Illuminated Adi Granth folio with nisan (Mool Mantar) of Guru Gobind Singh. Collection of Takht Sri Harimandir Sahib, Patna.
The Mool Mantar (Punjabi: ਮੂਲ ਮੰਤਰ, Mūl Maṃtar, Mool Mantra) is the most important composition contained within the Guru Granth Sahib; it is the basis of Sikhism. Its importance is emphasised by the fact that it is the first composition to appear in the Granth and that it appears before the commencement of most of the Raags within the Granth. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1059x1510, 412 KB) Illuminated Adi Granth folio with nisan of Guru Gobind Singh. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1059x1510, 412 KB) Illuminated Adi Granth folio with nisan of Guru Gobind Singh. ... Punjabi (also Panjabi; in GurmukhÄ«, PanjÄbÄ« in ShÄhmukhÄ«) is the language of the Punjabi people of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... Illuminated Adi Granth folio with nisan (Mool Mantar) of Guru Gobind Singh. ... The Golden Temple is a sacred shrine for Sikhs Sikhism (Punjabi: , ), is a panentheistic religion based on the teachings of ten Gurus who lived in northern India during the 16th and 17th centuries. ... Raga (राग) (rāg /राग (Hindi), raga (Anglicised from rāgaḥ/रागः (Sanskrit)) or rāgam /ராகம் (Tamil)) are the very detailed melodic modes used in Indian classical music. ...
The Mool Mantar is said to be the first composition uttered by Guru Nanak upon enlightenment at the age of 30. Being the basis of Sikhism it encapsulate the entire theology of Sikhism, and as a result, it is also the most difficult composition to fully understand. The proceeding Japji Sahib and the rest of the Guru Granth Sahib totalling 1430 pages, are efforts to explain that which is contained within the Mool Mantar. Guru Nanak (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ, Devanagari: गुरु नानक) (20 October 1469 - 7 May 1539), the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Gurus of the Sikhs, was born in the village of Talwandi, now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore in present-day Pakistan. ... Japji Sahib consists of the Mool Mantra, a set of 38 hymns and a final Salok which appear at the very beginning of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Holy Book of the Sikhs. ...
Transliteration: Ik ōaṅkār sat nām karatā purakh nirabha'u niravair akāl mūrat ajūnī saibhaṁ gur prasād |
English: One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying, Beyond Birth, Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace ~
The English translation uses 'he' when referring to God. Sikhism does not recognise God as being of either sex and the original Punjabi version reflects this by being without gender. Punjabi (also Panjabi; in GurmukhÄ«, PanjÄbÄ« in ShÄhmukhÄ«) is the language of the Punjabi people of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... Transliteration in a narrow sense is a mapping from one system of writing into another. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
MoolMantar and the manifestation of Gurmantar in the candidates
In the presence of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, the Panj Pyare are to make all the Singhs and Singhnis stand and collectively repeat the MoolMantar five times, investing all its spiritual powers into the candidates.
In the same manner, Vaheguru (Gurmantar) is to be repeated five times and in the same way all its powers become invested in the individual, by repeating it in the presence of Guru Sahib.