guru and all the hymns of the 4th and the 5th Gurus). | | | The authorship of one hymn is attributed by the Pothi to the second Guru. | | | One hymn of Guru Nanak given in the Adi Granth does not occur in the pothi. |
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http://www.sikhspectrum.com/052004/pothi_14.htm
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| | THE SPEAKING TREE<BR>Eleventh & Eternal Guru Granth Sahib- The Times of India |
| | Even as one pays homage to Guru Granth Sahib, on the 400th anniversary of its being established as the Holy Book and as the eternal Guru of the Sikh faith, one is struck by the rich literary underpinnings of this compilation and the systematic manner in which each part has been set to music. | | | The Adi Granth is unique in having compositions of sage-poets and mystics of different faiths, including those of Kabir, Baba Farid, Namdev, Jaidev, Dhanna Bhagat and Ravidas. | | | Genealogically tracing their lineage to the ancient Saraswat Brahmins, they were themselves called Saraswat or learned ones, who saw all the Gurus as personifying one Light — the basic tenet of the faith today — and articulated their poetry in praise of the spiritual grandeur of Guru Nanak and all the Gurus. |
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/833920.cms
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| | Holy books |
| | The Dasam Granth is scripture attributed to the times of Guru Gobind Singh. | | | Ever since, the adoration and the veneration of the Adi Granth is an article of faith with the Sikhs. | | | The most important Sikh religious scripture is the Adi Granth(Sri Guru Granth Sahib). |
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http://www.microbooks.org/catalog/page/sikh/holy_books.htm
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| | Sikh Gurus |
| | Guru Granth Sahib was appointed as the Eleventh Guru by Tenth Guru Guru Gobind Singh ji. | | | Bible was not written by Christ, neither was Quran but Granth was written by all Gurus, from Guru Nanak to Guru Gobind. | | | The Guru Granth is full of devotion, meditation, grace of Guru and God. |
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http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak11.html
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| | IRFWP News Pages: Adi Granth |
| | Adi Granth is the sacred scripture of the Sikhs; traditionally referred to as the Granth Sahib (Book of the Lord). | | | While the Dasam Granth is treated with reverence, only the Adi Granth is accorded scriptural status and regarded as the “living” embodiment of all the ten gurus. | | | March 14th is Guru Granth Sahib Day and August 30th is Completion of Guru Granth Day. |
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| | The Hindu : Other States / Punjab News : Original copy of Guru Granth Sahib at Kartarpur |
| | The Adi Granth, written by the fifth Sikh Guru Arjan Dev, is the original scripture, also known as ``Kartarpuri Bir," and was installed at the Golden Temple on September 1, 1604. | | | — AP The original Guru Granth Sahib, holy Sikh scripture whose 400th installation anniversary is being celebrated, is in the possession of the Sodhi family of Kartarpur village and placed at Gurdwara Thum Sahib. | | | The genuineness of this master copy of the holy Granth, written by Bhai Gurdas under the supervision of Sri Guru Arjan Dev, had been vouched for by top Sikh scholars, including Bhai Jodh Singh after a through scrutiny of the holy text which bears the original signature of Guru Arjan Dev. |
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http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/30/stories/2004083005910900.htm
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| | The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum |
| | The bhagat bani gives a unique inter-religious, inter-regional flavour to the Adi Granth and the bhagat bani of the Guru Granth Sahib is a wonderfully catholic, cosmopolitan aspect of this scripture. | | | All the hymns are meant to be sung; and kirtan, the singing of the bani in an appropriate raga, is considered by Gurmat as an essential part of the religion and the sole form of worship among the Sikhs. | | | While the installation of the Adi Granth at Harmandir Sahib was of great significance to the Sikhs, it also caused jealousy to some, especially the estranged relatives of the Gurus. |
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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040905/spectrum/main1.htm
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| | Aad Guru Granth As A Source Of History |
| | Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Eternal Guru of the Sikhs, besides being their Scripture, is veritably a repository of Divine Will and wisdom. | | | The Adi Granth was compiled and installed in the Golden Temple by Guru Arjun Dev in 1604. | | | Sri Guru Granth Sahib is an ocean full of precious pearls, gems and rubies — "Gur sagar ratni bharpure." Apart from imparting spiritual knowledge for becoming a sachiara — Truth incarnate, it is a mine of worldly information. |
