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Ten Sikh Gurus |
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"The
Palace of the Lord God is so beautiful. Within it, there
are gems, rubies, pearls and flawless diamonds. A
fortress of gold surrounds this Source of Nectar. How
can I climb up to the Fortress without a ladder? By
meditating on the Lord, through the Guru,
I am
blessed and exalted. The Guru is the Ladder, the Guru is
the Boat, and the Guru is the Raft to take me to the
Lord's Name. The Guru is the Boat to carry me across the
world-ocean; the Guru is the Sacred Shrine of
Pilgrimage, the Guru is the Holy River. If it pleases
Him, I bathe in the Pool of Truth, and become radiant
and pure." (Guru Nanak, Sri Rag, pg. 17)
The word 'Guru' in Sanskrit means teacher, honoured
person, religious person or saint. Sikhism though has a
very specific definition of the word 'Guru'. It means
the descent of divine guidance to mankind provided
through ten Enlightened Masters. This honour of being
called a Sikh Guru applies only to the ten Gurus who
founded the religion starting with Guru Nanak in 1469
and ending with Guru Gobind Singh in 1708; thereafter it
refers to the Sikh Holy Scriptures the Guru Granth
Sahib. The divine spirit was passed from one Guru to the
next as "The light of a lamp which lights another does
not abate. Similarly a spiritual leader and his disciple
become equal, Nanak says the truth."
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First Guru
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Shri Guru
Nanak Sahib Ji
Guru
Nanak Sahib (the First Nanak, the founder of Sikhism)
was born on 15th April, 1469 at Rai-Bhoi-di Talwandi in
the present distrect of Shekhupura (Pakistan), now
Nanakana Sahib.
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Second Guru
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Shri Guru Angad Sahib
Ji
Guru
Angad Sahib, (Bhai Lahna ji) was born in the village
named Harike in Ferozepur district in Punjab, on Vaisakh
Vadi 1st , (5th Vaisakh) Samvat 1561, (March 31,
1504).
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Third Guru :
Shri
Guru
Amardas Sahib Ji
Guru
Amardas Sahib, the Third Nanak was born at village
Basarke Gillan in Amritsar district on Vaisakh Sudi
14th, (8th Jeth), Samvat 1536 (5th May 1479).
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Fourth Guru :
Shri Guru
Ramdass Sahib Ji
Guru
Ramdas Sahib (Jetha ji) was born at Chuna Mandi, Lahore
(in Pakistan), on Kartik Vadi 2nd, (25th Assu) Samvat
1591 (September 24, 1534).
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Fifth Guru :
Shri Guru Arjan Sahib Ji
Guru
Arjan Sahib, the youngest son of Guru Ramdas Sahib and
Mata Bhani Ji was born at Goindwal Sahib on Vaisakh Vadi
7th, (19th Vaisakh) Samvat 1620 (April 15,1563).
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Sixth Guru :
Shri
Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji
Guru
Hargobind Sahib was born at village Guru Ki Wadali
(district Amritsar) on Harh Vadi 7th (21 Harh), Samvat
1652 (19th June, 1595).
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Seventh Guru
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Shri Guru Har Rai Sahib Ji
Guru
Hargobind Sahib, before his departure for heavenly
abode, nominated his grand son, Har Rai Ji at the tender
age of 14, as his successor (Seventh Nanak), on 3rd
March, 1644.
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Eight Guru :
Shri
Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji
Guru Harkrishan Sahib was born on Sawan Vadi 10, (8
Sawan), Bikrami Samvat 1713, (July 7, 1656) at Kiratpur
Sahib.
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Ninth
Guru :
Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji
Guru
Tegh Bahadur Sahib was born on Vaisakh Vadi 5, (5
Vaisakh), Bikrami Samvat 1678, (1st April, 1621) in the
holy city of Amritsar in a house known as Guru ke Mahal.
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Tenth Guru :
Shri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Ji
The
tenth and the last Guru or Prophet-teacher of the Sikh
faith, was born Gobind Rai Sodhi on Poh Sudi 7th, 23rd
Poh 1723 Bikrami Samvat (22 December 1666) at Patna, in
Bihar.
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