Sikhs-Index

The Japji, or Sikh morning prayer.  This short work succinctly lays out Guru Nanak's religious ideas and path.  The final verse was written by Nanak's successor, Guru Angad.  

"The Life of Guru Nanak According to Bhai Gurdas" (trans. by W.H. McLeod).  Bhai Gurdas (d. 1637) was a court poet who was a contemporary of the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Sikh Gurus.  His account was written more than a century after Guru Nanak's life, so this is not a contemporary biographical account, but one that reflects the community's received memory and values. 

Images of Guru Nanak from the Janam-Sakhis (traditional stories of Guru Nanak's life).  Some of these images come from poster art; others from paintings (late-18th or early 19th c.) in Amritsar's Baba Atal Tower.