Guru Nanak Dev Birth Anniversary (Jayanti) : Founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev was far ahead of his time, more particularly in dealing with the matters of social aspects.
It was because of his progressive thinking that the evils like untouchability, parda pratha
Significance of physical labor
He strongly opposed to the begging, that’s too whatever be the circumstances . Not only he but all the other later Sikh Gurus laid great emphasis on the significance of physical- labor, and held it on high esteem. It is because of this no Sikh is found to be a beggar. Nanakdev preached- ‘Know the light within the man, not his caste.
At the time of death when your destiny would finally be determined, nobody would ask your caste then.’
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God is one
Guru Nanak was predominantly a singer adopting Samvedic ways of composition. Guru-Vani is more notably based only on Samved genre, which later gained the form of holy book , Shri Guru Granth Sahib. Shri Guru Granth Sahib begins with ‘Om’ preceded by ‘One’ <१\> , preaching that God is one.
When he entered the last phase of his life he felt the need for his successor. In quest of which he took the tests of his disciples and sons several times. Among the disciples was Lahinaji who always emerged successful in the tests. Therefore, giving precedence to him over his own eldest son Shri Chandji, he decided to consecrate him as the next Guru of Sikhism.
Twenty days before his death, after having elevated him
Shri Guru Nanak Dev, thus, proved that the criterion of achieving Gurupad is not one to be a Guruputra
Written By- E. Rajesh Pathak From Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
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