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  Dasam Granth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unlike the Guru Granth Sahib, the Dassam Granth was never declared to hold the bastion of Guru-ship.
Gurbani such as 'Chandi di Var' were recited from the Dasam Granth before major battles to bolster the Sikh warriors with inspired courage.
The reason teachings of Guru Gobind Singh was not included in Guru Granth Sahib, the main holy book of Sikh religion, it was a rule and tradition that only the successing guru will add teaching of his predecessor in the Guru Granth Sahib.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dasam_Granth   (454 words)

  
 Siri Guru Granth Sahib - The Living Guru of the Sikhs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It is indeed, a magnificent compendium of the religious, mystic and metaphysical poetry written or uttered between the 12th Century and the 17th in different parts of India.
The poetry of the Guru Granth is in itself a subject worthy of the highest consideration.
The Sikh philosophy as embodied in the Guru Granth Sahib is chiefly a philosophy of action, deed and consequence.
www.sikhnet.com /s/GuruGranthSahib   (1427 words)

  
 Granth - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Dasam Granth, collection of the writings of the tenth Sikh guru (teacher), Gobind Singh, and of poems by a number of other writers.
Gurdwara, the location of Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Nanak, whose teachings form the Guru Granth Sahib, how the Guru Granth Sahib is used, Gobind...
Gurdwara (Punjabi for “Door to the Guru”), Sikh place of worship, in which the sacred scripture of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib, is installed and...
ca.encarta.msn.com /Granth.html   (81 words)

  
 The Guru Granth Sahib. The Authority of the Creator.
The Guru Granth Sahib is the most authoritative scriptures for Sikhs, it is considered to be the word of God, the first Guru - Guru Nanak declared that anything he declared was declared under the authority of the creator, God.
The Guru Granth Sahib is written in its entirety in Gurmukhi which translated means from the mouth (Mukh) of the Guru.
Baba Buda was made the first Granthi (Custodian of the holy Granth) and the honorary position of Granthi remained in his family for some generations as it was passed from son to son.
www.sikhwomen.com /sikhism/scriptures/ggs/index.htm   (1331 words)

  
 GURU GRANTH SAHIB : Encyclopedia Entry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Adi Granth is often used to refer to the Guru Granth Sahib.
The Granth was made a guru by the last of the living Sikh Masters, Guru Gobind Singh in 1708.
Guru Arjan told his Sikhs that the Adi Granth was the embodiment of the Guru, and should be treated with all the respect accorded to himself.
www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Guru_Granth_Sahib   (3531 words)

  
 Guru Granth SahibThe History, Arrangements and Text:Gateway to Sikhism
The copy of the Granth remained in the possession of the Sikhs until 1644 when it was stolen from the house of Guru Hargobind by his grandson Dhirmal.
The traditional school thinks it to be a part of the Granth and asserts that it is an index of the raags used in the Granth.
The scribe of the Granth was Bhai Gurdas, a maternal uncle to Guru Arjan.
allaboutsikhs.com /articles/guru_granth_sahib.htm   (4318 words)

  
 BookRags: ĀDi Granth Summary
The Ādi Granth is an anthology of medieval religious poetry, relating to the radical school of the Bhaki Movement.
The original Granth Sāheb is known as Kartārpur dī bīṛ ("the recension of Kartarpur") because it came into the possession of Dhīr Mal, a grandson of Gurū Hargobind, the sixth gurū, who lived at Kartarpur in Jullundur district.
Because the saints and gurūs represented in the Ādi Granth belong to different regions and social strata, the scripture is a treasury of medieval Indian languages and dialects.
www.bookrags.com /research/di-granth-eorl-01   (990 words)

