Sunday, December 26, 2010

Sakhi's (Stories of Gurus)

After this basic information about Sikhism, I'm gonna divert my blog to a different path by blogging one different Sakhi (Stories about the guru's) a day. I hope everyone will like it. So, lets begin with our first Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Sakhi of his melodies singing.



It was a dark and moonless night; the clouds were heavy with rain as it was the monsoon season. Suddenly lightning flashed and thunder sounded as a few raindrops started to fall. The village was asleep. Only Nanak was awake and the echo of his song filled the air.
Nanak’s mother was worried because it was pitch dark and day break was far away. The lamp in his room was burning. She could hear his melodious voice as he sang, restraining herself no longer she knocked at his door. “Go to sleep, my son, the sun is a long way ahead.” Nanak became silent. From the darkness sounded the call of the sparrow-hawk. “Piyu, piyu, piyu!” it called.
“Listen, mother!” Nanak called out. “The sparrow-hawk is calling to his beloved; how can I be silent, because I am competing with it? I will call my beloved before he calls his – even for longer because his beloved is nearby, perhaps in the next tree! My beloved is so far away. I will have to sing for lives upon lives before my voice reaches Him.” Nanak resumed his song.

Guru Nanak’s path was, is and will ever remain decorated with endless rows of true flowers; he realised God by singing virtues of God and following a life of true deeds. Guru Nanak did not practise normal Hindu austerities, meditation or yoga; he only sang in the beautiful poetic forms of the time. Singing, often extemporaneously, with all his heart and soul, so much so that his singing became his meditation, his purification and his yugam (yoking ones self to the almighty, to Satguru. This was Nanak’s path; decorated with true flowers of song, songs of glory and praise of the Almighty Lord.

Basics of Sikhism.


TEN GURU'S OF SIKHS AND GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI

Basics of Sikhism-:

Sikhism is a monotheistic (belief in ne God) religion founded in fifteenth century.  Sikhism was born in Punjab on the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev JI and ten successful Sikh Guru’s. It is also recognized as the fifth largest religion in he world. Sikhism is also one the largest growing religions in the world with almost 20 million followers. The word Sikhism is derived from the word Sikh, which in Punjabi means to learn the instructions of the guru. The names of the ten guru’s are as follows-:
1.     Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
2.     Guru Angad Dev Ji.
3.     Guru Amar Das Ji.
4.     Guru Ram Das Ji.
5.     Guru Arjan Dev Ji.
6.     Guru Har Gobind Ji.
7.     Guru Har Rai Ji.
8.     Guru Har Krishan Ji.
9.     Guru Teg Bahadur Ji.
10. Guru Gobind Singh Ji.