Give short answers for the following questions. (20-30 words)
1. Who was Mirabai?
2. Mention the five Ks of Sikhism.
3. Write about Shankaracharya and his ideas.
4. What were the three main teachings of Guru Nanak?
5. What was the nanak panth?
Answers
Answer:
1. Meera, also known as Mirabai, was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Lord Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition. Mirabai was born into a Rajput royal family in Kudki, Pali district, Rajasthan, Mira then spent her childhood in Merta, Rajasthan.
2. There are five things all Sikhs should wear, and conveniently they all start with K. Sanjit Kaur explains the Kesh (uncut hair), Kangha (a wooden comb), Kara (a iron bracelet), Kachera (cotton underpants) and Kirpan (an iron dagger) and what they mean to the Sikhs who carry them.
3. He wrote copious commentaries on the Vedic canon (Brahma Sutras, Principal Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita) in support of his thesis. His works elaborate on ideas found in the Upanishads.
4. The most famous teachings attributed to Guru Nanak are that there is only one God, and that all human beings can have direct access to God with no need of rituals or priests. His most radical social teachings denounced the caste system and taught that everyone is equal, regardless of caste or gender.
5. A Nanakpanthi (Gurmukhi)is a follower of the teachings of Guru Nanak (1469-1539), the foundational guru of a spiritual community natively known to as Nanakpanth while known world-wide as Sikhism. They generally do not sport beards or wear a turban (i.e. are sahajdhari) unlike Amritdhari Sikhs.