Guru Nanak Prakash - 8
Guru Nanak was an enlightened soul that was clear in his childhood when he was learning from Maulavi and told him that he couldn't go beyond the digit 1 and with that he meant the oneness of God. Again at the initiation ceremony of Janeyu thread that all high caste Hindu boys go through. The belief in high caste Hindus is that all boys are twice born - one birth that takes place in mothers womb and the other one is after initiation into Hindu dharma by ceremonial thread ceremony. This initiation gives the rights to boys to perform all rituals for their parents and grand parents. Girls are denied this right. When the pundit was about to wear the thread Nanak held his hand and said:" Pundit ji you are wearing me this thread so that my inner spiritual birth takes place then why this cotton thread? This will wear and tear and burn on pyre at my death. Why don't you wear me a thread that matches my soul and go with it after my death." This was his first blow to the age old traditions, blind faiths that were made to earn money and were nothing but empty ritualism. All his life he made many such challenges to the Brahman, Jogis, Naths, priests, Maulavis and the tyrants. One thing is remarkable that he was clear in his mind and purpose and he was enlightened about the Truth. He gives his insight about his realization of Truth as: "Truth is high, but higher still is the truthful living."
God's creation human kind and his living, his purpose to be born as human being and his evolution into a society all these developments were central to his thought process. His wanderings of 47000 miles across Asia on foot broadened his enlightenment and he realized that for the betterment of the humanity, religion has to be the central theme. That is why he stressed on praises of the Almighty God. At the same time he promotes the living of a householders life while doing that.
Guru Nanak was an enlightened soul that was clear in his childhood when he was learning from Maulavi and told him that he couldn't go beyond the digit 1 and with that he meant the oneness of God. Again at the initiation ceremony of Janeyu thread that all high caste Hindu boys go through. The belief in high caste Hindus is that all boys are twice born - one birth that takes place in mothers womb and the other one is after initiation into Hindu dharma by ceremonial thread ceremony. This initiation gives the rights to boys to perform all rituals for their parents and grand parents. Girls are denied this right. When the pundit was about to wear the thread Nanak held his hand and said:" Pundit ji you are wearing me this thread so that my inner spiritual birth takes place then why this cotton thread? This will wear and tear and burn on pyre at my death. Why don't you wear me a thread that matches my soul and go with it after my death." This was his first blow to the age old traditions, blind faiths that were made to earn money and were nothing but empty ritualism. All his life he made many such challenges to the Brahman, Jogis, Naths, priests, Maulavis and the tyrants. One thing is remarkable that he was clear in his mind and purpose and he was enlightened about the Truth. He gives his insight about his realization of Truth as: "Truth is high, but higher still is the truthful living."
God's creation human kind and his living, his purpose to be born as human being and his evolution into a society all these developments were central to his thought process. His wanderings of 47000 miles across Asia on foot broadened his enlightenment and he realized that for the betterment of the humanity, religion has to be the central theme. That is why he stressed on praises of the Almighty God. At the same time he promotes the living of a householders life while doing that.
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