Guru Nanak:Na ko Hindu Na Muslman

Guru Nanak JI made an enlightening and revolutionary statement "Na ko Hindu Na Muslman"--Neither anyone is Hindu nor any Muslim,everyone is child of one GOD. When he said so,he was giving expression to the very search for human community that we are caught up today.His intention was asking men not to ignore religious belief in search for human community.Nor did he advice a kind of mixture of elements from all traditions so that men could accept some new religion without stress.He urged every man to penetrate more deeply into his own traditions to find within them to core of moral and spiritual truth, which is basic to all human religions.His intention was not to change man from one religion to another,fairly,he opposed the Religion conversions.

Guru Nanak Dev JI was the first teacher who endeavored to bring about a concord between votaries of different faiths. His life and teaching were a symbol of harmony between the communities and entire mankind at large.

 The teachings of Guru Nanak is easily available through the Guru Granth Sahib JI, which not only include hymns of Guru Nanak but also other 6 Gurus of Sikh traditions. Moreover the Guru Granth Sahib JI also include hyms of Muslim Sufis and Hindu Bhagats.This is why the Guru Granth Sahib JI is Interfaith Guru. But this was possible due to Guru Nanak Dev JI who traveled mostly all asian countries i.e about 40 thousand miles in forty years and practiced Spirituality and Humanity during his journey. He came across various Saints and Sufis during his journey and collected there beliefs also.

This paper was presented by Sardar Nanak Singh Nishter at 3rd International Conference 2003 on Shri Guru Granth Sahib and Interfaith Understanding to World Peace on 3-5 December 2003 at Shri Amritsar Sahib .

Guru nanak: Light to dispel darkness

"ik ongkaar sat naam kartaa purakh nirbh-a-o nirvair akaal moorat ajoonee saibhang gur parsaad."
                             "jap aad sach jugaad sach he bhi sach nanak hosi bhi sach"

    GURU NANAK (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539) was the founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. It was the time when people use to fight for religion claiming that their religion is truthful. Guru Nanak traveled across all over India ,Arab, Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet to deliver the message of God that there is one GOD whether its OM or Allah it is same name to one omnipresent omnipotent GOD.     He preached everyone " NA KO HINDU NA MUSLMAN "-- There is no hindu or no muslim ,as there is one GOD so there is one religion..."Religion of brotherhood"

Guru Nanak Dev was born on 15 April 1469, now celebrated as Prakash Divas of Guru Nanak Dev, into a Bedi Kshatriya family in the village of Rāi Bhōi dī Talwandī, now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore, Pakistan.Today, his birthplace is marked by Gurdwara Janam Asthan. He was born into a Muslim Village and later had an inner conviction to create the Sikh Religion. His father, Mehta Kalyan Das Bedi, popularly shortened to Mehta kalo, was the patwari (accountant) of crop revenue for the village of Talwandi in the employment of a Muslim landlord of that area, Rai Bular Bhatti. Guru Nanak’s mother was Tripta Devi and he had one elder sister, Bebe Nanaki who became a spiritual figure in her own right.