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| A brief explanation of Guru Nanak Dev Ji's childhood: -He was born in 1469, in Rai Bhoy Ki Talwandi, which is now known as Sri Nankana Sahib. -His father was Mehta Kalu, and His mother was Mata Tripta, Bibi Nanaki was His sister. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji wasn't an ordinary child. In His childhood, the second you would lift Him up, the second you would come in contact with Him, happiness would run through your veins. You would feel a sudden urge of happiness. This happiness of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji rubbed off on everyone. Bibi Nanaki was the first to see the divine light in Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. As Nanak grew, He went from village to village, pointing out the goods and bads of the Hindu and Muslim religions. The Hindus and Muslims respected Him a lot for this. He spent His final years in Kartarpur Sahib. He declared that His time to leave was near. Many people from all over came to see Him. These people shared food in the free kitchen, worked in the fields, and sang hymns. Guru Sahib gave throne to Sri Guru Angad Dev Ji, and declared His time was near on September 22, 1539, which is Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji's Joti Jot Divas. He asked the Sikhs to sing Sohila Sahib and end with the last verse of Jap Ji Sahib. He then drew a sheet over His body, and He left His physical body. However, a problem arose at this time, between the Hindus and the Muslims. The Hindus considered Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji a Guru, and the Muslims considered Him their Pir. The Hindus wanted to cremate the body of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, but the Muslims wanted to bury Him. These were their religious services that were done at funerals. There were fights that broke out between the Hindus and Muslims. Then, they lifted the sheet off Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, and instead of seeing the body of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, they found flowers. These were the same flowers that anyone could pick up. Everyone could pick up these flowers, whether they were Hindu or Muslim. These flowers were available to anyone. The Hindus and Muslims cut the sheet in half and they divided the flowers. The Muslims burried the sheet and flowers, and the Hindus cremated the sheet and flowers. The importance of the flowers: Why weren't they food? Why were they not money? Why were they flowers? Because they were available to everyone. Anyone could pick up those flowers. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji said, through the Jot of Guru Arjan Dev Ji, nw hm ihMdU n muslmwn ] Alh rwm ky ipMfu prwn ]4] naa ham hi(n)dhoo n musalamaan || aleh raam kae pi(n)dd paraan ||4| I am not Hindu or Muslim. My body and breath of life belong to Allah. To Allah, to Ram, the same God of both. He's not saying that He doesn't want to be Hindu or Muslim, He's saying that He's neither. These names, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian, these names don't matter at all. What does matter? The one thing that matters is Akal Purakh. Waheguru. God. Allah. Ram. That's the only thing that matters. Not these petty little names. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, through the Jot of Sri Guru Amar Daas Ji, clearly says in Gurbani, hir nwmu cyqw Avru n pUjw ] eyko syvI Avru n dUjw ] har naam chaethaa avar n poojaa || eaeko saevee avar n dhoojaa || I remember the Lord's Name, no other. I serve the One Lord, no other. He's clearly saying that these names don't matter at all. One day, when Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji was going from village to village, He went to a village called Paak Patan. The holy man of that village was Sheik Brahm. He asked Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji a question: "Oh Nanak, these Hindus: they deny the God of Islam. They deny Allah, but these Muslims accuse the Hindus of worshipping too many gods. You Nanak, you say that there is only one God? There is only one way? How can you say this? This can't be!" Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji clearly and easily said that these ignorant people impose darkness upon themselves. These people who see divisions among each other, they know nothing. They know nothing of who or what God is. These same divisions are all around us. In school, at work. I go to high school, and I see that people discriminate each other. They say, "That guy's a 'muzi', that guy's a 'pun', that guy's a 'hindu', that guy's an 'apna/giani'. They look at this, and they say those words, but do we ever say that there's one God? Do we ever focus on that one point? Do we even remember that point? That the person next to you is the same as you, that you belong to the same God, the same Father? These divisions mean nothing. Guru Nanak Dev Ji says, ihMdU qurk duhW nybyrw ]1] rhwau ] hi(n)dhoo thurak dhuhaa(n) naebaeraa ||1|| rehaao || He adminstrates both Hindus and Muslims. A father never loves his children unequally. He always loves them equally. The same goes for our Father. He loves us equally. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji always said that these names don't ever matter. The only thing that does matter is the importance, and Piyaar(love) for Waheguru. |
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