Bhai Takhat Singh of Ferozepur was a rare missionary and a pioneer of women education in nineteenth century. He started school for boys in 1890 and the first school for girls later known as Sikh Kanya Mahavidalya, Ferozepur in 1892. Those were the days when education for girls was a taboo.
Why to go far then. You can start understanding yourself and you will understand Him. You are made of physical and the subtle. Physical consists of your physical structure. The inner consists of your energy, your mind and your soul.
While reading Shakespeare's poem "All the world's a stage", I was surprised to find that its conceptual framework already existed in Guru Nanak's hymn and the poem content is very similar to the hymns of Guru Nanak recorded at Ang 137-138.
In every prayer the followers pray for Universal well being. They always are seen eager to help the poor and downtrodden. However certain groups of people away from the mainstream have remained very poor and treated as downtrodden in their area of residences and remained unattended.
Sikhs always pray for universal well being (sarbat da bhala) in our daily prayer; performed individually or in religious congregations. We consider all beings as the Creation of One God; hence all are brethren and equal in His eyes. God loves all the being equally and profoundly.
He lives in all in the form of souls. He is not far away; He is in each and every heart. Among all the women and the men, His Light is shining in the form of souls and He Himself enjoys every heart since He is contained within every woman and man.
The entire universe is made of energy. God is the Creator of the entire universe from this energy and ultimate energy provider to all beings. This energy creates and changes into various forms.
Not only in Sikhism, but also in all other religions sabd, Word, Logos or its equivalent and relative terminologies have been given equal veneration globally...
Religion follows spirituality. But in its zeal, it may go to the extent of vitiating spirituality.
He told me that those who had gone to the temple on that day with me were a Hindu, a Muslim and a Buddhist. There were no restrictions in any religious place for anyone...