Thursday 5 November 2009

The Amrit Concept.





The meaning of Amrit is being distorted in Sikhism.

Guru Granth Sahib Ji refers to Amrit as Naam (name). However nowadays i hear preachers refering to the Amrit of Guru Granth Sahib Ji as 'khanda bhate da amrit' - the amrit of the panj pyare. Preachers are also stating that without taking 'khande bhate da amrit', one will not be accepted by God. One needs to ask them did none of the bhagats, such as Sheikh Farid who was born 200 years before Guru Nanak, reach God? Or Prahlad? Guru Granth Sahib Ji states, that the Lord himself saved Prahlad.

Prahlad is refered to in the Puranic texts of Hinduism that were written thousands of years prior to Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh Ji, and thus prior to 'khande bhate da amrit'. The story of Prahlad has been inserted into the Guru Granth Sahib Ji to show that 'nothing matters but the name of God'. Devotion and fatih in God alone will lead one to God.

Is Guru Granth Sahib Jee right or some extremist preachers?
Is our Guru the Granth or some rehitnamas?

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