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.
Read a story The Late Seeker — Guru Amar Das Ji Make & colour Color a Sikh family scene Watch together Watch a short Sikhi video together Gurmukhi minute Trace today's letter — ਚ Chacha
Go & do it Set the table and invite everyone to sit together at the same level for one meal today — "Langar style."
ਅੰਦਰੁ ਸੀਤਲੁ ਸਾਂਤਿ ਹੈ ॥
Andar seetal saant hai
“Within there is coolness and peace.”
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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