  
 Guru Granth Sahib Ji
The greatest glory of Guru Granth Sahib Ji is its universal scripture free from bias and prejudice.
In the Guru Granth Sahib are enshrined the hymns of six Gurus, thirteen Hindu bhagats (saints - Trilochan, Naamdev, Ramanand, Surdas, Baini, Sadna, Kabir, Ravidas,Parmanand, Ravidas, Sain, Dhanna, Pipa and Jaidev), five muslim divines (Sheikh Farid, Bhikhan, Mardana, Satta and Balwand), a Sikh devotee (Sundar) and twelve bards.
The Guru Granth Sahib of Kartarpur was received by Guru Har Rai Ji in inheritnce from Guru Hargobind Sahib.
www.sikhtemple.com /guru_granth_sahib_ji.htm   (1698 words)

  
 Amazon.de: The Adi Granth: Or The Holy Scriptures Of The Sikhs: English Books: Ernest Trumpp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The compilation of the "Adi Granth" was done by the fifth Sikh guru, Arjan, in AD 1603 and contains, besides his own writings, the compositions of the four predecessors, the gurus, Nanak, Angad, Amardas and Ramdas.
Subsequently, in AD 1705-6, additions were made to the "Adi Granth" by the tenth and the last guru, Gobind Singh, who incorporated the hymns of the ninth guru, Teg Bahadur and enjoined that after him the "Granth Sahib" would take the place of the guru.
Though the language of the "Adi Granth" is mainly Punjabi, Hindi and the cognate dialects it is interspersed with Sanskrit, Marathi, Persian and Arabic words.
www.amazon.de /Adi-Granth-Holy-Scriptures-Sikhs/dp/8121502446   (534 words)

  
 Guru Granth Sahib - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Guru Granth Sahib, the primary scripture of the Sikhs.
The Guru Granth Sahib is the sacred text of the Sikhs.
Any place where the Guru Granth Sahib is thus installed and available for consultation is by definition a Gurdwara.
uk.encarta.msn.com /Guru_Granth_Sahib.html   (110 words)

  
 Dasam Granth
The Dasam Granth was compiled by Bhai Mani Singh Ji, a companion and disciple of the Guru, after the tenth Guru's death.
The language of most of the Dasam Granth is largely Braj veering towards Sanskrit at one extreme and simple colloquial Hindi at the other.
Dr.Jaggi's investigations appear to challenge the authenticity of the Dasam Granth and it's history, however it is to be noted that a Punjabi translation of the Dasam Granth by Dr. Rattan Singh Jaggi and Dr. Gursharan Kaur Jaggi has been published by the Gobind Sadan Institute.
www.sikhiwiki.org /index.php?title=Dasam_Granth   (3302 words)

  
 Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Granth Sahib is a collection of devotional hymns and poetry which proclaims God, lays stress on meditation on the God, and lays down moral and ethical rules for development of the soul, spiritual salvation and unity with God.
Guru Granth Sahib's poetry style is part of devotional literature of the saint poets of medieval India.
The divine poets of Sri Guru Granth Sahib were conscious of their mission as well as of their capacity and dignity as poets.
www.ourlifejourney.info /sggs.htm   (1585 words)

  
 Sikh Gurus
Guru Granth Sahib was appointed as the Eleventh Guru by Tenth Guru Guru Gobind Singh ji.
God of Dasam Granth is God of justice, ready to strike at the tyrant, autocrat and the despot.
According to Loehlin, the Guru Granth may be compared to Temple and the Dasam Granth to a fortress.
www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/gurus/nanak11.html   (951 words)

  
 Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Indian Sikh Scriptures, Adi Granth, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Adi Guru Granth Sahib, India
So the Granth is arranged firstly according to the Raga, secondly, according to the nature or metre of the poem, thirdly authorship, and fourthly the clef.
Guru Granth Sahib is a sort of living Guru in the midst of the Sikhs.
Guru Granth Sahib is regarded as the body of the Guru and is kept on a raised platform under a canopy, covered in clean clothes.
www.sgpc.net /sikhism/guru-granth-sahib.html   (1423 words)

