Online E Books
Relating to Guru Nanak, The Ten Sikh Gurus, Guru Granth, Bhai Gurdas
Vaaran, Janamsakhis, Dasam Granth, Bhai Sahib Bhai Nand Lal's
Kalaam-e-Goya, and Other Texts -- Also a Collection of Vegetarian
Passages from the Shri Guru Granth Sahib
Sant Mat Radhasoami
Books -- The E Library – Sikh Section
Sikh Scriptures Online:
The Adi Granth (Sikh Scriptures), Complete, English Translation in One Volume, Khalsa Consensus Translation:
Anthology/Selections of the Adi Granth in Contemporary English:
"Peace Lagoon -The Songs of Guru Nanak
Guru Amar Das
Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjun
and Guru Gobind Singh
SACRED SONGS OF THE SIKHS"
- Read Online or Download PDF File:
Anthology/Selections of the Adi Granth in Contemporary English:
"Peace Lagoon -The Songs of Guru Nanak
Guru Amar Das
Guru Ram Das, Guru Arjun
and Guru Gobind Singh
SACRED SONGS OF THE SIKHS"
- Read Online or Download PDF File:
Anthology/Selections
of the Adi Granth in Contemporary English:
“The Name Of My
Beloved — Verses Of The Sikh Gurus — Devotional Poetry
from the Guru Granth and the Dasam Granth”, translated and
introduced by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Sacred Literature Trust
Series:
Where the Text
Begins: Jap Ji (Morning Prayer) of Guru Nanak — Nikky-Guninder
Kaur Singh:
The Guru Granth
Sahib was first compiled by the Fifth Sikh Guru, Arjan Dev, in 1604
in the city of Amritsar. Its second and last version was the
handiwork of Guru Gobind Singh, and it was finalized at Damdama Sahib
in the year 1705. He added the hymns of his father, Guru Tegh
Bahadur, the Ninth Master, and a couplet of his own to the volume
wrought a century earlier.
Adi Granth Audio Book: 24/7 Readings from the Adi Granth:
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Discovered, Hakim Singh Rahi (Background on the Adi Granth):
Complete Adi Granth,
Dr. Gopal Singh Translation, Four Volume Set:
The Holy Granth: Sri
Guru Granth Sahib Volume 1, Kartar Singh Duggal Translation:
The Holy Granth: Sri
Guru Granth Sahib Volume 2, Kartar Singh Duggal Translation:
The Holy Granth: Sri
Guru Granth Sahib Volume 3, Kartar Singh Duggal Translation:
The Holy Granth: Sri
Guru Granth Sahib Volume 4, Kartar Singh Duggal Translation:
The Japji, Guru Nanak's Morning Prayer, Max Arthur Macauliffe:
The Sikh Religion Vol I, Max Arthur Macauliffe, Volume One:
The Sikh Religion Vol II, Max Arthur Macauliffe, Volume Two:
The Sikh Religion Vol III, Max Arthur Macauliffe, Volume Three:
The Sikh Religion Vol IV, Max Arthur Macauliffe, Volume Four:
The Sikh Religion Vol V, Max Arthur Macauliffe, Volume Five:
The Sikh Religion Vol VI, Max Arthur Macauliffe, Volume Six:
Also See, Max Arthur Macauliffe Volumes @ The Internet Archive:
Kabir in the Adi
Granth, Nirmal Dass Translation:
& @:
The Ringing Sound (Anhad Shabad; Sound Current):
Three Central Teachings According to the Sikh Gurus in the Guru Granth: Living Masters, Hearing the Sound Current, and, Being Vegetarian:
Bhai Gurdas Varan Vol 1+2 Text, transliteration and English translation by Dr. Jodh Singh:
Adi Granth (Shri
Guru Granth): Line By Line English Translation: E Book and
Audio/Talking Book:
The Wondrous Play - Bachitra Natak Text And Translation ("The Bachitar Natak is partly an autobiography of Guru Gobind Singh,[5] the tenth Sikh Guru, in which he narrates the events and circumstances of the first 32 years of his life. It outlines the history and challenges faced by the Sikh community during that time." Wiki entry for Bachittar Natak):
Dasam Granth in Four Volumes:
Dasam Granth:
