Toby Braden Johnson. A short summary of this paper. Download Download PDF. Translate PDF. The first clue to grasping the true character of the Bala Janamsakhi is the fact that the persons related most closely to Guru Nanak are presented in uncomplimentary light. Important Information Terms of Use. Janqm advised his father that Nanak should be married. Although the new name of this city had been decided, at the time of Guru Nanak Dev himself, but became current only after it was registered in official records.
His father-in-law curses his fate to have a son-in-law like Guru Nanak. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The reasons for this are:. There is an english translation available and i hihgly encourage everyone to try and read it at some point in time. Names of certain selected cities and villages are changed from time to time. Sign in Already have an account? The name of Bhai Bala is so popular that it is doubtful if any other Sikh is popular to that extent.
The Minas were subsequently execrated by Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Sikhs were instructed to have no dealings with them. Bhai Mani Singh has, in his Bhagat Ratnawali, repeated nearly the same list but Bhai Bala, who could have narrated the Janam Sakhi as such, does not exist there either.
There are a number of other anomalies, which Dr. In reality, Bhai Bala never existed. He was a fictious character pushed into our history to destroy us. It was hard for me to believe at first, but it is the reality.
Pyare jio, most people believe Bhai Bala ji is an invention of the hindu right-wing groups. They are all with Bhai Mardana ji only. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website.
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Toby Braden Johnson. A short summary of this paper. I will introduce my design for a text-coding analysis of these stories to examine how they engage cognitive processes in the reader in order to convey Sikh doctrines of devotion, charity, and purity. I want to introduce the general scope of this work and outline how these methods contribute to my study of the janam-sakhis and how they open new horizons for studies of these stories and for religious texts in general.
We need to focus on the cognitive system as it operates to communicate and instill the information transmitted through janam-sakhi narratives.
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