Guest Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 What are the books we should read to learn about Sikhism? Please add as many as to this list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 SGGSJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr §ingh Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Max Arthur Mac Auliffe's "The Sikhs" Beware! 6 Volumes :shock: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaapaaraa Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh Max Arthur Mac Auliffe's "The Sikhs" Beware! 6 Volumes :shock: Vol 1 can be read online here http://allaboutsikhs.com/books/ Every Sikh should have atleast read the Biographies of the Gurus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amrikingh Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 forget books Just use sikhawareness ohoo ahaa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr §ingh Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 Khalsa Bhaji, thanks for the link 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2003 Report Share Posted December 10, 2003 What are the old books we have available within sikhism? Can someone post the list? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaapaaraa Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Here are some books which I read Sant Baba Attar Singh Ji (Mastuane Wale) Great book, you can read the whole book in 4 days... N30 has also posted some sample chapters in the Gurbani section Se Kinehiya, Biography of Sant Baba Harnam Singh Ji by Sant Sewa Singh Another Great book... many lessons to be learnt from this book.. still reading it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shasterkovich Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 This is an extract from the online portion of MacAuliffe's book: "When it was represented to Guru Gobind Singh that a Muhammadan army would eventually come to overpower his Sikhs, he replied, 'What God willeth shall take place. When the army of the Muhammadans cometh, my Sikhs shall strike steel on steel. The Khalsa shall then awake, and know the play of battle. Amid the clash of arms the Khalsa shall be partners in present and future bliss tranquillity, meditation, and divine knowledge. Then shall the English come, and, joined by the Khalsa, rule as well in the East as in the West. The holy Baba Nanak will bestow all wealth on them. The English shall possess great power and by force of arms take possession of many principalities. The combined armies of the English and the Sikhs shall be very powerful, as long as they rule with united councils. The empire of the British shall vastly increase, and they shall in every way obtain prosperity. Wherever they take their armies they shall conquer and bestow thrones on their vassals. Then in every house shall be wealth, in every house religion, in every house learning, and in every house happiness." Regarding the part I have highlighted in bold, what is the source containing this alleged prophecy? And how authentic is it? It does'nt sound right to me. A clear lesson not to trust the English. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shasterkovich Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Regarding the part I have highlighted in bold, what is the source containing this alleged prophecy? And how authentic is it? It does'nt sound right to me. A clear lesson not to trust the English. Perhaps I should say: a clear lesson not to trust the content of MacAuliffe's book. Including dodgy "prophecies" such as these seriously undermine his credibility. Although a wise man would extend that to not trusting the English, looking at the purpose for why the book was written. Besides which, he starts off the book by saying that he wants to set right the insults and offence levelled at Sikhism by some German swine who made derogatory comments about SGGS. While a laudable aim in itself, it also goes to show that the book is not an objective or unbiased analysis. As such, it should'nt be represented as a primer on Sikhs and Sikhism. Read it with a large fistful of salt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaapaaraa Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 That book is a great work on Sikh religion by MacAuliffe, but its not to be taken as an accurate source. Its got many discrepancies and moulded opinions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaapaaraa Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Biography of Sant Attar Singh Ji (MASTUANA WALE) Read this great book online @ (deleted) (this site gave me a VBS/Redlof virus warning with mcaffe) read it locally here http://www.sikhawareness.com/sikhawareness...3116&highlight= 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms514 Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Sat Sri Akal: Slight warning...that webpage linked above by Khalsa Sahib prompted me that is contains a virus!!!! Careful!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaapaaraa Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 yes i know its weird... i posted the text of it locally access the othe link 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAadmin Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Same here.. warning screen poped up.. I was at my work place computer :( 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaapaaraa Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 N30 ji.. Im not sure why its coming like that.. maybe someone should contact them about this. They also got more books. If you want to checkout here is the site.. but dont click on the Sant Attar Singh Ji link.. rest of the site seems virus free http://www.kalgidhartrust.org/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaapaaraa Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh ADI GRANTH (Translation into English done by Ernst Trump) : I was reading this book and I didnt like the effort the author has put into it. So far as he also refutes many of the miracles in the life of Guru Nanak Dev Ji as childish and nonsensical. The book contains an english translation of the various Rags in ADI GRANTH, But I dont recommend it as I later found out that he is a Biased Christian Missionary and was assigned this work of Translation. He completed this work in 7 years, and the whole work seems like a painful experience for him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Here are some few book sites: www.singhbrothers.com http://www.asianpublications.com/sikhism.shtml http://half.ebay.com/search/search.jsp?nth...Sikhs&x=15&y=19 Its chardi-kalah 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jss Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 I would suggest reading the following books Gurmukh Sikhiya by Bhai Veer Singh Ji Kalgidhar Chamatkar by Bhai Veer Singh JI Guru Nanak Chamatkar by Bhai Veer Singh JI Spirit of the Sikh by Prof. Puran Singh ji Spirit Born People by Prof. Puran SIngh ji Ten Masters by Prof. Puran SIngh ji Bride of the Sky by Prof. Puran SIngh ji Sundri, Bijai Singh, Satwant Kaur, Baba Nodh SIngh...all these are by Bhai Vir Singh ji... Undity Dunia by Bhai Randhir Singhi will post more as i remember.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inder Singh Posted May 17, 2004 Report Share Posted May 17, 2004 History of the Sikhs - Khushwant Singh Brilliant book, begins by explaining origins of sikhism and covers all events in sikh history up to 1984. Saint Soldier - S S Kumar Another excellent book explaining Guru Gobind Singh's view of the ideal man Banda Bahadur Singh - Sohan Singh The definitive work on Banda Bahadur Singh witten by his direct ancestor, Wrote in 1920 very biased towards british rule, but facts are accurate. Battles of Guru Gobind Singh Military encounters described in depth Safarnama and Zafarnama: Being an Account of the Guru Gobind Singh and the Epistle of moral Victory written by him to Emperor Aurangzeb - Giani Ishar Singh Nara My Bleeding Punjab - Khushwant Singh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guv Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Besides which, he starts off the book by saying that he wants to set right the insults and offence levelled at Sikhism by some German swine who made derogatory comments about SGGS. i believe he's referring to ernst trump. an excellent book i'd heartily recommend to everyone is 'garland around my neck' by patwant singh & harinder kaur sekhon. it's the story of puran singh pingalware & is incredibly inspirational. u can get it from dtf - http://www.dtfbooks.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=45 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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