Allegory- The Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels - Lotus petal -.pdf
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Happy 4th Birthday to My Good School!
With knowledge to spark and dreams to drive,
Manisha Khanna
Happy 4th Birthday to My Good School! May you continue to spread the light of knowledge and friendship among schools forever.
हैप्पी बर्थडे माय गुड स्कूल ! आपको 4वें जन्मदिन पर ढेर सारी शुभकामनाएं🎂✨!
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✨On behalf of Sunbeam Gramin School, I extend my warmest wishes to Good School Alliance on its 4th birthday. May this alliance continue to inspire, innovate, and strengthen the bond of collaboration among schools for a brighter educational future.
Happy 4th Birthday to My Good School! 🎂 May it continue to shine as a place of knowledge, growth, and inspiration for many more years to come.
Today’s session was truly inspiring and informative. In the first session with Amardeep Sir, we learned about the teachings of Guru Nanak and gained insight into his travels across various regions, including Makkah, Madina, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, and India, as he explored the true meaning of life and religion.
The second session was a fascinating discussion with Brinda Ma’am and Jugjiv Sir, where we read excerpts from The Inner Life of Animals. We delved into the world of animals, exploring their desires and emotions towards humans. The session was both encouraging and thought-provoking, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
A heartfelt thank you to the organisers for an engaging and enriching experience.
– Ifra Wahid, IX F
In today’s session, we had the great personality, Mr. Amardeep Singh Sir with us. His best quality is that he does not believe in any kind of discrimination in religion. He told us about the Islamic religion and the story of Mecca and Madina. Then, he showed us a video about all religions in India. He also shared an important moral – the compassion of a mosque. Sir very patiently answered the questions of the students.
After some time, one more teacher, Mrs. Brinda Ghosh Ma’am, entered the class. She read a story titled The Inner Life of Animals and later asked us questions related to the story.
This session was truly one of the best sessions!
– Talat Bano
Class V C
We learned that wisdom grows when we listen, respect differences, and stand against injustice. His travels remind us to live with compassion and curiosity, seeing every person as part of one human family.
Like petals of a Lotus, we are each unique — yet together, we can spread light, just as he did.
Life lessons from Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak’s Travels - Amardeep Singh
The journey of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Bhai Mardana highlights the various religious practices people followed to express their devotion. It also reflects the many challenges they faced in spreading the message of peace, unity, and equality in society. These stories continue to inspire us, showing how dedication, effort, and perseverance—no matter how small—can bring about great change, just like tiny drops of water together form an ocean.
Mayank Malani
Screening of Episode 18 सुमेरू (चेतना): Allegory: A Tapestry of Guru Nanak's Travels by Amardeep Singh
The Sunday School began with introductions and technical setup, followed by a presentation of a documentary series focusing on northern Pakistan and Tibet, exploring Guru Nanak's teachings and historical connections in the region. Discussions covered various geographical, cultural, and spiritual aspects of the area, including Mount Kailash, Baltistan, and the India-Pakistan border region. The conversation ended with an overview of Guru Nanak's travels and teachings, emphasizing the spiritual wisdom he documented rather than historical details of his journeys.
Jugjiv opens the meeting and greets participants as they join. He confirms that he has host controls and discusses scheduling with Amardeep for future meetings. Jugjiv then asks participants to rename themselves with their names and schools for easier identification. As more people join, Jugjiv decides to start the meeting, noting that it will be a long session and others can join as they proceed.
Amardeep introduces episode 18 of his documentary series, which focuses on the northern regions of Pakistan and Tibet. He highlights that these areas are less accessible to Indians due to political boundaries. The episode, which is over an hour long, begins with a message about the essence of Guru Nanak's teachings, emphasizing the importance of intent over rituals. Amardeep also touches on themes of religious commercialization, the power of creation, and the historical connections between regions now separated by political borders.
Amardeep presents a video about the historical freedom of movement across borders in the region, particularly focusing on the now-extinct settlement of Boogie Kingdom at Saparag. The video, which is in a language other than English, appears to discuss cultural and religious diversity in the area, mentioning Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and British. Amardeep plans to end the episode after showing the extinct settlement and then move on to Kailash man server.
The meeting transcript appears to be a mix of different languages and disjointed phrases, making it difficult to provide a coherent summary. The only clear segment is at the end where Jugjiv speaks in English, mentioning that participants can ask questions in the chat and starts to ask Amardeep a question. Without more context or coherent discussion, it's not possible to provide a meaningful summary of decisions, alignments, or action items from this transcript.
The discussion covers Guru Nanak's travels to Kailash Mansar over and Baltistan. Amardeep explains the spiritual significance of Mount Kailash as a gathering place for ascetics and its importance in feeding the Asian subcontinent's water systems. He highlights Guru Nanak's dialogue with Nath Jogis at Kailash, emphasizing the importance of respectful discussions in spiritual matters. The conversation then moves to Mansar over and Rakshastal lakes, representing wisdom and negativity respectively. Amardeep also discusses the challenges of filming in these high-altitude areas and the profound messages conveyed through Guru Nanak's travels in Ladakh and Baltistan.