Search Gurbani (Adi Granth, Dasam Granth, Bhai Gurdas, Bhai Nand Lal, etc...:
Guru Granth Ratnavali (Gems, Selections from the Adi Granth):
Adi Granth Not Book Guru: A paper by a Namdhari author who says that Guru Gobind Singh did not make the Adi Granth into a book-guru successor (guru granth), casting doubt on a later apocryphal dohra he says was falsely attributed to Guru Gobind Singh. He also quotes Gurmat Sidhant:
History of Sikhism: The Dabestan-e Mazaheb, by the Persian historian Mohsin Fani:
History of Sikhism: Glimpses Of The Divine Masters, by Ranbir Singh:
Sikh And You Will
Find: The Vegetarian Diet, Sikh Gurus and Scriptures, A Collection of
Passages — Some have suggested that the Sikh Scriptures are not
very clear on vegetarianism, the need to strictly adhere to a
vegetarian diet for spiritual and ethical reasons. Not so. Let’s
have a look. There are numerous vegetarian passages preserved in the
Sikh Scriptures (Adi Granth, Shri Guru Granth Sahib) and related Sikh
texts — quotes from Guru Nanak, Kabir, Guru Arjan Dev, Guru
Gobind Singh and others. I've also included quotes from Bhai Gurdaas
Ji and a Persian historian and scholar of comparative religion who
wrote about Guru Nanak and the early Sikhs — how the original
disciples were all vegetarians:
https://medium.com/sant-mat-meditation-and-spirituality/f66bab1f8f8d
Vegetarian Diet, Guru Nanak and
the Sikh Gurus: “The merit of pilgrimages to the sixty-eight holy
places, and that of other virtues besides, do not equal having
compassion for other living beings.” (Sri Guru Granth Sahib, pg
136) “Do not cause pain to any creature, Go back to your Home with
honour.” (Sri Guru Granth Sahib, pg 322) “Keep your heart content
and cherish compassion for all beings; this way alone can your holy
vow be fulfilled” (Sri Guru Granth Sahib, pg 299) Nanak abstained
from animal food and enjoined against cruelty to animals: "Having
prohibited his disciples to drink wine and eat pork, he (Nanak)
himself abstained from eating flesh and ordered not to hurt any
living being." (Mohsin Fani, DABISTAN-E-MAZAHIB) “Countless
are the cutthroats who trade in violence. Countless are sinners who
keep on sinning. Countless are liars, wandering lost in their lies.
Countless are the impious who live on unwholesome food." (Guru
Nanak, Jap Ji, Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 4) "You kill living beings,
and call it a righteous action. Tell me, brother, what would you call
an unrighteous action? You call yourself the excellent sage; then
whom would you call a butcher?" (Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 1103).
"Kabeer says, the dinner of beans and rice is excellent when
flavored with salt. Who would cut throats to have meat with his
bread?" (Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 1374) "Kabeer: for those who
consume marijuana, fish and wine, no matter what pilgrimages, fasts
and rituals they follow, they will all be consigned to hell".
(Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 1377). “Do not say that the Vedas, the Bible
and the Koran are false. Those who do not contemplate them are false.
You say that the One Lord is in all, so why do you kill chickens?”
(Kabir, Guru Granth Sahib, 1350) “Telling lies, they eat dead
bodies. And yet, they go out to teach others. They are deceived, and
they deceive their companions. O Nanak, such are the leaders of
men. (Shri Guru Granth, 139)
"One who does
not steal, commit adultery, slander anyone, gamble, eat meat or drink
wine will be liberated in this very life (i.e. Jeewan Mukt)".
