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ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
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Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
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Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
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ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="Vikram singh" data-source="post: 138681" data-attributes="member: 1078"><p>Worldwide praise for the Guru Granth </p><p>Sahib </p><p></p><p>Source: <a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib" target="_blank">http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib</a> </p><p></p><p>Guru Granth Sahib</p><p></p><p>The manuscript of the Sikh Gurus'[/URL] hymns contained in Guru Granth Sahib were handed down by, the First and founder Guru. It passed on, down the lines to the 10 Guru, Guru Gobind Singh He then guided the Sikh community to follow the GURU GRANTH SAHIB (Sikh scriptures), as our ultimate and as Living Guru, in 1708 (300 years ago) and not worship or follow any human soul as the GURU (GOD)</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <strong><span style="color: Blue">Contents</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Authenticity of Guru Granth Sahib</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>This is what Max Arthur Macauliffe writes about the authenticity of the Guru's teaching: </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>"The Sikh religion differs as regards the authenticity of its dogmas from most other theological systems. Many of the great teachers the world has known, have not left a line of their own composition and we only know what they taught through tradition or second-hand information. If Pythagoras wrote of his tenets, his writings have not descended to us. We know the teachings of Socrates only through the writings of Plato and Xenophanes. Buddha has left no written memorial of his teaching. Kungfu-tze, known to Europeans as Confucius, left no documents in which he detailed the principles of his moral and social system. The founder of Christianity did not reduce his doctrines to writing and for them we are obliged to trust to the gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Arabian Prophet did not himself reduce to writing the chapters of the Quran. They were written or compiled by his adherents and followers.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>But the compositions of Sikh Gurus are preserved and we know at first hand what they taught."</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <em><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"Guru Nanak was not a priest either by birth or education, but a man who soared to the loftiest heights of divine emotionalism, and exalted his mental vision to an ethical ideal beyond the concept of Hinduism or Mohammadanism. </span></span></span></span></span></em></em> </p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"> </p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <em><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It (Sikhism) prohibits idolatry, hypocrisy, caste exclusiveness, con-cremation (Satti) of widows, the immurement (confinement) of women (like Muslims), the use of wine and other intoxicants, tobacco smoking, infanticide, slander, pilgrimage to the sacred rivers and tanks of the Hindus. </span></span></span></span></span></em></em> </p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><em><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>It inculcates loyalty, justice, impartiality, truth, honesty and all the moral and domestic virtues to holiest citizens of any country." </strong></span></span></span></span></span></em></strong></em> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </p><p> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Praise_of_Sri_Guru_Granth_Sahib_by_modern_Scholars#Praise_of_Sri_Guru_Granth_Sahib_by_modern_Scholars" target="_blank">1 Praise of Sri Guru Granth Sahib by modern Scholars</a> </span></span></span><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Rev._H.L._Bradshaw_of_the_U.S.A..2C_Sikh_Review.2C_Calcutta.#Rev._H.L._Bradshaw_of_the_U.S.A..2C_Sikh_Review.2C_Calcutta." target="_blank">1.1 Rev. H.L. Bradshaw of the U.S.A., Sikh Review, Calcutta.</a> </span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Miss_Pearl_S._Buck.2C_a_Nobel_laureate#Miss_Pearl_S._Buck.2C_a_Nobel_laureate" target="_blank">1.2 Miss Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel laureate</a> </span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Archer_in_his_book_on_Sikh_faith#Archer_in_his_book_on_Sikh_faith" target="_blank">1.3 Archer in his book on Sikh faith</a> </span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Dorothy_Field_in_her_book.2C_The_Sikh_Religion#Dorothy_Field_in_her_book.2C_The_Sikh_Religion" target="_blank">1.4 Dorothy Field in her book, The Sikh Religion</a> </span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Arnold_Toynbee.2C_a_historian#Arnold_Toynbee.2C_a_historian" target="_blank">1.5 Arnold Toynbee, a historian</a> </span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Dr._W.O._Cole_of_U.K.#Dr._W.O._Cole_of_U.K." target="_blank">1.6 Dr. W.O. Cole of U.K.