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Lineage of the Sikh Gurus Part 2

The Eternal Eleventh Guru. The Guru Granth Sahib. IT was the brilliance of Guru Gobind Singh Ji's decision to make Guru Granth the Everlasting Guru, and to make his Khalsa Sangat the caretaker on earth. Simplistically put the divine power came to be in in the ‘Granth & the Panth’. The life and times of Guru Gobind Singh were turbulent times in history. Think of the political turmoil and unrest that surrounded him from childhood. Any individual human being so designated a Guru...

Janamsaakhis

Literally taken a ‘Janam-Sakhis’ means… life story made up of parables on the Guru's life, each consisting of a series of separate incidents or chapters normally in chronological order, entitled 'saakhis' or 'gosts'. The script for the Janam-Sakhis is Gurmukhi, but the language was a composite dialect called ‘Sant Bhasa’ akin to Punjabi. Janamsakhi’s are a symbol of a spiritual way of life in Sikhism and forms the matrix of the foundation of our faith. They are quite akin to the parables of Jesus found in all canonical Gospels describing his life, death and resurrection. Janamsakhi’s are an age-old trove of Kathas….stories, or we could say a series of anecdotes compiled to preserve the teachings and travels in the life of our Gurus.

Coming of Nanak

It was early evening and Daarji’s little were friends were already at the gate. Soon the atmospherics were charged, and 1 Link Road was inundated by a cacophony of sounds that pervaded the house, breaking the quietness of siesta silence. Animated children’s laugher infused with the yelping of Hektor and Zach vying for attention. Bebe patted Daarji’s shoulder and said, “ Daarji utho, bache te agaye”. “Agaye”! he queried still in a dozy ditsy daze. “But it is only 4 o’clock. Their school only gives over at 2.45 PM ?” Chatter preceded the little people and then came warm hugs and dutiful Sat-Sri-Akal. The kids flopped around on big floor cushions were strewn around the still sleepy Daarji. The excitement was writ large on their faces and Baani smiled engagingly to interject, “Daarji, is it coming off Babaji today”? “Yes, Yes, my dear one”, nodded Daarji. ”Punjab and Coming of Nanak” "As you all know Punjab is the land of our ancestors,” he recapped. ‘And it means...

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