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Make Your Deeds The Soil

Persian Voice in the Guru Granth Sahib

Wednesday
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22
July
2020

Researcher Asha Marie Kaur dives into two Sabads from the Guru Granth Sahib and reveals their Persian influences illuminating a new perspective in Gurbani.

ਅਮਲੁ ਕਰਿ ਧਰਤੀ ਬੀਜੁ ਸਬਦੋ ਕਰਿ ਸਚ ਕੀ ਆਬ ਨਿਤ ਦੇਹਿ ਪਾਣੀ ॥
amalu kari dhartī bīju sabdo kari sac kī āb nit dehi pāṇī.
Make your deeds the soil, Wisdom the seed, give it the water of the river of Eternal Truth.
    Guru Nanak Sahib in Sri Rag  | Guru Granth Sahib 24

Researcher Asha Marie Kaur dives into two Sabads from the Guru Granth Sahib and reveals their Persian influences illuminating a new perspective in Gurbani.

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Asha Marie Kaur

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Asha Marie Kaur is a Research Assistant with SikhRI. She has a BA in Political Science and International Studies from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was born and raised.

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