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Guru Amar Das

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The Third Sikh Guru

Guru Amar Das was appointed by Guru Angad Dev as his successor and the third guru of the Sikhs. He became guru in 1552 AD at the age of 73.

Guru Amar Das served his Guru (Angad Dev), with pure dedication and love for 12 years and is a great role model for all Sikhs to follow. He was renounced for his 'sewa' (service) to his guru and the Sikh cause and was respected and loved dearly by all his followers.

Guru Amar Das contributed a lot to the Sikh religion during his 22 years of guruship by spreading the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev to a wider region and audience and establishing administrative and social systems for the fast growing religion.
Important!

"He who calls himself a Sikh of the True Guru, He must get up in the morning and say his prayers. He must rise in the early hours and bathe in the holy tank. He must meditate on God as advised by the Guru. And rid himself of the afflictions of sins and evil. As the day dawns, he should recite scriptures, and repeat God's name in every activity. Nanak! I seek the dust of the feet of the Guru's Sikh who himself remembers God and makes others remember Him."

His Early Life

Guru Amar Das was born in the village of Basarke, in Amritsar, on May 5, 1479.

He was married to Mata Mansa Devi in 1502 AD from whom he had four children - two sons, Mohan and Mohri; and two daughters, Dani and Bhani.

Guru Amardas was a devout Hindu before he converted to Sikhism after his first meeting with Guru Angad Dev. He was appointed as the Third Sikh Guru at the age of 73.

Guru Amar Das preaching about equality of all humans. 

Guru Amar Das Contributions to Sikhism and Humanity

Equality of Women

Guru Amardas preached against the practice of Sati (the dying of the wife on her husband's funeral pyre). He also advocated the re-marrying of widows. He asked the women to discard 'Purdah' (veil). He introduced new birth, marriage and death ceremonies. Thus he raised the status of women and protected the rights of female infant who were killed without question as they were deemed to have no status.

Guru ka Langar

The guru further strengthened the tradition of 'Guru ka Langar' and made it compulsory for the visitor to the Guru saying that 'Pehle Pangat Phir Sangat' (first visit the Langar then go to the Guru). Langar (Free Blessed Food)is served at all Sikh temples all over the world.

Further abolished the Caste System

The guru preached that all man and woman are equal and that the caste system is wrong. Guru taught and loved all men from all religions and castes equally and treated them as equals as his Sikhs.

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More Contributions

Established an Administration system for management of the increasing size of the Sikh congregations

At Goindwal, Guru Amar Das propagated the Sikh faith in a logical and planned manner. He himself visited and sent Sikh missionaries to different parts of India to spread Sikhism. He divided the Sikh Sangat area into 22 branches called Manjis and appointed a local devout Sikh preacher at each place. The preacher sat on a Manji (a cot) while the congregation all sat around the Manji or cot.

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