The Source Book On Sikhism

Table of Contents

Chapter1: Introduction to Sikh Belief, P.M. Wylam (Manjit Kaur)……………..……….1

Chapter 2: The First Master, Guru Nanak, Puran Singh………………………………..20

Chapter 3: Guru Nanak Dev Ji (For Children) Shamsher Singh & Narinder Singh

Virdi…………………………………………………………………………….……..…49

Chapter 4: Japji-A-Theo-CosmocentricMeditative Prayer on Truth, Dr. S.S. Sodhi, Dr.

J.S. Mann…………………………………………………………………..…………….68

Chapter 5: Jupji - The Morning Prayer of the Sikhs by Guru Nanak Dev Ji Translated

into English by Khushwant Singh………………………………………………………73

Chapter 6: Hymns of Guru Nanak, Siddah Gosha, Translated by Khushwant

Singh…………………………………………………………………………….……...100

Chapter 7: Guru Nanak, Duncan Greenless M.A. (Oxon)……………………….…….113

Chapter 8: The Idea of The Supreme Being (God) in Sikhism, Gurbachan Singh

Talib……………………………………………………………………………………129

Chapter 9: Guru Nanak’s Conception of Humai (Ego), Taran Singh………..………..136
Chapter 10: Guru Nanak Dev Ji, An Eclectic Arahat, Dr. S.S. Sodhi & Dr. J.S.

Mann……………………………………………………………………………………148

Chapter 11: Guru Nanak’s Concept of Sahaj, Dewan Singh…………………………..152

Chapter 12: Hukam - The Divine Ordinance, Gurbachan Singh Talib………..………160

Chapter 13: Guru Nanak’s Contribution to Panjabi Language And Literature, Principal

Sant Singh Sekhon………………………………………………………………….…..168

Chapter 14: Guru Nanak’s Universal Message, Harbhajan Singh Manocha…………..185

Chapter 15: Guru Nanak’s Concept of Guru, Surinder Singh Kohli………………..…189

Chapter 16: Guru Nanak’s Conception of the Nam and Surat-Sabd Yoga, Bhai Jodh Singh………………………………………………………………………...………….198

Chapter17: “Mool Mantara”: An Exegetical Analysis, Dr. Dharam Singh.…………..208

Chapter 18: Guru Har Rai – The Apostle of Mercy, Pritpal Singh Bindra………….…216

Chapter 19: Guru Amar Das (1479-1574)………………………………………..……221

Chapter 20: Baoli at Goindwal & Dr. W.H. McLeod’s Misconception, Pritpal Singh Bindra…………………………………………………………………….………….…227

Chapter 21: Martyrdom in Sikhism, Sardar Daljit Singh…………………….….…….231

Chapter 22: Cosmic Desire to Merger Through “FANAH”, Psychological Interpretation

of Sikh Martyrs’ Behaviour, Dr. S.S. Sodhi, Dr. J.S. Mann………………………..….246

Chapter 23: A Mystic-A Cosmocentric Social Laboratory, Dr. S.S. Sodhi………..…250

Chapter 24: Guru Arjan Dev Ji - A Brahm Gyani, Dr. S.S. Sodhi, Dr. J.S. Mann.…...253

Chapter 25: Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Pritpal Singh Bindra……………………………..….256

Chapter 26: Guru Arjan Dev Ji, Principal Gurbachan Singh Talib……………………264

Chapter 27: Guru Granth Sahib, The History, Arrangements and Text, Dr. S.S. Kapoor

……………………………………………………………………………….…………276

Chapter 28: The Status of Women in Sikhism Principal Amar Singh…………………295

Chapter 29: Women and other Relations in Guru Granth Sahib, Pritpal Singh Bindra

……………………………………………………………………………………….….298

Chapter 30: Humanizing and Uplifting: Guru Granth Sahib - Living Guru of the Sikhs,

Dr. S.S. Sodhi………………………………………………………………………..…304

Chapter 31: Bhagat Ravidas Ji, Pritpal Singh Bindra…………………………………311

Chapter 32: Baba Farid, Symbol of Composite Culture, K. K. Khullar…………..…..316

Chapter 33: A Day at the Darbar Sahib The Golden Temple - Amritsar, Patwant Singh……………………………………………………………………………………320

