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Guru
Granth Sahib Ji, the Sikh Holy Scripture describes the
characteristics of God. Throughout 1430 pages, Guru
Granth Sahib Ji describes and praises God. |
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The
opening of the scripture tells us about the description
of God: "God is One. He is the Supreme Truth. He the
Creator, is without fear and without hate. He is
immortal. He is neither born and nor does He die. By
Guru's grace shall He be met. Chant And Meditate on His
Name. In the beginning, He was the Truth. Throughout the
ages, He has been the Truth. He is the Truth now and He
shall be the Truth forever" (Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 1). |
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The most
important aspect of being a Sikh, is to understand that,
there is one endless God. He is indescribable,
inestimable, indubitable, infallible, intangible,
imperishable, immutable, immortal, immaculate, immanent,
unconquerable, unique, formless, fearless, deathless,
timeless, ageless, compassionate, omnipresent and
creator of the entire Universe. He is the ultimate truth
and prevails in the entire Cosmos. "There is only
the One Supreme Lord; there is no other at all. Spirit,
soul and body, all belong to Him; |
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whatever pleases His Will,
comes to pass" (Guru Granth Sahib Ji, 45). |
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God loves everyone. Sikhs believe there is no one superior
to God. Furthermore, Sikhs believe that God created all
beings, animals, birds, creatures, including humans. When
the first great Guru, the founder of Sikh faith, Guru Nanak
Dev Ji gave this definition to the people who believed
differently in God, they were surprised and they asked him,
who told you this and how did God come in existence? The
great Guru explained that God Himself gave him this
information. God has always been present. The concept of
time is very worldly. There is no time, beginning or end
when it comes to God. This is very hard to understand for us
humans because we are used to the concept of begin and end
with time. |
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People
further asked Guru Nanak Dev Ji about what does God look
like? The great Guru preached that God is formless. God is
beyond gender and shape. "He has no form, no shape, no
color; God is beyond these three qualities. One understands
Him, O Nanak, with whom God is pleased" (Guru Granth Sahib
Ji, 283). God has no body, He is the greatest Spirit of all
and our soul is a part of Him. |
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The main difference between Sikhism and some of the world’s
other religions is that there are people who worship Jesus
and believe Jesus is God, some people worship Buddha and
believe Buddha is God. The Sikh Gurus themselves said that
they are not to be worshipped. They expressed very clearly
not to worship anyone except God. Guru Gobind Singh Ji even
put it in harsh words and said, “Those who call me God will
fall into the pit of hell. Consider me as a humble servant
of God and have no doubt about it.” He wanted to be very
clear that He is not God and should not be worshipped. One
should only worship the One Almighty Lord. |
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