Inner Dynamics of Guru Granth Sahib - Hardcover

Dr. S.P. Singh; Guru Nanak Dev University Staff

9788177701159: Inner Dynamics of Guru Granth Sahib

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8177701150 ISBN 13: 9788177701159

Publisher: Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 2004

Pages: 192

Introduction
Guru Granth Sahib, acknowledged as the most sacrosanct object, a sacred scripture enjoying

profound veneration, carries unrivalled canonical status in the history of religious texts.

From it, emanates the human identity the coherence. Its doctrinal formulations have stood

the rigorous tests of the fast advancing scientific and technological age. Its vision of man

and society, visualized by the first Guru Guru Nanak and fertilized by his experiences of

the world, has become universally acceptable currency of religious discourse. The vision was

crystallized further by his equally worthy successors. Under these Great Masters, the

traditional social order and culture, alongwith the religious structure underwent a

desirable change.

A rare combination of precept and practice, thought and action characterized the

writings of the Great Masters. It is, through the medium of Guru Granth Sahib that this

combination is displayed. The religious philosophy as such became intelligible and

acceptable to the world at large, most particularly to those sections of Indian society

which were debarred from taking to scholarly pursuits; it is because the humanely oriented

literary contributions in the Guru Granth Sahib were bestowed with intellectual strength and

vitality par excellent.

The Great Gurus, the Bhagats, the Saints courageously put themselves to a searching

critique of the social, political and religious system. Whatever was found superficial,

flimsy, imprecise and indefensible was vigorously condemned and discarded. The founder of

the Faith initiated the practice of holding constant and critical dialogue with other

traditions

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