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Guru Ram Das (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਰਾਮ ਦਾਸ, pronunciation: [gʊɾuː ɾaːmᵊ d̯aːsᵊ]; 24 September 1534 – 1 September 1581) was the fourth of the ten Sikh gurus. [2][3] He was born to a family based in Lahore, who named him Bhai Jetha. [3][1] He was orphaned at age seven; and thereafter grew up with his maternal ...
Padmasambhava. Padmasambhava ("Born from a Lotus"), [note 2] also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru) and the Lotus from Oḍḍiyāna, was a tantric Buddhist Vajra master from medieval India who taught Vajrayana in Tibet (circa 8th – 9th centuries). [1][2][3][4] According to some early Tibetan sources like the Testament of Ba, he came to ...
The word gurukula is a combination of the Sanskrit words guru ('teacher' or 'master') and kula ('family' or 'home'). [2][3] The term is also used today to refer to residential monasteries or schools operated by modern gurus. [4] The proper plural of the term is gurukulam, though gurukuls is also used in English and some other European languages.
Waheguru (Punjabi: ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ, romanized: vāhigurū[note 1], pronunciation: [ʋaːɦɪɡuɾuː], literally meaning "Wow Guru", [1] figuratively translated to mean "Wonderful God " or "Wonderful Lord" [2][3]) is a term used in Sikhism to refer to God as described in Guru Granth Sahib. [4][5][6][7] It is the most common term to ...
In an effort to fulfill the order of his guru, in 1944 A. C. Bhaktivedanta began publishing Back to Godhead, an English fortnightly magazine presenting the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. [ 40 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] He single-handedly wrote, edited, financed, published, and distributed the magazine, [ 48 ] [ 49 ] which is still published and ...
18 Bhai Mardana (GGS, 553) was a Muslim rebab (bowed string instrument) musician, who accompanied Guru Nanak on his travels. Bhai Rai Balwand was a Muslim rebab musician and Satta was a Muslim drummer during the time of Guru Angad up to the time of Guru Arjan; they both sang gurbani-kirtan and composed a Ramkali var that was included in the ...
Sri Chand (8 September 1494 – 13 January 1629, Gurmukhi: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਚੰਦ), also referred to as Baba Sri Chandra or Bhagwan Sri Chandra, was the founder of the Udasi sect of ascetic Sadhus. [6] Sikh sources give his life the impressive dates of 8 September 1494 – 13 January 1629, which would have made him 134 years old upon his death.
Biography. Jambheshwar was born in a Rajput family of Panwar Gotra in a remote village Pipasar, Nagaur in 1451,his mother was of Khileri Rajput gotra. [2] He was the only child of Lohat Panwar and Hansa Devi. For the first seven years of his life, Guru Jambeshwar was considered silent and introverted. He spent 27 years of his life as a cow herder.