source: Sri Guru Granth Sahib. This holy book is composed of the innumerous teachings of our Gurus and moves, appeals, and inspires me and other Sikhs. It was made to lead and guide the sangat for the holy spirit of God that was passed from Guru Nanak Dev Ji to Guru Gobind Singh Ji rests in it now. Close to the end of his life, Guru Gobind Singh Ji declared that instead of another human possessing the spiritual and temporal guru, the Guru Granth Sahib would serve as the spiritual guru and the Sikh
Sikhism continue to exist without the Guru Granth Sahib? The Guru Granth Sahib is the sovereign active living Guru of the Sikhs. It is a voluminous text, with 1430 pages, compiled and composed during the period of Sikh gurus, from 1469 to 1708. A collection of 5,894 hymns and 1430 pages, the Guru Granth Sahib describes the qualities of God and why you should meditate on God’s name. The hymns are arranged into 31 ragas (musical groupings). Each copy of the Guru Granth Sahib, regardless of its size
teacher has changed drastically. What was once the guru-sishya parampara, has now become a teacher-student relationship. This paper will present a brief examination of the evolution of the pedagogy of Barathanatyam and the change from guru-sishya to teacher-student. Rukmini Devi fostered this evolution of Pedagogy when she opened the dance school Kalakshetra. She invited international educators of dance and music to teach at the school, and thus the guru-sishya relationship changed (Medhuri). Students
classroom, either all as a whole or in a pick and choose matter. The best part of Watt’s writing in general is his target audience, a modern westerner or a day to day person. Watts was described as a rationalist and a man of the scientific method, “a guru for those who don’t trust gurus who believed that sitting cross-legged on a mountain would just give you a bad back” (Lott). So whereas an American high school classroom can be drawn in and relate to the references of science, music, business, and
In my paper I will address the interdisciplinary relationship between the Western philosopher Socrates’ in the Allegory of the Cave, an excerpt from Republic by Plato, and the Eastern mystic Paramhamsa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi. I will examine Yogananda’s Autobiography through the Platonic monocle and reason on why there are flaws in the allegory and how that can be corrected by adopting bifocals that combines both. The objective of this is to inspect, delve, and widen Socrates’s perspective
The Journey Home is an autobiography book of an American Swami, who takes the readers on a profound journey to self – realization. The story follows nineteen years old Richard Slavin who lives with his parents in Chicago, Illinois and tries to figure out the purpose of life. In 1960’s, when Richie turns nineteen years old, he begins to crave a purpose in life beyond wealth, prestige, and the fads of society. He could not live in peace with himself knowing that African Americans are imprisoned like
Women in Buddhism The role of women in religion, especially Eastern religions, is a strange one. Western religions are fairly straightforward about a women's place. For example, most Western religions (excluding the Roman Catholic Church) allow women in leadership roles within the religious community. Judaism allows women rabbis, most Christian religions allow women ministers, and even Islam, which does not allow women mullah, have had many influential female sufi's throughout Islamic
The Nature of India's Contribution to the World The major contribution of India, in the world to day, would be in the sphere of spirituality. In the global division of labour this work has come to her lot and it is our duty to discharge this responsibility with sincerity and honesty. One hundred years back, Swami Vivekananda had said: "Here in this blessed land, the foundation, the backbone, the life-centre is religion and religion alone. Let others talk of politics, of glory of acquisition
Buddha and Guru Nanak were both born into the ancient world already established as extraordinary people who both had plans to be successful. Buddah’s birth name is Siddartha which is translated into “he who can achieve success” (Amore, 378) and due to his physical features he was given two outcomes of his life, one stating if he stays “in the world” he will become a great emperor but if he “departs the world” he will reach the highest possible goal of enlightenment (Amore, 379). Guru Nanak was born
Newar Buddhist rituals begin with a sponsor in which performs the Guru Mandala under the eyeful watch of a Vajracarya priest. The Guru Mandala as Gellnar explains is a framing ritual and the performer offers the world the mandala to his teacher and the Vajrasattva Buddha. The guru mandala is the most basic ritual in Newar Buddhism and there are five written versions that are used, the oldest being a handbook called Kriya-Samuccaya. The Guru Mandala ritual can be performed in a God room which is a room
