Week 3 · The Gurus · Day 11

Guru Amar Das Ji — everyone is equal

Guru Amar Das Ji turned Langar into a rule: anyone who wanted to meet him had to first sit and eat with everyone else, as an equal. Even emperors sat on the floor.

Today's idea

The third Guru made everyone — king or farmer — eat in Langar together first.

Pick two or three — there's no wrong way to do a day.

Today's Gurbani

ਅੰਦਰੁ ਸੀਤਲੁ ਸਾਂਤਿ ਹੈ ॥

Andar seetal saant hai

“Within there is coolness and peace.”

— Guru Amar Das Ji · Ang 851
Talk together

Ask: "Guru Amar Das said: first eat together, then meet me. Why make everyone sit as equals?"

Younger kids: help set out cushions. Older kids: serve someone else before themselves.

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