Amardeep explains the meaning of the mantra "Soham," breaking it down to "So" (that) and "Hum" (me), emphasizing that the cosmic energy resides within oneself. He then attempts to play an audio or video clip about Mount Kailash, but encounters technical difficulties. The clip, once playing, describes Mount Kailash's geographical and spiritual significance, mentioning its height, surrounding rivers, and importance in various religious traditions.
The transcript appears to be a mixture of Korean and Romanian languages without a clear topic or coherent conversation. Due to the lack of meaningful content and the language barrier, it is not possible to provide a summary that meets the given guidelines.
Amardeep discusses various geographical and cultural aspects of the India-Pakistan border region, focusing on Baltistan. He mentions mountain ranges, glaciers, and the Line of Control that passes through the area. The conversation touches on religious diversity in the region, including Hindu and Muslim populations, as well as linguistic elements.
Amardeep presents an overview of Guru Nanak's travels and teachings. He explains that Guru Nanak did not write about his own life or travels, but left 928 verses of spiritual wisdom in scripture. The details of Guru Nanak's journeys come from hagiographies written by followers 60-150 years after his life, based on oral traditions. Amardeep emphasizes that Guru Nanak's focus was on documenting spiritual insights rather than historical details. He notes that Guru Nanak's verses demonstrate deep knowledge of various religious traditions he encountered in his travels, showing how travel broadened his wisdom.
A Recording Of The Session
Reflection questions that will help deepen your understanding of yourself and the world around you.
Thinking about your awareness
What does "consciousness" mean to you, and how do you stay aware of your thoughts and actions in daily life?
Recalling a deeper moment
Have you ever experienced a time when you felt truly connected to something bigger than yourself—nature, people, or a quiet inner feeling? What was that moment like?
Considering your daily interactions
How can you become more mindful and present when you're talking, listening, or spending time with others?
Exploring the idea of unity
Guru Nanak spoke of a universal consciousness that exists in everyone. How can understanding this help us become more empathetic and accepting of people from different backgrounds?
Reflecting on your inner world
In what ways can taking time to reflect on your thoughts and feelings help you understand your values, goals, and purpose better?
I’ve been tested as to whether I believe in oneness by god and now I don’t feel bad for anything that happens to me anymore because if I don’t feel bad for deprivation, discrimination and other things happening to other people, then I don’t have the right to feel bad for myself either. All I can and should do is ‘embrace’ it all. Since the past can’t be changed but can be, I choose to let go of it.
If you want to become like Lord Buddha, you have to have a sense of oneness. Oneness is feeling others’ pain and knowing that their win is your ‘win’ too. Brotherhood and sisterhood are the actual true essence of our being. Oneness is not denying or neglecting the Truth in you, but rather unleashing it. Comparison is not the key, acceptance is.
It’s relevant in today’s times because it helps us find our set of people, who care about us and are ready to understand us. Oneness is a motivation to uplift each other and try to do what’s meant for each other’s good on an emotional level since we come from one Source and then merge into it.
“The most important things in life are the connections you make with others.” – Tom Ford
All the human beings living in this world are connected to one another. Despite differences in race, religion, colour, custom and language, we are all one. We are somehow directly or indirectly connected to each other.
Connection with other people makes our life easier and happier. If we are connected to one another, it means we have someone to share our happiness and sadness and other emotions. We can help people in times of their distress and also get back help from others.
People who are lonely are lost (mentally) and do not seem very active. They do not indulge in conversation and do activities with other people. These people are not well connected to one another.
Maybe, the lives of people who are not connected to others are not fun. But from many people's point of view, it may be fun.
Sometimes, I sing a song in my mind. Then after a few seconds, I hear another person singing the same song. This makes me wonder whether our minds are connected or not. This has happened several times.
Our Unity should be such that we should be willing to combat any injustice and be conditioned to pay heed to our conscience and presentiments. Our Unity should be balanced but deliberate. There is 'unity in diversity', just as Jawarhal Nehru said. There is Unity in us accepting our differences and rising above them. Forgiveness strengthens our Unity.
Once we accept each other just as we are, we stop getting bugged by our differences. If we are one, we can overthrow the tyrants and free ourselves from oppression by mutinying.
As they say, in today's scenario, the majority wins, so we must ensure awareness about what is going for real, not misinformation. This happens through our education system; a sound education system can proceed to feed the masses with the correct and legitimate information, and then the schools can follow to produce a bright and brilliant future for the country. However, if the opposite happens, then that system's products will become hostile, despotic and haughty individuals who only want to spread their influence and mindset to the entire world. Hence, we should favour what is righteous and not believe any fraudulent information available under the sun!
We can be a reliable asset to society, uniting whenever we need to overthrow any deviousness out there.
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What does Unity mean to you, and do you think it is pivotal?
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To be able to work in a team, united is unity. To be united, you first need to learn to cooperate and have a good relationship with them, so you don't get in too many fights. I am not so good at teamwork, but I am trying to improve by being more cooperative.
As you might have heard,' unity is power. When the British attacked India, all Indians came together and fought with them, and because of us being a team, we were able to defeat the British.
Rishona Chopra
Grade V
Gyanshree School
