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Guruvani meanings
“Vahe Guru” is the Guru Mantra for the followers of Guru Nanak.
The Granth Sahib :
Guru Nanak invented the Gurumukhi characters by simplifying the Sanskrit characters. The holy Granth of the Sikhs is in Gurumukhi. It is worshipped by the Sikhs and the Sindhis. Every Gurudwara has a Granth Sahib. The holy Granth, popularly known as Adi Granth, contains the hymns of the first five Gurus. They were all collected, arranged and formed into one volume called Guru Granth Sahib by the fifth Guru. It contains a few selections from the hymns of Kabir and other contemporary Vaishnavite saints. Later on, the hymns of the ninth Guru were incorporated in the holy Granth by the tenth Guru. The compositions of Guru Nanak are very extensive.
There is but One all embracing and all powerful Divinity, Who manifests Himself first in the shape of the sacred word, and then through the whole created Universe
He is the One-in-all and the All-in-one. He is the Eternal Reality, and His name Satnam is also Eternal. He is the Creator, and has the power of independent self – creation. He permeates the whole creation. He is the only male element in the Universe and all else is female. He is above all fear, and is free from all thoughts of enmity. He is immortal, free from birth and rebirth, and can be realised in every created thing.
He is self – existent. The whole universe is dependent for its existence on Him but He is self – existent; the Generator of all, without any one to generate Him.
He can be realised through the grace of the Guru-The Teacher who is God conscious, and sees Him both within and without.
Nanak begs for the dust of the feet of that gurmukh who himself meditates on the Divine name, and shows others the path of so doing.
Jan Nanak dhoor mangai tis gursikh ki.
Jo aap Japai awreh Naam Japawai
Guru Gobind Singh says, “He who has realized the Divine within is the True Khalsa. He is at – one with God and myself’.
JAP. Ad sach jugad sach. Hai bhee sach Nanak hosi bhee sach.
Then O Sikh, the searcher after Truth, meditate on His name, who was real and self -existent before all creation, Who was real through all.ages (Yugas); Who is real and true now, and shall be true and self – existent for all times to come