T. V. Kapali Sastry provides an overview of Sri Krishna Chaitanya, Guru Nanak and Guru Govind Singh
Nanak attended the school until one day he was observed to remain silent without applying himself to his studies. When the teacher asked him to explain himself the boy challenged his very competency to teach him. "Sir, to all your learning, the Vedas and Shastras,” Nanak said, "I prefer Divine knowledge" and composed the hymn that begins with "Burn wordly love.” The schoolmaster was spellbound and paid homage to the saintly youngster. On leaving the school, Nanak devoted himself to private study and meditation. He frequently retired into the forest, freely moved in the company of yogis and spiritual thinkers and devotees and thus got the cream of religious culture, the fruit of higher learning which he could not have obtained from the humble village school had he remained there longer. From now, the name of the formless Creator became the object of his worship and meditation, and the Sat Nam or True Name is indeed a special feature of his creed. “The body which is not filled with the True Name is of no account,” says Nanak. All this education did not, however, satisfy Kalu who felt that it could not advance his worldly position, and so got Nanak to study Persian, the language of the Rulers. But soon the Persian, like the Hindu teacher before him, was astonished at his marvellous compositions—the acrostic on the letters of the Persian alphabet. Nanak easily became a fair Persian scholar. But Kalu was not yet satisfied. He even feared that his son was becoming insane and so asked him to herd the buffaloes in the forest. One day he fell asleep and a neighbour’s field was trespassed by the cattle in his charge. When the owner complained, Nanak said that God would bless the field. The aggrieved owner took the matter before Rai Bular who called for Kalu to settle the quarrel. But on Nanak stating that the field was really blessed by God and that no injury befell the field, the Zemindar sent his own messengers to inspect the field and to their astonishment they saw not a single blade eaten or trampled upon and conveyed this report! The field which was the scene of this miracle is now known as Kiara Sahib.
Nanak attended the school until one day he was observed to remain silent without applying himself to his studies. When the teacher asked him to explain himself the boy challenged his very competency to teach him. "Sir, to all your learning, the Vedas and Shastras,” Nanak said, "I prefer Divine knowledge" and composed the hymn that begins with "Burn wordly love.” The schoolmaster was spellbound and paid homage to the saintly youngster.
On leaving the school, Nanak devoted himself to private study and meditation. He frequently retired into the forest, freely moved in the company of yogis and spiritual thinkers and devotees and thus got the cream of religious culture, the fruit of higher learning which he could not have obtained from the humble village school had he remained there longer.
From now, the name of the formless Creator became the object of his worship and meditation, and the Sat Nam or True Name is indeed a special feature of his creed. “The body which is not filled with the True Name is of no account,” says Nanak.
All this education did not, however, satisfy Kalu who felt that it could not advance his worldly position, and so got Nanak to study Persian, the language of the Rulers. But soon the Persian, like the Hindu teacher before him, was astonished at his marvellous compositions—the acrostic on the letters of the Persian alphabet. Nanak easily became a fair Persian scholar. But Kalu was not yet satisfied. He even feared that his son was becoming insane and so asked him to herd the buffaloes in the forest. One day he fell asleep and a neighbour’s field was trespassed by the cattle in his charge. When the owner complained, Nanak said that God would bless the field. The aggrieved owner took the matter before Rai Bular who called for Kalu to settle the quarrel. But on Nanak stating that the field was really blessed by God and that no injury befell the field, the Zemindar sent his own messengers to inspect the field and to their astonishment they saw not a single blade eaten or trampled upon and conveyed this report! The field which was the scene of this miracle is now known as Kiara Sahib.
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