  
 Guru Granth Sahib
Guru Granth Sahib or Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji or SGGS for short, is more than just a scripture of the Sikhs.
Guru Arjun told his Sikhs that the Adi Granth was the embodiment of the Guru, and should be treated with all the respect accorded to himself.
The Dasam Granth is not revered as Guru, however.
www.sikhiwiki.org /index.php?title=Sri_Guru_Granth_Sahib   (3197 words)

  
 Gospel of Guru Granth: Scripture for all Mankind
The religion that emerges from reading the holy Granth is the universal religion of man which, according to Guru Nanak, “is one and common for all human beings” and implies “a common course of conduct for all its votaries”.
The Adi Granth was recompiled by Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth and last Guru, in 1704 in order to incorporate the hymns of the Ninth revered Guru Teg Bahadur, his father.
According to Sri Guru Granth Sahib, this spiritual experience invests the individual with a vision of divine presence in all human beings and motivates him to dedicate himself to the welfare of man.   The experience transforms him into an ideal man of benevolence who, besides being divine-oriented, is in effect socially oriented.
www.sikhreview.org /july2003/moral2.htm   (933 words)

  
 Gateway to Sikhism :Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
It should, therefore, be remembered very clearly that bowing before Guru Granth Sahib as Sikhs do, is not a bowing before a book, but it is a bowing before the Divine Light or JOT (Guru) which was passed on when the Guruship was conferred upon it.
Guru Granth Sahib was not written by the devotees after the Gurus had gone, but it was dictated and compiled by the Gurus themselves.
Guru Granth Sahib signifies the importance of Nam by identifying it with the Guru.
www.allaboutsikhs.com /gurus/gurugranth.htm   (1739 words)

  
 Sri Dasam Granth :Page :SearchGurbani.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
As soon as the Dasam Granth was compiled, it led to a great controversy among the Sikh divines, especially in relation to its secular portions and more notably in regard to the Charitro-pakhyan and Hikayats.
Among those birs (copies) of Dasam Granth, those written by Bhai Mani Singh Shahid, the one in the library of Sangrur, and the one in Moti Bagh Gurdwara, Patiala, are at present kept safely.
But in these Dasam Granth birs, the banis (sacred writings) are not written in the same order, nor is their number equal.
www.searchgurbani.com /main.php?book=dasam_granth&action=index   (992 words)

  
 Punjab Online: The Guru Granth Sahib
A Granth (meaning "book") was needed, because the Sikh philosophy was spreading widely, and because hymns of doubtful authenticity were being attributed to the earlier Gurus.
The Adi Granth is therefore known as Guru Granth Sahib.
The Adi Granth and the Guru Granth Sahib: There are two names for the Sikh holy book: the Adi Granth, the primal text, and the Guru Granth Sahib, the embodied Guru of the Sikh tradition.
www.punjabonline.com /servlet/page?Action=http://www.punjabonline.com/religions/sikhism/granth.html&Param=The_Guru_Granth_Sahib&c_link=library.religion?Action=Main&category=Religions   (527 words)

  
 The Dasam Granth: Home
Hand written script of Sri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji, at Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Sikh Guru, is credited with shaping Sikh dharam and turning timid and oppressed people into brave opponents of tyranny.
In this process, they determined that the Dasam Granth is entirely the work of Guru Gobind Singh.
A seminar was held on January 3rd and 4th, 1999, at the Gobind Sadan Institute in New Delhi, India.
www.dasamgranth.org   (285 words)

  
 Sri Guru Granth Sahib - Immortal Gift of Holy Kirtan
Of inestimable significance is the composition of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in Divine Poetry.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib is the most precious treasure of the infinite glories of the Lord and His Immortal Nam sung by Lord Guru Arjan Himself in the highest ecstasy and bliss of the Divine.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib is the redeeming ship of Immortal Nam, it is that Grand Ship of Kalyug which ferries the drowning humanity across this terrible ocean of transmigration.
www.srigurugranthsahib.org /sggs/holy-kirtan.htm   (1345 words)

