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Guru Nanak Dev Ji

	Teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji
	Stories :- Grazing Buffaloes Bhai Lalo and Malik Bhago Sajjan Rogue Kauda the Cannibal Wali Qandhari, the Arrogant Priest Realization of Offering Water to Ancestors at Haridwar Why does God Himself helps His Devotees?

      Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born in 1469 in Talwandi, a village in the Sheikhupura district, 65 kms. west of Lahore. His father was a village official in the local revenue administration. As a boy, Sri Guru Nanak learnt, besides the regional languages, Persian and Arabic. He was married in 1487 and was blessed with two sons, one in 1491 and the second in 1496. In 1485 he took up, at the instance of his brother-in-law, the appointment of an official in charge of the stores of Daulat Khan Lodhi, the Muslim ruler of the area at Sultanpur. It is there that he came into contact with Mardana, a Muslim minstrel (Mirasi) who was senior in age.

By all accounts, 1496 was the year of his enlightenment when he started on his mission. His first statement after his prophetic communion with God was "There is no Hindu, nor any Mussalman." This is an announcement of supreme significance it declared not only the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God, but also his clear and primary interest not in any metaphysical doctrine but only in man and his fate. It means love your neighbour as yourself.

True Business

      When Guru Nanak Dev ji were 12 years old his father gave him twenty rupees and asked him to do a business, apparently to teach him business. Guru Nanak dev ji bought food for all the money and distributed among saints, and poor. When his father asked him what happened to business? He replied that he had done a "True Business" at the place where Guru Nanak dev had fed the poor, this Gurdwara was made and named Sacha Sauda.