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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 148076" data-attributes="member: 35"><p><strong>Life and Death of Guru Arjan Dev A Sikh Celebration of the Will of God</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">2 articles have been edited and then combined for this account of the life and death of the 5th Guru. </span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Guru Arjan Dev Ji, the fifth Guru of the Sikhs. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p>He was born on April 15, 1563 at Goindwal Sahib Ji. He was the youngest son of Guru Ram Das Ji. He received Gurgaddi on August 31st, 1581. He was the first Guru to have been born a son of the Guru.</p><p></p><p>The fifth Guru started the construction of the Golden Temple. The temple featured four entrances to represent access to all communities. Guru Arjan Dev Ji compiled the Adi Granth Ji, the Sikh scripture containing the writings of all the Gurus up until that time.</p><p></p><p>As another sign of equality in Sikh philosophy, the Guru Ji added the writings of several Muslim and Hindu saints, whose ideas corresponded to Sikh beliefs. With the passage of time, the Guru attracted a substantial following, therefore the Sikh community undertook a social-political character. In 1606, Emperor Jehangir, the Muslim ruler of India, summoned the Guru Ji to his court on the charge of blessing a rebellious relative of the Emperor's. Upon the Guru's refusal to embrace Islam to escape death, the fifth prophet of the Sikh religion was subject to inhumane torture. Guru Arjan Dev Ji was arrested, tortured and made to sit on hot iron plates at Lahore. He was martyred on May 30th, 1606 at Lahore by Emperor Jahangir. Thus, the martyrdom tradition of Sikhism began with the martyrdom of the Guru Ji himself. From this point forward, Sikhism began to form itself into a community of saint-soldiers.</p><p></p><p>He completed the Sarovar of Nectar at Amritsar and built Sri Harmandir Sahib Ji, the centre of worship and religious assembly. He compiled Sri Adi Granth Ji, later called Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and installed it at Sri Harmandir Sahib Ji in 1604. Nothing else but Shabad Kirtan is recited in the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Harmandir Sahib Ji</p><p></p><p>Guru Arjan Dev Ji constructed the holy (Sarovar) tank at Tarn Taran and founded the city of Kartarpur near Jalandhar. The city of Sri Hargobindpur on the banks of river Beas was founded by him to celebrate the birth of his son Hargobind Sahib Ji.</p><p></p><p>Guru Arjan Dev Ji encouraged the Sikhs to contribute Daswandh (one tenth of the earnings) for community purposes. Guru Arjan Dev Ji was a great thinker, illustrious poet, a practical philosopher and a celebrated saint. He was the first martyr in the Sikh history. He practiced humility and forgiveness. He preached truth, contentment and contemplation. He organised the Sikhs into a community. After the brutal martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji, his son Hargobind Sahib Ji was appointed the Sixth Guru of the Sikhs in line.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.theworldofgurunanak.com/guru-arjun-dev-ji.html" target="_blank">http://www.theworldofgurunanak.com/guru-arjun-dev-ji.html</a></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Celebration of the Will of God</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p>by RAVINDER SINGH TANEJA</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>When he died</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>He had been tortured over a period of five days, alternatively strapped to a pole in the open sun for hours on end; denied sleep and water; forced to sit on a sizzling griddle while burning sand was poured over his body and dipped in boiling water. When his body could endure no longer, he was tied up and drowned in the Ravi, which flowed through the city.</p><p></p><p>This was death by yasa siyasat (literally, capital punishment). Its basis was the penal code of Genghis Khan and it was used during Mughal rule as punishment for crimes against the state.</p><p></p><p>The Guru died while in state custody. He had been summoned by Imperial decree to Lahore, charged with treason and executed by orders of Emperor Jahangir, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 to 1627.</p><p></p><p>The ostensible reason for the charges was that Guru Arjan had supported an enemy of the State, Prince Khusrau, the eldest son of the Emperor, by providing him with moral and monetary support in his revolt against the Emperor.</p><p></p><p>Whether or not the charge was justified is not clear and continues to be debatable.</p><p></p><p>But what can be said with certainty is that the charismatic presence of Guru Arjan as the spiritual heir of the revolutionary Guru Nanak, and the growing popularity of the Sikh movement was most unsettling to the Emperor.