</a> </span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Bertrand_Russell#Bertrand_Russell" target="_blank">1.7 Bertrand Russell</a> </span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> </ul><p> <u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">1.8</span></span></span></span></span></u><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> <u><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue">Swami Nitya Nand</span></span></u> </span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Authenticity_of_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Authenticity_of_Guru_Granth_Sahib" target="_blank">2 Authenticity of Guru Granth Sahib</a> </span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#See_also#See_also" target="_blank">3 See also</a> </span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#References#References" target="_blank">4 References</a> </span></span></span></li> </ul><p> <strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Praise of <a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sri%20Guru%20Granth%20Sahib%20Ji" target="_blank">Sri Guru Granth Sahib</a> by modern Scholars </span></span> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The Sikh scriptures are unique among the religious "Holy Books" of the world in that they don't just offer spiritual guidance for the Sikhs alone <strong><strong>but impart guidance and assistance for all the peoples and religions of the world. </strong></strong></span></span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The Siri Guru Granth is a supreme treasure for all mankind. It is the true and permanent spiritual guide of the Sikhs. <strong><strong>Guru Granth Sahib transcends creed and caste, cant and convention.</strong></strong> It does not belong to the Sikhs alone. It consecrates the sayings of 11 Hindu Bhagat and as many bard poets <strong><strong>and seven Muslim saints,</strong></strong> along with the teachings of six Sikh gurus. <em><u><em>No other religion has included in its holy book the sayings of others, however revered. The Guru Granth Sahib provides unique and unequalled guidance and advice to the whole of the human race</em></u></em>. It is the torch that will lead humanity out of Kaljug, <strong><strong>(the dark era)</strong></strong> to a life in peace, tranquility and spiritual enlightenment for all the nations of the World. </span></span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Rev. H.L. Bradshaw of the U.S.A., Sikh Review, Calcutta. </span></span></span></strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Sikhism is a Universal world Faith…a message for all men. This is amply illustrated in the writings of the Gurus.</strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Sikhs must cease to think of their faith as just another good religion and must begin to think of Sikhism being the religion for this New Age. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><strong>Also</strong></strong>: </span></span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>The Guru Granth Sahib of all the world religious scriptures, alone states that there are innumerable worlds and universes other than our own. The previous scriptures were all concerned only with this world and its spiritual counterpart. To imply that they spoke of other worlds as does the Guru Granth Sahib, is to stretch their obvious meanings out of context. The Sikh religion is truly the answer to the problems of the modern man. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </p><p> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Miss Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel laureate </span></span></span></strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">(From the foreword to the <a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sri_Guru_Granth_Sahib_by_Dr_Gopal_Singh" target="_blank">English translation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib</a> by <a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Gopal_Singh" target="_blank">Dr Gopal Singh Dardi</a>) </span></span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Miss Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel laureate wrote: When I was in India in 1962, one of the notable events of my Visit was the presentation to me of the English version of Sri Guru-Granth Sahib, translated and annotated by Dr. Gopal Singh. I was deeply grateful to receive this great work, for in the original it was inaccessible to me, and this was a matter of regret, for I have had many Sikh friends, and have always admired their qualities of character. Now that I have had time in my quiet Pennsylvania home to read their scriptures slowly and thoughtfully, I can understand why I have found so much to admire. The religion of a people has a profound and subtle influence upon them as a whole, and this is true whether individuals do or do not profess to be religious. </span></span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>I have studied the scriptures of the great religions, but I do not find elsewhere the same power of appeal to the heart and mind as I find here in these volumes. They are compact in spite of their length and are a revelation of the concept of God to the recognition and indeed the insistence upon the practical needs of the human body. There is something strangely modern about these scriptures and this puzzled me until I learned that they are in fact comparatively modern, compiled as late as the 16th century when explorers were beginning to discover the globe upon which we all live is a single entity divided only by arbitrary lines of our making. Perhaps this sense of unity is the source of power I find in these volumes. They speak to a person of any religion or of none. They speak for the human heart and the searching mind. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </p><p> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Dorothy Field in her book, The Sikh Religion </span></span></span></strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Pure Sikhism is far above dependence on Hindu rituals and is capable of a distinct position as a world religion so long as Sikhs maintain their distinctiveness. The religion is also one which should appeal to the occidental mind. It is essentially a practical religion. If judged from the pragmatic standpoint which is a favorite point of view in some quarters, it would rank almost first in the world (emphasis by the author). Of no other religion can it be said that it has made a nation in so short a time. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>And also: </strong></span></span></span></strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>The religion of the Sikhs is one of the most interesting at present existing in India, possibly indeed in the whole world. A reading of the Granth strongly suggests that Sikhism should be regarded as a new and separate world religion and not as a reformed sect of Hinduism. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </p><p> <strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Arnold Toynbee, a historian </span></span></span></strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <em><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><em>Main article: <a href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Arnold_Toynbee" target="_blank">Arnold Toynbee</a></em></span></span></span></em> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Arnold Joseph Toynbee</strong></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> (1889 – 1975) was a British historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations, A Study of History, 1934-1961, was a synthesis of world history, a metahistory based on universal rhythms of rise, flowering and decline, which examined history from a global perspective. His work includes over 50 titles on various aspects of world history. </span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Toynbee has given very high and prominent place to the </strong></span></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji in Sikh History. He calls Guru Ji a <em><em>"divinity of highest</em></em><em><em> rank."</em></em> He gets emotional when he writes about Guru Sahib’s contribution in the formation of Khalsa. Again and again he emphasizes the fact that there cannot be any person like the Sikh Gurus. </strong></span></span></strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="color: maroon"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">(Foreword to the Sacred Writings of the Sikhs by UNESCO) </span></span></span></span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Mankind’s religious future may be obscure; yet one thing can be foreseen. The living higher religions are going to influence each other more than ever before, in the days of increasing communications between all parts of the world and branches of human race. In this coming religious debate, the Sikh religion and its scriptures, the Guru Granth, will have something special of value to say to the rest of the world. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </p><p> <strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Dr. W.O. Cole of U.K. </span></span></span></strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">who has written more than half a dozen books on Sikhism. In 1985, he visited India where in a keynote lecture by him on the Mission and Message of Guru Nanak Dev, he gave a message to the Sangat (congregation) there and through them to all of humanity: </span></span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Remember the tenets of Guru Nanak, his concepts of oneness of God and Universal Brotherhood of man. If any community holds the key to national integration of India, it is the Sikhs all the way. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">After the lecture, he was asked what drew him to the study of Sikhism. (Quoted from Spokesman, Toronto, Canada) He replied: </span></span></span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Theologically, I cannot answer the question what drew me to the study of Sikhism. You may call it, the purpose of God. But to be more specific, the unique concept of universality and the system of Langar (free community meal) in Sikhism are the two features that attract me towards the study of Sikhism. Langar is the exclusive feature of Sikhism and found nowhere else in the world. Sikhism is the only religion which welcomes each and every one to its Langar without any discrimination of caste, creed, color, or sex. