05-31-2007, 07:26 AM
More about Sri Guru Nanak Dev...
Actually whereever he went people became his followers... To this day people in Bengal are called "Nanakpanthis" people in Tibet still revere the "Visit of Nanak Lama" as well as many other places., except for middle east (In Pakistan people openly claim Guru Nanak dev as "Muslim" eventhough Gurudwara at Nankana sahib is as per Sikh rites and rituals with Sikh flag)
Guru Nanak debated with Siddhs at Kurukshetra and many sadhu saints at Haridwara, Benaras and all over north india. It is said that guru nanak travelled in four directions to gather knowledge about God.
About... Sufis.... These Sufis almost always arrived with an invader.
Chisti came along the baggage train of Ghori and stayed at Ajmer (till date).
Sarhindi with Akbar (after humayun was defeated akbar returned to attack india).
and so forth... I think that these sufis didn't played any spiritual part but masqueraded/claimed as they are closer to God through their antics. Even kings were afraid of them remember "Ab Dilli Door ast" as said by Nizamudeen (chisti of Delhi).
Many of these sufis were homosexual like famous Punjabi sufi couple Madho Lal Hussain. (one named madho lal other named hussain and they both lived together in love at Lahore).
Other folklore is that when Sarmad (don't know what type of sufi but he went totally naked all over Delhi) was beheaded his severed head spoke the ill fate of the emperor.
Most of these type of sufiis through taawiz, langar, magic, folklore, etc was used to soften up the upper/middle class of Hindus towards Islam.
Sikh Gurus realized the utility of Sufis and simply started the reform in Hinduism to match it and kept it up all the way till Guru Gobind Singh (after fifth guru through physical force) and later.
Actually whereever he went people became his followers... To this day people in Bengal are called "Nanakpanthis" people in Tibet still revere the "Visit of Nanak Lama" as well as many other places., except for middle east (In Pakistan people openly claim Guru Nanak dev as "Muslim" eventhough Gurudwara at Nankana sahib is as per Sikh rites and rituals with Sikh flag)
Guru Nanak debated with Siddhs at Kurukshetra and many sadhu saints at Haridwara, Benaras and all over north india. It is said that guru nanak travelled in four directions to gather knowledge about God.
About... Sufis.... These Sufis almost always arrived with an invader.
Chisti came along the baggage train of Ghori and stayed at Ajmer (till date).
Sarhindi with Akbar (after humayun was defeated akbar returned to attack india).
and so forth... I think that these sufis didn't played any spiritual part but masqueraded/claimed as they are closer to God through their antics. Even kings were afraid of them remember "Ab Dilli Door ast" as said by Nizamudeen (chisti of Delhi).
Many of these sufis were homosexual like famous Punjabi sufi couple Madho Lal Hussain. (one named madho lal other named hussain and they both lived together in love at Lahore).
Other folklore is that when Sarmad (don't know what type of sufi but he went totally naked all over Delhi) was beheaded his severed head spoke the ill fate of the emperor.
Most of these type of sufiis through taawiz, langar, magic, folklore, etc was used to soften up the upper/middle class of Hindus towards Islam.
Sikh Gurus realized the utility of Sufis and simply started the reform in Hinduism to match it and kept it up all the way till Guru Gobind Singh (after fifth guru through physical force) and later.