Happy Guru Nanak Jayanti
Celebrating Shri Guru Nanak’s Birthday
Tuesday 8th November 2022
Dear Family,
Jai Shri Mataji!
On this day, we celebrate the birthday of Shri Guru Nanak (1469-1539 AD, Punjab), the ninth incarnation of The 10 Primordial Masters (Adi Gurus) who taught morality and balance in preparation for spiritual ascent.
Guru Nanak sought neither to unite religions nor to create a new one, but taught that spiritual liberation can be achieved through inward meditation.
Born into a Hindu family near Lahore, he spoke of the oneness of God, salvation by faith and good works, and the equality and brotherhood of man. He also believed in the equality of women, and in universal religion. He advocated devotion of thought and excellence of conduct as the first of duties.
‘See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.’ Guru Nanak.
To celebrate this auspicious day, we have compiled a selection of video talks and music below:
- Shri Mataji’s video: “But He came to create amenity…”
- About the 10 Adi Gurus: A beautiful audio podcast recorded by a Sahaja Yogi.
- To our Beloved Guru: Guru Sloka from Shri Mataji’s Room Cabella.
“But He came to create amenity…”
“But His birth is important, because symbolically He came on this earth not to propagate any particular type of the void as Mohammad did, or say Moses did, David, Moses and then before that Abraham, Lao Tse, or Socrates, which followed into a religion. But He came to create amenity, amity we can say, to create understanding, to create unity between religions. This was a very big step for Sahaj Yoga. After that as you know, He was born again, God knows where, no one knows where He was born, but He appeared as Shirdi Sai Nath. He too said the same thing, that to talk ill of any religion is a sin.”
H.H. Shri Mataji Guru Nanak’s Birthday Nightingale Lane Ashram, London 1st November, 1982
About the 10 Adi Gurus
A beautiful audio podcast recorded by a Sahaja Yogi (Brian Bell) about 10 Adi Gurus (Primordial Masters) of the Void area. Prepared for new people.
The 10 Adi Gurus who incarnated were…
00:00 Introduction: The source of Truth – the Guru
03:34 (1) Shri Raja Janaka – King of Mithila and Father of Shri Sita, wife of Shri Rama (India c. 8000 BC).
04:47 (2) Shri Abraham – Forefather of the 12 tribes of Israel (Israel c. 2000 BC).
07:00 (3) Shri Moses – Founder of Jewish law (Egypt c. 1250BC).
09:13 (4) Shri Zarathustra – Instituted Monotheism and fire worship (Persia c. 1800 BC).
11:23 (5) Shri Lao-Tsu – Author of Tao Te Ching (China b. 604 BC).
14:03 (6) Shri Confucius – Taught ethics and compiled I Ching (China b. 549 BC).
16:02 Shri Mataji’s talk “If you are the Guru where is your attention”
18:37 Song – Spiritus Sanctus by Zephyr
23:52 (7) Shri Socrates – Founder of Greek philosophy (Greece b. 431 BC).
26:11 (8) Shri Mohammed – Founder of Islam (Arabia d. 632 AD).
29:34 (9) Shri Guru Nanak – Founder of the Sikhs (India b. 1469 AD).
31:07 (10) Shri Sainath of Shirdi – Who prophesied Shri Mataji’s birth (India c. 1840 – 1918 AD).
32:55 Shri Mataji’s talk “You are the Guru”
42:22 Guided meditation with Self Realisation
To our Beloved Guru
Guru Sloka from Shri Mataji’s Room Cabella June 2020 (8mins)
