The mind is the paper on which are recorded our deeds good. The beginning of creation in scriptures of different religions. The descriptions of creation in the quran are not intended as dry historical accounts but rather to engage the reader in contemplating the lessons to be learned from it. This text also claims that in the beginning, brahman, the supreme reality, created the entire universe through heaven, the earth, the atmosphere and the three seasons. The theology of sikhism is a wonderful scholarly work of dr jagraj singh and i feel privileged to write these introductory words about it. Today, he has a following of over 200 million people worldwide which makes sikhism the 5 th largest organized religion in the world. The sikhs scripture of sri guru granth sahib ji explains how the universe and all things were created. According to guru nanak, there was darkness and chaos for millions of.
One story tells of the universe being created from the sound aum. Introduction to sikhism questions and answers on sikhism. Learn and revise sikh beliefs about scientific discoveries and theories with bbc. The earliest scientific models of the universe were developed by ancient greek and indian philosophers and were geocentric, placing. The sri guru granth sahib also known as adi granth is more than a holy book for the sikhs. According to sikhism salvation or deliverance from these impressions can be obtained through good deeds as well as by the grace of gods name. Guru granth sahib on the universe sikhiwiki, free sikh. While the spatial size of the entire universe is still unknown, 3 it is possible to measure the observable universe. According to guru nanak, there was darkness and chaos for millions of years. People following shaivism believe lord shiva is the creator, and bhagwanparmatmagod is formless. First book, the principal sacred text of sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus.
Sikhism called gurmat by its followers meaning the way of the guru is an indian religion founded in the punjab region in the late 15th century. According to the bbc, the chandogya upanishad, a sacred hindu text, describes creation as the breaking of an egg. According to christians, the universe was created in 4004 bc. Scriptures of different religions provide varying answers into the question of the creation of the universe, with different degrees of clarity. It has over 3000 hymns and instructions to lead a good sikh life. Sikhism is open to all through the teachings of its 10 gurus enshrined in the sikh holy book and living guru, sri guru granth sahib. This article delineates the correlation between the most accepted scientific explanation of the origin and expansion of the universe, and the description of its origin and expansion in the quran. Sikhism says that god created the universe billions of years ago, and the earth has been evolving ever since.
Guru granth sahib on the universe religionwiki fandom. It is believed in sikhism that the universe was created by a single word of the god. The sikh holy book guru granth sahib is the perpetual guru, there is no place in sikhism for a living guru today. The quran on the expanding universe and the big bang. He himself exercised his creative power, and he gazes upon his creation. God was in the state of sunn samadhi or primal void state of precreation, state of contemplation of the void. According to sikhism, god existed all alone in his abstract form nirgun before he. Within six days he shaped a world of order and beauty. According to sikhism, god existed all alone in his abstract form. Sikhism simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It is considered as a harmonious and orderly system. According to sikhism, god existed all alone in his abstract form nirgun before he created the universe. Punjab, india is the only region in the world with mostly sikhs.
The dasam granth is a composition primarily of the tenth guru, guru gobind singh. To be truthful, the rebbe s uncompromising rejection of any marriage of darwinism and genesis often puzzled me. In his role as the 5th guru, arjan built the golden temple and its surrounding pond at amritsar. This website is for people of various faiths who seek to understand islam and muslims. The limits of the created universe cannot be perceived. From water, he created the three worlds metaphor or common term for the universe and all within. Sikh philosophy believes that the oneness is the great architect of universe. They that god is selfcreated, indestructible, unborn, and the creator of universe.
Many sources call sikhism a monotheistic religion, however that understanding comes from viewing the faith through christian belief system. According to the holy bible, the creation of universe. Today, this spirit can be found in the teachings of. Until the 18 th century, scientists were convinced that our earth was only a few thousand years old. The sikh holy book tells us that the belief in a single saviour, a single scripture,and a single planet inhabited by a finite number of living beings endowed with moral discrimination, represents too narrow a prespective of the cosmic and spiritual reality. Guru nanak has explained the beginning, existence, expansion and end of universe clearly as follows. Sikhism is a faith whose followers are called sikhs. He created the spatialtemporal universe from his own self. Using geological data and analyzing the fossils, kelvin, a famous scientist, suggested by the second half of the 19 th century that the earth is about 20. Buck after reading the guru granth sahib the sikh holy book. Conversely, the suffering and pain caused by ego is seen as hell on earth. Collecting about 3000 hymnswritten by him and earlier urus and saints arjan created the sacred books of the sikhs. Coming from the pluralist tradition of sikhism where the holy book contains not only.