</p><p></p><p>In his diaries, the Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, he is very explicit that "so many of the simple-minded Hindus, nay, many foolish Muslims too, have been fascinated by the Guru's ways and teaching. For many years, the thought had been presenting itself to my mind that either I should put an end to this false traffic, or he be brought into the fold of Islam." </p><p></p><p>Clearly, the Emperor was looking for a pretext to eliminate the Guru and the danger of what he saw as a potential "state within a state" -- Imperium in Imperio.</p><p></p><p>Despite the horrific killing of Guru Arjan, when Sikhs take to the streets today, there will be no anger, no mourning and no protests. Instead, they will serve with prayer and humility, practicing the Guru's teaching:</p><p></p><p>"There is no enemy, and none is a stranger."</p><p></p><p>Guru Arjan's death was no ordinary death. Like Jesus' crucifixion, it was iconic: the image of the Guru, absorbed in deep meditation as he sits on a burning pan, is forever impressed in the collective psyche and imagination of the Sikhs and adorns their homes in pictures, calendars and other artifacts.</p><p></p><p>History and tradition tells us that Guru Arjan could have avoided this fate. After all, he was given the option of paying a fine or conversion to Islam. He refused both.</p><p></p><p>Why?</p><p></p><p>"Sweet is thy Will," Guru Arjan is reported to have whispered in his final hours.</p><p></p><p>By choosing death, he practiced the fundamental lesson of Sikh teachings: obedience to Hukam (the Will of God). He must have been keenly aware that the Gurmat (the way of the Guru) he inherited from Guru Nanak was potentially dangerous and could prove fatal to him, as it indeed did.</p><p></p><p>For Sikhs, the meaning and purpose of life is to be found in Hukam or direct obedience to that divine Will whose writ rules the universe. By dying in the service of God, Guru Arjan taught Sikhs what is worth dying for and therefore what is worth living for, what is important and what is authentic.</p><p></p><p>Guru Arjan -- mystic, scholar, poet, musician and an organizational genius -- was a man nonpareil. He gave to Guru Nanak's universal message an institutional structure and doctrinal coherence.</p><p></p><p>"Of all religions," he wrote, "the best is to utter the holy name with love," and "of all temples, the most sacred is the heart in which the Divine dwells." God is Love and dwells in all of us.</p><p></p><p>God is also one, we just see it differently, a point that Guru Arjan makes,</p><p></p><p>Some call out Ram, Ram, some Khuda,</p><p>Some revere Him as Gosain, others as Allah</p><p>Hindus bathe in Holy waters; Muslims go to Mecca,</p><p>Some read the Vedas, others the Semitic Scriptures;</p><p>Some wear blue, others white,</p><p>Says Nanak, he alone who knows the Will of God</p><p>Will know His secrets</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ravinder-singh-taneja/remembering-guru-arjan-15_b_876355.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ravinder-singh-taneja/remembering-guru-arjan-15_b_876355.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 148076, member: 35"] [B]Life and Death of Guru Arjan Dev A Sikh Celebration of the Will of God[/B] [COLOR="Blue"]2 articles have been edited and then combined for this account of the life and death of the 5th Guru. [/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] Guru Arjan Dev Ji, the fifth Guru of the Sikhs. [/COLOR] He was born on April 15, 1563 at Goindwal Sahib Ji. He was the youngest son of Guru Ram Das Ji. He received Gurgaddi on August 31st, 1581. He was the first Guru to have been born a son of the Guru. The fifth Guru started the construction of the Golden Temple. The temple featured four entrances to represent access to all communities. Guru Arjan Dev Ji compiled the Adi Granth Ji, the Sikh scripture containing the writings of all the Gurus up until that time. As another sign of equality in Sikh philosophy, the Guru Ji added the writings of several Muslim and Hindu saints, whose ideas corresponded to Sikh beliefs. With the passage of time, the Guru attracted a substantial following, therefore the Sikh community undertook a social-political character. In 1606, Emperor Jehangir, the Muslim ruler of India, summoned the Guru Ji to his court on the charge of blessing a rebellious relative of the Emperor's. Upon the Guru's refusal to embrace Islam to escape death, the fifth prophet of the Sikh religion was subject to inhumane torture. Guru Arjan Dev Ji was arrested, tortured and made to sit on hot iron plates at Lahore. He was martyred on May 30th, 1606 at Lahore by Emperor Jahangir. Thus, the martyrdom tradition of Sikhism began with the martyrdom of the Guru Ji himself. From this point forward, Sikhism began to form itself into a community of saint-soldiers. He completed the Sarovar of Nectar at Amritsar and built Sri Harmandir Sahib Ji, the centre of worship and religious assembly. He compiled Sri Adi Granth Ji, later called Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji and installed it at Sri Harmandir Sahib Ji in 1604. Nothing else but Shabad Kirtan is recited in the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Harmandir Sahib Ji Guru Arjan Dev Ji