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http://www.sikhpoint.com/Religion/resources/aadgurugranth.htm
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| | Word of god in fine music - Deccan Herald |
| | SUDARSHAN SINGH explains the spiritual significance of the fourth centenary of the Adi Granth. | | | The fact that The Adi Granth was compiled during 1603-04 by the fifth Guru Arjun (AD 1563-1606) and the first copy was artistically handwritten by Bhai Gurdas to his dictation, is all we learn from most of the sources. | | | A day before he left for his heavenly abode, on 5th October 1708, Guru Gobind Singh passed on the spiritual Guruship to Adi Granth which there after became Sri Guru Granth Sahib as the timeless and a living Guru in the midst of the Sikhs. |
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http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug292004/ac5.asp
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| | PIB Press Release |
| | The Adi Granth’s central message is a message of humanism and the Universal Brotherhood of Man. It is a source of inspiration for those who seek social justice, the equality of all people, the empowerment of women and of the under privileged. | | | The Adi Granth also teaches us to develop a concern for the environment, preaching the value of living in harmony with nature. | | | I am happy that several steps are being contemplated to celebrate the anniversary of the Adi Granth and to spread its message of Universal Brotherhood. |
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http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=3406
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| | Love Letters - Adi Granth |
| | Guru Granth Sahib is a collection of devotional hymns and poetry which proclaims God, lays stress on meditation on the True Guru (God), and lays down moral and ethical rules for development of the soul, spiritual salvation and unity with God. | | | The Guru Granth Sahib (also known as the Adi Granth) is truely unique among the world's great scriptures. | | | Sikhism rejects idol worship, so the Guru Granth Sahib is not worshipped as an idol, but rather emphasis is placed on respect of the book for the writings which appear within. |
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http://www.sonic.net/~kownby/adigra.htm
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| | Bibliography of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji |
| | The most important is the Sri Adi Bir Sahib or Kartarpuri Bir, compiled in 1604 at the orders of Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji, and later given the Guru-status (gur-gaddi) by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji in 1708 AD under the name of Damdami Bir. | | | The word ’puratan biran’ is used for ancient manuscripts of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. | | | Meanwhile in Punjab, Piar Singh’s Gatha Sri Adi Granth was published by Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) in 1992. |
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http://www.panthic.org/news/132/ARTICLE/1126/2005-03-20.html?sid=74f57b5efa657e9e24ee226b964f958e
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| | Religious Movements Homepage: Sikhism |
| | The Guru Granth Sahib remains as the present Guru of the Sikh faith and is treated as a person would be. | | | The Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred text of Sikhs, is a very important part of Sikh faith and life. | | | The Guru Granth Sahib is read by the Granthi, a person in the community with a greater understanding of the book who leads the worship, but who is not thought of as above the other people. |
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http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/sikhs.html
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| | Sikh Sacred Objects - ReligionFacts.com |
| | The most sacred object in Sikhism is the Guru Granth Sahib (also called the Adi Granth), the holy book of Sikhism. | | | Accordingly, the Guru Granth Sahib is treated with the same respect one would show a human Guru. | | | The 10th and last human Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, designated as his successor the holy book of Sikhism as the enduring and living Guru. |
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http://www.religionfacts.com/sikhism/things.htm
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| | The Sikh Times - Biographies - Gurbakhsh Singh Kala Afghana: An Adi Granth Purist |
