To propagate and spread dharma, Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji undertook four major Udasis (missionary journeys), as described by Bhai Gurdas Ji: ਬਾਬਾ ਦੇਖੈ ਧਿਆਨੁ ਧਰਿ ਜਲਤੀ ਸਭਿ ਪ੍ਰਿਥਵੀ ਦਿਸਿ ਆਈ। ਬਾਝੁ ਗੁਰੂ ਗੁਬਾਰੁ ਹੈ ਹੈ ਹੈ ਕਰਦੀ ਸੁਣੀ ਲੁਕਾਈ। ਬਾਬੇ ਭੇਖ ਬਣਾਇਆ ਉਦਾਸੀ ਕੀ ਰੀਤਿ ਚਲਾਈ। ਚੜ੍ਹਿਆ ਸੋਧਣਿ ਧਰਤਿ ਲੁਕਾਈ।। (Var 1, Pauri 24) […]

Human beings are a mixture of virtues and vices. Noble individuals adopt the virtues of others and do not absorb their vices. A person remains great in society only as long as they cultivate and maintain unique virtues, embracing the good and abandoning the bad: “ਗੁਣਾ ਕਾ ਹੋਵੈ ਵਾਸੁਲਾ ਕਢਿ ਵਾਸੁ ਲਈਜੈ ॥ ਜੇ ਗੁਣ […]

“ਆਪਣੇ ਸਿਰ ਪਰ ਧੂਪ ਸਹਿ ਬ੍ਰਿਖ ਔਰ ਸੁਖ ਦੇਤ। ਤਿਉ ਤਨ ਪਰ ਦੁਖ ਕੋਟ ਲੈ ਸੁਜਨ ਔਰ ਸੁਖ ਹੇਤ।” (ਨੀਤੀ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ – ਗਿਆਨੀ ਦਿਤ ਸਿੰਘ) Across the world, noble people have always taught humanity to do good. The reason is clear: human nature tends to be easily attracted toward wrongdoing, while goodness requires deliberate encouragement. […]

The one who conquers their own mind is truly a brave hero (Soorbir). There are two kinds of victories: conquering others, and conquering oneself. A person who conquers others is a political leader; a person who conquers themselves is a saint, devotee, or a Gurmukh. I submit that conquering oneself is far more difficult than […]

There are three kinds of people in the world: First, those who pray for the welfare of all; Second, those who pray only for their own welfare; And third, those who pray for their own welfare and wish ill for others. Such people even take delight in imagining harm for others; it gives them a […]