The Nirankari Sikhs by John C.B. Webster

Author:John C.B. Webster [Webster, John C.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781138317239
Goodreads: 39967724
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-04-30T00:00:00+00:00

He then developed a view according to which the guru takes three forms: Nirgun (formless and without attributes), Sargun (in person with attributes), and Gur Shabad (the word of the guru). Usually a human (Sargun) guru is necessary, although at times (as between Guru Gobind Singh and Baba Dayal) he hides himself. Moreover, a human guru functions according to the principles laid down in the Adi Granth (Gur Shabad).33 The other work, a short article on ‘The Significance of “Khalsa”’,34 examined the writings of the gurus, especially those contained in a collection of Hukamnamas published by the SGPC, to show that the epithet, ‘Khalsa’ was applied by the gurus, including Guru Gobind Singh, to all Sikhs and not just to the Singhs. These two works, based on a far more critical approach to sources than are his writings on the Nirankaris’ history, were serious challenges to generally accepted assumptions. They were based upon widely acknowledged Sikh sources and provided, in the former case, a place within Sikhism for a human guru subordinate to the Adi Granth and, in the latter, a position of equality within the Khalsa for Sahajdhari Sikhs.

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