About this Blog:

As the title of the blog suggests, and the first post indicates, this blog is dedicated to discuss the significance of JAPJI Sahib, passed on to us by Shri Guru NANAK DEV Ji, founder of the ‘Sikh’ religion.

All renderings attempting to explain the Divine path are quite difficult to comprehend. JAPJI Sahib, first of all, like all other explanations of the divine path, suffers from the major handicap of using words of the languages coined by humans which are incapable of fully describing the process, experiences & realisations of spiritual journey. Further, it being more than 500 years old, the fact that languages are not static but dynamic, and Punjabi language is no exception to this, has not helped in the matter but has rather made it more complex.

In this blog through periodical posts, attempt will be made to explain, in simple language, the fundamental nature of the message contained in JAPJI Sahib that is universally applicable to all human beings irrespective of language, caste, creed, belief, region, religion etc.

This attempt is to facilitate the understanding of ‘JAPJI Sahib’, the daily Morning Prayer of Sikhs, which is to be viewed as a single continuous and compact message of GURU NANAK, depicting unity of the directive principles of Sikhism. There is a school of thought, which explains ‘JAPJI Sahib’ as expansion of the introductory ‘Mool Mantra’. In this context, ‘JAPJI Sahib’ is also stated to be the essence of whole ‘Guru Granth Sahib’. Conversely, the whole ‘Guru Granth Sahib’ is said to be the expansion of ‘JAPJI Sahib’.

This effort, attempts to unravel the message contained in the prayer of this most modern & universal religion.

Different periodical posts, initially given on the main (Home) page will be subsequently shifted to the relevant pages with appropriate headings. 

Comments / suggestions for improvement of this effort are welcome.

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