Transcript Guru Nanak Dev Jee - Gurdwara Singh Sabha BD

By Bhupinder and Jaspreet
 Guru
Nanak Dev Ji was the first Guru
 Born in year 1469 in the Village Talwandi
now known to be Nankana Sahib
 Who was the first to recognise Guru
Nanak Dev Ji’s Enlightened Soul?
 Which Bania did Guru Nanak Dev Ji write?
 What was Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s three basic
teachings?
 He taught to have equality for humans
and women

Who was the first to recognise Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s
Enlightened Soul?


What Bania did Guru Nanak Dev Ji write?


Answer: Sister, Bibi Nanaki
Answer: Japji Sahib, Sidh Gost, Baavan Akri and
Dhakanee Oankar
What was Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s three basic
teachings?

Answer: Naam Japna, Kirat Karni and Vand Chakna
 Naam
Japna:
 Meditation on Vaheguru mantar
 Sikhi is all Naam, it makes everything we do
in life Accepted
 Example- Clap your hands
 Kirat Karni:
 Gristee Jeevan
 Earning a honest living
 Vand Chakna:
 To Share with Others – Give Examples?
After teaching people in Lahore to live
honestly, Guru ji returned to Talwandi to see
his parents. Then after a short stay, he
went with Mardana his friend on a long journey
to visit the sacred places of pilgrimage of the
Hindus. On the way they reached Bhai Lalo’s
workshop at Saidpur.
Bhai Lalo earned his living by honest work.
Bhai Lalo was nearly seventeen years older
than Guru Nanak. When Lalo saw two holy men
coming towards him, he put aside his work and
spread a bed for them and went to get some
lunch for them.
Bhai Lalo asked Guru Nanak to come there and
have his meal. So the meal was brought out
and Mardana then divided it into three parts
and they all ate it together. “This meal tastes
like nectar. What has been put in it?” asked
Bhai Mardana. Guru Nanak replied “That was
the sweet flavour of truthfulness and honesty
that you tasted. This taste is above the worldly
tastes.”
One day Malik Bhago, a high government
official of the city, gave a general feast. He
invited Guru Nanak too. Guru ji refused the
invitation saying, "We are fakirs(poor), what
have we to do with your feast?" On being asked
a second time, Guru Nanak took Bhai Lalo with
him and went to Malik Bhago’s house. With
great anger Malik Bhago said to Guru ji, “You
are dishonoring Kshatriyas by eating dry
chapaties in the house of a low caste
carpenter. My feast will offer you delicious
food. Why do you refuse to eat it?”
Guru Nanak took Bhai Lalo’s dry
chapati in his right hand and Malik
Bhago’s fried sweet pancake in his
left hand. When he squeezed the
right hand the people present there
saw
And when he pressed the left hand
with the Malik Bhago's fried
pancakes, everyone saw
“Look Malik Bhago, wealth gathered by cruelty
and corruption towards the poor is like sucking
their blood which you have done. You had
invited me to partake of blood, leaving food
pure as milk. How could I accept it?” said Guru
ji. Malik Bhago was silent then. Bhai Lalo on
the other hand was the symbol of honesty and
hard work. So according to Guru ji it’s better
to earn little money with honesty than to
amass a huge wealth by tricky and unkind
means.
Bhai Lalo was blessed by Guru Ji to spread the message of
Naam. He became a spiritual Sikh and preached
the Guru's teachings to the people of Saidpur.
pihlW bwby pwXw bKsu dir ipCo dy iPir Gwl kmweI]
First of all Baba Nanak obtained the gate of the grace (of
Lord) and then He underwent and earned the rigorous
discipline (of heart and mind).
ryqu Aku Awhwru kir roVW kI gur krI ivCweI]
He fed himself with sand and swallow-wort and made stones
his bedding i.e. he enjoyed poverty too.
BwrI krI qpisAw vfy Bwgu hir isau bix AweI]
He offered full Devotion and then he was fortunate to have
union with God.
bwbw pYDw sc KMif nau iniD nwmu grIbI pweI]
Baba reached the region of Truth wherefrom he received
Naam, the storehouse of nine treasures and humility.
bwbw dyKy iDAwn Dir jlqI siB ipRQvI idis AweI]
In his meditation, Baba found the whole earth
burning (with the fire of lust and anger).
bwJhu gurU gubwr hY hY hY krdI suxI lukweI]
Without Guru there is utter darkness and he
heard the cries of the common men.
bwby ByK bxwieAw audwsI kI rIiq clweI]
To further understand the people, Guru Nanak
donned robes in their manner and preached
them to be detached (from the pleasure and
pain).
ciVAw soDix Driq lukweI ]24]
Thus he went out to purify humanity on
earth.(24)
 What
two things did Guru Nanak Dev Ji receive
from Saachkhand?
1
2
 What
two other requirements were necessary
in his discipline in order to please God?
1
2
 What
did Guru Nanak Dev Ji see and do when in
meditation?
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