Sikh Founder Guru Nanak Dev Ji
The
founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus is our own Guru
Nanak Dev ji. He is preached till date only because of his teaching and
therefore, was given the name ‘Guru’. His core teaching says that we are
on this earth as human beings and the purpose of a human being is to do
good deeds at first and rest everything afterwards. Purity of thoughts
and actions lead to a peaceful and prosperous environment. He is
considered hoy not only by Sikhs but also by Punjabi Hindus as well as
Muslims due his close connections with Hazrat Sheikh Farid-ud-din Ganj
Shakar, the Punjabi Sufi saint. His birth is celebrated world-wide on
Kartik Puranmashi, the full-moon day which falls on different dates each
year 9tithis according to Hindi calendar) in the month of Katak,
October–November.
Childhood
He
was born on October 20, 1469 in Nankana Sahib in Punjab to Kalyan Chand
Das Bedi and Mata Tripta. He had only one sibling. She was his elder
sister, Bibi Nanaki, who moved to Sultanpur after her marriage. He was
so attached to his sister that he went to Sultanpur after her to live
with her family. He found work with Daulat Khan at the age of sixteen
and started working there in Sultanpur itself.
Education
At
the age of seven, as a custom of village he started going to a school
in the village itself. He was brilliant as a student. As a child Nanak
astonished his teacher by describing the implicit symbolism of the first
letter of the alphabet, which is an almost straight stroke in Persian
or Arabic. But on the other hand, he used to be a menace for Gurus.
The Divine Life
It
is said that once he was taking bath in the river and suddenly God
appeared and took him with him to heaven. Everyone thought he died
including his family. He returned after three days with a message. This
was enlightenment to him and he gave up his job to spread the word he
got from God. He saw the world trapped in sins and hatred, so he took
the responsibility of educating the people to follow the path of God. He
travelled to many places across the world, spreading his divine
teachings.
At the End
Guru
Nanak appointed Bhai Lehna (Guru Angad) as the successor Guru and died
in Kartarpur on September 22, 1539, at the age of 70.
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