Parkash Ustav Purabs of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji & Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji 2007.

Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469-1539) (Gurpurab - 24 Nov 07)	His Holiness Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji (Gurpurb 22 Nov 07)

Namdhari Sangat UK celebrates these auspicious occasions in Southall
on
Sunday 25th November 2007
at
Namdhari Sikh Sangat Southall
Balfour Business Centre, Balfour Rd, Southall UB2 5BD
 

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Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469-1539)
(Gurpurab - 24 Nov 07)

The first of the Gurus and the founder of the Sikh religion was Guru Nanak. He was born in Talwandi, now known as Nankana Sahib (near Lahore in Pakistan) 30 November 1469 AD.  

Guru Nanak's father was Shri Kalyan Dass Mehta Ji.  He was a kathri by caste and the village accountant (Patwari) and his mother was  Mata Taripta Ji . As a boy, he used to take the cattle to pasture. But he was devoting his solitude to inward communion.
The young Nanak was sent for tuition  in Hindi to Pandit Gopal in 1475 AD ,for Sanskrit to Pandit Brij Lal in 1478 AD and for Persian to Maulvi Kutubdin in 1481 AD.

In 1484 AD Guru Nanak was sent to his sister Bibi Nanaki at Sultanpur Lodhi where he took up a job as storekeeper of Daulat Khan Lodhi. While in Sultanpur Lodhi Gur Nanak married and he had two sons - shri Chand Ji and Shri Lakhshmi Dass Ji

This was the darkest period of India's history when the people were absolutely divided and demoralized.

In addition, the priests had reduced religion to a mockery. The public was blind in its faith, and governed by superstitions. Seeing all this, Guru Nanak started building a nation of self-respecting men and women, devoted to God and their leaders, filled with a sense of equality and brotherhood.

Guru Nanak invented the Gurmukhi script in the form of "Gurmukhi Painti"

KIRAT KARO (Earn thy living with the sweat of your brow) WAND CHAKHO (Share the fruits of your labor with the poor), NAAM JAPO (Meditate on the name of God) are the three cardinal principles of faith as propounded by GURU NANAK DEV JI.

There was not a single aspect of earthly or spiritual life which was not enlightened by Guru Nanak. He passed away on 7 September 1539.
 

His Holiness Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji
(Gurpurb 22 Nov 07)

His Holiness Maharaja Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji - The modern messiah:

The present spiritual head of Namdhari Sikhs is one of the those enlightened souls whose magnifying personality and radiance has become a beacon light of hope for the millions of faithful all over the globe. Sat Guru Ji’s pre-eminent and unrivalled status in the galaxy of saints can be gauged from the fact that he is revered by the Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims alike across the globe.

Born on 22^nd Nov.1920 at Bhaini Sahib District Ludhiana (Punjab) India in the family of father Sat Guru Pratap Singh ji mother Mata Bhupinder Kaur Ji Sat Guru Jagjit Singh Ji showed signs of spiritual inclination from his very childhood. He was brought up in a puritan atmosphere from where he absorbed subtle aspects of religious life.

Sat Guru Jagjit Singh Ji is carrying forward the splendid heritage of Sikh faith in all its purity and sanctity in true sense of the term. KIRAT KARO (Earn thy living with the sweat of your brow) WAND CHAKHO (Share the fruits of your labor with the poor), NAAM JAPO (Meditate on the name of God) the three cardinal principles of faith as propounded by GURU NANAK DEV JI are being practiced by the Namdhari Sikhs with a catholic spirit. The above principles of Sikh philosophy are being vigorously propagated by Sat Guru Jagjit Singh Ji with a missionary zeal.

Sat Guru Jagjit Singh Ji learnt classical music in a very early age. Today he is regarded as a distinguished connoisseur of Classical music. Renowned Indian classical musicians like Hari Prasad Chaursia, Ravi Shankar, Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, Rajan Sajan Mishra,Amjad Ali Khan, Ala Rakha Khan and several others have commended Sat Guru Jagjit Singh ji’s for his abiding interest and deep knowledge of classical music. Sat Guru Jagjit Singh ji lays great emphasis on singing hymns from the Holy Guru Granth Sahib in the 31 basic classical Ragas (Musical notes) to which our holy scripture is originally rendered into. Sat Guru Jagjit Singh ji himself is a master player of Dilruba, a stringed instrument.

Besides moral and spiritual enlistment of man, Sat Guru Jagjit Ji lays great emphasis on physical well being of man. He evinces great interest in games and sports. Sat Guru Ji has done a great deal for inculcating interest of sports in his followers. Sat Guru Ji has sponsored numerous tournaments in athletics, hockey, badminton, and cricket for Namdhari youths who have won one great laurels for the country. Sat Guru Ji is also an illustrious educationist. He has established a change of schools for boys and girls in India and abroad. His contribution for the cause of the literacy in India is peerless.

Sat Guru Jagjit Singh Ji is an unflinching champion of environmental conservation. Deeply compassionate towards birds and animals. Sat Guru Ji is a strong opponent of cow slaughter and torture of birds and animals.

Sat Guru Ji has ordained his Sikhs to lead simple life, wear immaculately white clothes and white turban in simple horizontal style. He expects his followers to meditate for at least one hour daily and to maintain absolute purity and cleanliness of body and mind. Sat Guru Ji has enjoined his followers to abstain from alcohol and refrain from taking non-vegetarian food, tobacco and drugs etc.

Sat Guru Ji is a great philanthropist. His contribution in social welfare and charitable work is immense. He has set up homes for the aged, the handicapped and the sick at various places in Punjab. His compassion and kindness extends to the poor, the down- trodden and the neglected sections of society.

Sat Guru Ji is a champion of world peace and brotherhood of man kind. He has attended several inter-religious conferences. He is well versed in Vedic and Upanashidic philosophy.

Under the spiritual guidance of Sat Guru Jagjit Singh Ji the Namdhari Sikhs are steering the path of righteous living. Sat Guru Ji is a paragon of virtue and divinity epitomizing all qualities of truthful living which will ultimately lead us all towards the goal of redemption.
 

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