Houston Sikhs

This work is done by many volunteers working together. Guru Granth is Historical its True, time tested over hundreds of years or more. It include written Text from your and my Great Great ~~  ancestors.   Guru Granth Sahib has 1430 pages containing 3,384 hymns; it also includes many couplets. There are 2,218 hymns and couplets written by Guru Arjan Dev, 974 by Guru Nanak, 907 by Guru Amar Das, 856 hymns and couplets by Guru Angad, Guru Ram Das, Guru Tegh Bahadur, and 1 couplet by Guru Gobind Singh the tenth Guru. Guru Granth Sahib is also the only scripture of it’s kind which not only contains the works of it’s own religious founders but also writings of people from other faiths and caste’s . These writings are contained due to similarity of their message with Gurus message. Following are some details on Sikhor non -Sikh saints whose writings appear in Granth Sahib. 292 hymns by Kabir: Kabir was born to a Brahmin mother and raised by a muslim step mother. 4 hymns and 130 couplet of Sheikh Farid: Farid was a sufi saint from Punjab. 60 hymns by Namdev: Namdev was a celebrated saint from Maharashtra who traveled extensively across the country. 41 hymns by Ravidas: Ravidas was represented the bhakti movement same as Kabir. He came from a low caste family. Trilochan a saint from Vaish caste, Dhanna from Jat family of Rajasthan, Beni, Sheikh Bhikan a muslim sufi scholar, Jaidev, a poet from royal court of king Lakshman Sen of Bengal. Surdas, born in Brahmin family. Parmanand, Pipa, Ramanand, pioneer of Bhakti movement in Northern India. Sadhna a butcher by profession from Sind. Sain a barber from royal court of Raja Ram, king of Rewa. Be a Sikh (Student) and see what you can learn from this Great Text. Click on Continue reading to open the text and read with respect.  Continue Reading…