SIKHISM - THE MOOL MANTRA, KHANDA, THE GURUS & THREE GOLDEN RULES

MOOL MANTAR

Opening - Sri Guru Granth Sahib

The Mool Mantar (also spelt Mul Mantra) is the most important composition contained within the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of the Sikhs; it is the basis of Sikhism. The word "Mool" means "main", "root" or "chief" and "Mantar" means "magic chant" or "magic portion".

Together the words "Mool Mantar" mean the "Main chant" or "root verse". It’s importance is emphasised by the fact that it is the first composition to appear in the holy Granth of the Sikhs and that it appears before the commencement of the main section which comprises of 31 Raags or chapters.

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'Mool Mantar'

Sri Guru Granth Sahib - Ang 1 :- SGGS (1-1)

One Universal Creator God

The Name is Truth

Creative Being Personified

No Fear

No Hatred

Image of Undying

Beyond the cycle of Birth & Death

Self-Existent

By Guru's Grace

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SGGS 1 Verse 1-4

There is Only One God

Truth is His Name

He is the Creator, Protector, Without Fear, No Enmity, The First Entity,

Never born, Self-perpetuating; With the Guru’s grace: Recite!

True in the beginning, True Through the Ages,

True even now and says Nanak will be True in the future

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TRANSLATION 2

This Being is one,

truth by name,

creator,

fearless, without hatred,

of timeless form,

unborn, self-existent,

and known by the Guru's grace.

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“There is but one God. True is His Name, creative His personality and immortal His form. He is without fear sans enmity, unborn and self-illumined. By the Guru's grace He is obtained.”

― Guru Nanak

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THE KHANDA - THE SIKH INSIGNIA

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THE KHANDA - THE SIKH INSIGNIA

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THREE GOLDEN RULES OF THE SIKH

The Three Golden Rules which Sikhs follow are to remember God constantly (Naam Japna), to earn an honest livelihood (Kirt Karni), and to share their earnings with everyone through charity (Vand Shakna).

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THE TEN SIKH GURU'S

Guru Nanak

Guru Angar

Guru Amar Das

Guru Ram Das

Guru Arjan

Guru Hargobind

Guru Har Rai

Guru Har Krishnan

Guru Tegh Bahadur

Guru Gobind Singh

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SOME SAYINGS OF GURU NANAK

“Burn worldly love,

rub the ashes and make ink of it,

make the heart the pen,

the intellect the writer,

write that which has no end or limit.”

― Guru Nanak, Sri Guru Granth Sahib

“Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.”

― Guru Nanak, Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Superiority depends not on the religion, but on good deeds

― Guru Nanak

One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.

― Guru Nanak