The only symbols Sikhs use are the Khanda and Ik Onkar. He sent him to the market to buy food and then sell it for a profit. Instead of selling the food, Guru Nanak gave it to the holy men he met at the side of the road. They were meditating and had very little. Guru Nanak understood the importance of helping others who had nothing.
He wanted to help people and felt that profit was not important. He started teaching others the same principle. Sikhs follow the three foundations of Sikhism. They work hard and earn an honest living, which is called Kirat Karna. Guru Nanak went to the river Bain to wash, as normal, and did not reappear for three days. On his return, Guru Nanak explained his revelation of God. Guru Nanak began teaching the importance of the equality of all people, regardless of their caste, religion or gender.
Today, Sikhs follow this teaching. They welcome all beings into the gurdwara and offer food from the langar. They perform sewa and treat everyone with respect and dignity. Guru Nanak travelled across North India teaching about the oneness of God, the equality of men and women, the rejection of idolatry and the importance of labour and hard work which was what the people of lower castes typically did. He gathered many followers. His teachings about the importance of labour and hard work showed that he rejected the idea of the caste system.
They also showed that hard work is equally as important as all other jobs. Sikhs today reject the caste system. They follow the actions of Guru Nanak by treating men and women equally, giving both genders equal roles in the gurdwara. He studied and debated with the learned men he met along the way and as his ideas took shape he began to teach a new route to spiritual fulfilment and the good life.
The last part of his life was spent at Kartarpur in the Punjab, where he was joined by many disciples attracted by his teachings. The most famous teachings attributed to Guru Nanak are that there is only one God, and that all human beings can have direct access to God with no need of rituals or priests. His most radical social teachings denounced the caste system and taught that everyone is equal, regardless of caste or gender.
Peter Owen-Jones explores the Sikh faith in India, travelling to a festival in Nanded and explaining the origins of Sikhism in the conflict between Hinduism and Islam years ago.
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