SCORE urges Sikhs to Help Educate Schools About Guru Nanak on his Gurpurb
Sikh Council on Religion and Education requests all Sikh families to take a day off on Monday, November 2, 2009 to celebrate the 540th birth-anniversary of our beloved Guru Nanak Dev ji.
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Guru Nanak and the Cannibal
Once, when Guru Nanak, Bala and Mardana were traveling through some woods, Mardana wanted to get something to eat. So he went by himself to see if he could find anything. A cannibal, who eats other people, captured him and tied him up. The Cannibal boiled a pot of oil that he was going to cook Mardana in. Guru Nanak felt the situation and came over to that very place. When the cannibal saw the Guru.... something wonderful happened....
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Guru Nanak and the Queen of Black Magic
Guru Nanak, Bala and Mardana were traveling to a distant land in India where people practiced black magic. Mardana asked to get some water from the city well. When he got there some girls thought he sounded funny. "Let's make him act like a sheep!", said one of the girls. She did some magic and he immediately started bleating like a sheep, "Baaa, baaha, bhaa...". Can Guru Nanak help Mardana and stop these sorceresses?
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Guru Nanak and the Boulder
Once Guru Nanak was traveling with Mardana and Bala. A man on top of a hill wouldn't give them any water so Guru ji took a stick and made a spring of fresh water appear at the bottom of the hill. The man got very angry and pushed a huge boulder down the hill to crush the Guru. Everyone ran away... except for the Guru. Mardana cried, "Guru ji please move, the boulder is coming right towards you, please move." Why wasn't Guru ji moving?!
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The Honest Work of Lalo
Guru Nanak used to travel all around the land with his companions. In one place the governor was a very strict and mean to all his servants. When Guru ji got to that place he was kindly asked to eat a meal by a very devoted man named Lalo, who was a carpenter. The governor, Malik Bhago, sent a messenger to invited the Guru to eat at a huge banquet where there would be a grand feast. The messenger was surprised when the Guru said "No"....
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Offer What is Yours
A noble King had all his subject do a fast in honor of Vishnu on the day of Ekadasi. There was one man who didn't do the fast though, he was a Sikh of Guru Nanak. "I am constantly fasting. I eat little food and sleep little. I fast from any and all temptation that distract my devotion to God," explained the man. The King was very impressed and wanted very much to meet this Guru. But how would he ever meet this famous saint known as 'Baba Nanak'?
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One Prayer
The veil of night, the song of morning, the chirping of birds, the freshness of a cool breeze... are these not all prayers to the Almighty? Are not all surrendering their love to the Lord?
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Nanak's talk with the Yogis
Guru Nanak began his mission of spreading light to the world. He went to the Himalaya mountains where many Sadhus were practicing many spiritual disciplines. The Sadhu's were impressed with his wisdom and purity. He told them that they shouldn't run away to the mountains and be by themselves but the true way is to keep a spiritual discipline while living in the world. Many of them did not like what this young man had said.....
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Guru Nanak and Brahmans
After talking with the Yogis Guru Nanak made his way to a huge pilgrimage site: Hariduar. Huge throngs of people were throwing water to the rising sun to honor their ancestors. Guru Nanak started throwing water in the opposite direction. A Brahman asked him what he was doing. He said, "I'm watering my fields in the Punjab, surely it will reach the Punjab before it reaches your ancestors.".....
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