By Asia Samachar | New Book |
Nanak And His Philosophy, a book authored by a retired professor of microbiology with a keen interest in Sikhi, is now available in the market.
The 416-page book, authored by Dr Devinder Singh Chahal, contains 21 chapters, covering topics like ‘Who is Nanak’, ‘Mantra System’, Food Fads’ and ‘After Death: Heaven and Hell’. Asia Samachar was privileged to run an entire chapter – Sikh, Sikhi & Sikhism – ahead of the release of the book.
“When I look deeply into Sikhism, as it is being preached, I find it is promoted as a mystical, esoteric, enigmatic, and ritualistic religion,” writes the author in its preface. Here, he adds that book was a logically and scientifically revised and updated edition of the previous book, Nanakian Philosophy: Basics of Humanity.
Dr Devinder says he has applied the logic and current scientific knowledge to discover the originality and uniqueness of the philosophy of Nanak embodied in his Bani.
In one of the chapters, the author underlines the point that Guru Nanak was not only a philosopher ‘but at the top of the list of Natural Philosophers of the world.’ When tackling the topic ‘Hukm’, he shares that what is generally considered as the ‘Will of God’ is actually the Laws of Nature/Universe. He explains the distinction.
Relying on his long life as a Sikh, his training as a scientist and his love of the Guru, Prof Chahal has dedicated an enormous amount of energy trying to reform Sikhi by demonstrating the incorrect interpretations of the Aad Granth.
The book was published by the Institute for Understanding Sikhism (Quebec, Canada) and is distributed by the Amritsar-based Singh Brothers.
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