constructed the holy (Sarovar) tank at Tarn Taran and founded the city of Kartarpur near Jalandhar. The city of Sri Hargobindpur on the banks of river Beas was founded by him to celebrate the birth of his son Hargobind Sahib Ji. Guru Arjan Dev Ji encouraged the Sikhs to contribute Daswandh (one tenth of the earnings) for community purposes. Guru Arjan Dev Ji was a great thinker, illustrious poet, a practical philosopher and a celebrated saint. He was the first martyr in the Sikh history. He practiced humility and forgiveness. He preached truth, contentment and contemplation. He organised the Sikhs into a community. After the brutal martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Ji, his son Hargobind Sahib Ji was appointed the Sixth Guru of the Sikhs in line. [url]http://www.theworldofgurunanak.com/guru-arjun-dev-ji.html[/url] [COLOR="Blue"] Celebration of the Will of God [/COLOR] by RAVINDER SINGH TANEJA [B] When he died [/B] He had been tortured over a period of five days, alternatively strapped to a pole in the open sun for hours on end; denied sleep and water; forced to sit on a sizzling griddle while burning sand was poured over his body and dipped in boiling water. When his body could endure no longer, he was tied up and drowned in the Ravi, which flowed through the city. This was death by yasa siyasat (literally, capital punishment). Its basis was the penal code of Genghis Khan and it was used during Mughal rule as punishment for crimes against the state. The Guru died while in state custody. He had been summoned by Imperial decree to Lahore, charged with treason and executed by orders of Emperor Jahangir, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 to 1627. The ostensible reason for the charges was that Guru Arjan had supported an enemy of the State, Prince Khusrau, the eldest son of the Emperor, by providing him with moral and monetary support in his revolt against the Emperor. Whether or not the charge was justified is not clear and continues to be debatable. But what can be said with certainty is that the charismatic presence of Guru Arjan as the spiritual heir of the revolutionary Guru Nanak, and the growing popularity of the Sikh movement was most unsettling to the Emperor. In his diaries, the Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, he is very explicit that "so many of the simple-minded Hindus, nay, many foolish Muslims too, have been fascinated by the Guru's ways and teaching. For many years, the thought had been presenting itself to my mind that either I should put an end to this false traffic, or he be brought into the fold of Islam." Clearly, the Emperor was looking for a pretext to eliminate the Guru and the danger of what he saw as a potential "state within a state" -- Imperium in Imperio. Despite the horrific killing of Guru Arjan, when Sikhs take to the streets today, there will be no anger, no mourning and no protests. Instead, they will serve with prayer and humility, practicing the Guru's teaching: "There is no enemy, and none is a stranger." Guru Arjan's death was no ordinary death. Like Jesus' crucifixion, it was iconic: the image of the Guru, absorbed in deep meditation as he sits on a burning pan, is forever impressed in the collective psyche and imagination of the Sikhs and adorns their homes in pictures, calendars and other artifacts. History and tradition tells us that Guru Arjan could have avoided this fate. After all, he was given the option of paying a fine or conversion to Islam. He refused both. Why? "Sweet is thy Will," Guru Arjan is reported to have whispered in his final hours. By choosing death, he practiced the fundamental lesson of Sikh teachings: obedience to Hukam (the Will of God). He must have been keenly aware that the Gurmat (the way of the Guru) he inherited from Guru Nanak was potentially dangerous and could prove fatal to him, as it indeed did. For Sikhs, the meaning and purpose of life is to be found in Hukam or direct obedience to that divine Will whose writ rules the universe. By dying in the service of God, Guru Arjan taught Sikhs what is worth dying for and therefore what is worth living for, what is important and what is authentic. Guru Arjan -- mystic, scholar, poet, musician and an organizational genius -- was a man nonpareil. He gave to Guru Nanak's universal message an institutional structure and doctrinal coherence. "Of all religions," he wrote, "the best is to utter the holy name with love," and "of all temples, the most sacred is the heart in which the Divine dwells." God is Love and dwells in all of us. God is also one, we just see it differently, a point that Guru Arjan makes, Some call out Ram, Ram, some Khuda, Some revere Him as Gosain, others as Allah Hindus bathe in Holy waters; Muslims go to Mecca, Some read the Vedas, others the Semitic Scriptures; Some wear blue, others white, Says Nanak, he alone who knows the Will of God Will know His secrets [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ravinder-singh-taneja/remembering-guru-arjan-15_b_876355.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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