The Guru's word, sung. Shabad kirtan is the Sikh art of chanting Gurbani to raga — devotion set to melody since the time of Guru Nanak, five hundred years ago.
ਅਦਵੈਤ
Ik Onkar
Ik Onkar — ੴ — there is only One. One reality in every heart, every faith, every shore. The mantras of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib are not dogma; they are a technology of remembrance. To chant is to remember what was never lost.
ਮੰਤ੍ਰ
The Mantras
Words of
Power
Sat Nam — Truth is the Name. Waheguru — Wondrous Wisdom. Har — the Liberating. Each mantra is a seed; repetition is the water. In the Darbar player, every shabad carries its Gurmukhi line and English translation, side by side, in time.
ਮੂਲ
The Mool Mantra
“One Universal Reality — Truth is Its Name. Without fear, without hate.”
— Mool Mantra, Siri Guru Granth Sahib
The opening verse of the Sikh scripture — the first words Manika ever recorded, and the last words many gatherings share.