Guru Nanak

Guru Nanak

1. Founder of Sikh religion

2. Born April 15 1469

   • Simple Hindu family

3. Punjab area of Talwandi

4. Aged 11

   • time to invest sacred thread according to traditional Hindu custom
     • Refused

5. Accompanied by a family friend Mardana to river Bain for a bath

   • Reported drowned
   • God revealed himself to Guru Nanak
     • "There is but One God. His name is Truth..."
   • Reappeared 3 days later
   • "There is no Hindu, nor Muslim."
   • Taken to God's court and given a cup of nectar to drink, with the instruction to rejoice in God's name
     • Long journeys to convey message
       • After journey, he returned and created the Sikh village Kartharpur

6. Hostile to Mughal administration

   • Referred Babur as "Messenger of Death"

7. Teachings in Adi Granth

   • Equality
   • Rejection of caste system

8. 3 Fundamental Doctrines

   • Nam
     • "The Name"
     • a direct experience achieved by meditating
   • Sabad
     • "The Word"
     • God revealed through spoken word
   • Guru
     • Revealed through knowledge of Guru