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Jaswant Singh is a scholar of Sikh Studies. His immense love for Gurbani propels him to read, reflect, research, and share Gurbani’s wisdom and understanding with the wider community.
Course Description: Gurbani 101 is a survey course that familiarizes students with the structure, languages and themes of the Guru Granth Sahib. The course format encompasses lectures, discussions and activities. Course Objective: To provide students with tools and exposure to nomenclature for developing an approach to understanding Guru Granth Sahib. Learning Objectives & Outcomes By the end of this course, students will be expected to: • Recognize the structure, format and layout of Guru Granth Sahib • Identify different languages of Gurbani • Learn basic character of Gurmukhi script and its pronunciation • Understand basic grammar of Gurbani • Identify major symbolism, cultural and folk elements • Familiarize with key themes, terms and phrases • Contextualize the language in its cultural milieu
Gurbani is rich in references to numerous faith traditions; the Vedik text is one among the prominent. For a long time there has been a raging debate, among different schools of interpretation, over the extent to which Gurbani's reference to Vedik texts is a contextualization of the existing ideas with respect to Sikhi, or a wider endorsement of the thought and worldview contained in it. This debate assumes significance, since it has profound impact on how Gurbani is interpreted, to arrive at a Gurmat perspective.
How can one relate everyday understanding to the Shabad Gurbani of Guru.
Harjinder Singh ‘Gharsana’ is SikhRI’s Research Associate, Gurbani Linguistics.
SikhRI CEO, Inni Kaur, will be joining the young students at Renton Khalsa School for conversation on the Sikh Way of Life through Gurbani.
Sikh Research Institute is releasing Divine Names, a new course, exploring the importance of 20 major titles for the Divine Being appearing in the Guru Granth Sahib.
Persian is one of the many languages found in the Guru Granth Sahib. Guru Nanak Sahib, Guru Arjan Sahib, and several of the bhagats revealed bani (Wisdom) in the Persian language.
Surender Pal Singh is a Senior Research Associate at the Sikh Research Institute. He holds a Master’s degree in Religious Studies and English.
Sikh Research Institute Launches Online Education Platform Featuring Open Access and Unlimited Participation. First Course on the Grammar of Gurbani Available Now
Gurbani gives us a code to help us understand ourselves as human beings on a spiritual journey. The Guru guides us to train the mind to find the Divine in our own hearts and within the entire Creation.
Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) is pleased to announce the release of a new children’s online course Anand Sahib that explores the bani of the same name.
We spend our lives in the pursuit of happiness, looking for whatever we believe will satisfy, be it wealth, success, love, popularity, or excitement. Too often we either fail to achieve our objective, or when we do, it leaves us unsatisfied and we search for more of the same, or quest for the different. At other times we grapple with misfortunes such as illness, conflict, or financial strain. In this way we find ourselves, for most of our worldly life, tossed about between pleasure and suffering. In this webinar, we will look at Gurbani's advice in this pursuit, while exploring the difference between transitory pleasures that we pursue and what Guru shows us to be true happiness. Using Gurbani we will then investigate strategies of Infinite Wisdom for transcending pleasure and pain and achieving what can really be called happiness.
Happy Vaisakhi! On behalf of the extended Sikh Research Institute (SikhRI) family, we take this opportunity to greet the Sikh sangat, and Pañjābī world-wide.
