Guru Granth Sahib…the Sikhs call it Sahib because they respect the book so much, almost as if it is alive, as if it were the very spirit of the master. The transmission of the lamp is beyond words. If you can understand the language of music, then perhaps a chord in your heart may be touched. Nanak says: The truth, the ultimate truth is unspeakable, so please forgive me, I will not speak about it but only sing it. It is a rare religion because every other religion was created by only a single master. He was the first master of the Sikhs then followed a line of nine other masters. He is the founder, so of course his words are compiled in Guru Granth. I will translate only one sentence of Nanak. The title Guru Granth means “the book of the masters,” or “the master book.” In it you will find Kabir, Nanak, Farid, and a long line of mystics belonging to different traditions, different schools, as if thousands of rivers are meeting in the ocean.
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