(Guru Gobind Singh, 10th Sikh Guru, Sudharam Marag Granth —Shri
Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s “Updesh” to Bhai Daya Singh ji which is
mentioned in “Sudharam Marag Granth”, and also found written in
some old handwritten volumes of Sri Guru Granth Sahib):
http://www.info-sikh.com/PageM1.html
“His Disciples, Soaked in The Bliss of Nam, gave up opium,
hashish, poppy, liquor and various other intoxicants. They would not
eat meat. They would not steal. They foreswore adultery and
deception. They Practised Saintliness.” (Sri Guru Panth Parkash):
http://namdhari.faithweb.com/panthparkash.htm
Vegetarian Diet and More from the Sikh Scriptures: "Living by neglect and greed, the world eats
dead carcasses. Like a goblin or a beast, they kill and eat the
forbidden carcasses of meat. Control your urges, or else you will be
thrown into the tortures of hell." (Guru Arjan Dev, Guru Granth
Sahib Ji, 723). Bhai Gurdaas Ji said: "They eat meat by cutting
throats, what will their own condition be?" (Vaar 24, Pauree 17)
"To take what rightfully belongs to another, is like a Muslim
eating pork, or a Hindu eating beef. Our Guru, our Spiritual Guide,
stands by us if we do not eat those carcasses. By mere talk, people
do not earn Liberation. Salvation only comes from the practice of
truth. By adding spices to forbidden foods, they are not made
acceptable. O Nanak, from false talk, only falsehood is obtained.”
(Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 141) "You kill living
beings, and call it a righteous action. Tell me, brother, what would
you call an unrighteous action? You call yourself the excellent sage;
then whom would you call a butcher?" (Guru Granth Sahib Ji,
1103). “You keep your fasts to please Allah, while you murder other
beings for pleasure. You look after your own interests, and so not
see the interests of others. What good is your word? O Qazi, the One
Lord is within you, but you do not think or contemplation on Him. You
do not care for others, you are mad about religion, this is why your
life is wasting away." (Kabir, Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 483):
http://www.realsikhism.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1248309400&ucat=7
Also See: Cruelty
and Food Sikh Discussion:
Also See: Even More
Shri Guru Granth Vegetarian Passages — Adi Granth on Meat:
Baba Banda Singh
Bahadur (1670–1716)
“On 3rd September
1708, Guru Gobind Singh Ji administered the vows and Amrit (blessed
necter) to Madho Das, a Hindu Sadhu or ascetic, and gave him a new
name, Banda Singh. At the same time, he gave Banda Singh a Nagara
(war drum), Nishan Sahib (banner) and five arrows from his own quiver
as symbols of Authority. Banda Singh was also accompanied by five
Sikhs to assist him to build up his forces so as to repel the tyranny
of the Mughal
Empire.” — http://sikhcoin.blogspot.com/2013/05/baba-banda-singh-bahadur-1670-1716-and.html
Hukamnama (edict or
order) to the Sikhs of Jaunpur by Baba Banda Singh Bahadur on 12th
December 1710. “Ek Ongkar Fateh Darshan. Sri sache sahib ji ka
hokum hai sarbat Khalsa Jaunpur ka Guru rekhega, guru japna janam
savraega, tusi sri akal purakh ji ka khalsa ho, panj hathear banh ke
hukam dekhdiya darshan awna. Khalsae di rahet rahena, bhang, tumakoo,
hafeem, posthe, dharoo, amal koyee na hi khana, mas masheli paeaj na
hi khana, chori jari nahi karni, asa satjug vertaeya hae aap vech
pyar karna, mera hukam hae jo khalsae di rahet rahega tesdi Guru
bahori kareaga. Methi Poh 12 samvat pahela satrathes.”
English Translation
of the Hukamnama Shown Above
“Ek Ongkar Fateh
Darshan. By the order of the true king, all the Khalsa of Jaunpur
will be protected by Guru ji, Pray to the Guru for he will improve
your life. You are God’s Khalsa, wear the five weapons and on being
ordered, present yourself. You must obey the principals of the
Khalsa. You are not to consume hemp, tobacco, opium, poppy seeds or
alcoholic drinks. You are not to eat meat, fish and onions. You must
not steal. We usher in a new era, Satjug — the Age of Truth.
