Theight in All is One

Guru Nanak was a sixteenth-century reformer and the founder of Sikhism. He was the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. He was born in Talwandi, nearahore, during a time of political and religious discord and disharmony. Right from an early age, he displayed a deep knowledge of divine subjects and spirituality. He challenged ritualism and shows of piety and attacked the citadels of the caste system. He taught that the core tenets ofiving a goodife were helping thoseess fortunate, making an honestiving and meditating on the name of theord so as to overcome human weaknesses. He travelled extensively—from Mecca to the Himalayas to central India—with his faithful disciple Mardana, teaching aboutove, one God and Truth and oneness with theord. He propagated the philosophy of salvation through meditation and rejected all forms of idolatry. His travels have been chronicled in the Janamsakhis, written decades after his death. His teachings have been immortalized in the form of 974 verses that form part of the holy text of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib. Translated and edited by Navkirat Sodhi, the aphorisms in ‘Theight in All is One’ contain some of Guru Nanak’s greatest teachings. These wiseessons aboutiving a fulfillingife are timeless and universal.