CONCEPT OF EKKANKAAR IN JAPJI SAHIB
If someone is only interested in playing with the words, I doubt, he or she will ever address in serious way the message Guru Nanak wants to convey in JapJi (through out Sri Guru Granth Sahib), Sri Guru Granth Sahib is not a story of enlightened ones or rules and laws of this faith to control human souls but a detailed description of the beloved Creator for whom, enlightened ones fell for and in that love, they reacted towards prevailed religious practices of various faiths in their times. So we need to start to understand the Creator with whom the enlightened Gurus and Bhagatas fell in love. Guru Nanak’s point of views about the Creator, is deemed as the basis of His identity in Gurmat, no wonder this short or full version[in the beginning of Jap Ji] about His identity, is used in the beginning of every Shabada and specially named Bani. Since ideas about Him and about other numerous prevailed religious practices, are linked to Him, He must be defined at least through the words that can express the Inexpressible to some extent as per their (words) limits. Let’s try to understand that description of Him by Guru Nanak
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Anant Singh