...This article discusses the genesis, evolution, and canonization of the foundational text of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib. Taking a radically different approach from other contesting views, it offers a theory of ‘working drafts’ prepared under the direct supervision of Guru Arjan to understand...

...This book analyses various issues related to scripture from the Sikh perspective, focusing on the Adi Granth, the sacred scripture of the Sikh community. Among the Sikhs, the Adi Granth is widely known as the Guru Granth Sahib and carries the same status and authority as did the ten Gurus from Guru...

... of five Kabīrian hymns found in Rāga Prabhtī section of the Guru Granth Sahib (GGS), which, besides the utterances of the Sikh gurus, includes compositions by bhagats, among them Kabīr. The compositions of bhagats are known collectively...

... liberation” Cixous Hélène milk and lactation in Sikh scripture Arjan Guru Singh Gopal Talib G S motherhood vs womanhood womanhood vs motherhood abortion Sikhism feticide patriarchy Guru Granth Sahib poetry Laws of Manu womb sonogram androcentric fetal imagery Plato has it backwards...

...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...

...This chapter presents the message of the Sikh Gurus as encapsulated in the Guru Granth Sahib. It argues that, in the Sikh consciousness, the Guru Granth Sahib is received as the living body of the ten Gurus, and acts as ‘a global reservoir’ of truth, the quintessence of Sikh philosophy and ethics...

... period. The Vasu Bhardwaj cancer cure, and the preservation of the Guru Granth Sahib in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina present an interesting contrast about miracles. Many Sikhs hold miracles, particularly those associated with the Gurus, including the Guru Granth Sahib, to be an absolutely...

... Guru Granth Sahib Dasam Granth pothi translation projects doxa dialogical readings interdisciplinary approach On Sunday morning, 5 August 2012, a gunman burst into the Sikh Gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin and opened fire, killing five men and one woman, ambushing one police officer...

...This chapter is an overview of the main textual sources of the Sikh tradition. As noted in the preceding chapter, the Guru Granth Sahib is, at least for mainstream Sikhs, at the center of all religious devotion, and it is there that the discussion of Sikhism begins. The Guru Granth Sahib is also...

...Figure 9.1 Movement of the Bridegroom (G) and the Bride (B) Around the Guru Granth Sahib (GGS) The Sikh scripture is known as the ‘Guru Granth Sahib’ because it is believed to be the actual embodiment of the eternal Guru. As the living word of the eternal Guru, the Adi Granth has a central role...

...This chapter attempts to excavate the hermeneutics of the Guru Granth Sahib to evaluate why lower-caste members of the Sikh Panth (community) have felt that their Mazhabi labelling has prevented their equal assimilation into the Sikh Panth. The Ravidasis and the Valmikis broke away...

... of the Guru Granth Sahib as a perennial source of human understanding, non-violent movements in Sikh history, Sikh music, and Sikh miracles are also discussed....