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </p><p> <strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></span></strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Bertrand Russell </span></span></span></strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>This is the man who destroyed Christianity (same applies to Islam and Judaism) and exposed its absurdities about all religions; but even this great man got stuck when it came to Sikhism! In fact he gave up and said "that if some lucky men survive the onslaught of the third world war of atomic and hydrogen bombs, then the Sikh religion will be the only means of guiding them." Russell was asked that he was talking about the third world war, but isn't this religion capable of guiding mankind before the third world war? In reply, Russell said, "Yes, it has the capability, but the Sikhs have not brought out in the broad daylight, the splendid doctrines of this religion which has come into existence for the benefit of the entire mankind. This is their greatest sin and the Sikhs cannot be freed of it." </strong></span></span></span></strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Swami Nitya Nand </span></span></span></strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>A Hindu mystics mentions his experiences with the Sikh faith. (he is believed to have expired at the age of 135 years) writes in his book “Gur Gian”: </strong></span></span></span></strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>I, in the company of my guru, Brahma Nand Ji, went to Mathura…While on pilgrimage tour, we reached Punjab and here we met Swami Satya Nand Udasi. He explained the philosophy and religious practices of Nanak in such a way that Swami Brahma Nand Ji enjoyed a mystic lore. During the visit to the Golden Temple, Amritsar, his soul was so much affected that he became a devotee of the Guru. After spending some time in Punjab he went to Hardwar. Though he was hail and hearty, one day I saw tears in his eyes. I asked the reason for that. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>He replied, “I sifted sand the whole of my life. The truth was in the house of Nanak. I will have to take one more birth in that house, only then will I attain Kalyan.” </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>After saying that the soul left his body. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong></strong></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>Swami Nitya Nand also wrote his own experience</strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">: </span></span></strong> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> <p style="text-align: center"> <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> <p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="color: #ff6600"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>I also constantly meditate on Waheguru revealed by Nanak. I practiced Yoga Asanas under the guidance of Yogis and did that for many years; the bliss and peace which I enjoy now was never obtained earlier. </strong></span></span></span></span></span></strong> </p> </p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></td> </tr></tbody> </table> </p><p></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vikram singh, post: 138681, member: 1078"] Worldwide praise for the Guru Granth Sahib Source: [URL]http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib[/URL] Guru Granth Sahib The manuscript of the Sikh Gurus'[/URL] hymns contained in Guru Granth Sahib were handed down by, the First and founder Guru. It passed on, down the lines to the 10 Guru, Guru Gobind Singh He then guided the Sikh community to follow the GURU GRANTH SAHIB (Sikh scriptures), as our ultimate and as Living Guru, in 1708 (300 years ago) and not worship or follow any human soul as the GURU (GOD) [SIZE=2] [B][COLOR=Blue]Contents[/COLOR][/B] [B]Authenticity of Guru Granth Sahib[/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon][FONT=Arial][B]This is what Max Arthur Macauliffe writes about the authenticity of the Guru's teaching: [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [CENTER] <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]"The Sikh religion differs as regards the authenticity of its dogmas from most other theological systems. Many of the great teachers the world has known, have not left a line of their own composition and we only know what they taught through tradition or second-hand information. If Pythagoras wrote of his tenets, his writings have not descended to us. We know the teachings of Socrates only through the writings of Plato and Xenophanes. Buddha has left no written memorial of his teaching. Kungfu-tze, known to Europeans as Confucius, left no documents in which he detailed the principles of his moral and social system. The founder of Christianity did not reduce his doctrines to writing and for them we are obliged to trust to the gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Arabian Prophet did not himself reduce to writing the chapters of the Quran. They were written or compiled by his adherents and followers. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]But the compositions of Sikh Gurus are preserved and we know at first hand what they taught." [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] [I][I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial]"Guru Nanak was not a priest either by birth or education, but a man who soared to the loftiest heights of divine emotionalism, and exalted his mental vision to an ethical ideal beyond the concept of Hinduism or Mohammadanism. [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/I] [I][I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial]It (Sikhism) prohibits idolatry, hypocrisy, caste exclusiveness, con-cremation (Satti) of widows, the immurement (confinement) of women (like Muslims), the use of wine and other intoxicants, tobacco smoking, infanticide, slander, pilgrimage to the sacred rivers and tanks of the Hindus. [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/I] [CENTER][CENTER][I][B][I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]It inculcates loyalty, justice, impartiality, truth, honesty and all the moral and domestic virtues to holiest citizens of any country." [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/I][/B][/I] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] </td> </tr></tbody> </table> [/CENTER] [LIST] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Praise_of_Sri_Guru_Granth_Sahib_by_modern_Scholars#Praise_of_Sri_Guru_Granth_Sahib_by_modern_Scholars"]1 Praise of Sri Guru Granth Sahib by modern Scholars[/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Rev._H.L._Bradshaw_of_the_U.S.A..2C_Sikh_Review.2C_Calcutta.#Rev._H.L._Bradshaw_of_the_U.S.A..2C_Sikh_Review.2C_Calcutta."]1.1 Rev. H.L. Bradshaw of the U.S.A., Sikh Review, Calcutta.[/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Miss_Pearl_S._Buck.2C_a_Nobel_laureate#Miss_Pearl_S._Buck.2C_a_Nobel_laureate"]1.2 Miss Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel laureate[/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Archer_in_his_book_on_Sikh_faith#Archer_in_his_book_on_Sikh_faith"]1.3 Archer in his book on Sikh faith[/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Dorothy_Field_in_her_book.2C_The_Sikh_Religion#Dorothy_Field_in_her_book.2C_The_Sikh_Religion"]1.4 Dorothy Field in her book, The Sikh Religion[/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Arnold_Toynbee.2C_a_historian#Arnold_Toynbee.2C_a_historian"]1.5 Arnold Toynbee, a historian[/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Dr._W.O._Cole_of_U.K.#Dr._W.O._Cole_of_U.K."]1.6 Dr. W.O. Cole of U.K.[/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Bertrand_Russell#Bertrand_Russell"]1.7 Bertrand Russell[/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST] [/LIST] [U][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=blue][COLOR=blue][FONT=Arial]1.8[/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/U][FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial] [U][COLOR=blue][COLOR=blue]Swami Nitya Nand[/COLOR][/COLOR][/U] [/FONT][/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Authenticity_of_Guru_Granth_Sahib#Authenticity_of_Guru_Granth_Sahib"]2 Authenticity of Guru Granth Sahib[/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#See_also#See_also"]3 See also[/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Worldwide_praise_for_the_Guru_Granth_Sahib#References#References"]4 References[/URL] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/LIST] [B][FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial]Praise of [URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sri%20Guru%20Granth%20Sahib%20Ji"]Sri Guru Granth Sahib[/URL] by modern Scholars [/FONT][/FONT] [/B] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]The Sikh scriptures are unique among the religious "Holy Books" of the world in that they don't just offer spiritual guidance for the Sikhs alone [B][B]but impart guidance and assistance for all the peoples and religions of the world. [/B][/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]The Siri Guru Granth is a supreme treasure for all mankind. It is the true and permanent spiritual guide of the Sikhs. [B][B]Guru Granth Sahib transcends creed and caste, cant and convention.[/B][/B] It does not belong to the Sikhs alone. It consecrates the sayings of 11 Hindu Bhagat and as many bard poets [B][B]and seven Muslim saints,[/B][/B] along with the teachings of six Sikh gurus. [I][U][I]No other religion has included in its holy book the sayings of others, however revered. The Guru Granth Sahib provides unique and unequalled guidance and advice to the whole of the human race[/I][/U][/I]. It is the torch that will lead humanity out of Kaljug, [B][B](the dark era)[/B][/B] to a life in peace, tranquility and spiritual enlightenment for all the nations of the World. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]Rev. H.L. Bradshaw of the U.S.A., Sikh Review, Calcutta. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/B] [CENTER] <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]Sikhism is a Universal world Faith…a message for all men. This is amply illustrated in the writings of the Gurus. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]Sikhs must cease to think of their faith as just another good religion and must begin to think of Sikhism being the religion for this New Age. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] </td> </tr></tbody> </table> [/CENTER] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial] [B][B]Also[/B][/B]: [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [CENTER] <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]The Guru Granth Sahib of all the world religious scriptures, alone states that there are innumerable worlds and universes other than our own. The previous scriptures were all concerned only with this world and its spiritual counterpart. To imply that they spoke of other worlds as does the Guru Granth Sahib, is to stretch their obvious meanings out of context. The Sikh religion is truly the answer to the problems of the modern man. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] </td> </tr></tbody> </table> [/CENTER] [B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]Miss Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel laureate [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/B] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial](From the foreword to the [URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Sri_Guru_Granth_Sahib_by_Dr_Gopal_Singh"]English translation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib[/URL] by [URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Gopal_Singh"]Dr Gopal Singh Dardi[/URL]) [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]Miss Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel laureate wrote: When I was in India in 1962, one of the notable events of my Visit was the presentation to me of the English version of Sri Guru-Granth Sahib, translated and annotated by Dr. Gopal Singh. I was deeply grateful to receive this great work, for in the original it was inaccessible to me, and this was a matter of regret, for I have had many Sikh friends, and have always admired their qualities of character. Now that I have had time in my quiet Pennsylvania home to read their scriptures slowly and thoughtfully, I can understand why I have found so much to admire. The religion of a people has a profound and subtle influence upon them as a whole, and this is true whether individuals do or do not profess to be religious. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [CENTER] <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]I have studied the scriptures of the great religions, but I do not find elsewhere the same power of appeal to the heart and mind as I find here in these volumes. They are compact in spite of their length and are a revelation of the concept of God to the recognition and indeed the insistence upon the practical needs of the human body. There is something strangely modern about these scriptures and this puzzled me until I learned that they are in fact comparatively modern, compiled as late as the 16th century when explorers were beginning to discover the globe upon which we all live is a single entity divided only by arbitrary lines of our making. Perhaps this sense of unity is the source of power I find in these volumes. They speak to a person of any religion or of none. They speak for the human heart and the searching mind. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] </td> </tr></tbody> </table> [/CENTER] [B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]Dorothy Field in her book, The Sikh Religion [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/B] [CENTER] <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]Pure Sikhism is far above dependence on Hindu rituals and is capable of a distinct position as a world religion so long as Sikhs maintain their distinctiveness. The religion is also one which should appeal to the occidental mind. It is essentially a practical religion. If judged from the pragmatic standpoint which is a favorite point of view in some quarters, it would rank almost first in the world (emphasis by the author). Of no other religion can it be said that it has made a nation in so short a time. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] </td> </tr></tbody> </table> [/CENTER] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][B]And also: [/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [CENTER] <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]The religion of the Sikhs is one of the most interesting at present existing in India, possibly indeed in the whole world. A reading of the Granth strongly suggests that Sikhism should be regarded as a new and separate world religion and not as a reformed sect of Hinduism. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] </td> </tr></tbody> </table> [/CENTER] [B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial] Arnold Toynbee, a historian [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/B] [I][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][I]Main article: [URL="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Arnold_Toynbee"]Arnold Toynbee[/URL][/I][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/I] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][B]Arnold Joseph Toynbee[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial] (1889 – 1975) was a British historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations, A Study of History, 1934-1961, was a synthesis of world history, a metahistory based on universal rhythms of rise, flowering and decline, which examined history from a global perspective. His work includes over 50 titles on various aspects of world history. [/FONT][/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][B]Toynbee has given very high and prominent place to the [/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial][B]Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji in Sikh History. He calls Guru Ji a [I][I]"divinity of highest[/I][/I][I][I] rank."[/I][/I] He gets emotional when he writes about Guru Sahib’s contribution in the formation of Khalsa. Again and again he emphasizes the fact that there cannot be any person like the Sikh Gurus. [/B][/FONT][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=maroon][COLOR=maroon][FONT=Arial](Foreword to the Sacred Writings of the Sikhs by UNESCO) [/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [CENTER] <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]Mankind’s religious future may be obscure; yet one thing can be foreseen. The living higher religions are going to influence each other more than ever before, in the days of increasing communications between all parts of the world and branches of human race. In this coming religious debate, the Sikh religion and its scriptures, the Guru Granth, will have something special of value to say to the rest of the world. