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The Ten Nanaks

The Ten Nanaks. Attributes, Lives & Contributions. Guru Nanak Sahib jee. Rejection of Janeoo Divine Revelation 1 st Meeting with Bhai Lehna jee Udaasis Language of People Founded Kartarpur Companionship of Mardana. Rejection of Janeoo. Rejection of Janeoo. sloku m:1 ]

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The Ten Nanaks

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  1. The Ten Nanaks Attributes, Lives & Contributions

  2. Guru Nanak Sahib jee • Rejection of Janeoo • Divine Revelation • 1st Meeting with Bhai Lehna jee • Udaasis • Language of People • Founded Kartarpur • Companionship of Mardana

  3. Rejection of Janeoo

  4. Rejection of Janeoo • sloku m:1 ] • dieAw kpwh sMqoKu sUqu jqu gMFI squ vtu ] • eyhu jnyaU jIA kw heI q pwfy Gqu ] • nw eyhu qutY nw mlu lgY nw eyhu jlY n jwie ] • DMnu su mwxs nwnkw jo gil cly pwie ] • caukiV muil AxwieAw bih caukY pwieAw ] • isKw kMin cVweIAw guru bRwhmxu iQAw ] • Ehu muAw Ehu JiV pieAw vyqgw gieAw ]1] • (AMg 471)

  5. Rejection of Janeoo • Shalok, First Mehl: • Make compassion the cotton, contentment the thread, modesty the knot and truth the twist. • This is the sacred thread of the soul; if you have it, then go ahead and put it on me. • It does not break, it cannot be soiled by filth, it cannot be burnt, or lost. • Blessed are those mortal beings, O Nanak, who wear such a thread around their necks. • You buy the thread for a few shells, and seated in your enclosure, you put it on. • Whispering instructions into others' ears, the Brahmin becomes a guru. • But he dies, and the sacred thread falls away, and the soul departs without it. ||1||

  6. Divine Revelation

  7. Divine Revelation - 1499 • pauVI ] • hau FwFI hir pRB Ksm kw hir kY dir AwieAw ] • hir AMdir suxI pUkwr FwFI muiK lwieAw ] • hir puiCAw FwFI sid kY ikqu AriQ qUM AwieAw ] • inq dyvhu dwnu dieAwl pRB hir nwmu iDAwieAw ] • hir dwqY hir nwmu jpwieAw nwnku pYnwieAw ]21]1] suDu • (AMg 91)

  8. Divine Revelation - 1499 • Pauree: • I was free of work, when Waheguru took me into His service and gave the (true) work of being ‘Dhadi’ (minstrel). Right from the start, Waheguru gave me His Hukam (Order) to sing His Praises day and night. • Waheguru, my Lord and Master summoned me, His Dhadi (meaning, when he joined to Praise His Praises), to the True Mansion of His Presence. (Waheguru). The image of True Praise and Glory, gave me the Siropaao (Siropa), robe of honour. • The Amrit Naam, the True Name, which gives eternal giver of spiritual life, (given by Him) has become my food (for my soul‘s support). Those who follow the Guru's Teachings, who eat this food (of ‘Amrit Naam’) with satisfaction, obtain peace. • His Dhadi, (Guru Nanak Dev Ji), spreads His Glory, singing and vibrating the Word of His Shabad (meaning, enjoying the ecstasy of Naam).

  9. 1st Meeting – Bhai Lehna jee

  10. Udaasis (Journeys)

  11. Udaasis (Journeys) • FIRST UDASI: (1500-1506 AD) Sultanpur, Tulamba (modern Makhdumpur, zila Multan), Panipat, Delhi, Banaras, Nanakmata (zila Nainital, U.P.), Tanda Vanjara (zila Rampur), Kamrup (Assam), Asa Desh (Assam), Saidpur (modern Eminabad, Pakistan), Pasrur (Pakistan), Sialkot (Pakistan). • SECOND UDASI: (1506-1513 AD) Dhanasri Valley, Sangladip (Ceylon). • THIRD UDASI: (1514-1518 AD) Kashmir, Sumer Parbat, Nepal, Tashkand. • FOURTH UDASI: (1519-1521 AD) Mecca and the Arab countries. • FIFTH UDASI: (1523-1524 AD) Places within the Punjab.

  12. Language of People • Different countries and languages • Intellectuals and common people • Music • isKI isiKAw gur vIcwir ]ndrI krim lGwey pwir ] (AMg 465) • Sikhi is learning by contemplating on the Shabd Guru, • granting His Grace, He carries His servants across.

  13. Founded Kartarpur

  14. Companionship of Mardana

  15. Companionship of Mardana • iek bwbw Akwl rUp dUjw rbwbI mrdwnw ] (vwr 1, pauVI 35) • “There was one Baba [Guru Nanak Dev Ji], who himself was the image of the Timeless (Waheguru), and secondly, he had his companion Bhai Mardana, the Rabaabi, rebeck player.”

  16. Companionship of Mardana • nIcw AMdir nIc jwiq nIcI hU Aiq nIcu ] • nwnku iqn kY sMig swiQ vifAw isau ikAw rIs ] • ijQY nIc smwlIAin iqQY ndir qyrI bKsIs ]4]3] (AMg 15) • “(O Waheguru! I I beg this from You, that Your) Nanak attains the company of those people of who consider themselves the lowest of the low class, the very lowest of the low. • I have no urge to walk on the path of ‘Maya-dhari’, those caught up in the illusion of the world, (because I know) the Blessings of Your Glance of Grace rain down where the lowly are cared for. 43”

  17. Summary • Bhai Nand Lal Singh jee: Guru Nanak Sahib jee = HUMILITY

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