Guru Gobind Singh: Luminous in Life & Legacy
Wine may take an age to mature but a great spirit is timeless. Time does not define or confine divinity. Years are not a necessary condition for a life of spiritual lustre. Guru Gobind Singh’s comparatively short life transformed into immortality. Born in 1666, his spiritual growth was rapid just as much as it was transformative for not only the Sikhs of Nanak but for all who were despondent in heart and faith. North India was in turmoil. The Mughal Emperium that had come to define the ethos of the last two centuries was in a turbulent state. The turmoil was due to the socio-political churning that was being witnessed and was inevitable. The eclectic atmosphere created by sages of, both, the Sufis and the Sants of the Bhakti Movement was an expression of the spiritual turmoil in the people across the social landscape of the Mughal Empire. Kabir, Chaitanya and Nanak and other kindred souls had forewarned the masses as well as the elite to lead a life of inner contentment through direct ...