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. Week 9 sikhism world religions rel 212 world religions. According to guru nanek, there was darkness and chaos for millions of. The main holy book in sikhism is the guru granth sahib. From water, he created the three worlds metaphor or common term for the universe and all within.
This is what carl sagan, wrote in his book the pale blue dot. Sikhism rejects all distinctions based on caste, creed, gender, color, race, or national origin. One story tells of the universe being created from the sound aum. According to sikhism, god existed all alone in his abstract form nirgun before he. God was in the state of sunn samadhi or primal void state of precreation, state of contemplation of the void. I agree with all those who said bhagavadgita and bhagavata pura. 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.
According to sikhism, god existed all alone in his abstract form nirgun before he created the universe. The bani is the preceptor and the preceptor is the bani, all the nectars are present in the bani. The mind is the paper on which are recorded our deeds good. 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. Vastness of the universe according to the holy sikh scripture, guru garnth sahib, the universe is very vast. Weve created this video with animations to explain it. So, before that time, most important book were vedas. Sggs, the sikh holy book, compiled in 1604, deals with the problem.
They believe that only god knows who was created first and who will be created last, most likely the. However, god shows people through holy books, and by the examples of saints, the best ways to get close to him. Today, this spirit can be found in the teachings of. Sikh philosophy believes that the oneness is the great architect of universe.
Learn and revise sikh beliefs about scientific discoveries and theories with bbc. Collecting about 3000 hymnswritten by him and earlier urus and saints arjan created the sacred books of the sikhs. The holy book of sikhism, guru granth sahib says,god, the ultimate spiritual reality is beyond human comprehension i. The truth of the universes nature creation has been revealed by jagatguru saint rampal ji according to all religions. Sikh scriptures creation of the universe sikhism youtube. The mountains, the earth, the water and the air shall pass away. People following shaivism believe lord shiva is the creator, and bhagwanparmatmagod is formless. Sikhism is a practical religion and sikhs are a pragmatic people. According to sikh beliefs, the same revelatory spirit inhabited guru nanak and his nine successors. 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. Scriptures of different religions provide varying answers into the question of the creation of the universe, with different degrees of clarity. University of sikhism, your one stop spiritual education. It is the 5th largest religion in the world with about 30 million believers.
The location of the golden temple in the punjab region of northwest india. 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. The sikh holy book guru granth sahib is the perpetual guru, there is no place in sikhism for a living guru today. According to the vedas, how is the universe created.
Consequently, their respective concepts about the power. According to sikhism, god existed all alone in his abstract form. Conversely, the suffering and pain caused by ego is seen as hell on earth. The pandits, the religious scholars, cannot find that time, even if it is written in the. Many sources call sikhism a monotheistic religion, however that understanding comes from viewing the faith through christian belief system. The beginning of creation in scriptures of different religions. If the faithful follows the bani of the preceptor, the preceptor himself. Gita is about 5000 years old, bhagavatam about years, scholars say. 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. According to the bbc, the chandogya upanishad, a sacred hindu text, describes creation as the breaking of an egg.
According to guru nanak, there was darkness and chaos for millions of years. 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. The earliest scientific models of the universe were developed by ancient greek and indian philosophers and were geocentric, placing. It has over 3000 hymns and instructions to lead a good sikh life. Guru granth sahib on the universe sikhiwiki, free sikh. Introduction to sikhism questions and answers on sikhism. 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. 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. 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.
The monotheistic religion of sikhism was first founded in the 15 th century by guru nanek dev. The dasam granth is a composition primarily of the tenth guru, guru gobind singh. Pdf stephen hawking believes in big bang but does not accept god as the creator of universe. Many times has the creation been created the universe been created and expanded. According to christians, the universe was created in 4004 bc. He has given conclusive and indepth knowledge with.
Sikhism god revealed in the guru granth sahib following. To be truthful, the rebbe s uncompromising rejection of any marriage of darwinism and genesis often puzzled me. Sikhism is a faith whose followers are called sikhs. Punjab, india is the only region in the world with mostly sikhs. Worship of god in the sikh way of life consists in reciting gurbani or holy texts and. What accounts of the origins of the universe are found in sikhism. Sikhism creation of the universe as expounded in guru.
Coming from the pluralist tradition of sikhism where the holy book contains not only. The sri guru granth sahib also known as adi granth is more than a holy book for the sikhs. Sikhism teaches that kartar created the universe in one command and cares for it. The quran declares that every entity, including matter, space, souls and time were created by allah alone. He himself is unattached, infinite and incomparable. He created the universe, and the king in the fortress of the body. Buck after reading the guru granth sahib the sikh holy book. According to guru nanak, there was darkness and chaos for millions of. Creation of universe according to hinduism people following vaishnavism believe vishnu created brahma and ordered him to create further the universe.
Can we reconcile the existence of a merciful god with the problem of pain in the world. Today, he has a following of over 200 million people worldwide which makes sikhism the 5 th largest organized religion in the world. Sikhism says that god created the universe billions of years ago, and the earth has been evolving ever since. 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. With one word the lord created the universe and started the expansion of the universe into millions of rivers of galaxies sggs. Sikhism believes that god is oneness that permeates the entirety of creation and beyond. The truth of universes creation according to all religions. Guru granth sahib on the universe religionwiki fandom. The limits of the created universe cannot be perceived.
In addition, nanak wrote that there are many worlds on which god has created life. According to sikhism salvation or deliverance from these impressions can be obtained through good deeds as well as by the grace of gods name. They that god is selfcreated, indestructible, unborn, and the creator of universe. This website is for people of various faiths who seek to understand islam and muslims. In his role as the 5th guru, arjan built the golden temple and its surrounding pond at amritsar. Until the 18 th century, scientists were convinced that our earth was only a few thousand years old. Truth is the highest of all virtues, but higher still is truthful living. The theology of sikhism is a wonderful scholarly work of dr jagraj singh and i feel privileged to write these introductory words about it. The quran on the expanding universe and the big bang. What astronmers can learn from gurbani when studying the. First book, the principal sacred text of sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus. The universe is all of space and time and their contents, 10 including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. According to the holy bible, the creation of universe.
He himself exercised his creative power, and he gazes upon his creation. In the primal void, the infinite lord assumed his power. 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. 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 was in the state of sunn samadhistate of precreation, state of contemplation of the void. The universe is created, sustained and moved according to his hukam or. In punjab, india, they eat foods like zeera murg, egg curry, dal. Hinduism and sikhism are dharmic religions that originated in the indian subcontinent. The one is true and true is its creation because all has. It contains a lot of brief, yet informative articles about different aspects of islam. While the spatial size of the entire universe is still unknown, 3 it is possible to measure the observable universe.
The answer at the dating of this writing is 5,761 years. 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. It is believed in sikhism that the universe was created by a single word of the god. Within six days he shaped a world of order and beauty. It is considered as a harmonious and orderly system. He created the spatialtemporal universe from his own self. Sikhism simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Guru nanak has explained the beginning, existence, expansion and end of universe clearly as follows. The sikhs scripture of sri guru granth sahib ji explains how the universe and all things were created.
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