  
 Guru Granth Sahib - A Juristic Person
The case of the respondents was that the Guru Granth Sahib was only a sacred book of the Sikhs and it would not fall within the scope of the word, ‘juristic person’.
The Granth Sahib is the central object of worship in all Gurdwaras.
Whenever the Sikhs needed guidance or counsel, they should assemble before the Granth in all sincerity and decide their future line of action in the light of teachings of the Master, as embodied in the Granth.
www.sikhreview.org /october2000/juris.htm   (2407 words)

  
 Sri Guru Granth Sahib - Last Sikh Guru
Sri Granth Sahib was enthroned in the Harminder Sahib in Amritsar.
In the beginning of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, preceding the Gurbani classified according to the Ragas, the Guru has incorporated three compositions: Jap, Sodar, and Sohila which form the preamble to the scripture.
The hymns of the Bhagats were corporated into Sri Guru Granth Sahib because they all speak of one God and the brotherhood of man. It is noteworthy that among these Bhagats are Muslims and Hindus of different classes including the so-called low castes, and even outcasts.
www.gurbaani.com /sggs.htm   (891 words)

  
 SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. Boundless Scripture of Guru Granth Sahib
Besides, this is the only scripture which in spite of its interfaith nature, was dictated, edited, proof-read, and signed for authenticity by the founders of the faith in their life time.
The Granth proved to be a sufficiently foolproof means for continuously providing safeguard against adulteration and extinction of the Sikh religion for centuries to come.
Indeed, the uniqueness of the Granth in this respect is all the more astonishing when we think of the obscurantism, factionalism and religious fanaticism of the periods in which it was composed.
www.sikhspectrum.com /102002/harbans_lal_sggs.htm   (2226 words)

  
 400th Adi Granth Anniversary
This technology was given to everyone, so that each human being would have the capacity to attain a deep and personal experience of the religion of his or her own choosing, for we are all created from a common pattern, and every human is filled with the Light of the same Creator.
The Siri Guru Granth Sahib is unique because enlightened beings from all faiths and walks of life contributed their poetry to bring it into being.
The precursor to the Siri Guru Granth Sahib is known as the Adi Granth.
www.sikhnet.com /s/adigranth   (486 words)

  
 The Dasam Granth: About the Dasam Granth
According to the method and style of the writings and much other evidence, he proved that the Dasam Granth was written by Guru Gobind Singh.
He proved that the whole of the Dasam Granth was written by Guru Gobind Singh.
Today the Dasam Granth is being kept open with reverence at Takht Patna Sahib, Takht Sach Khand Hazur Sahib Nander, and all gurdwaras maintained by Nihang Singh.
www.dasamgranth.org /dasamgranth/about.shtml   (1616 words)

  
 Sri Guru Granth Sahib - The Living Lord
Sri Guru Granth Sahib is the Eternal Embodiment of the whole Shakti, Divine Wisdom, Love, Humility, Holiness and Divinity of all the Ten Manifestations of Guru Nanak.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib is an Occean of Nectar and a drop of this Nectar is enough for emancipation.
As Holy Guru Granth Sahib is a Divine Ship one can easily cross this terrible ocean of illusion and mortality by hearing, by reciting, by singing (holy Kirtan) the Divine Name and Glories of the Lord through the hymns of the Lord Himself.
www.baisakhi1999.org /srigurugranthsahib.htm   (1017 words)

  
 CanTeach: Religions: Sikhism - Guru Granth Sahib Ji   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Guru Granth Sahib Ji Before his death Guru Gobind Granth Singh, the 10th Guru ordained that from then on 'Adi Granth' should be recognised as the manifest body of the Gurus- and hence the name Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
Altogether the Granth includes 5,894 Shabads (hymns or holy verses) which are arranged in 31 Ragas (musical measures).
The Holy Granth is given the utmost respect by the Sikhs and is accorded the same reverence as would have been given to the Living Prophet.
www.canteach.ca /elementary/sikhism7.html   (398 words)

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