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Guru Granth Sahib Darshan’ GGUURRUU GGRRAANNTTHH SSAAHHIIBB DDAARRSSHHAANN SATGUR DARSHAN AGAN NIVAAREE SATGUR BHAYTUT HAUMAY MAAREE Blessed Vision of the true guru extinguished my flames of desire Meeting the true Guru my ego was destroyed Gauri Mehlaa:5 (Page 183) 1 Index . About the book . Why Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji is so important? . Why was the need of editing Guru Granth Sahib ji was felt? . Praise of Gurbani . Shabad of Guru . The belief(faith of Sikhism) . The Great Gurus held Gurbani in high esteem themselves and directed us to do so . Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji as a store-house of language and verse .The Importance of Raags in Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji . What is the subject matter of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji . The hints of expansion of the Universe in Sri Adi Granth . Different opinions of Scholars about Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji Bani Registered - Six Gurus Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji Sri Guru Angad Dev ji Sri Guru Amar Das ji Sri Guru Ram Das ji Sri Guru Arjun Dev ji Sri Guru Teg Bahadur ji 2 Bani Entered - Fifteen Bhagats Bhagat Kabir ji Bhagat Ravi Das ji Bhagat Naam Dev ji Sheikh Farid ji Bhagat Dhanna ji Bhagat Beni Ji Bhagat Bhikhan ji Bhagat Sadhna ji Bhagat Peepa ji Bhagat Tirlochan ji Bhagat Rama Nand ji Bhagat Jai Dev ji Bhagat Parmanand ji Bhagat Soor Das ji Bhagat Sain ji Bani Entered - Four Gursikhs Bhai Mardana ji Bhai Balwand and Satta ji Baba Sunder ji 3 Bani Entered- Eleven Bhatts Brief knowledge about Bhatts Bhat Kal Sahar ji Bhat Gayand ji Bhat Bhikha ji Bhat Kirat ji Bhatt Mathura ji Bhat Jalap ji Bhatt Salh ji Bhatt Bhall ji Bhatt Bal ji Bhatt Harbans ji Bhatt Nalh ji Real Guru—Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji - Sadh Hazoor Hazar hai Naazar Kateh na bhaiyo door-aee 4 On the day of 300 years of Guruship To Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji This book is Dedicate to “ The Divine word” Presented by the Great Gurus, true devotees and Gursikhs, personifying the inspirational and cohesive eternal force for the entire humanity to know its roots. 5 About the Book The first installation day of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji was celebrated on August 30 - September 1ST 2004 by the entire Sikh congregation internationally with great reverence and enthusiasm. It was worth seeing the deep love and devotion the congregation had for Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji on this grand occasion. Every Gursikh paid tribute and expressed their affection in countless ways to the Shabad Guru. Some prepared delicious Langar (food) and distributed it, others arranged huge Nagar Kirtans (Sikh Parade’s), yet others held Kirtan Darbars (congregations to sing praises of God) and intellectuals offered their wisdom and reverence to the great Guru’s through their speeches and writings. All these initiatives and noble deeds were worthy of praise and saluting. I too was moved to take part in these celebrations as per the order of fifth Guru, “Tina Dekh Mun Chao Uthanda”. With my humble intellect, I wrote the book ‘Sabad Gur Peera’ in June 2004 on eight main subjects and 115 sub-topics from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and thus tried to pay my homage to the sangat and the great Guru. The congregation applauded and appreciated the book,”Shabad Gur Peera”. The response was encouraging, for which I thank the Almighty, the Great Guru and the sangat from the core of my heart. Now the 300th year anniversary of the Guru-ship of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is approaching in October 2008. On this day, at Hazoor Sahib (Nanded, India) is where the tenth Guru, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, bowed down and bestowed Guruship to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. He then commanded all Sikhs that, ‘Sabh Sikhan ko Hukam hai, Guru Manyo Granth’ (All the Gursikhs are ordered to accept the Adi Granth as their Guru). So preparations are ongoing to celebrate this milestone anniversary with respect. 