| | Whereas the Adi Granth consistently stresses its patently religious message of liberation through meditation on the divine Name, the Dasam Granth, in contrast, consists primarily of legends from the Hindu Puraanas and anecdotes that have little to do with religious belief. | | | According to Kala Afghana, reading hymns from the Dasam Granth during the baptism ceremony is tantamount to according Guru status to the Dasam Granth. | | | He believes Sikhism, like Buddhism and Jainism, would have been absorbed into Hinduism were it not for the unambiguous and consistent delineation of Sikh theology provided by Sikhism's primary scripture, the Adi Granth. |
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http://www.sikhtimes.com/bios_071004a.html
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| | Credible Effort |
| | However, the Guru Granth installed by Guru Gobind Singh as the Guru of the Sikhs a hundred years later differs from the Adi Granth at least in one major detail - the writings of Guru Tegh Bahadur are not found in the Adi Granth. | | | Sahib Singh's "Adi Birh Barre" has been translated as "About Compilation of Guru Granth." True that the Adi Granth compiled by Guru Arjan in 1604 forms the main body of the Guru Granth. | | | Dalip Singh's connections with Professor Sahib Singh were long-standing; Sahib Singh rightly acknowledged the encouragement of Dalip Singh in his ten-volume magnum opus "Siri Guru Granth Sahib Darpan" which remains the definitive exposition of the mysteries of the sacred writings of the Sikhs. |
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http://www.sikhpoint.com/Religion/resources/aboutcompilations.htm
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| | Sikh Glossary and Terms - A |
| | Adi means first, Adi Granth is the first edition of the Guru Granth Sahib as was compiled by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in 1604 (AD). | | | It is also the name of a composition by Guru Amar Daas (page 917 of the Guru Granth Sahib). | | | Composition by Guru Amar Daas found on page 917 of the Guru Granth Sahib. |
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http://www.gurmatps.org/other_books/glossary
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| | Celebrating 400 Years of the Guru Granth Sahib? - Controversial Debates - |
| | Therefore, it would seem that the Adi Granth has enjoyed "Guru" status at least since 1604 and that Guru Gobind Singh's decision to terminate the line of personal Gurus in 1708 brought exclusivity to the Adi Granth's extant Guru status in addition to reinforcing the same. | | | To me, by collating the writings of his predecessor Gurus and of the notable Bhagats of the Indian subcontinent, Guru Arjan in 1604 compiled a unique volume that became the major corpus of the Guru Granth and the spiritual repository of Sikh belief, but it was assuredly *not* the Guru Granth. | | | The Granth that was installed as the Guru was the version so designated by Guru Gobind Singh in 1708, a hundred years later. |
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http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikhphilosophy/controversial-debates/401-celebrating-400-years-the-guru-granth-sahib.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sikhism |
| | Salvation is to be obtained only by knowledge of the One True God through the Sat Guru (or true spiritual guide), reverential fear, faith and purity of mind and morals -- the main principles of which are strictly inculcated as marks of the true Sikh; while such prevailing crimes as infanticide and suttee are forbidden. | | | The use of images is tabooed; ceremonial worship, asceticism, and caste-restrictions are explicitly rejected. | | | Their dead leaders are to be saluted simply by the watchword "Hail guru" and the only material object to be outwardly reverenced is the "Granth", or sacred book. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13789a.htm
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| | The Gurus of Sikhism |
| | There were ten human Gurus until the last one granted Spiritual Guru status to the Adi Granth, known afterwards as the Guru Granth Sahib. | | | His hymns went into Adi Granth (making a second version), which became fully the Guru Granth Sahib but he was beheaded on the order of the Emperor of India in 1675 | | | Built Harimandir (House of God), compiled the scripture (to become the Guru Granth Sahib) and was the first martyr as he was killed on the order of Mughul Jehangir in 1606 |
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| | Sikh Gurus on Vegetarianism Nanak Kabir Gobind Arjan |
| | Adi Granth (Guru Granth Sahib), page 141, Mehla 1. | | | Direct Quotes from the Adi Granth (Shri Guru Granth Sahib) on Vegetarianism | | | Kabir, it is tyranny to use force and kill; the Lord shall call you to account. |
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http://members.aol.com/ron765/vegetarian.htm
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| | Bards/Bhatts in Adi Granth : Gateway to Sikhism |
