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In his Thiti, Guru Nanak Sahib challenges illusions and superstitions, emphasizing devotion and contemplation of IkOankar (the Divine). This twenty-pauri (stanza) composition uses each lunar day as a thematic foundation.
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Jasleen Kaur is a Research Associate at the Sikh Research Institute. She has received a Religious Studies B.A./M.A. from the University of Virginia, focusing on South Asian Religions through the lens of literature and poetry.
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Join Researchers Santbir Singh and Damanpreet Singh as they reflect on Vaisakhi and the principle of sovereignty.
In the second set of savaiays, Guru Arjan Sahib gently awakens us to a difficult truth: our own forgetfulness. Caught in the waves of worldly attachments, we lose sight of our true purpose: the remembrance of the Nam of IkOankar.
In Bani, the seeker often speaks in the voice of the human-bride longing for union with the Divine-Husband, IkOankar—a profound metaphor that transcends gender and invites all seekers into intimacy, humility, vulnerability, and love.
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