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GURU NANAK DEV JI TEACHINGS

Guru Nanak Dev Ji is known for his political, social and

cultural beliefs based on love, equality, fraternity and
virtue. He travelled to far off places and spread the
message of 'one God' and that God constitutes the eternal
truth and he resides in his creations. His teachings can be
found in the sacred Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib -- a
vast collection of verses recorded in Gurumukhi.

Guru Nanak occupies a high place among the sages and

seers of the world. He spent his whole life in preaching a
religion based on all that was beneficial to all human
beings - to the Hindus as well as Muslims. His philosophy
was simple but very meaningful and impressive.

The main significant teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji are

as follows-

1. The Significance of a Guru in Life:-

According to Guru Nanak, Guru is the real incarnation of
God. A Guru provides us with true knowledge. Their
enlightening guidance eliminates the darkness from our
lives and leads us to salvation.
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2. Soul is Divine:-Guru Nanak believed in the presence of

soul in the body of every individual. That soul according to
him is the divine power within a human being.

3. Diminish 5 Evils from Life:- Ego, greed, anger, lust, and

attachment are the 5 evils of life. Guru Nanak laid
emphasis on purity of heart, love, and devotion for the
almighty God, which is omnipresent. So, worship him with
a pure soul and leave behind these 5 evils.

4. Equality for Women:-

The teaching includes that women are equal to men and
there should be no discrimination on the basis of gender.
He permitted women to attend religious gatherings and
publicly sing hymns for God.

5. Selfless Service:-
Guru Nanak believed to offer selfless services to others as
the sacred duty of a mankind. The holiest pilgrimage site
of Sikhism in India is the Golden Temple, located in
Amritsar. They serve food as ‘langar’ to 100,000 people of
diverse religions every day for free.
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THREE PILLARS OF SIKHISM

1. Naam Japo-The Guru led the Sikhs directly to practise

Simran and Naam Japo—meditation on God and reciting
and chanting of God's Name—Waheguru. The Sikh is to
recite the Nitnem banis daily in remembrance of the grace
and kirpa of the Almighty.

2. Kirat Karo-He asked the Sikhs to live as householders

and practise Kirat Karo: to honestly earn, with hard work,
by one's physical and mental effort, while accepting God's
gifts and blessing. One is to speak the truth at all times.
Live a life of decency, high moral values and spirituality.

3. Vand Chakko-The Sikhs were asked to share (the food,

Wealth etc.) with everyone, Irrespective of caste, creed,
colour or sexuality by practising Vaṇḍ Chakkō—“Share
and Consume together”. The community or Sadh Sangat
is an important part of Sikhism. One must be part of a
community that is pursuing the values set out by the Sikh
Gurus and every Sikh has to give in whatever way
possible to the community. This spirit of Giving is an
important message from Guru Nanak.
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IMPACT OF GURU NANAK'S TEACHINGS ON

THE SOCIETY

The teachings of Guru Nanak had a great impact on the

society. Guru Nanak discovered that the root cause of all
the ills of the society was the moral degradation of people.
He felt that the root cause of all the ills of the society
steeped in ignorance and corruption nothing could be
done for them. He preached against idol worship and
caste distinctions both by percept and example. He chose
to dine with persons of low castes and classes. He freed
them from the bondage of worshipping many gods and
goddesses and led them to accept one Supreme Being as
the creator and sustainer of all, no matter by what name
they called him.

Guru Nanak aroused the spirit of patriotism among the

people. He vehemently protested against the invasions of
the foreign invaders and atrocities of the kings. His heart
bled to see the sufferings of his countrymen. He called
upon them to fight for the country’s freedom from the
tyrants. For his bold challenge to the tyrannical rule and
oppression, he was arrested by the agents of Sikander
Lodhi. But the high handedness of the rulers of the time
could not detract him from the path of truth.
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Guru Nanak was the first popular leader of the Punjab in

the recorded history. And even though the number of his
actual disciples was perhaps not very great, the number of
those who paid homage to the ideal of “there is no Hindu,
there is no Musalman” was remarkable. It was this ideal
which gave birth to Punjabi consciousness and to Punjabi
nationalism.

Guru Nanak stood for the emancipation of women. He

declared that women were in no way inferior to men but
had equal responsibilities. He sympathised with the
suffering womanhood and gave it a full share in the
goodness of God. Religious congregations were thrown
open to them. They were to partake freely in the secular
and religious observances and no social custom was to
hinder them in doing so.

Guru Nanak’s contribution in improving the moral and

spiritual tone of the people was indeed commendable. His
work in the field of social and religious reform was equally
great. Gokal Chand Narang beautifully sums up the impact
of his preachings on society in these words, “Guru Nanak
left the Hindus of the Punjab immensely better than he
had found them. Their beliefs had been ennobled, their
worship purified, their rigidity off caste considerably
relaxed, their minds greatly emancipated and they had
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now become more fit to enter on the carrier of natural

progress to which Nanak’s successors were destined to
lead them.”

CONCLUSION

It goes to Guru Nanak’s credit that, “No one before him

and no one after him in the Punjab had commended such
a profound respect and deep love of the people, as was
enjoyed by this great ‘beloved of God’, the ‘hero of
humanity’. Millions of the people of Punjab-Hindus, Sikhs
and even Muslims-daily recite his hymns (Jupji and Asa Di
War) in the morning before even starting their work”.