Gurgadhi Dihara Programme

The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Academy Malaysia & many other organisations have join hands together to bring to the sangat the launch of the 300th Anniversary of the Gurgaddi Dihara of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji from the 5th Dec to 9th Dec 2007.

The leaders of the sikh nation,namely jathedar of Takth Patna Sahib, Singh Sahib Bhai Iqbal Singh ji and meet jathedar of Takth Hazoor Sahib, Singh Sahib Bhai Jyotinder Singh ji, will grace this occasion,together with the Kirtani Jatha, Sant Ram Singh Ji Nanaksar Seegra walay. They will participate in all the programs listed below.

The program details are as follows:

5th Dec (Wed)
7.00 am - Arrival of the Singh Sahibs at the KLIA airport
7.30 pm to 10pm - Welcoming program - Kirtan & Katha at Gurdwara Sahib Petaling Jaya

6th Dec (Thurs)
7.00pm to 10pm - Program at Wada Gurdwara Ipoh

7th Dec (Friday)
7.00pm to 10.30pm - Kirtan & katha Darbar at Tatt Khalsa Divan

8th Dec (Saturday)
9.30 am - 1.00pm - Seminar on " Perspective of Gurshabad in the Sikh Religion"
Place: 1st Floor Wisma Tatt Khalsa
This seminar will be conducted jointly by Bhai Paramjit Singh ji, Jathedar Bhai Iqbal Singh ji & meet Jathedar Bhai Jyotinder Singh ji. There will be a panel discussion on the same subject matter.
Tea break & lunch will be served

2.00pm to 5.00pm - The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Academy Open Day
Current students of the Academy are encouraged to attend and help out for the 2008 registration during this open day. Also, please invite your friends and relatives to register themself forthe 2008 intake. Please take the sewa of sending out sms to your friend informing the sangat about the 2008 intake registration at this openday

6.30pm - 11pm- Kirtan & katha Darbar at Tatt Khalsa Divan
A special slide show will be conducted with special photos of Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Kalgi and weopans.

9th Dec ( Sunday)
9.30am-1.00pm- Kirtan & katha Darbar at Tatt Khalsa Divan

7.30 pm - 9.00pm - Kirtan & Katha Darbar at Gurd Sahib Kampung Pandan (wada Gurd)

Those of you who would like to offer yourself to help physically or in any other way,
please call 013-3300625

Gurgaddi Dihara of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

October 20th marks the Gurgaddi Dihara of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, when the Tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh jee Maharaaj rested Guru-ship in the eternal Guru of the Sikhs, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
Lets all of us say, Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Maharaj 5 Times
and lets make an effort together in learning and understanding the bani well.

Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji

The Guru Granth Sahib became the Guru of the Sikhs and successor to Guru Gobind Singh on October 1708, when the 10th Guru made Sri Guru Granth Sahib the 11th and final eternal Guru.

The Guru Granth Sahib was compiled by Guru Arjan and Guru Gobind Singh.

The Adi Granth is often used to refer to the Guru Granth Sahib. The Adi Granth is actually the original composition of the Guru Granth Sahib which Guru Arjan compiled in 1604. This term is often used interchangeably so it is important to note the context within which it is used.

The Granth was made a living guru by the last of the living Gurus, Guru Gobind Singh in 1708. Guru Gobind Singh said before his demise that the Sikhs were to treat the Granth as their next Guru.

How Did Guru Gobind Singh Ji pass the Guruship

Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last of the Sikh Gurus to take human form, dictated the entire Granth Sahib at Talwandi Sabo now called Damdama Sahib. Dhir Mal, the son of Baba Gurditta and grandson of Guru Hargobind, had taken possession of the Adi Granth; he refused to give it to Guru Gobind Singh when the Guru asked for it. Dhir Mal taunted the Guru, "If you are a Guru, then prepare your own."

Guru Gobind Singh proceeded to dictate it to Bhai Mani Singh, who recorded it on paper. While some have questioned the authenticity of this story, it is well for us to remember that, of course, Guru Gobind Singh was no ordinary person at all. And, in the old days of bards and story-tellers, it was not unusual for them to recite from memory entire epic poems such as the Iliad and the Odyssey. Guru Gobind Singh included the Shabads of his father, Guru Teg Bahadur, but he did not include his own Shabads; instead, he placed them in a separate Granth, the Dasam Granth. The Dasam Granth is not revered as Guru, however. The great task of re-writing the entire Guru was finally completed in 1705. The "Damdama Sahib Bir" as it is now called was then taken to Nanded where it was installed.

Guru Gobind Singh installed this expanded version of Adi Granth as Guru on October 20, l708. This day is celebrated today as Guru Gadi Day. At the time of his death, he declared that the Word of God embodied in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib was to be Guru for all time.

He said, "O Beloved Khalsa, let any who desire to behold me, behold the Guru Granth. Obey the Granth Sahib, for it is the visible body of the Guru. Let any who desire to meet me, diligently search its Bani." Thus the Word of God, which has manifested as Guru in Nanak, and had passed through the ten incarnations of Guru, was now returned to its form as the Word, the Bani, the Shabad.

We normally read this at the end of ardass, at Dohra..

Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji - The Treasure of Scientific Facts

I went to PJ Gurdwara yesterday i got this leaflet that was being distributed to the sangat. It is a very nice and interesting facts from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. When i read this, I went like.. WOWWWWW!!!

Moon Has No Light Of Its Own
In 1564, Galileo proved that the moon did not have light of its own and that it reflected the light from the sun.

The Sikh Gurus had already stated this fact:
"Sun Lights up the Moon"
(SGGS page 329)


The principal within the atom is similar to that of the solar system.
Within electrons are revolving around the nucleus just like the nine planets in our solar system is going around the sun.

The Sikh Gurus have highlighted this fact umpteen times:
"Whatever is in the cosmos is also found within the body. He who explores can know this fact."
(SGGS page 695)

"Whatever is in the universe is also in the atom (smallest part of matter)."
(SGGS page 1040)

Life via Air
One of the most important things created by God is air, which became the source of life. In 1960, a scientiest named Robert Hooke proved that "Air is essential for respiration and that there is no substitute for it".

This fact was revealed by the Sikh Gurus years earlier at various places in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
"Born of Water, Life Sustained by Air"
(SGGS page 884)


Life trough water
Today scientist have established that the main constituent of life is cytoplasm, which is made of 80% water. They also discovered that hydrogen and oxygen gases in the air combine to form water and life emerged from water about 350million years ago. In 1784, Henry Cavendish proved that water was a compound of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen.

The Sikh Gurus had already unveiled this fact that water is a compound and it transforms itself from air and this whole living world is dependent on water.
"From the lord came the air, and from the air came water. From water He created the three worlds- life in water, on earth and in air; in each and every heart He infused His divine light."
(SGGS page 19)

Everything Including All Planets is Rotating
Scientists today have come to the conclusion that nothing is static in the universe. The whole universe is always on the move. All planets, stars and galaxies move in space.

Unknown to the western scientist, Guru Nanak had unveiled this fact before Galileo and Giordano and further declared that everything in the universe is in motion.
"The sun and the moon obey HIS law. They move billions of miles and never stop moving."
(SGGS page 464)

"The Lord binds us in the Bondage of motion and everything is in motion without end."
(SGGS page 465)

Compiled by: Ajitpal Singh: aj_dhillion8@hotmail.com

DHAN DHAN SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI MAHARAJ,

What a beautiful treasure did the Gurus gave us. Lets make a effort together to understand this divine treasue.