Sikhism category: 82 books
The Guru Granth Sahib
Canon, Meaning and Authority
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2003
This book examines three closely related questions in the process of canon formation in the Sikh tradition: how the text of the Adi Granth came into being, the meaning of gurbani, and how the Adi Granth became the Guru Granth Sahib. The censure of scholarly research on the Adi Granth was closely related...
Heroes, Saints and Yogis
Tales of Self Discovery and the Path of Sikh Dharma
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
What does it mean to live as a Sikh? How is this lifestyle relevant today? In this reader friendly collection of personal stories you will find “People Like You and Me” candidly sharing their experiences of self-discovery along the path of Sikh Dharma. This one-of-a-kind book includes fascinating...
Empire of the Sikhs
The Life and Times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Ranjit Singh has been largely written out of accounts of India's past by British historians, yet he was one of the most powerful and charismatic figures in Indian history. He unified the warring chiefdoms of the Punjab into an extraordinary northern empire, built up a formidable army, kept the British...
by Omer Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
This book is written wholey by the holy spirit coming from Robert. He fist told me to write a book, then gave me the Title, then the Chapter headings. He then proceeded to tell me start chapter 1, then he said "That Is Enough, go to chapter 2". I was in what you might say an altered state...
Her Name Is Kaur
Sikh American Women Write about Love, Courage, and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Sikh American women do the lion’s share of organizing and executing the business of the Sikh community, and they straddle multiple lives and worlds—cross-cultural, interreligious, intergenerational, occupational, and domestic—yet their experiences of faith, family, and community are virtually...
Interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and Images of the Hindu Tradition
The Song of the Lord
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
The Bhagavad-Gita is probably the most popular - and certainly the most frequently quoted and widely studied - work of the Hindu scriptures. This book investigates the relationship between the various interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and the Hindu tradition.
Taking into account a range...
Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams
Identity and Modernity Among Jat Sikhs
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2011
Renowned as the predominant farmers and landlords of Punjab, and long possessed of an autocthonous agricultural identity, Jat Sikhs today often live urban and diasporiclives. Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams examines the formation and meaning of Jat Sikh identity in the contemporary Indian...
Life and Work of Guru Arjan
History, Memory, and Biography in the Sikh Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2006
A comprehensive study of the life and work of Guru Arjan (1563–1606), the fifth Guru of the Sikhs, this volume reconstructs his life based on history, memory, tradition, and mythic representation. Pashaura Singh focuses on the major influences that shaped Guru Arjan's thought. He discusses the socio-political...
Ek Onkar Satnam
The Heartbeat of Nanak
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
Ek Onkar Satnam is the essence of Japji Sahib the message of Nanak that emerged as Sikh Religion. Indeed Ek Onkar Satnam is the Heartbeat of Nanak. The entire religion is condensed in these three words EK, OnKAR, and SATNAM. Afterwards whatever Nanak overflowed is for your understanding. Otherwise...
by Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
BHAI SAHIB RANDHIR SINGH (1878-1961) was an outstanding freedom-fighter and a great saint and theologian who has made a lasting contribution to the religious and cultural revival in Punjab, and was one of the first few Punjabi revolutionaries who staked their life and career to bring about political...
by Gurpreet Singh
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
Darkness of disciple is ages old but a sudden appearance of Guru dispels all ignorance and create awareness and awakening. A true guru takes away from you what you do not have, illusion or ego and gives you what you have, your soul, your divine being. In India Guru is always considered on a higher...
Billa and Dally
A story of two Sikh brothers
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2015
This story focuses on two Sikh brothers on their differing spiritual paths....
Drinking From Love's Cup
Surrender and Sacrifice in the V=ars of Bhai Gurdas Bhalla
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Bhai Gurdas Bhalla (d. 1636 CE) is widely considered the most important non-canonical poet in Sikh history, having shaped the theology and ethics of the tradition for centuries. His poems, which offer an authoritative illustration of Sikh life in the early seventeenth century, defined Sikh identity...
Twisted Turban
A thought-provoking journey along cultural borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
The true-story of life and love in an unfamiliar world. When Naginder Sehmi was born in Kenya nobody could have predicted the amazing life he was to live. From the scorched plains of Africa to the lofty mountains of Switzerland, Narender’s lifelong journey has been filled with unbelievable moments....