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GURU GRANTH SAHIB – THE PERFECT, PERPETUAL GUIDE...31GURU GRANTH SAHIB – THE PERFECT,PERPETUAL GUIDE IN MORAL AND SPIRITUALDEVELOPMENT OF MANBHAGWANT SINGH *That Guru Granth Sahib as a World Scripture and Mankind’sSpiritual Treasure is now widely acknowledged, and its relevance tothe solution <strong>of</strong> Man’s problems is as valid today as it was when it wascompiled. But, in my view, because <strong>of</strong> the degeneration in humanvalues despite scientific advances, the validity <strong>of</strong> the guidance in GuruGranth Sahib and the universal message for mankind is much morerelevant today and will dominate the new millennium. Paradox as itmay seem, it is true that the material progress and material comfortshave only increased tensions, increased restlessness and increasedunhappiness. Another paradox is that spiritual messages in allcommunities are televised and broadcast with great enthusiasm butthe practical life does not get influenced by them. Inter-faith meetingsand global efforts to understand differences and create harmony havenot shown results that could create permanent consolation in man.With all the encomiums for our great Scriptures and with all theenthusiasm that we show in stressing and propagating the validity <strong>of</strong>our Guru’s teachings – and I am quite certain that the new millenniumwill need more and more stress in living these teachings – we have notbeen able to display in our personal and in our social and politicalapproach these teachings in practice.The problems that we face in the new millennium are not new.They have been there all along. But they are now known all over theworld, they breed concern among us all, and they create enthusiasm to* Tapovan, Amravati - 444 602 (Maharashtra)
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