Template:AOW4

From SikhiWiki
Revision as of 06:59, 11 October 2005 by Hari singh (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigationJump to search
O Raven, you have searched my skeleton, and eaten all my flesh. But please do not touch these eyes as I hope to behold my Beloved. (91) (sggs 1382)

When Farid Ji was just a few years old, his mother taught him his prayers. The boy asked what was gained by his prayes. His mother replied 'sugar'. Accordingly, she used to hide some sugar under his prayer-carpet, and when he had finished his prayers, she would draw the mat forth, and give the sugar to Farid as a reward for his devotion. On one occasion, when his mother was absent, he prayed a great deal, and, it is said, a great supply of sugar - a miraculous gift from God - was found under his carpet. Some he ate himself and the rest he gave to his playfellows. He related the circumstance to his mother on her return. It was then his mother gave him the surname Shakar Ganj, meaning a "treasury of sugar". There are 134 hymns of Baba Farid ji incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib. Continued.....


Previous Featured article 1: SHABHAD KIRTAN or GURMAT SANGEET has been an integral part of Sikh worship from the very beginning. Hymn-singing was in fact the earliest form of devotion for the Sikhs. Even in the time of Guru Nanak, the disciples assembled together to the shabads, i.e. hymns composed by the Guru and thus to render praise to the Lord. Kirtan has since been appropriated into the regular gurdwara service. Continued .....


Previous Featured article 2 BHAI KANHAIYA (1648-1718), was a Sikh of Guru Tegh Bahadur and was the founder of the Sevapanthi or Addanshahi sect of the Sikhs. Continued .....


Previous Featured article 3: Message of Guru Granth Sahib On September 1, the Sikhs celebrated 401 years of the first installation of their holy scriptures called the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Continued .....