and ceremoniously closed at about 10 p.m. Guru Granth is ceremoniously opened at about 4 a.m. In a Gurdwara, the prayers are said every day of the week. All prayers should be said in the presence of Guru Granth Sahib. It takes about 1.5 hours to read or recite it. The most popular community prayer is `Sukhmani Sahib`, a long composition composed by Guru Arjan Dev. In this era the tradition of morning choirs (prabhat pheris) was also introduced. Though community prayers were prevalent in the life times of all the Sikh Gurus, they were formalised and declared as an essential part of a Sikh life by Guru Hargobind during 1606-1645. The community prayer is said or performed in a Sikh temple (Gurdwara) or in a house where the community gathers to say a collective prayer. In addition to the above prayers which are read or recited from the Gudkas, a short form of scriptures, a thanksgiving prayer is also said once in the morning and second time in the evening. It is recorded on pages 12-13 of Guru Granth Sahib and has 5 shabads (3 shabads of Guru Nanak Dev, 1 shabad of Guru Ramdas and 1 shabad of Guru Arjan Dev). (It takes about 5 minutes to recite or read it. Kirtan Sohila – a short composition comprising of hymns of different Gurus. Night time prayer: (This prayer is said before going to sleep) The additional compositions appear only in the Gudkas. Later, tradition has added 15 more compositions with the original Rehras 3 compositions of Guru Gobind Singh, 6 pauris of Anand Sahib by Guru Amardas, 1 shabad by Guru Nanak and 5 compositions of Guru Arjan). Five shabads (3 of Guru Nanak, 1 of Guru Ramdas and 1 of Guru Arjan) are recorded under the heading of `Sodar’ and four shabads (1 of Guru Nanak, 2 of Guru Ramdas, and 1 of Guru Arjan) are recorded under the heading of `Sopurkh’. The Rehras as recorded in Guru Granth Sahib (pages 8-12) has nine shabads in it. Rehras Sahib – a long composition comprising hymns of different Gurus (It takes about 20 minutes to recite or read it. These are recorded on the pages 13-15 of the Dasam Granth.Įvening prayer: (This prayer is said at the time of sunset) Sudha Swayas – a short hymn of 10 stanzas composed by Guru Gobind Singh (It takes about 7 minutes to recite or read it). It is recorded on pages 1-10 of the Dasam Granth. Jap Sahib – a long hymn of 199 verses composed by Guru Gobind Singh (It takes about 25 minutes to recite or read it). It is recorded on pages 1-8 of Guru Granth Sahib. It takes about 20 minutes to recite or read it. First sloak also appears in Guru Arjan’s Sukhmani, and the second sloak as the bani of Guru Angad (Rag Maj pages 146/147 of Guru Granth Sahib). Japji Sahib – a long hymn of 38 pauris (stanzas) and two sloaks (couplets) composed by Guru Nanak (as recorded by Guru Ramdas). The set individual prayers are as follows: Morning prayers: (These must be said before starting the daily work) There are no set formalities or rituals to say individual prayers. It can be said when a person is walking or commuting to his/her work or doing gardening or swimming or doing early morning exercises. An individual prayer can be said at any place. A Sikh prayer can be either an individual prayer or a community prayer. Like most of the world religions, the Sikhs recite/listen to the holy hymns from their scriptures and also say their prayers.ĥ. This is an act of reverence and not worship.Ĥ. The Sikhs bow to Guru Granth Sahib and other Sikh scriptures. Guru Gobind Singh in one of his hymns has categorically said, “Whosoever will dare to equate me with God, he/she will be thrown in the cauldron of hell”.ģ. It is a blasphemy to give the status of God to the prophets. Like other World religion, they respect their prophets and show extreme type of affection and honour for them, but they are not allowed to elevate them to the status of God. (Compare this with Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism)Ģ. They are not allowed to worship any images or photographs or graves or objects. The Sikhs worship only one Almighty God in his abstract form.
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