Please write an essay on Guru Amar Das ji
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Guru Amar Das
Guru Amar Das was born to mother Bakht Kaur (also known as Lakshmi or Rup Kaur) and father Tej Bhan Bhalla on 5 May 1479 in Basarke village in what is now called Amritsar district of Punjab (India). He married Mansa Devi and they had four children which they named as Mohri, Mohan, Dani and Bhani.
Amar Das had followed the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism for much of his life. Reputed to have gone on some twenty pilgrimages into the Himalayas, to Haridwar on river Ganges. About 1539, on one such Hindu pilgrimage, he met a Hindu monk (sadhu) who asked him why he did not have a guru (teacher, spiritual counsellor) and Amar Das decided to get one. On his return, he heard Bibi Amro, the daughter of the Sikh Guru Angad, singing a hymn by Guru Nanak. He learnt from her about Guru Angad, and with her help met the second Guru of Sikhism and adopted him as his spiritual Guru who was much younger than his own age.
He is famous in the Sikh tradition for his relentless service to Guru Angad, with legends about waking up in the early hours and fetching water for his Guru's bath, cleaning and cooking for the volunteers with the Guru, as well devoting much time to meditation and prayers in the morning and evening. Guru Angad named Amar Das his successor in 1552, instead of naming of his surviving son Shri Chand.
He died in 1574,in Goindwal Sahib and like other Sikh Gurus he was cremated, with the "flowers" (remaining bones and ash after the cremation) immersed into harisar (flowing waters).
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Guru Amar Das taught with His own life the meaning of Guru Service, also known in Punjabi religious parlance as Guru Sewa. Guru Amar Das emphasised both spiritual pursuits as well an ethical daily life. He encouraged his followers to wake up before dawn, do their ablutions and then meditate in silent seclusion. A good devotee, taught Amar Das, should be truthful, keep his mind in control, eat only when hungry, seek company of pious men, worship the Lord, make an honest living, serve holy men, not covet another's wealth and never slander others. He recommended holy devotion with Guru image in his follower's heart.
He was also a reformer, and discouraged veiling of women's faces (a Muslim custom) as well as sati (a Hindu custom). He encouraged the Kshatriya people to fight in order to protect people and for the sake of justice, stating this is Dharma.
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Third Sikh Guru (1522–74), Guru Amar Das was given this name at the elderly age of 73. He was born in India's Khadur in 1479 and died in Goindwal in 1574. He is remembered for organizing the Punjab into administrative districts and promoting Sikh missionary efforts to spread the faith. He was highly esteemed for his knowledge and piety; it is reported that even the Mughal emperor Akbar sought his counsel and dined in the caste-free langar of the Sikhs (communal refectory).
Goindwal developed into a hub of Sikh power and knowledge under the guidance of Guru Amar Das. He strengthened the already-existing Sikh scripture, liturgy, and langar institutions by enforcing the requirement that anyone wishing to meet him first eat at the refectory. Additionally, he established a 22-manji religious and administrative system (literally, "cots," but actually "seats"), which made it possible to effectively oversee the entire and growing Sikh community. The people chosen for these positions were tasked with guiding their constituents' religious practices, encouraging others to join the Sikh community, and acting as a liaison between the neighbourhood congregations and Goindwal.
Guru Amar Das established pilgrimages that were connected to a newly created Sikh calendar to further strengthen the ties between distant congregations and Goindwal. He established two significant occasions when all Sikhs were urged to go to Goindwal and take part in communal celebrations by incorporating two preexisting festivals—Vaisakhi, which occurs at the time of the spring harvest, and Diwali, which occurs at the time of the fall harvest—into the calendar and changing their orientation.
In addition to criticizing Hindus for Sati and opposing the caste system, Guru Amardas Ji also permitted widow remarriage and established the Guru Ka Langar. Ramdas Sodhi, who was his most ardent follower, received his guruship from him. He established 'Manjis,' or groups, to spread the Sikh faith. He established a local Sikh preacher at each of the 22 branches, or Manjis, that he split the region into. In 1574, he perished.
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