These carry forward the teachings of guru nanak, using slightly different style and idiom but staying totally true to the spirit of the message. These are: 1) jap sahib, 2) the sawaiyye both forming part of the morning prayers, and 3) the benti chaupayi, which is recited every evening as part of the rehras sahib. The present volume deals with jap sahib, which is one of the three banis of the tenth nanak included in the nitnem. It can be said that the asa di var makes the clearest statement of guru nanak's iconoclastic vision of a simple life of devotion to the one lord, eschewing the unthinking ritualism that had crept into the social and religious observances at that time, and offering practical comments on the way our daily lives should be lived. The second book dealt with the asa di var, the bani which further emphasized the guru's message and where the guru offers some trenchant criticism of the way the socio-religious polity had developed in this part of the country at that time. These tenets were to become the foundation on which is built the sikh nation, with the tenth nanak, guru gobind singh completing the edifice on that momentous baisakhi day in 1699 ad. That bani spells out the basic tenets of guru nanak's philosophy, which then are elaborated in the sri guru granth sahib (sggs).
The first of the series dealt with guru nanak's japji sahib, the bani that has rightly been called by that great mystic and scholar bhai gurdas the key to the sri guru granth sahib. This book is the third in the series 'way to god in sikhism'. He has to his credit now, three books in the series 'way to god in sikhism.' The study of spiritual literature, especially relating to the sikh religion, has been his passion.
A voracious reader all his life, he has also a few short stories to his credit. He admits to literature being his first love and in all probability, his true calling. His illustrious career has seen him as CMD of a public sector bank and he was also a member of the punjab state human rights commission. Chahal has served in the IAS in punjab and in the central government.