Chapter 34: Guru Hargobind Ji The Sixth Guru of the Sikhs, Prof. Puran Singh….…327

Chapter 35: Guru Tegh Bahadur The Ninth Guru of the Sikhs, Prof. Puran Singh…..339

Chapter 36: The Saintliness of Guru Gobind Singh, Dr. S.S. Sodhi………………….350

Chapter 37: Guru Gobind Singh Ji Apostle of Courage and Benevolence, Pritpal Singh

Bindra………………………………………………………………………………….352

Chapter 38: Guru Gobind Singh Ji The Tenth Guru of the Sikhs, Prof. Puran Singh……………………………………………………………………………..….…362

Chapter 39: Sahibzada Ajit Singh Ji, Shamsher Singh Ashok…………………….….392

Chapter 40: Guru Gobind Singh, Selections and Free Translations from the Dasam

Grantham of Gobind Singh, Prof. Puran Singh……………………………………..….394

Chapter 41: Guru Gobind Singh Ji, The Shaper of the Psyche of the Cyclonic Sikhs, Dr.

S.S. Sodhi…………………………………………………………………………..….402

Chapter 42: The Story of the Sikh Gurus, Dr. Gopal Singh………………………...…407

Chapter 43: Banda Singh Bahadur (1670 - 1716)………………………………..……441

Chapter 44: Sikh Freedom fighters in the Age of Revolution, Siri Daya Singh and

Gurubanda Singh Khalsa…………………………………………………..…….……..447

Chapter 45: Dip Singh Shahid Baba(1682-1757), K.S. Thaper……………….…….....458

Chapter 46: Delhi Under Sikh Raj Sardar Baghel Singh Karor Singhia Pritpal Singh

Bindra………………………………………………………………………….……….461

Chapter 47: The Rise of the Sikh Empire, the Times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1799 –

1839), Dr. S.S. Kapoor……………………………………………………………..….466

Chapter 48: Healing and Uplifting Power of Sikh Ardas (Prayer), Dr. S.S. Sodhi……477

Chapter 49: Psychology of a Productive-Spiritually Inclined KHALSA, Dr. S.S. Sodhi…………………………………………………………………………………....481

Chapter 50: Punjabi is as old as Sanskrit and Prakrit (1), Om Parkash Kahol ……..…486

Chapter 51: Sikhs Today and Academic Challenges of the 21st Century (A Community

Perspective, Dr. J.S. Mann……………………………………………………………...496

Chapter 52: Sikh Faith Studies in the West: An Analysis, Gurbakhsh Singh, Taranjeet

Singh……………………………………………………………………………………506

Chapter 53: Eurocentrism and Khalsa-centrism, Dr. S.S. Sodhi, Dr. J.S. Mann………516

Chapter 54: Pathology of pseudo-Sikh researchers with linear, myopic, left brain, and

mystified Western realities, Dr. S.S. Sodhi, Dr. J.S. Mann…………………………….543

Chapter 55: Dr. Fenech’s Analysis (Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1994) of Baba Dip

Singh’s Martyrdom, Dr. S.S. Sodhi……………………………………………..……..551

Chapter 56: The First Sikh War – June 1628, Pritpal Singh Bindra…………………..560

Chapter 57: Implications of Not Teaching Panjabi to Sikh Children in Canada, Dr. S.S.

Sodhi.………………………………………………………………….……………..…566

Chapter 58: Shaping The Future of Panjabi, Principal Amar Singh………..………….573

Chapter 59: Mystic is the Image of the Person To Be, S.S. Sodhi………………….…576

Chapter 60: Biography of Koh-i-Noor, Rajender Singh………………………………578

Chapter 61: Khalsacentrism A Life Affirming System, Dr. J. S. Mann, Dr. S.S. Sodhi………………………………………………………………………...………….592

Chapter 62: A Note on Pashaura Singh’s M.A. Thesis Dr. S.S. Sodhi, Dr. J.S. Mann..599

Chapter 63: Adi Granth Our Living Guru is not for Research, Dr. S.S. Sodhi……..…604

Chapter 64: S. Hari Singh Nalwa & Subjugation of North-western Frontier, Dr. Kirpal Singh……………………………………………………………………………………609

Chapter 65: Naam Simran Made Easy, Dya Singh (Australia)… ……………...……..622