27/07/2020
Equality of mankind🙏
Equality and brotherhood of mankind: Since about 1499, the Sikh Gurus have emphasised the conceptof the equality of mankind in the sacred verses found in the Sikh holy scripture, Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Guru Nanak says in Japji Sahib: "Accept all humans as your equals, and let them be your only sect" (Japji 28), and
Guru Gobind Singh tell the world: 'manas ki jat sabhe eke paihcanbo recognise all of mankind as a single caste of humanity"
Sri Guru Granth Sahib promotes the concept of
equality by highlighting the fact that we are made of the same flesh, blood and bone and we have the same light of God with us Soul. Our building bricks are the same:
There is only one breath; all are made of the same clay; the light within all is the same.
The One Light pervades all the many and various beings.
This Light intermingles with them, but it is not diluted or obscured.
By Guru's Grace, I have come to see the One. I am a sacrifice to the True Guru. (3) (SGGS p96)
He is within see Him outside as well;
there is no one, other than Him.
As Gurmukh, look upon all with the single eye of
equality;
in each and every heart, the Divine Light is contained. ((2)) (SGGS p599)
The following lines from SGGS explain about the importance of treating every person as an equal:
They look upon all with equality, and recognize the Supreme Soul,
they are the most exalted and acclaimed people. (2) (SGGS p446)
The God-conscious being is always unstained, like the sun,
which gives its comfort and warmth to al.
The God-conscious being looks upon all alike, like the wind,
which blows equally upon the king and the poor beggar.(SGGS p272)