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] </td> </tr></tbody> </table> [/CENTER] [B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial] Dr. W.O. Cole of U.K. [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/B] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]who has written more than half a dozen books on Sikhism. In 1985, he visited India where in a keynote lecture by him on the Mission and Message of Guru Nanak Dev, he gave a message to the Sangat (congregation) there and through them to all of humanity: [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [CENTER] <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]Remember the tenets of Guru Nanak, his concepts of oneness of God and Universal Brotherhood of man. If any community holds the key to national integration of India, it is the Sikhs all the way. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] </td> </tr></tbody> </table> [/CENTER] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial] After the lecture, he was asked what drew him to the study of Sikhism. (Quoted from Spokesman, Toronto, Canada) He replied: [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [CENTER] <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]Theologically, I cannot answer the question what drew me to the study of Sikhism. You may call it, the purpose of God. But to be more specific, the unique concept of universality and the system of Langar (free community meal) in Sikhism are the two features that attract me towards the study of Sikhism. Langar is the exclusive feature of Sikhism and found nowhere else in the world. Sikhism is the only religion which welcomes each and every one to its Langar without any discrimination of caste, creed, color, or sex. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] </td> </tr></tbody> </table> [/CENTER] [B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial] Bertrand Russell [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][B]This is the man who destroyed Christianity (same applies to Islam and Judaism) and exposed its absurdities about all religions; but even this great man got stuck when it came to Sikhism! In fact he gave up and said "that if some lucky men survive the onslaught of the third world war of atomic and hydrogen bombs, then the Sikh religion will be the only means of guiding them." Russell was asked that he was talking about the third world war, but isn't this religion capable of guiding mankind before the third world war? In reply, Russell said, "Yes, it has the capability, but the Sikhs have not brought out in the broad daylight, the splendid doctrines of this religion which has come into existence for the benefit of the entire mankind. This is their greatest sin and the Sikhs cannot be freed of it." [/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]Swami Nitya Nand [/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/B] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][B]A Hindu mystics mentions his experiences with the Sikh faith. (he is believed to have expired at the age of 135 years) writes in his book “Gur Gian”: [/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [CENTER] <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]I, in the company of my guru, Brahma Nand Ji, went to Mathura…While on pilgrimage tour, we reached Punjab and here we met Swami Satya Nand Udasi. He explained the philosophy and religious practices of Nanak in such a way that Swami Brahma Nand Ji enjoyed a mystic lore. During the visit to the Golden Temple, Amritsar, his soul was so much affected that he became a devotee of the Guru. After spending some time in Punjab he went to Hardwar. Though he was hail and hearty, one day I saw tears in his eyes. I asked the reason for that. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]He replied, “I sifted sand the whole of my life. The truth was in the house of Nanak. I will have to take one more birth in that house, only then will I attain Kalyan.” [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]After saying that the soul left his body. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] </td> </tr></tbody> </table> [/CENTER] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial][B] Swami Nitya Nand also wrote his own experience[/B][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial]: [/FONT][/FONT][/B] [CENTER] <table style="border: 1pt solid rgb(255, 102, 0); background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% ivory;" bgcolor="ivory" border="1" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: medium none; padding: 0.75pt;"> [CENTER][CENTER][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#ff6600][COLOR=#ff6600][FONT=Arial][B]I also constantly meditate on Waheguru revealed by Nanak. I practiced Yoga Asanas under the guidance of Yogis and did that for many years; the bliss and peace which I enjoy now was never obtained earlier. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] </td> </tr></tbody> </table> [/CENTER] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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