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Guru Nanak

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GURU NANAK

  • Talwandi
  • 4/15/1429

MIRACLE OF THE ALPHABET

  • 1st teacher amazed that he could discern the oneness of the alphabet

LESSON OF JANAEU

  • Refuses a sacred thread because that did not make him Hindu
  • Rites,rituals,symbols,fasts,ceremonies don't make you a follower of God

WATERBUFFALOES AND THE COBRA

  • Nanak grazed buffalo as a boy, however while meditating under a tree the Buffaloes drifted and crushed a farmers crops. So the farmer called the police only to find the crops growing more bountiful
  • Cobra- While asleep under a shade tree a cobra caressed him

INSANITY AND THE DOCTOR

  • Nanak was sick so the father calls the doctor. But Nanak refuses to have pulse taken, claiming that the body wasn't sick but it was the mind!

THE TRUE BARGAIN

  • Sent to get supplies for family but instead, spends it on 6 hungry men.
  • Claimed it was a true bargain.

MECCA AND THE KABBA

  • Falls asleep with feet pointing towards Mecca and is shunned because he is pointing towards God.
  • Replies, where should I move to where God isn't?

ASCETISM

  • Renounce the world but not your responsibilities

BLACK MAGIC

  • Baka visits Kamrup and is turned into a sheep!
  • Nanak sensed something wrong so visits Bala.
  • When the witches attempt their black magic on Nanak it doesn't work so the queen surrenders!

KALI WORSHIPPERS

  • Hindus who bathed Kali in blood and worshipped her
  • You're just worshipping a stone!
  • Service is true worship

HINDU BATHERS

  • Hindus who threw water towards the sun to cleanse their relatives before the afterlife
  • Nanak throws water towards his crops miles away. They don't think it is possible
  • Nanak replies; if I can't water my crops a mile away how can you change someone's afterlife????