| | He was radical, open-minded and gave liberal space in the Holy Book, to the poetry which could be termed as diagonally opposite to the convictions of the Gurus. | | | No doubt, Bhatt Bani was written as eulogy to the Gurus, yet analysing it with the diversity of its underlying theme and the undertone atmosphere, it may be concluded that the compiler of Adi Granth was much above the parochial and sectarian approach. | | | Of late there have been some voices of dissent asking for disintegration of Bhatt Bani from Guru Granth Sahib but these voices have died down now. |
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http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/bhagats/bhatts2.htm
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| | Adi Guru Granth Sahib Raag and Taals |
| | In Guru Granth Sahib seventeen ghars (taal - beat) are mentioned. | | | Common themes of Shabads placed under Raags of Guru Granth Sahib Ji. | | | The soul being away from the House of Lord and the joy of meeting the true ‘husband |
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| | India Culture Disucssion chat forums |
| | If the Guru Granth sahib were to be examined, there is no difference between Hinduism and Sikhism because the Granth is based on the Hindu scriptures and beliefs. | | | In the entire Guru Granth Sahib, the Vedas are respected and referred to as sacred. | | | The Dasam Granth, was written by Guru Govind Singh Ji, he wrote about how Akal (god) expanded himself to become Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. |
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http://indiaculture.net/talk/messages/65/121.html
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| | The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation |
| | Addressing committee members, Dr Manmohan Singh said the Adi Granth was a unique text that brings together the hymns of many revered Gurus, devoted Bhaktas and Sufi saints. | | | It is a source of inspiration for those who seek social justice, the equality of all people, the empowerment of women and of the under privileged. | | | The Prime Minister said there can be no better way to honour such a sacred text than to learn to live by its teaching, live in peace and harmony with one another and with nature. |
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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040824/nation.htm
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| | Amazon.ca: Books: Songs of Saints from Adi Granth |
| | This complete and accessible translation of the songs of the saints from the Sikh holy book the Adi Granth provides access to the hymns written by Hindu and Muslim devotional writers of north India, who flourished from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries. | | | The songs of the saints hold a unique position in Sikhism in that they provide the faith with a prehistory that reaches back to the dawn of north Indian Bhakti and Sant traditions. | | | He is the author of The Avowing of King Arthur: A Modern Verse Translation, Rebuilding Babel: The Translations of W. Auden, and Songs of the Kabir from the Adi Granth, also published by SUNY Press. |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0791446832
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| | Oxford Scholarship Online: The Making of Sikh Scripture |
| | On the basis of a close examination of the extant manuscripts and other early Sikh sources in private custody of families in the Punjab, the author presents a detailed reconstruction of the making of the Adi Granth ("original book") - the primary Sikh scripture, which comprises about 3,000 hymns. | | | Keywords: Adi Granth, ancient texts, history, Punjab, religious history, Sikhism | | | The revised and expanded picture of the history of the text and institution of Sikh scripture will be of interest not only to scholars of Sikhism and Sikh religionists, but to scholars of comparative canon formation. |
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http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/religion/0195130243/toc.html
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| | Kamat's Potpourri: Glossary: Adi Grinth |
| | Adi Granth and Sri Guru Granth Sahib) The holy scripture of Sikhism | | | Try Kamat's PictureSearch for pictures of Adi Grinth |
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| | ADI GRANTH |
| | ADI GRANTH, the sacred book of the Sikhs. | | | Get a free Web page for your email signature — Click Here. |
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| | Gateway to Sikhism |
| | Guru Granth Sahib Ji Other Religions of the World | | | Search the web at Gateway to Sikhism Portal |
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| | Guru Granth Sahib: Chapter 40 |
| | Shri Guru Granth Sahib: Shaloks Of Devotee Kabeer Jee | | | All images on this page, all graphics, the html mark up, and all files at this site are © copyright V.Jayaram, 2000-2001, except where noted. |
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