Oneness, Truth and Divine Grace: Explanation of One God in Sikhism

Abstract

              This research article explains about the Supreme Being or God according to Sikh philosophy and reveals the 9 divine attributes found in the Mul Mantra, which appears at the beginning of Gurbani (the Divine Revelations) as contained in the Holy Scripture (Guru Granth Sahib). This is the result of a documentary study with the objective to analyze and synchronize the Sikh philosophical knowledge for Thai society. Through hermeneutics and semantics in accord with Sikh tradition, an understanding of God has been gained from this study. There are 3 important attributes that need to be understood: (a) “Oneness” defined as the absolute God who is the source of all creation and all life; (b) “Truth” which can be realized by invoking His Holy Name; and (c) access to “His Divine Grace” (Gur Prasad) as an opportunity given to Man to attain the highest intellectual potential, while at the same time revealing the relationship between God (Wah Guru – “Wondrous Enlightener”) and Man (disciple). It is Man’s duty to study the Way of Gurbani in order to kindle the Divine Light of Wisdom (Jot) within, and utilize the ‘Way’ to attain the highest objective, which is the merging back into the Oneness of God.