✔ 1●GURU NANAK DEV Ji (1st Guru from 1469 to 1539) ๋• The first of the Gurus and the founder of the Sikh religion was Guru Nanak Dev ji. He was born at Talwandi (now known as Nankana Sahib in Pakistan) on October 20, 1469. ๋• Guru ji mastered Punjabi, Sanskrit and Persian at an early age and in childhood revolted against ritualism, caste, prejudices, hypocrisy and idolatry. ๋• GURU NANAK DEV JI: regarded Hindus and Muslims as equals and referred to himself as neither Hindu nor Muslim but as a brother to all those who believed in God and truth. ๋• GURU NANAK DEV JI: made four great journeys, travelling to all parts of India, and into Arabia and Persia; visiting Mecca and Baghdad. GURU JI spoke before Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, Parsees, and Muslims. GURU JI spoke in the temples and mosques, and at various pilgrimage sites. Wherever he went, Guru Nanak Dev ji spoke out against empty religious rituals, pilgrimages, the caste system, the sacrifice of widows, of depending on books to learn the true religion, and of all the other tenets that were to define his teachings. Never did he ask his listeners to follow him. He asked the Muslims to be true Muslims and the Hindus to be true Hindus. ✔ JINDER JEET SINGH VIRK • https://facebook/viirk
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 16:01:07 +0000
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