Explain giving examples the traditions and philosophy of Baba Guru
Nanak Dev.
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Baba Nanak Shah Faqir, Saba ka Guru, Sabhi ka Pir', a transform of the verse : 'Baba Nanak Shah Faqir, Hindu ka Guru, Musalman ka Pir', immensely popular in Punjab, truly defines some more significant aspects of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh Panth and Sikhs' first Guru. Bound by intimate ties Nanak's disciples saw in him the 'Baba', guardian of generations of man, who, the benevolent protector, built the path, led them to it and guided their course all through, and all with love and care, not like a formal teacher asserting his authority. The torch-bearer lived among them like one of them and practised along them what he preached. A faqir beyond possessions, passions or ambitions, and all desires, Baba Nanak, reigning over the domains not belonging to man, was the king of kings, the supreme Shah at whose feet emperors bowed and to whose divine aura expanse of their territories fell short. Not Hindu or Musalman, he was, and is still, everyone's Guru, the teacher guiding all to the right path, and everyone's Pir, the benefactor and spiritual guardian. 'Hindu ka Guru, Musalman ka Pir', part of the original verse, seems to have grown out of the forecast which astrologers made at the time of his birth. As the Bala Janam Sakhi has it, the planetary position at the time of his birth indicated that both Hindu and Turk, two main constituents of the society those days, would revere him alike and the path that he would found would alike be the path of both.