Harmandir Sahib

Harmandir Sahib
Harmandir Sahib (The Golden Temple), Amritsar, Punjab, India

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Saturday, 25 April 2015

Daily Prayers:

A Sikh should recite the following scriptural compositions every day: 

1. The Japji, the Jaap Sahib and the Ten Sawayyas (Quartets) - beginning “Sarawag sudh” - in the morning. 

2. Sodar Rehras compromising the following compositions: 
     • Nine hymns of the Guru Granth Sahib, occurring in the holy book after the Japji Sahib, the first of which begins with “Sodar” and the last of which ends with “saran pare ki rakho sarma”;
     • The Benti Chaupai of the tenth Guru (beginning “hamri karo hath dai rachha” and ending with “dusht dokh te leho bachai”;
     • The Sawayya beginning with the words “pae geho jab te tumre”;
     • The Dohra beginning with the words “sagal duar kau chhad kai”;
     • The first five and the last pauris (stanzas) of Anand Sahib; &
     • Mundawani and the Slok Mahla 5 beginning “tera kita jato nahi” in the evening after sunset. 

3. The Sohila - to be recited at night before going to bed.

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