Hinduism and sikhism are dharmic religions that originated in the indian subcontinent. Sikh scriptures creation of the universe sikhism youtube. The universe is all of space and time and their contents, 10 including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. Creation of universe according to hinduism people following vaishnavism believe vishnu created brahma and ordered him to create further the universe. In addition, nanak wrote that there are many worlds on which god has created life. Sikhism was a religion founded in the 15th century by guru nanak dev. The truth of the universes nature creation has been revealed by jagatguru saint rampal ji according to all religions. The one is true and true is its creation because all has. However, god shows people through holy books, and by the examples of saints, the best ways to get close to him. Consequently, their respective concepts about the power.
University of sikhism, your one stop spiritual education. Vastness of the universe according to the holy sikh scripture, guru garnth sahib, the universe is very vast. According to guru nanek, there was darkness and chaos for millions of. I agree with all those who said bhagavadgita and bhagavata pura. Weve created this video with animations to explain it. So, before that time, most important book were vedas. Hinduism is an older religion originating from the vedic period around bce, while sikhism was founded in the 15thcentury by guru nanak both religions share many philosophical concepts such as karma, dharma, mukti, maya and sa.
God existed all alone in his abstract form nirgun before he created the universe. If the faithful follows the bani of the preceptor, the preceptor himself. The location of the golden temple in the punjab region of northwest india. The quran declares that every entity, including matter, space, souls and time were created by allah alone. Pdf stephen hawking believes in big bang but does not accept god as the creator of universe. Worship of god in the sikh way of life consists in reciting gurbani or holy texts and. The main holy book in sikhism is the guru granth sahib. So many theologians have been quite eager and willing to reinterpret a few lines of the torah to make room for the scientists, whereas the scientific community is almost. Week 9 sikhism world religions rel 212 world religions.
This book contains the teachings of all gurus, and hass been identically printed since the first copy, containing the same amount of pages, same words, and same paper size to preserve it. The emphasis is on a leading a worldly, successful life as a householder and a contributing member of society, but with the mind attuned to an awareness of god. They believe that only god knows who was created first and who will be created last, most likely the. Can we reconcile the existence of a merciful god with the problem of pain in the world. The mountains, the earth, the water and the air shall pass away. It is the 5th largest religion in the world with about 30 million believers. According to the vedas, how is the universe created. In the primal void, the infinite lord assumed his power. According to sikh beliefs, the same revelatory spirit inhabited guru nanak and his nine successors. The truth of universes creation according to all religions. Sikhism creation of the universe as expounded in guru. World religions rel 212 world religions week 9 sikhism week 9 sources cosmogony origin of the universe the sikh tradition was founded by guru nanak in the late 15th century c. He has given conclusive and indepth knowledge with.
God was in the state of sunn samadhistate of precreation, state of contemplation of the void. He himself is unattached, infinite and incomparable. Week 9 sikhism cosmogony origin of the universe monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the punjab region of the indian subcontinent, by guru nanak and continued to progress through the ten successive sikh gurus the eleventh and last guru being the holy scripture guru granth sahib. Many times has the creation been created the universe been created and expanded. Sikhism believes that god is oneness that permeates the entirety of creation and beyond. In punjab, india, they eat foods like zeera murg, egg curry, dal. The answer at the dating of this writing is 5,761 years. With one word the lord created the universe and started the expansion of the universe into millions of rivers of galaxies sggs.
The holy book of sikhism, guru granth sahib says,god, the ultimate spiritual reality is beyond human comprehension i. What astronmers can learn from gurbani when studying the. Sikhism rejects all distinctions based on caste, creed, gender, color, race, or national origin. He created the universe, and the king in the fortress of the body. Sikhism god revealed in the guru granth sahib following.
The act of creation, therefore, is frequently described as a way of drawing the reader into thinking about the order of all things and the allknowing creator who is behind it all. This is what carl sagan, wrote in his book the pale blue dot. Sikhism is a practical religion and sikhs are a pragmatic people. The monotheistic religion of sikhism was first founded in the 15 th century by guru nanek dev. The pandits, the religious scholars, cannot find that time, even if it is written in the. Short answer according to science, the entire universe was just one singularity existing in a very hot dense state which gradually cooled down as the universe expanded itself. Sikhism teaches that kartar created the universe in one command and cares for it. The bani is the preceptor and the preceptor is the bani, all the nectars are present in the bani. Truth is the highest of all virtues, but higher still is truthful living.