Angered by the oppressive misrule.
ud moved by the pillable plight of lions, Gura Nanak: made up his (ud 10. bringe about a complete re- Dori formation and regeneration. Por the sake of his sacred mission he happily went to prison, unhesitatingly Hol himsett sold" in the market, uncomplainingly tolerated abuse and stones, but at last laid the foundation. fof common social order—a_ brothers hoot called Sikhism. His Ideal was free it from all" the prevalent corruptions dating from centuries past. He wanted to teach his dis tiples nota theory only but vated. them nat to yenoumee the World in awe of tyrannical rule, but to face it like brave men.
wanted his disciples to find means. to meet and overcome diMeulties gather than think of ways to eteape from them. the need of the any was that his Sikhs should be, instead of tame, brave: instead of sinners, virtuous instead of fickle-minded, Fesolute: and, above all, selfsacriGeing. They might hit the tyrants hard, might be stronie (0 fight aggression, and. defend the poor and weak, "His ideal was to bring morally (0 the highest level the people who had been enslaved for centuries. past, who wore {otally ignorant. and superstitious, whose faith was all corruption, and Who were bowing before. inntmerble gods' and goddesses instead of the One Almighty.
Difficulties Paced wax not an easy task. First of all he faced a rear dimeuliy created by pevlagogues who did not ike hi preaching: and thought them harmful to their ways of teaching, Sec:
is, he could not dik ths while home. He had to. travel all direction at a time when there Were ehaox and misrule everywhere, when there were no easy means of Vransportation. and" communteation, when the roads ax well as the me able. places wore infested with of rabbers, highway men, pid pockets and cul-throats, The third ifieutty he had to face and overcome was the persuasion of his near and lear ones and the pleas and eniweaties of his dependents, not to depart, To crown all, he ad no means fand resources abroad, and could not expect any help in any form.
Undaunted in spirit, "having fern faith in One Almighty' God and his! sound plans, he set off and travelled from East to. West and. North to South. He taught the real way to} hhoth it indus and Moslems, At one place he was asked to give his opin= fon-on whether Tindw. was" greater Moslem. His answer was short, Taconic, but conveyed dictionaries of "The one who does. good With two ardent followers 2 dui and a Moslem, he travelled far and wide, not once, twice, but thrice, preaching his sacred mission, Me was successful, and Hindus and Moslems both bean to think of him fas their common spiritual leader.
Sacred Mission Carried On Atter his death his successors ear-vicd on his. sacred mission, "They also had to face tremendous dificult ties The fifth and ninth Gurus had to lay down their lives. The sixth Guru: was obliged to unsheath the] sword, The finishing touch to Guru] Nanak's Totty work was given by Cheap Rice Sales To Be Continued Shanghai, Nov. 14, is now reliably learned that despite "financial stringency. the Shanghai Mee Distribution Commit~ inno holding cheap sales iron rice after the con fon. of the present cheap sale by Which hundreds of poor people who. fre benefitted. Informed circles lose touch with the. philanthropic organization slate that the committee Feeently reached this decision, having been encouraged by oficial quarters in its work, The only problem Is lack of funds. Dut those on the commit ice are said be trying their best to collect contributions. The public is ured contribute generously as the poor need the rice more urgently during the winter season when it is_ more dimeult to Gnd work than the summer. If no change is made, then the next cheap sale of broken Saigon rice will be held inthe middle of next month and this will be the second cheap sale in the third distribution 'The' Commitice was formed in January of this year when, prices of rice went steadily up chiefly due the changed situation which then 8 it does now rendered it hard to Aransport native rice to Shanghai, During the past eleven months, the Committee has held seven cheap sales the inferior grain, including the one which is still being held. This latest sale started on November 1. About 20,000 bags are being sold the poor. These various sales were: divided into three periods, the latest tone having begun on November 1,
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