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Is there a God in Sikhism?

Praveen
Is there a God in Sikhism?
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    1. Ramneet
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      In Sikhism, the main emphasis is falling in love with God. God in Sikhism is the Husband Lord ( beloved) and all creation is the soul-bride. Sikhism is a journey of divine love and if followed correctly is blissful. Here are some of the divine experiences from SGGS Ji.

      ਕਰਿ ਮਿੰਨਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਜੋਦੜੀ ਮੈ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਮਿਲਣੈ ਕਾ ਚਾਉ ॥੧॥
      I beg of them, I implore them; I have such a yearning to meet God!

      ਭਾਈ ਰੇ ਮੈ ਮੀਤੁ ਸਖਾ ਪ੍ਰਭੁ ਸੋਇ ॥
      O Siblings of Destiny, God is my Friend and Companion.

      ਰੇ ਮਨ ਐਸੀ ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਕਰਿ ਜੈਸੀ ਜਲ ਕਮਲੇਹਿ ॥
      O mind, love the Lord, as the lotus loves the water.

      ਮੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰੀਤਮਾ ਮੈ ਤੁਝ ਬਿਨੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ॥
      O my Beloved, I have no one except You.

      ਦੇਹੁ ਦਰਸੁ ਸੁਖਦਾਤਿਆ ਮੈ ਗਲ ਵਿਚਿ ਲੈਹੁ ਮਿਲਾਇ ਜੀਉ ॥੧੫॥
      Grant me the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, O Giver of Peace. Please, take me into Your Embrace. ||15||

      ਵੀਆਹੁ ਹੋਆ ਮੇਰੇ ਬਾਬੁਲਾ ਗੁਰਮੁਖੇ ਹਰਿ ਪਾਇਆ ॥
      My marriage has been performed, O my father. As Gurmukh, I have found the Lord.

      It is all about ardent devotion for God and merging into God. Marriage with God ( or merging with God) can happen only if the soul-bride possesses virtues that are the attributes of God as explained by Dr. Basi. This marriage is mediated by Guru in Sikhism. Guru is the spiritual knowledge and wisdom imparted to the soul-bride by the bani of SGGS Ji.

    2. Vindri Kaur
      Scholar

      yes in Sikhism there is a god But what is the concept of god is v important to understand Sikhism r panethiest means god is an energy which resides in the whole universe and in each of us

    3. Gulbarg Singh Basi
      Scholar

      Respected Praveen Ji;

      The answer to your question is definitely YES.
      But the virtues of Sikhi God are quite different. Among the major differences is that the Sikhi God is in the Creation and not somewhere up in the Sky (heaven) and has no shape therefor no possibility of picture or an idol.

      One can start with:
      ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
      The One, whose virtues are true (never changing), It is the Creator and is present in the Creation, un-afraid, without animosity, timeless existence, without life cycles, self-created and can be understood with the help of an enlightened.

      The whole philosophy is very logical and science is just discovering what Guru Nanak has already explained.