Monday, October 25, 2010

The significance of Sikhism as envisaged and flashed by me on the f.b. on October 25,2010.

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Bishwanath Singh :
God is omnipresent (sarav viāpak) in all creation and visible everywhere to the spiritually awakened. Guru Nanak Dev had stressed that God must be seen from the inward eye, or the heart, of a human being: devotees must meditate to progress towards enlightenment. Guru Nanak Dev had emphasized the revelation through meditation, as its rigorous application permits the existence of communication between God and human beings.Let us pay our himble obeisance's to His lotus feet and seek His bliss for well-being of all living-being of this universe!
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Bishwanath Singh Let us have a view of Golden temple located at Amritsar in Punjab and offer our respectful obeisance's to this holy place!
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Bishwanath Singh :
How many of us aware that the Sikhism is a monotheistic religion that was founded in the fifteenth century in the Punjab on the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and ten successive Sikh Gurus -the last one being Guru Granth Sahib Ji. It is the fifth-largest organized religion in whole of the world. This system of religiou...s philosophy and expression has been traditionally known as the Gurmat meaning the counsel of the Gurus. The adherents of Sikhism are known as Sikhs –in Sanskrit meaning students or disciples and number over twenty six million across the world. Let us have a glimpse of Sikhism in brief and pay our humble obeisance’s to the lotus feet of all of its Gurus whom we adore the most!
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Bishwanath Singh:
The Sikhism is known for real faith in Waheguru—represented by the phrase ik ōaṅkār, meaning one God. Sikhism advocates the pursuit of salvation through disciplined, personal meditation on the name and message of God. The followers of Sikhism are ordained to follow the teachings of the ten Sikh gurus, or enlightened leaders, as well as the holy scripture entitled the Gurū Granth Sāhib Ji, which, along with the writings of six of the ten Sikh Gurus, includes selected works of many devotees from diverse socio-economic and religious backgrounds. The text was decreed by Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth guru, as the final guru of the Sikh religion. Sikhism's traditions and teachings are associated with the history, society and culture of Punjab. Most Sikhs live in Punjab, India Until India's partition, millions of Sikhs lived in what is now Pakistani Punjab. In Sikhism, God—termed Vāhigurū—is shapeless, timeless, and sightless: niraṅkār, akāl, and alakh. It signifies the universality of God. It states that God is omnipresent and infinite, and is signified by the term ēk ōaṅkār. Sikhs believe that before creation, all that existed was God and Its hukam (will or order). When God willed, the entire cosmos was created. From these beginnings, God nurtured "enticement and attachment" to māyā, or the human perception of reality. While a full understanding of God is beyond human beings.Guru Nanak Dev described God as not wholly unknowable. God is omnipresent (sarav viāpak) in all creation and visible everywhere to the spiritually awakened. Nanak stressed that God must be seen from "the inward eye", or the "heart", of a human being: The devotees must meditate to progress towards enlightenment. Guru Nanak Dev emphasized the revelation through meditation, as its rigorous application permits the existence of communication between God and human beings.] God has no gender in Sikhism indeed Sikhism teaches that God is "Nirankar" [Niran meaning "without" and kar meaning "form", hence "without form"]. In addition, Nanak wrote that there are many worlds on which God has created life. Guru Nanak Dev’s ideal is the total exposure of one's being to the divine Name and a total conforming to Dharma or the "Divine Order". He described the result of the disciplined application of nām simraṇ as a "growing towards and into God" through a gradual process of five stages. The last of these is sac khaṇḍ meaning the Realm of Truth—the final union of the spirit with God. He stressed now kirat karō: that a Sikh should balance work, worship, and charity, and should defend the rights of all creatures, and in particular, fellow human beings. They are encouraged to have a chaṛdī kalā, or optimistic, view of life. Sikh teachings also stress the concept of sharing—vaṇḍ chakkō—through the distribution of free food at Sikh gurdwaras (laṅgar), giving charitable donations, and working for the good of the community and others (sēvā).The Sikhs believe that the spirit of Nanak was passed from one guru to the next, " just as the light of one lamp, which lights another and does not diminish and is also mentioned in their holy book. The list of Gurus are appended herewith.


 Sl. No      Name      Date of birth  Guruship on   Date of ascension  Age  in years
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1 Nanak Dev-  15 April 1469  - 20 August 1507  -22 September 1539  -        69

2 Angad Dev -  31 March 1504 -7 September 1539- 29 March 1552     -        48

3 Amar Das -  05 May 1479-    26 March 1552       - 01 September 1574  -      95

4 Ram Das-  24 September 1534- 01 September 1574 -01 September 1581 -    46

5 Arjan Dev-   15 April 1563      01 September 1581        -30 May 1606           -43

6 Har Gobind- 19 June 1595       -25 May 1606                  -28 February 1644     -48

7 Har Rai-   16 January 1630       - 03 March 1644                  -6 October 1661     -31

8 Har Krishan -  07 July 1656        -06 October 1661                 -30 March 1664    - 07

9 Tegh Bahadur- 01 April 1621  -- 20 March 1665               -11 November 1675    -54

10 Gobind Singh- 22 December 1666  --11 November 1675 - 07 October 1708        - 41

11 Guru Granth Sahib- -                     n/a 7 October 1708

The holy book Gurū Granth Sāhib was compiled by Gobind Singh in 1678. It consists of the original Ādi Granth with the addition of Teg Bahadur's hymns. The Guru Granth Sahib is considered the Eleventh Guru of the Sikhs.Let us pay our humble obeisance's to their lotus feet whom we adore the most!
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October 25,2010.

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