GURU SUMMARY: The motion picture is about youth named Guru, from a village in Gujarat, who longs for becoming big in life. The character, Gurukant Desai, at first moves to Turkey, where he is works in an oil company, however wants to come back to India and become a businessman there. He marries a girl for dowry to secure capital for his business and complete his dreams. He soon figures out that the business group is a ruled by a few persuasive and rich people, and understands that any endeavor to
Waheeda Rehman, plays the role of a young prostitute Gulabo. Guru Dutt plays the role of protagonist, Vijay. The twist in plot comes when Vijay reunites her love with Meena a college girl who is married to a rich publisher while Gulabo is the street-prostitute who is in love with Vijay. “In Pyaasa (1975), Vijay
Kevin D. Mitnick social engineering guru Kevin Mitnick was born Kevin David Mitnick born August 6, 1963 in the city of Van Nuys, California in the late 70’s; as he was growing up in his adolescence of his teenage years the computer was starting to come of age for the consumers but, not until the 80’s where they available to users? But the i.e. (main frame) have been inexistence since after the war; the technology was there but, not readily available to the public. It was used
INTRODUCTION This paper is about the history of a famous advertising guru named Philip Kotler. It contains three sections and after this a bibliography with the sources listed in alphabetical order. The first sections is an introduction where it is described shortly what to expect of this paper, the next section is a brief phrase where the methods for getting information is explained, and in the last section is the main findings in this research processed and but together to tell a story of this
Sikhism Report The Sikh religion is the youngest of all world religions. It began about 500 years ago in the Punjab region of India. Most of its followers still live in this fertile region, which is located in the foothills of the Himalayas Mountains in the northwest India. In all, there are about twelve million Sikhs in the world today. Gods In Sikhism there is only one god (Waheguru) and this god is beyond the understanding of humans. God is ether male or female. God is the creator who created
Simran means meditation on Gods name. During his time, Guru Nanak, the first Guru, taught people to mediate on Nam. The word 'Nam' is a Punjabi word for name, however Sikhs refer to God as 'Nam'. There are many ways in which a Sikh can practice Nam Simran. For example: * Reading or listening to the scriptures of the Guru Granth Sahib; * Saying or listening to the daily prayers; * Kirtan; * Reciting God's name, 'Waheguru' The Guru Granth Sahib is the Sikh holy book which contains Gods
Temple it is a marvelous example of Indian architecture and Sikhism beliefs. Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded in the 15th century by the fist Sikh guru, Guru Nanak. Sikhism is a progressive religion that believes in treating everyone as equals which is rare in many modern day religions. Sikhs are guided by the holy scripture of the Guru Granth Sahib. This religion is based on humility and equality, and denounces superstitions and rituals. The religion of Sikhism is constructed from selfless
the bridegroom along with their relatives and friends form a congregation in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib. The couple and their parents then stand and an Ardas is offered to seek God's blessing. The person in charge addresses the bride and the bridegroom individually and explains to them their duties in the new life that they are about to enter. Anand marriage is sacrament. The Guru is a witness to the marriage. No writing or document is necessary. The bridegroom is to vow fidelity
and edifying speech, humility and forbearance. Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji in the Punjab area, now Pakistan, founded the Sikh faith. He began preaching the way to enlightenment and God after receiving a vision. After his death a series of nine Gurus (regarded as reincarnations of Guru Nanak) led the movement until 1708. At this time these functions passed to the Panth and the holy text. The tenth Guru, Gobind Singh, compiled this text, the Shri Guru Granth Sahib. It consists of hymns and writings of the
to transform people so they are courageous and bold enough to do good works in the world with intention and ease (445). Sikhs believe that Nam is the God that is worshiped universally, that His presence and character is portrayed in full through the Guru, and is also seen vastly through Scripture and creation (443-44). The main focus for followers of Sikhism is devoting one’s love and time to God, but also equally to charity and the general common good. Sikhs are expected to spend time each morning