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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 115824" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>The Aad Pothi: Guru Nanak through Guru Ram Das</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The story of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib starts from the day when Guru Nanak uttered the first hymn. It was then that the compilation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib started. The first hymn was recited in 1475 in Rai Bhoe Kee Talwandi, the birth place of Guru Nanak.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Adi Sri Guru Granth Sahib in its final form was completed in 1706 in Sabo Kee Talwandi by Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Master. So it took 231 years for the completion of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Guru Nanak always said that his Guru was the "Shabad" the Word. Bhai Gurdas says wherever Guru Nanak went he made human beings realize the supremacy of "Shabad." "There is no miracle other than the Word," were Guru Nanak’s words. When the sidhas asked how he became spiritually strong, Guru Nanak answered, "Other than the company of ‘Bani Guru’ I have no other strength or shelter." Bhai Gurdas has written that is was only through the word that Guru Nanak could conquer the whole world. The Yogis also asked Guru Nanak who was his Guru?</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"><span style="font-size: 15px">qyrw kvxu gurU ijs kw qU cylw]</span></span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Who is the Master whose disciple thou art?</span></span></em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">and the answer was</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Sbd gurU suriq Duin cylw]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'">(isD gosit)</span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The holy word is the Preceptor by devoted meditation on it am I its disciple.</span></span></em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Whatever and whenever the Shabad manifested in his heart, Guru Nanak wrote it down in a book he always kept with him. Bhai Gurdas in one of his Vars says that when Guru Nanak went to Mecca, he had two things with him, </span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">asa</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> and </span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">kitab</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> (stick and book.)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Awsw hiQ ikqwb kiC </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'">(vwr 1 pauVI 32)</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">This book can only be the book in which he wrote the Bani. This is also why the Quazis and Mulla(n)s asked Guru Nanak, "</span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Open your book and tell us who is greater, a Hindu or a Muslim?</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">" (Bhai Gurdas, Vars)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"><span style="font-size: 15px">puCin Poil ikqwb nO, ihdU vfw ik muslmwnOeI]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'">(vwr 1 pauVI 33)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">T</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">here were times when Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana were all by themselves in jungles. Whenever Guru Nanak felt like singing Bani, he used to ask Mardana to play for him. He used to say, "Mardana start playing the rebek. Bani is coming to me." There was no one else then who wrote that Bani, but Guru Nanak himself. In his journey wherever Guru Nanak went, he met Hindu and Muslim saints and held discussions with them. He collected the hymns of those saints whose thoughts were similar to his own. In his first journey, he collected the hymns of Kabir, Bhagat Ravi Das, Jai Dev, Nam Dev, Beni, Parmanand, Bhagat Surdas, Sain and Dhanna. In his third journey, he collected the hymns of Baba Farid and Bhagat Sadhana. Guru Nanak’s own Bani testifies that he started editing Bhagats’ Bani. For example, Baba Farid wrote a hymn</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"><span style="font-size: 15px">byVw bMiD n sika, bMDn kI vylw]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Bir srvr jb aUClY, qb qrxu duhylw]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'">(sUhI lilq - SyK &rId jI 194)</span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Listen, thy Man, thou didst not look to the tackle of my boat while it was yet time. In the swollen lake, how shall it float? (1)</span></span></em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Guru Nanak put his hymn in Raad Suhi. Then he put a hymn of his own to explain the other side of Baba Farid’s hymn:</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"><span style="font-size: 15px">jp qp kw bMDu byVulw, ijqu lMGih vhylw]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"><span style="font-size: 15px">nw srvru nw aUClY AYsw pMQu suhylw]1]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'">(sUhI mhlw 1, 729)</span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">With contemplation and austerity equip thy boat, where by easily mayst thou cross over. Then shall there not be the ocean nor the storm. Easy shall thy path be. (1)</span></span></em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">(Soohi Mahalla 1, Page 729)</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">All the hymns that he collected in his journey he wrote in same </span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">kitab</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">. (The Book).</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">When Guru Nanak passed the light of Guru-ship to Bhai Lehana, Guru Angad, he asked Guru Angad to ask for any blessing or gift. Guru Angad asked for three things. First was Guru Nanak’s comber band. Second was Guru Nanak’s </span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Kitab</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> (Book). Third he asked for Bhai Balwand, the bard who used to play Kirtan for Guru Nanak after Bhai Mardana’s death. Guru Nanak gave all these things to Guru Angad. The Janam Sakhi of Guru Nanak says that when Guru Angad became Guru, Guru Nanak gave him his own treasure of Bani.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Guru Angad wrote the Gurmukhi script and put his own Bani in sloks along with the Bani of Guru Nanak. This book was then called </span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Pothi.