Sohila

Guru Nanak Sahib, Guru Arjan Sahib

Guru Nanak Sahib describes the universe’s ‘Arti’ of IkOankar (the Divine) as opposed to a ritualistic Arti performed according to Hindu tradition. The entire manifest creation, the sun, moon, stars, air, water, fire, vegetation, etc., perform Arti perpetually of the transcendent IkOankar. The consciousness (light) of IkOankar alone infuses life in everyone. This shifts the practice from an individualistic context and expands it to the cosmos’ Arti to include all things and beings.