Executive Briefing: The Eternal Word
Conferred perpetual Guruship by Guru Gobind Singh in 1708, the 1,430 pages of the Guru Granth Sahib contain not only Sikh Gurus’ hymns, but verses of Hindu (Namdev, Ramanand) and Muslim (Bhagat Farid, Kabir) saints set to classical Indian musical Raags.
1. Shabad Kirtan: The Musical Medicine of the Soul
Singing the divine Word (*Shabad*) structured within specific emotional melodic frameworks (*Raags*) dissolves ego (*Haumai*) and cultivates divine remembrance (*Naam Simran*).
2. References
- Singh, P. (2000). The Guru Granth Sahib: Canon, Meaning and Authority. Oxford University Press.