Love one another. This is my order, those who should live according
to the principals of the Khalsa will be protected by God. Dated 12
Poh samvat pahela 1 (= 12 December
1710)” — http://sikhcoin.blogspot.com/2013/05/baba-banda-singh-bahadur-1670-1716-and.html
Like Satguru Kabir, Sant Ravi Das was very aggressive in his condemnation of eating meat. Selections from the Amrit Bani Granth of Sant Ravi Das, a text also respected by Sikhs:
"O man! Renounce these evils. Gambling, eating meat, drinking liquor, going to a prostitute, violence and theft are all sinful deeds, which will take you to hell. The life of the man is auspicious which he gets according to his virtuous deeds. Ravidass says, after consideration, the life of a man is going waste without reciting the name of God." "By killing an animal how can you achieve the God? Why not this fact has been taught to you by the Pirs, Prophet of God, and other religious men, says Ravidass? [183]" "Those people who eat meat of cow, goat etc., daily in their meals, Ravidass says, they may perform prayer day and night, but they cannot achieve the heaven. [184]" "After slaughtering the head of an animal, the foolish people describe it legitimate because it is permitted in their religion. Ravidass says, if they have to cut their own heads like this, only then they will realise the pain. [185]" "The man who kills an animal for his food or livelihood, Ravidass says, he has to undergo horrible punishment in the court of God. [186]" "One should not kill any living being because every creature is equal to Creator. Ravidass says, he cannot get liberation from such sinful deeds by giving millions of cows in alms. [187]" "Ravidass says, who eats meat and fish for the taste of his tongue, one day he will get punishment for this sinful act and he will have to get his head cut for killing innocent animals. [188]" "Ravidass says, O man! You should not kill animal because the God is fully absorbed in every creature. Everybody has the same soul. There is no other soul except God in the world. [189]" "One, who eats meat of animals, has to get his neck cut. Ravidass says, such a person will go to hell. [190]" "A man, who is not kind and merciful, eats meat of animals, such a person will go to hell, verily says Ravidass. [191]" "The people who butcher animals and eat their meat, have become dead creatures, says Ravidass after full consideration. [192]"
From Another Translation of the Amrit Bani of Sant Ravidass:
"Ravidass moondah kaat kar moorakh kahat halal! Gala katavahu aapna tou ka hoyihi haal!! 185!! Satguru Ravidass Ji articulates that “A foolish person designates slow cutting of throat of an animal as halal meat. Let him severe his own throat slowly the same way and experience the pangs of suffering." "Ravidass jo aapan het hi par koon maran jaie! Malak ke dar jai kari bhogahi kari sajaie!! 186!! Satguru Ravidass Ji says that “If anyone kills an animal for his use; then he has to suffer grave punishment on reaching the court of God." "Prani badh nahin kijiyahi jivah Brahm samaan! Ravidass paap nanh shootayie karor gouan kari daan!! 187!! Satguru Ravidass Ji explains that “Human beings should never kill any animal because component of God is uniformly manifest as Atman in all living beings. One, who resorts to killing of animals, can never succeed in atonement of his sins even if he may donate millions of cows in alms." "Ravidass jibhya swad bas jou maans mashrian khaye! Nahak jeev maaran badal aapan sees kataye!! 188!! Satguru Ravidass Ji preaches his pious sermon that “Those, who eat meat or fish for the sake of satisfying taste of their tongues, will have to undergo severe punishment for killing animals without any fault and their own heads will get severed one day." "Ravidass jeev mat marahin ik sahib sabh manhi! Sabh manhi eko Atma doosrah kou nanhi!! 189!! Satguru Ravidass Ji states that “Human beings should never kill any animal as only same one God is manifest in all living creatures. As such there is but one Atman manifest in every one and there is no second Atman anywhere." "Mansahari - Narak Adhikari Vegetarian life style Apnah geev kataihin jo maans praya khanye! Ravidass maans jau khat haen te nar narkahi janye!! 190!! Satguru Ravidass Ji preaches human beings to lead a vegetarian life. Those who eat meat ultimately lose their own necks and go to hell."
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