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RELEVANCE OF GURU GRANTH SAHIB IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY
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pilgrimages; because Naam is the real Pilgrimage, which is in you.
The real Knowledge (Gyan) is to ponder over the sabad (Word).
Guru Granth Sahib is par excellence in aesthetics. At the end of
the Granth, its compiler, Guru Arjun Dev visualizes universal and
timeless qualities in the metaphor of salver, which has three viands-
Truth, Contentment and Contemplation, combined with Lord’s
ambrosial Name, sustenance of all existence; whoever partakes of it,
shall be saved. 21
To conclude, the Belsan school slaughter, tensions in Africa and
Asia portray a very dismal picture. Obviously, Twenty first Century
needs desparately the prototypes of such protagonists as Gurmukhs
and Brahamgynis of Guru Granth Sahib to save mankind from global
annihilation. Hence, relevance of Guru Granth Sahib is paramount
in the Twenty First Century. In fact this is the greatest legacy that the
Sikh Gurus have bestowed upon humanity.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & REFERENCES
All the translations of Gurbani are from Sri Guru Granth Sahib (in English
Translation) in four volumes
Translated by Professor Gurbachan Singh Talib, Punjajbi University, Patiala,
1984.
The present author thankfully acknowledges Author:
1. jgqu jlµdw riK lY AwpxI ikrpw Dwir ], Guru Granth Sahib, p. 853
2. hoie iekqR imlhu myry BweI duibDw dUir krhu ilv lwie ] Guru Granth Sahib, p.
1185
3. < siq nwmu krqw purKu inrBau inrvYru Akwl mUriq AjUnI sYBM gur pRswid ], Guru
Granth Sahib, p. 1
4. Exodus 20:4. The Holy Bible, New International Version, 1988, p 55.
5. kwmu k®oDu kwieAw kau gwlY ] Guru Granth Sahib, p. 932
6. kwmu k®oDu sMgiq durjn kI qw qy Aihinis Bwgau ], Guru Granth Sahib, p. 219
7. inmK kwm suAwd kwrix koit idns duKu pwvih ] GrI muhq rMg mwxih iPir bhuir
bhuir pCuqwvih ] Guru Granth Sahib, p. 403
8. kwm k®oD loB moh AiBmwnw qw mih suKu nhI pweIAY ] Guru Granth Sahib, p. 614
9. mwxsu BirAw AwixAw mwxsu BirAw Awie ] ijqu pIqY miq dUir hoie brlu pvY ivic
Awie ] Awpxw prwieAw n pCwxeI Ksmhu Dky Kwie ] ijqu pIqY Ksmu ivsrY drgh