551 Years Of His lessons


Created from and comforted in the dust,

Guided Guru Nanak Dev Ji to the dust.

He gave the equations of life.

We failed to solve in the spiced strife.

Addends, equality and honesty to sum life.

Subtrahends, superstitions and disparity to ease life.

Multiplied selfless service and divided the earnings.

Reciting his hymns ain’t helping hapless heroes.

Idyllic idols He seldom sermonized.

Pedant pleased the gold mines with gold divines.

Abused gender, misused weapons and diffused anger,

Are the crystals in our mused museums.

We mastered the untaught lessons.

We unlearnt the learnt lessons.


We celebrate the 551 st birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder and first Guru of Sikhism. Since his childhood, Guru Nanak Dev Ji had an unusual calm demeanor and was very spiritual by nature. He led an exemplary life and his principles are even valid in the present-day world.Guru Nanak Dev Ji is said to have travelled far and wide across Asia teaching people the message of ik Onkar (ੴ, 'one God'), who dwells in every one of his creations and constitutes the eternal Truth. With this concept, he would set up a unique spiritual, social, and political platform based on equality, fraternal love, goodness, and virtue. 

 

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