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what do sikhs call god ?

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what do sikhs call god ?
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      The most common name you would hear among Sikh for God is VAHIGURU.

      However neither of Sikh Guru Sahib whose BANI is enshrined in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji;

      However in Gurbani there are multiple other names used for that higher power starting with ੴ , KARTA PURAKH, AKAAL PURAKH, HAREE, HARI, GOBIND, RAM, NIRANKAAR, ALLAH, BEETHAL and many others.

      Gurbani quote :

      ਹਰਿ ਜਨ ਕੇ ਵਡ ਭਾਗ ਵਡੇਰੇ ਜਿਨ ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਸਰਧਾ ਹਰਿ ਪਿਆਸ ॥ (ਮ:੪, ਪੰ:੧੦)

      (The Bhagat of HARI has the greates good fortune, They have longing and thrist for the HARI)

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    2. ੴ
      ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ which is traditionally pronounced as ਇਕਓਅੰਕਾਰ by all Sikhs including the highest level of Sikh clergy in practically all Gurdwaras while reading through the Gurbani Granth Sahib or while starting the Ardas.

      Nanak Sahib has very clearly told us that this Entity is ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ :

      ।।ਏਕੋ ਤਖਤ ਏਕੋ ਪਾਤਸ਼ਾਹ।।
      ।।ਸਰਬੀ ਥਾਂਈ ਵੇਪਰਵਾਹੁ।।
      ।।ਤਿਸ ਕਾ ਕੀਆ ਤਿਭਵਣ ਸਾਰ।।
      ।।ਓਹ ਅਗੋਚਰ ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ।।

      ਇਸ ਸ਼ਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਬਦ “ਏਕੋ” ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਣ ਜਾਂ adjective ਵਜੋਂ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਹੈ, ਯਾਨੀ ਇਕੋ ਇਕੱਲਾ, ਅਤੇ ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ ਇਕ ਨਾਂਉਂ or proper noun ਵਜੋਂ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਹੈ।

      Therefore, we must try to remember this Name ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ or Ekencar, specifically given to the God by Nanak Sahib himself.
      Other names are mostly of Avtars eg Ram, Hari, Gobind etc, and some have been made up by some clerics or scholars eg ਅਕਾਲ ਪੁਰਖ, ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ, ਸਤਿ ਕਰਤਾਰ, and now some more are being created.

      We must inculcate the habit of using ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ commonly ie ੴ ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ ਦਾ ਸ਼ੁਕਰ ਹੈ, ੴ ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ ਦੀ ਮਿਹਰ ਹੈ, ਏਕੰਕਾਰੁ ਜੀ ਅਗੇ ਅਰਦਾਸ ਹੈ ………… etc etc.

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