Equality — one light in every person

One of the most radical and beautiful teachings of Sikhi is that every human being is equal. Not just equal in theory — equal in practice, seated on the same floor, sharing the same food, in Langar. Guru Nanak Dev Ji broke the caste rules of his time and sat down to eat with people everyone else looked down on. Guru Amar Das Ji made Langar a formal institution, so that the teaching of equality was lived every single day. When we sit on the same floor as everyone else, we are not just sharing a meal — we are saying: the light of the Creator lives in you, just as it does in me.