</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> He passed this Pothi to Guru Amar Das. Guru Amar Das edited it. In some places he even explained Guru Nanak’s and Bhagats’ thoughts. This whole treasure of Bani then was passed to Guru Ram Das, the fourth Master. And from him it passed to Guru Arjan Dev. At that time it was called </span></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Aad Pothi</span></span></em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Throughout all this time, the Gurus preached to the Sikhs to be attached to the Word rather than the physical body of the Guru. When Prithi and Kheda came to Guru Nanak in Kartapur, they wanted to quit their worldly responsibilities and live with Guru Nanak, enjoying his darshan all the time. Guru Nanak told them, "I abide in the Sadh Sangat. Go to Dharmsala early in the morning and also in the evening, serve the Sadh Sangat and sing Gurbani. By doing this you will be serving me and I will always be with you. Now go back to your village and perform your worldly duties honestly. If you meet the physical body of the Guru, you must one day be separated from him. But if you attach yourself to the ‘Word’ of the Guru, you will never be separated from Him." (Bhai Mai Singh, Sikhaa(n) dee Bhagat Mala.)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Guru Ram Das in Raag Nat Naraain says</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'"><span style="font-size: 15px">bwxI gurU gurU hY bwxI ivic bwxI AMimRqu swry]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'GurbaniAkharHeavy'">(nt m: 4)</span></p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">The holy Word is the true Master, the Master’s image the holy Word. In the holy Word is pervasive amrita.</span></span></em></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">To sing and recite Bani was the strongest practice of the Sikhs.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 115824, member: 1"] [SIZE=4][B]The Aad Pothi: Guru Nanak through Guru Ram Das [/B][/SIZE][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]The story of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib starts from the day when Guru Nanak uttered the first hymn. It was then that the compilation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib started. The first hymn was recited in 1475 in Rai Bhoe Kee Talwandi, the birth place of Guru Nanak.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Adi Sri Guru Granth Sahib in its final form was completed in 1706 in Sabo Kee Talwandi by Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Master. So it took 231 years for the completion of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Guru Nanak always said that his Guru was the "Shabad" the Word. Bhai Gurdas says wherever Guru Nanak went he made human beings realize the supremacy of "Shabad." "There is no miracle other than the Word," were Guru Nanak’s words. 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In his first journey, he collected the hymns of Kabir, Bhagat Ravi Das, Jai Dev, Nam Dev, Beni, Parmanand, Bhagat Surdas, Sain and Dhanna. In his third journey, he collected the hymns of Baba Farid and Bhagat Sadhana. Guru Nanak’s own Bani testifies that he started editing Bhagats’ Bani. For example, Baba Farid wrote a hymn[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=GurbaniAkharHeavy][SIZE=4]byVw bMiD n sika, bMDn kI vylw][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=GurbaniAkharHeavy][SIZE=4]Bir srvr jb aUClY, qb qrxu duhylw][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=GurbaniAkharHeavy](sUhI lilq - SyK &rId jI 194)[/FONT] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Listen, thy Man, thou didst not look to the tackle of my boat while it was yet time. In the swollen lake, how shall it float? (1)[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Guru Nanak put his hymn in Raad Suhi. Then he put a hymn of his own to explain the other side of Baba Farid’s hymn:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=GurbaniAkharHeavy][SIZE=4]jp qp kw bMDu byVulw, ijqu lMGih vhylw][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=GurbaniAkharHeavy][SIZE=4]nw srvru nw aUClY AYsw pMQu suhylw]1][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=GurbaniAkharHeavy](sUhI mhlw 1, 729)[/FONT] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]With contemplation and austerity equip thy boat, where by easily mayst thou cross over. Then shall there not be the ocean nor the storm. Easy shall thy path be. (1)[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2](Soohi Mahalla 1, Page 729)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]All the hymns that he collected in his journey he wrote in same [/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]kitab[/SIZE][/FONT][/I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]. (The Book).[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]When Guru Nanak passed the light of Guru-ship to Bhai Lehana, Guru Angad, he asked Guru Angad to ask for any blessing or gift. Guru Angad asked for three things. First was Guru Nanak’s comber band. Second was Guru Nanak’s [/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Kitab[/SIZE][/FONT][/I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] (Book). Third he asked for Bhai Balwand, the bard who used to play Kirtan for Guru Nanak after Bhai Mardana’s death. Guru Nanak gave all these things to Guru Angad. The Janam Sakhi of Guru Nanak says that when Guru Angad became Guru, Guru Nanak gave him his own treasure of Bani.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Guru Angad wrote the Gurmukhi script and put his own Bani in sloks along with the Bani of Guru Nanak. This book was then called [/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Pothi.[/SIZE][/FONT][/I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2] He passed this Pothi to Guru Amar Das. Guru Amar Das edited it. In some places he even explained Guru Nanak’s and Bhagats’ thoughts. This whole treasure of Bani then was passed to Guru Ram Das, the fourth Master. And from him it passed to Guru Arjan Dev. At that time it was called [/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Aad Pothi[/SIZE][/FONT][/I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2].[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Throughout all this time, the Gurus preached to the Sikhs to be attached to the Word rather than the physical body of the Guru. When Prithi and Kheda came to Guru Nanak in Kartapur, they wanted to quit their worldly responsibilities and live with Guru Nanak, enjoying his darshan all the time. Guru Nanak told them, "I abide in the Sadh Sangat. Go to Dharmsala early in the morning and also in the evening, serve the Sadh Sangat and sing Gurbani. By doing this you will be serving me and I will always be with you. Now go back to your village and perform your worldly duties honestly. If you meet the physical body of the Guru, you must one day be separated from him. But if you attach yourself to the ‘Word’ of the Guru, you will never be separated from Him." (Bhai Mai Singh, Sikhaa(n) dee Bhagat Mala.)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]Guru Ram Das in Raag Nat Naraain says[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=GurbaniAkharHeavy][SIZE=4]bwxI gurU gurU hY bwxI ivic bwxI AMimRqu swry][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=GurbaniAkharHeavy](nt m: 4)[/FONT] [I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]The holy Word is the true Master, the Master’s image the holy Word. In the holy Word is pervasive amrita.[/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]To sing and recite Bani was the strongest practice of the Sikhs.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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