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| The benefactor Lord listened to the cries (of humanity) and sent Guru Nanak to this world.
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| He washed His feet, eulogised God and got his Disciples drink the ambrosia of his feet.
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| He preached in this darkage (kaliyug) that, saragun (Brahm) and nirgun (Parbrahm) are the same and identical.
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| Dharma was now established on its four feet and all the four castes (through fraternal feeling) were converted into one caste (of humanity).
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| Equating the poor with the prince, he spread the etiquette of humbly touching the feet.
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| Inverse is the game of the beloved; he got the egotist high heads bowed to feet.
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| Baba Nanak rescued this dark age (kaliyug) and recited ‘satinam’ mantr for one and all.
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| Guru Nanak came to redeem the kaliyug.
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| Bhai Gurdas Ji Vars p.1 [http://www.sikhitothemax.com/Page.asp?SourceID=B&PageNo=01&ShabadID=5563&Format=2 Read Shabad at SikhiToTheMax]
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| '''Guru Nanak''' (गुरु नानक) ([[15 April]] [[1469]] - [[7 May]] [[1539]]), the founder of [[Sikhism]] and the first of the ten Gurus of the Sikhs, was born in the village of [[Nankana Sahib| Talwandi]], now called [[Nankana Sahib]], near [[Lahore]] in present-day [[Pakistan]]. He was born, according to all ancient Sikh records, in the early morning of the third day of the light half of the month of Baisakh (Apil-May) in the year 1469 AD; but for conveniance sake his anniversary is now observed by the Sikhs on the occaision of the full moon in the month of Kartik (October-November). His parents, Mehta Kalu and Matta Tripat, were [[Hindu]]s and belonged to the merchant caste. Even as a boy, Nanak was fascinated by religion, and his desire to explore the mysteries of life eventually led him to leave home.
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| Nanak married Sulkhni, of Batala, and they had two sons, [[Sri Chand]] and [[Lakhmi Das]]. He continued his religious pursuits as always. His brother-in-law, the husband of his sister [[Nanaki]], obtained a job for him in Sultanpur as the manager of the government granary. One morning, when he was twenty-eight, he went as usual down to the river to bathe and meditate. It was said that he was gone for three days. When he reappeared, filled with the spirit of God, (see [[3 Days in the River]]) he said, "[[There is no Hindu and no Musalman]]." It was then he began his missionary work.
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| Tradition states that he made four great journeys, traveling to all parts of [[India]], and into [[Arabia]] and [[Persia]]; visiting [[Mecca]] and [[Baghdad]]. He spoke before [[Hinduism|Hindus]], [[Jainism|Jains]], [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Parsees]], and [[Muslim]]s. He spoke in the temples and mosques, and at various pilgrimage sites. Wherever he went, Guru Nanak spoke out against empty [[Ritual|religious rituals]], [[pilgrimage]]s, the [[caste system]], the [[Sati|sacrifice of widows]], of depending on [[Sacred text|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.
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| After the last of his great journeys, Guru Nanak settled in the town of Kartapur (in [[Punjab]]) on the banks of the [[Ravi_River|Ravi]] where he taught for another fifteen years. Followers from all over came to settle in Kartapur to listen, and sing, and be with him. During this time, although his followers still remained Hindu, Muslim, or of the religion to which they were born, they became known as the Guru's disciples, or [[Sikh|sikhs]]. It was here his followers began to refer to him as teacher, or [[Guru|guru]]. It was here that the Guru told his followers that they were to be [[Household|householders]] and could not live apart from the world—there were to be no [[Priest|priests]] or [[Hermit|hermits]]. Here is where the Guru instituted the [[Langar|common meal]]; requiring the rich and poor, Hindu and Muslim, high caste and low caste, to sit together while eating. Here is where Lehna, later to be [[Guru_Angad_Dev|Guru Angad]], came to be with Guru Nanak.
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| Just before Guru Nanak died, he called his disciples together and requested them to sing Sohila, the evening hymn. To satisfy both his Hindu and Muslim follower as to the funeral arrangements it is said he did not allow his body to remain behind.
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| {{Sikh Gurus|Bhagats|([[1100]] - [[1469]])|Guru Nanak|Guru Angad Dev|([[31 March]] [[1504]] - [[29 March]] [[1552]])}}
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