6 Pertaining to this sacred day, I humbly desired to express my deepest devotion to the great Guru and to the sangat by writing these three books, thus hoping to attract affectionate blessings from our Guru and the sangat. This book is called ‘Guru Granth Sahib Darshan’. It includes chapters, topics and answers to questions like, what is the importance of Guru Granth Sahib Ji? Why was there a need to edit Sri Guru Adi Granth sahib ji? Praise of Gurbani - Shabad Guru, belief (faith) of Sikh faith, why and how the great Guru’s respected Gurbani themselves and ordered us to do so, Guru Granth Sahib being a store-house of languages and poetry, the importance of Ragas, what is the subject matter of Sri Guru Granth Sahib? Expansion and creation of the universe, different opinions of scholars regarding Sri Guru Granth Sahib and then finally, those great souls who have contributed greatly to the treasure of Gurbani that is Guru Granth sahib ji, are included. These god-attuned souls are the six gurus, fifteen Bhagats, four Gursikshs and eleven Bhatts (Bards). A brief biography of their life and their contribution to Gurbani is given in each chapter, in order to give us a better understanding. So, in this particular book, I have made a humble effort to illustrate the biographies, achievements and messages of the 36 great souls who contributed Gurbani and were included in Guru Granth Sahib ji. Numerous bulky books have already been written about the Great Gurus, Bhagats, their life history and achievements, but in this book, all of that information has been summarized and condensed. This humble servant will consider the task of writing this book a success if, after reading the book, any curious learner or gursikh is inspired to redirect their life according to the noble deeds enlightened by our Guru’s, Bhagats and Gursikhs. In this book, portraits of the Great Guru’s, Bhagats, Gursikhs, and Bhatts are included in the relevant chapters. Though the portraits are imaginery, and there is neither any importance of portraits in Gurmat nor its worship allowed, yet they have their own place as a tool. Children, especially younger ones, are particularly attracted to pictures, which play a major role in their learning. For example, to teach the English alphabet, 7 we show a picture of an apple to depict the letter A , or a picture of ball for the letter B and the picture of cat to depict the letter C. When these letters are learned properly, they remain permanently in the minds of the learners. Portraits and pictures are then not needed for any further learning. So, with this motive and intention, pictures have been included only for the children or for new learners of Gurmat. It is entirely possible that by seeing the picture, people will be impressed enough to try and unite with the creator of the world picture (God). Only then will the purpose of posting these pictures be served. There is an abundance of Gurmat literature in Punjabi language but its deficiency is evidently felt in other languages of the world. The Sikh nation remains very sluggish, careless and inattentive towards preaching and expanding knowledge of the principles and teachings of the great Guru’s who delivered their divine message for all humanity. On this account, the whole world has not yet obtained the full benefit of the golden and precious values of the Gurmat. This unique treasure of divinty blessed upon the entire human race by our great Guru’s, has become confined to a particular territory. To bring out these pious and precious teachings of the Guru’s from the confines of a geographical area, community and language and making it a light-house for the entire human race by translating it into other languages especially in an international language like English, is the moral duty of every Gursikh. This action should be pursued to one’s maximum ability. Under this inspiration, S. Bhulla Singh Malhi (M.A. Eng., Pol.Sc., B.Sc., B.Ed) formerly from Kh. Sr. Sec. School, Garhdiwala, Hoshiarpur and Bibi Nirmal Kaur Malhi ex Principal S.H.G.N. Girls Sr. Sec. School Garhdiwala, Hoshiarpur(Now in Canada) translated “Se Kinehiya”(Biography of Sant Baba Harnam Singh Ji Rampur Khera Wale) in the year 1997 and got blessings of the Great Guru’s and the sangat. Now this couple of Mr. and Mrs. Malhi translated the book, “Sri Guru Granth Sahib Darshan” into English and tried to convey the message of the Satguru Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji to the non-Punjabi speaking masses. 8 The typing of this book was done by Bibi Mohani Kaur Thiara (USA). The book was revised and proof read by Dr. Gurinder Singh Daler (UK) with great care and appreciation Bibi Manjit Kaur and S. Gurbachan Singh LA (USA) have donated the printing and publishing expenses of this book It is humbly prayed in the feet of the Holy Guru to bless all these premies with more power and intellect to preach, teach and expand Guruji’s message and principles to the entire humanity. The humble servant of the sangat Sewa Singh (Sant) Gurdwara Rampur Khera P.O. Garhdiwala Distt. Hoshiar Pur Punjab – India 144 207 9 Why is Guru Granth Sahib Ji Momentous? From time immemorial, ever since the Almighty created this universe such that, ‘Jab Udkarkh kara Kartara, Parja Dharat tab Deh Apaara’ (meaning- when the Creator expands his will, the whole universe issues forth), he has been sending Divine personalities into this world to guide humanity, which has strayed from its spiritual path to be reunited with its true origin i.e.
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