The Making of Sikh Scripture

The Making of Sikh Scripture
Title The Making of Sikh Scripture PDF eBook
Author Gurinder Singh Mann
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 206
Release 2001
Genre Electronic books
ISBN 0195130243

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The Adi Granth - the primary scripture of the Sikhs - comprises approximately 3000 hymns. This work attempts to construct a comprehensive picture of the making of Sikh "canon", drawing on the recently discovered early manuscripts as well as the extensive secondary literature on the topic.

The Making of Sikh Scripture

The Making of Sikh Scripture
Title The Making of Sikh Scripture PDF eBook
Author Gurinder Singh Mann
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 206
Release 2001-05-03
Genre Religion
ISBN 019802987X

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The Adi Granth ("original book"), the primary scripture of the Sikhs, comprises approximately 3,000 hymns. Although the authorship of the hymns is well-recorded, the history of the compilation the Adi Granth - the creation of the Sikh "canon" - is the subject of considerable speculation and debate. In this book, Gurinder Mann attempts to construct a comprehensive secondary literature on the topic. His findings on some key issues differ from the traditional Sikh position and from the hypotheses of other 20th-century scholars, as well as raising some entirely fresh questions. Mann's revised and expanded picture of the history of the text and institution of Sikh scripture will be of interest not only to scholars of Sikhism and Sikh religionists, but to scholars of comparative canon formation.

Teachings of the Sikh Gurus

Teachings of the Sikh Gurus
Title Teachings of the Sikh Gurus PDF eBook
Author Christopher Shackle
Publisher Routledge
Pages 220
Release 2013-07-04
Genre Religion
ISBN 1136451080

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Recognized masterpieces of Indian literature, the Guru Granth Sahib and the Dasam Granth are fundamental to the Sikh religion, not only in the physical layout of temples and in ceremonies of worship, but as infallible reference texts offering counsel and instruction. Teachings of the Sikh Gurus presents a brand new selection of key passages from these sacred scriptures, translated into modern English by leading experts, Christopher Shackle and Arvind-pal Singh Mandair. Including six longer compositions and many shorter hymns thematically organised by topics such as Time and Impermanence, Self and Mind, Authority, and Ethics, the book’s accessible and carefully chosen extracts distil the essence of Sikhism’s remarkable textual and intellectual legacy, depicting how its message of universal tolerance suits the contemporary world. The detailed introduction and notes to the translations aid readers’ comprehension of the hymns’ form and content, as well as providing some historical context, making it an ideal introduction to Sikh literature.

The Guru Granth Sahib

The Guru Granth Sahib
Title The Guru Granth Sahib PDF eBook
Author Pashaura Singh
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 272
Release 2003-09-26
Genre Religion
ISBN 0199087733

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This book examines three closely related questions in the process of canon formation in the Sikh tradition: how the text of the Adi Granth came into being, the meaning of gurbani, and how the Adi Granth became the Guru Granth Sahib. The censure of scholarly research on the Adi Granth was closely related to the complex political situation of Punjab and brought the whole issue of academic freedom into sharper focus. This book addresses some of these issues from an academic perspective. The Adi Granth, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, means ‘first religious book’ (from the word ‘adi’ which means ‘first’ and ‘granth’ which means ‘religious book’). Sikhs normally refer to the Adi Granth as the Guru Granth Sahib to indicate a confession of faith in the scripture as Guru. The contents of the Adi Granth are commonly known as bani (utterance) or gurbani (the utterance of the Guru). The transcendental origin (or ontological status) of the hymns of the Adi Granth is termed dhur ki bani (utterance from the beginning). This particular understanding of revelation is based upon the doctrine of the sabad, or divine word, defined by Guru Nanak and the succeeding Gurus. This book also explores the revelation of the bani and its verbal expression, devotional music in the Sikh tradition, the role of the scripture in Sikh ceremonies, and the hymns of Guru Nanak and Guru Arjan.

Introduction to Sikhism

Introduction to Sikhism
Title Introduction to Sikhism PDF eBook
Author Gobind Singh Mansukhani
Publisher Hemkunt Press
Pages 228
Release 1993
Genre Sikhism
ISBN 9788170101819

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Contains 125 questions about Sikh religion. This book also features quotations from Guru Granth Sahib.

Religion and the Specter of the West

Religion and the Specter of the West
Title Religion and the Specter of the West PDF eBook
Author Arvind-Pal S. Mandair
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 537
Release 2009-10-22
Genre Religion
ISBN 023151980X

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Arguing that intellectual movements, such as deconstruction, postsecular theory, and political theology, have different implications for cultures and societies that live with the debilitating effects of past imperialisms, Arvind Mandair unsettles the politics of knowledge construction in which the category of "religion" continues to be central. Through a case study of Sikhism, he launches an extended critique of religion as a cultural universal. At the same time, he presents a portrait of how certain aspects of Sikh tradition were reinvented as "religion" during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. India's imperial elite subtly recast Sikh tradition as a sui generis religion, which robbed its teachings of their political force. In turn, Sikhs began to define themselves as a "nation" and a "world religion" that was separate from, but parallel to, the rise of the Indian state and global Hinduism. Rather than investigate these processes in isolation from Europe, Mandair shifts the focus closer to the political history of ideas, thereby recovering part of Europe's repressed colonial memory. Mandair rethinks the intersection of religion and the secular in discourses such as history of religions, postcolonial theory, and recent continental philosophy. Though seemingly unconnected, these discourses are shown to be linked to a philosophy of "generalized translation" that emerged as a key conceptual matrix in the colonial encounter between India and the West. In this riveting study, Mandair demonstrates how this philosophy of translation continues to influence the repetitions of religion and identity politics in the lives of South Asians, and the way the academy, state, and media have analyzed such phenomena.

The Dasam Granth

The Dasam Granth
Title The Dasam Granth PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Munshiram Manoharlal
Pages 654
Release 2005
Genre Religion
ISBN

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Sacred work of the Sikhs, attributed to Guru Gobind Singh, 1666-1708.