The Birth of Khalsa – Emergence of Warriors of God
Atamjit Singh* Sikh review, Vol. 48:01 JANUARY 2000 No.: 553 Professor of Punjabi Studies, Department of Foreign Languages, San Jose State University, San Jose CA95192. USA. THE TENTH MASTER GURU GOBIND SINGH came into this world to fulfil a special mission of God. In his autobiographical poem, Vichitra Natak (The Strange Play), he states that [...]
July 1, 2010
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The Miracle that Guru Gobind Singh brought
Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru, was born at PATNA in poh 1723 B.S. (December 22 , 1666) when his father GURU TEGH BAHADUR was touring Bengal. Guru Gobind Singh lived at Patna until he was five when he was sent to ANANDPUR. He was nine when Guru Tegh Bahadur was martyred in Delhi. At [...]
June 29, 2010
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BACHITRA NATAK [ ਬਚਿਤ੍ਰ ਨਾਟਕ]
BACHITRA NATAK (bachitra = marvellous, wondrous + natak = drama, play) is the name given a complex of compositions, commonly attributed to Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru or prophet teacher of the Sikh faith, assembled in his book, the Dasam Granth: hence, the name dasam (tenth) granth (book), i.e. Book of the Tenth Master [...]
June 28, 2010
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Paonta Sahib & Guru Gobind Singh Singh
THIS is the story of a silent prayer and an anonymous offering, worth half a crore of rupees, made by a devout Sikh. Preferring not to disclose his identity, he went to the historic Gurdwara Sri Paonta Sahib, located on the bank of the Yamuna in Himachal Pradesh, and quietly made the offering. After his [...]
June 28, 2010
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Paonta Sahib & Guru Gobind Singh Singh
THIS is the story of a silent prayer and an anonymous offering, worth half a crore of rupees, made by a devout Sikh. Preferring not to disclose his identity, he went to the historic Gurdwara Sri Paonta Sahib, located on the bank of the Yamuna in Himachal Pradesh, and quietly made the offering. After his [...]
June 28, 2010
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Reference to Durga in Writings of Guru Gobind Singh Ji
Every now and then, Indian scholars come up with the story of Guru Gobind Singh’s deep devotion for the Hindu Goddess Durga. Recently Ms Renuka Narayan made a similar claim in the Hindustan Times. The author of this article – a profilic and eloquent writer has sent the following rejoinder for the benefit of our [...]
June 27, 2010
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Guru Gobind Singh: The word, the deed and the song
IN the world of religious and spiritual phenomena, one occasionally comes across certain teasing correspondences which seem to connect disparate and distant events in history. It is difficult to account for them in terms of reason or argument. How else can one explain the striking resemblance between two widely-separated Nativities? The Magi, who were drawn [...]
June 26, 2010
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The doctrines of Bhakti and Shakti
IN the autobiographical reminiscences contained in Bachittar Natak, Guru Gobind Singh, the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs, had specified the purpose of his coming to the world: “The Divine Guru had charged me with the duty of upholding religion (dharma), and on that account I had come into this world for extending righteousness everywhere and [...]
June 26, 2010
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The Book of the Tenth Guru
To quote Encyclopaedia of Sikhism �Dasam Granth� (lit. the Tenth Book generally signifying the Book of the Tenth Guru) is how the collection of compositions attributed to the Tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, is named to distinguish it from the earlier work, the Adi Granth (now known as Sri Guru Granth Sahib) the First or [...]
June 24, 2010
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Jaap Sahib : Song of the Warrior Saint
In 1685, the young Guru Gobind Rai sat on the banks of the river Jamuna at Paonta and contemplated the glory of the One God in an ecstasy that could not be contained. Having left the city of Anandpur Sahib a few months earlier, his exalted mind found the gentle peace of Paonta Sahib to [...]
June 24, 2010
ਵਿਸ਼ਾ: Guru Gobind Singh, Jaap Sahib, Shri Dasam Granth ਲੇਖਕ: Guru Gobind Singh Ji, Shri Dasam Granth No Comments
