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"Baba Nanak's vision of the sacred word was all inclusive." Explain the statement.

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  1. "Baba Nanak's vision of the sacred word was all inclusive" alludes to the fact that spirituality is a universal truth and supports his message of inclusion and social harmony.
  2. According to Guru Nanak, there is only one God, and every one is created equally in the eyes of the divine, regardless of religion, caste, or socioeconomic status.
  3. He rejected exclusivity and held that all spiritual paths ultimately lead to the same truth.
  4. In his teachings, Guru Nanak emphasised the importance of having compassion, performing acts of selflessness, and living a moral and ethical life.
  5. He also emphasised the importance of meditation and repeating the divine name to achieve spiritual enlightenment.
  6. The inclusion and universality of Guru Nanak's message is one of the central tenets of the Sikh religion.
  7. The Sikh community actively promotes interfaith dialogue and understanding. Sikhism is a religion that welcomes followers from all backgrounds and faiths.
  8. Baba Nanak's interpretation of the sacred text was inclusive as a result of highlighting the universality of spirituality and rejecting the idea of exclusivity based on social, religious, or other distinctions.
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संबंधित प्रश्न

Consider the following statements regarding Kabir.

  1. Kabir organised his followers into a community and set up rules for congregational worship.
  2. Kabir described the Ultimate Reality using terms drawn from Islam, Vedantic traditions, and from yogic traditions.
  3. Verses ascribed to Kabir have been compiled in three distinct but overlapping traditions.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?


Who compiled Adi Granth?


Consider the following statements regarding Kabir.

1. Verses of Kabir are compiled in three distinct traditions.

2. Kabir’s poems are available only in the Urdu language.

3. Kabir used many traditions to describe the ultimate reality.

4. Kabir called ultimate reality only Allah.

Which of the given statements is/are incorrect?


Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:

One Lord

Here is a composition attributed to Kabir:
Tell me, brother, how can there be
No one lord of the world but two?
Who led you so astray?
God is called by many names:
Names like Allah, Ram, Karim,
Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat.
Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles.
Isn’t it gold all the same?
Distinctions are only words we invent …
Kabir says they are both mistaken.
Neither can find the only Ram.
One kills the goat, the other cows.
They waste their lives in disputation

Identify the connotation of Kabir from the following options.


Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:

One Lord

Here is a composition attributed to Kabir:
Tell me, brother, how can there be
No one lord of the world but two?
Who led you so astray?
God is called by many names:
Names like Allah, Ram, Karim,
Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat.
Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles.
Isn’t it gold all the same?
Distinctions are only words we invent …
Kabir says they are both mistaken.
Neither can find the only Ram.
One kills the goat, the other cows.
They waste their lives in disputation

Which of the following is the part of Kabir’s philosophy?


Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:

One Lord

Here is a composition attributed to Kabir:
Tell me, brother, how can there be
No one lord of the world but two?
Who led you so astray?
God is called by many names:
Names like Allah, Ram, Karim,
Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat.
Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles.
Isn’t it gold all the same?
Distinctions are only words we invent …
Kabir says they are both mistaken.
Neither can find the only Ram.
One kills the goat, the other cows.
They waste their lives in disputation

Kabir’s poetry has a literary as well as a philosophical significance.
Select the most appropriate option from the following that describes this essence.


Read the following source carefully and answer the following question by choosing the most appropriate option:

One Lord

Here is a composition attributed to Kabir:
Tell me, brother, how can there be
No one lord of the world but two?
Who led you so astray?
God is called by many names:
Names like Allah, Ram, Karim,
Keshav, Hari, and Hazrat.
Gold may be shaped into rings and bangles.
Isn’t it gold all the same?
Distinctions are only words we invent …
Kabir says they are both mistaken.
Neither can find the only Ram.
One kills the goat, the other cows.
They waste their lives in disputation

Read the following statements regarding Kabir and select the appropriate option.

  1. Kabir was a nirguna saint.
  2. He believed in formless supreme God.
  3. He wanted to remove the differences based on caste and religion.
  4. He condemned the superstitious cults, the ritualism, the doctrines of both Hinduism and Islam.

The verses of Baba Farid were incorporated in ______.


'Bijak' is compiled by ______.


Baba Guru Nanak was born in ______.


Who compiled the hymns of Baba Guru Nanak?


Mirabai was the devotee of ______.


Arranged them in chronological order.

  1. Kabir
  2. Mirabai
  3. Guru Nanak
  4. Shankaradeva

Match the following:

List I List II
A. Lingayat 1. Punjab
B. Kabirpanthi 2. Karnataka
C. Baba Guru Nanak 3. Rajasthan
D. Mira Bai 4. Benaras

Select the correct chronological order of the Bhakti Saints from the following:


The bhakti Saint who was not a worshipper of Krishna was ______.


Which of the following statements are correct?

(i) Mirabai was the saint of the Bhakti movement.

(ii) She was the daughter of Rana Ratan Singh the ruler of Merta.

(iii) She was born in 1498 in the Kudvivillage of Merta.

(iv) She was devoted to the devotion of Lord Krishna.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.


Who was the tenth Guru of Sikh?


The teachings of the Shankaradeva were known as ______.


Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Love for the Lord

This is part of a song attributed to Mirabai:
  I will build a funeral pyre of sandalwood and aloe;
  Light it by your own hand
  When I am burned away to cinders;
  Smear this ash upon limbs.
  ... let flame be lost in flame.

In another verse, she sings:
  What can Mewar's ruler do to me?
  If God is angry, all is lost,
  But what can the Rana do?

  1. Examine the reason for calling Meera Bai an ascetic figure.
  2. Analyze Meera Bai’s relation with Mewar.
  3. How was Mirabai unique among the poet-saints of the Bhakti movement?

"Meera Bai was perhaps one of the best known woman poet within the Bhakti Tradition." Substantiate the statement.


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