guru nanak

Discussion on the Book "Science and Sikhism" Chapter 7 "Kudrat (Nature ) in Guru Nanak's Holistic Vision"

Discussion on the Book: "Science and Sikhism - Conflict or Coherence" Chapter 3: "Guru Nanak's Teachings: A Scientific Perspective"

Guru Nanak was a child prodigy, showing early maturity when questioning his teacher on meaning of life and his priest on meaning of Janeu. A born linguist, he mastered Sanskrit and Arabic, two languages in which the Hindu and Islamic literature was written, the literature that he read in depth...

Guru Nanak Dev (1469–1539): Early Life Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal dalvinder45@rediffmail.com Mehta Kalu the Land-recorder of village Talwandi Rai Bhoi was eagerly waiting for some special news. As the day dawned the village midwife Daultan came out from the room of his expecting wife...

ਸਿਧ ਗੋਸਟਿ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਆਖਿਆ ਰਿਵਿਊ ਕਰਤਾ: ਡਾ. ਦੇਵਿੰਦਰ ਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਪੁਸਤਕ ਦਾ ਨਾਮ: ਸਿਧ ਗੋਸਟਿ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਆਖਿਆ ਲੇਖਕ: ਪ੍ਰੋ. ਹਰਨਾਮ ਦਾਸ ਸੰਪਾਦਨ ਕਰਤਾ: ਡਾ. ਅਮ੍ਰਿੰਤ ਕੌਰ ਰੈਣਾ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ਕ : ਯੂਨੀਸਟਾਰ ਬੁੱਕਸ...

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Discourse titled Understanding Guru Nanak's Sikhi through Gurbani - by Dr Karminder Singh Dhillon

Understanding Guru Nanak's Sikhi Part 1 of 3 by Dr Karminder Singh.

Universal Relevance of Guru Nanak’s Philosophy Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal Guru Nanak’s Times Guru Nanak’s time was the period of religious, political and cultural turmoil. The prevailing religions; Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Islam had become corrupt and degenerated. They had lost...

Use of Discourses as Effective Tools of Communication by Guru Nanak Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal Introduction A discourse is an address or a verbal expression of a religious nature in the form of verbal exchange or conversation in speech or...

GURU NANAK IN TURKEY AND BEYOND Dr.Dalvider Singh Grewal Bhai Mardana requested: “If we have come this far, why not visit Turkey (Rum) and Sham Desh.” Guru Nanak said, “Let us go.” Guru Nanak and Mardana met the king of Turkey. [1] King of Turkey was Selim I (1512-1520 AD) son of...

GURU NANAK IN PALESTINE AND SYRIA Dr Dalvinder Singh Grewal Guru Nanak passed through Jordan and entered Palestine. [1] Jordan, Israel, Egypt and Syria were all then part of Ottoman’s Empire. The word Palestine derives from Philistia, the name given by Greek writers to the land of the...

GURU NANAK IN EGYPT Dr Dalvider Singh Grewal Guru Nanak’s visit to Egypt and Habash Wilayat is recorded in Sikh chronicles. [1] According to Giani Gian Singh from Madina Guru Ji went to Ajara, Mash-had, Ali, and Karbala. After visiting these cities and meeting various peers and...

GURU NANAK IN IRAQ Dr Dalvinder Sigh Grewal The city of Baghdad (33° 20'N, 44° 30'E), is the capital of the Republic of Iraq which has remained a great centre of learning in the History of the Islamic world. The old name of this ancient region is Mesopotamia located in south-west...

GURU NANAK IN HABASH WILAYAT AFRICA Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal Guru Nanak went further down towards Africa also known as Habash Wilayat as mentioned in Sikh chronicles. In Arabic, the elevated plateau on the east of the Nile, from which most of the waters of that river are derived, is...

GURU NANAK IN ARAB Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal Saudi Arabia is an Arab state in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. Approximately 2.15 million km2 in area, Saudi Arabia is geographically the fifth-largest state in Asia and second-largest state in the Arab...

BOOK REVIEW By Prof. Harbans Lal, Ph.D.; D.Litt. (Hons). "Science and Sikhism: Conflict or Coherence" (Anthology of Essays on Various Concepts in Sri Guru Granth Sahib), 334 pages Author: Dr. D.P. Singh Singh Brothers Publishers, Amritsar, India When I received the newly published book my...

Much of what the average Sikh know about Guru Nanak is narrated through some 2,000 odd stories. The source of these so called sakhis is NOT the writings of Guru Nanak, argues DR KARMINDER SINGH Eminent Sikh scholar Bhai Gurdas Ji – a contemporary of Guru Arjun Dev ji, and in whose hand the...

In the year 1510 AD, Taajudin Naqshbandi, a Persian/Arabic writer met Guru Nanak Dev ji during his journey through the Middle East. For the next two years, Taajudin lived with the Guru and kept a detailed eyewitness account in a manuscript titled Siyahto Baba Nanak Fakir. After taking a leave...

GURU NANK IN KAMRUP AND ASSAM Dr. Dalvinder Singh Grewal From Dhaka Guru Nanak set out for Kamrup. The Koch kings ruled the then Kamroop kingdom and its extent included Dhubri, Goalpara, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Nalabari and Kamrup district of modern Assam, portions of Northern Bengal and...