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Work #415

Guru Granth Sahib

Compiled by Guru Arjan (1604); declared eternal Guru by Guru Gobind Singh (1708); composite authorship across the ten Gurus and contributing bhakti / Sufi saints (Kabir, Namdev, Ravidas, Sheikh Farid, etc.)
1604 (Adi Granth, compiled by Guru Arjan); 1706 (Damdama Sahib recension, completed by Guru Gobind Singh) · Gurmukhi (Punjabi), with passages in Sant Bhasha, Braj, Persian, Sanskrit, and Khari Boli
Devotional poetry-scripture, organized by raga (musical mode) · Sikhism / Sant tradition / North Indian bhakti-Sufi synthesis

Ek Onkar — One God beyond all images; devotion to the Name (Naam) as the path of liberation

Attribute Fingerprint

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Attribute Guru Granth Sahib
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Finite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Multiple
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Immediate
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Both
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method Confessional
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

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Time

Guru Granth Sahib

Linear devotional time within cyclic yugas.

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Space

Guru Granth Sahib

Created substantival space.

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Matter

Guru Granth Sahib

Created substantival matter.

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Observer

Guru Granth Sahib

Plural devotees; multiple time-instances through reincarnation. Personal metaphysical agency: Waheguru.

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Energy

Guru Granth Sahib

Standard physics within a sovereign-creator cosmology.

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Information

Guru Granth Sahib

Personal soul conserved across rebirths; eventual liberation in union with Waheguru.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Guru Granth Sahib

The Granth's inclusion of bhakti and Sufi saints alongside the Sikh gurus has been a continuing intra-Sikh question — some traditional readings hold the bhakti/Sufi compositions as preparatory to but distinct from the gurus' authoritative teaching; others treat them as equal voices of the one truth. The 1875 Singh Sabha reform movement consolidated the modern reading.