Keywords
Guru Nanak
Bhai Gurdas
Bhai Vir Singh
Puran Singh
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Abstract
This paper considers a trio of moral precepts for Sikhs that have come to be known as the “three pillars of Sikhism,” (Naam japna, kirat karni, vand chhakna) and traces their origins to a specific work of Bhai Vir Singh, originally published in 1907. The paper also discusses some subsequent literary use of the triple, and relates the “three pillars” to the trio “Naam, daan, isnaan,” which appear in the writings of Guru Nanak in Sri Guru Granth Sahib.References
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