the amazing guru nanak

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waheguru ji ka khalsa, waheguru ji ki fateh!

purpose of this thread: to reveal and bring forth information regarding guru nanak sahib that people may not be normally aware of.

motivation: As sikhs living in the west we are bounded to a eurocentric paradigm (simply, we have to think the way we are taught in the manners which we are taught). This goes from everything from the information in our textbooks to the way we understand gurbani. Ie. we, for some reason, tend to use a dualistic/static god and use a "western" methodology to try to understand god (ie. polarities....which are good examples to use when breaking through our relative perception of things, but claiming polar "static" goods...and polar "Static" bads leads to subcription of acts as opposed to an endeavour of self introspection).... before I sound like too much of a philosopher. I will continue with my purpose

to unearth facts regarding guru nanak that are overlooked

example: here is a list of the worlds explorers...I am assuming these people travelled by foot..... look at where guru nanak is, and notice how it isn't common knowledge.....whereas

1) marco polo is very well known, almost considered the benchmark by many

2) magellan...wasn't it also a search engine?

3) vasco de gama, christopher columbus...names speak for themself

4)does anyone know who batuta was?

Readers digest-Great World Atlas, published by the reader’s digest association. !962

The world explorers

Name Duration

Ibn batuta 32 years

Guru nanak 27 years

Marco polo 25 years

James cook 10 years

Ferdinand Magellan 4 years

Vasco de gama 3 years

Christopher Columbus 2 years

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