guru nanak

Sat Nam I have attached a text file which contains the Gifts of each pauri of JapJi. The file is a text file, but the contents are an html webpage. After saving the file, rename it from a .txt to a .html and then open it in a browser window, using the steps "file", "open", "browse", (locate file...

Hello there. I asked a question on another thread concerning alleged prophecies predicting the coming of Guru Nanak. There's been no response to it yet. I was wondering if the exact references could be verified. I have another question. What were proper religious faiths, if any, before Nanak...

Guru Nanak In Baghdad Submitted by Preet Mohan Singh Ahluwalia Location of shrine, map of Baghdad The following account of Guru Nanak's visit to Baghdad was taken from The Divine Master, Lahore 1930 by Sewaram Singh, published in Punjab: Past and Present and Guru Nanak's Visit to Baghdad...

first of all i dont mean to hurt anybody's feelings,but because in discussion everyone has right to present his thesis.so i am expressing my point of view right now i am working on documentry on sikhs of new york(even though i am not very experienced documentry maker)but i know all the technical...

Waheguru Ji ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji KI fateh. Sidh Ghost is a Bani of Guru nanak Ji sahib that is a Dialogue Guur Ji had with the Top Master Yogis and Siddhs of His Day. In this bani The Siddhs and Yogi masters question Guru Ji on his New Philosophy and Religious ideas and Guru Ji gives His...

The first word of most of the lines of the 8th through the 11th Paurees of JapJi is "SUNIAI" - which is translated as "listening" in some places. From the rest of the content of those same lines, it is clear that suniai is far more than an English speaking person would call "listening" - or...

Originally Posted by : Balbir Singh Pray Truth for all and say Satsriakal! Dear Gurbani Lovers! I have a curiosity. In Japuji Sahib after Guru's Vaak "hai bhee sach naanak hosee bhee sach" number '1' occurs. The same number '1' occurs again after Guru's Vaak "hukam rajaa-ee chalnaa naanak...

Sat Nam; I have read someplace that "scholars say" that Guru Nanak was born on the 15th of April. I am told that Sikhs do not celebrate it on that day. Can anyone fill in more details on both parts of this? I became more curious when I heard about the "scholars" version because the day I first...

INDIA BEFORE GURU NANAK After its climax, Buddhism started degenerating in India. Statues of Buddha and Budhisattvas became very common and were installed in their temples. Buddhist monks preached lesson of non-violence and non-resistance which made the people non-aggressive even in self...

Sat Nam! The Aquarian Teacher 2003 has a page listing the Gifts of the 40 pauris of JaapJi. I am wishing to learn more about the origin of that list - or to find who and where these gifts were first described. I would guess that it may originate in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, and if so, can...

Guru Nanak Dev, The Founder of Sikh Religion by Gurdas Singh Guru Nanak the founder of Sikhism the world's youngest monotheistic religion was born in Talwandi in the state of Punjab. From his earliest days he showed signs of deep spirituality and of a holy nature to all who came into contact...

Guru Nanak Dev Ji visit to Kamroop: hay kaaman narak bisraaman baho jonee bharmaavneh. chit harnan tarai lok gam-yan jap tap seel bidaarneh. alap sukh avit chanchal ooch neech samaavneh. tav bhai bimunchit saadh sangam ot naanak naaraa-ineh. ||46|| O sexual desire, you lead the...

hey ma sis is doing her dissertation and wanted a sum text from the guru granth sahib that sayz nething about aiming and achieving ? could you help ?

My understanding of 7th pauri jy jug cwry Awrjw hor dsUxI hoie ] If one lengthens life span by yoga to ages four, Or even succeeds in stretching the span by tenfold. nvw KMfw ivic jwxIAY nwil clY sBu koie ] And his fame in nine regions flows is followed ‘with homage’ wherever he goes...

I would like to hear the views of sangat on the following post made by my friend in another forum. Thanks

Stanza VI Teerath navah jai tis bhava vin bhanai kai nae karii Pilgrimage bathing is only then useful if it pleases Him; if bathing, His favor does bestow, why at all to places of pilgrimage I go? Jaiti seerth upai vaikha vin karma kai milai lai Vast, as God’s Creation that I do perceive...

Here is my understanding of 5th pauri. Thapiya na jaaye keeta na hoeye, aapeh aap niranjan soey God can neither be installed like an idol nor constituted or created; the pure one is self-existent reality. Jin seviya tin pa-eyah maan, nanak gaveyee-hey guni nidhan Those who served and...

Here is my understanding of 4th pauri. Saa-cha sahib saach naaye bhakhiya bhau aapaar True is God (Not fiction of our mind), true is His ownership, and Eternity’s is His Name. He is remembered with infinite expression of love, in communication with inner desired aim. Aakhey manghey dhey...

Rawalpindi’s Muslim tenant remembers his pre-Partition Sikh landlord Varinder Walia Tribune News Service Bhupinder Singh Sometimes, human sentiments transcend the regional and the temporal...

Is it true that Shia Muslims accept Guru Nanak as a Prophet? Anyone know more about this. I know they are much more tolerant in terms of acceptance of other Prophets and beliefs than Sunni Muslims.