Randip ji
The Dasam Granth is an awesome work of religious thinking and poetry. Depending on a person's temperament there are parts that can blow you away. Blow me away anyway, from Jap Sahib forward.
The writing is energetic, strong and forceful. And in my personal opinion, the historical events surrounding its composition had a lot to do with its style and the poetic vision of the author --
Guru Gobind Singh ji. He wrote in a time when all the energy of the Creator was needed to withstand the assault on
Sikh values and purpose and belief. So
Guru Gobind channeled that energy into writing that would literally pump into his
Sikhs as much hope as required to believe in victory and a sense of a different future. All the dhyann and all the past visions of Dharma had to flow like a river rushing without impediment toward a positive ending.
The rhythms of Dasam Granth are so different. They charge the reader with a feeling of God's dominion and their own inevitable victory. It convinced the
Sikhs of his time that after much destruction, death, and chaos, that victory would be theirs in the part of the world that
Sikhs defended, and only after much personal loss and suffering. And later, though the British prevailed,
Sikhism had already evolved to a religion of victory by God and the soul. This is the way that I read Dasam Granth -- moved from within toward a sense of outward stability.
Sooner or later the bickering must quiet down. Some significant differences must still be addressed. The unfortunate result for now is that this holy book will be used as a political football instead of the voice of liberation that it is until the debate ends.
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