The Drama of Life      

‘T is frrm the East the sun does rise,
And from the East do dawn the wise.
That spiritual region has been the home
From which great saints and prophets roam,
And India’s womb has given birth
To sages of unbounded worth.
Thus in the Punjab was there born
A sage whose life to Truth was sworn.
Sri Guru Nanak was his name,
And universal grew his fame.
His life was blessed from the first,
For had he an uncommon thirst
For Truth and for the life divine
And with God’s his own heart entwine.
He had a job, a home, wife-
He cherished well householder’s life.
He brought up children in the world
While in his heart divine thoughts swirled.
He reached high spiritual dignity
And served man always with benignity.
Teaching the path of pure service and love,
He showed men the way to awareness above.
People of all paths did love and revere him.

His selfless outlook to their hearts endeared him.
He was universal, beyond place and time.
His method was skillful, his message sublime.
He deeply inspired the people and brought them
To join each other within all he taught them.
His students, called Sikhs, are to his teachings true.
They live by the words of their revered guru.
He was the first of the ten; and the last
Was Sri Guru Gobind, whose wisdom was vast.
Gobind was an avatar; Truth was his mission.
He upheld the dharma, and his life’s fruition
Was to fulfill what Nanak Dev taught long before
So all could have peace and thus help others more.

All the Sikh gurus taught love in action,
Accepting all, excluding no faction.
They respected their freedom and honored the right
Of people to find their own way to the Light.
They taught that when dharma a begins to erode,
The righteous must rally and carry the load.
Their purpose is always to maintain the force
That flows down to man from the ultimate Source.
Through selfless service the Sikhs do sustain
The balance that dharma must always retain
To keep the good strong and keep evil at bay,
To live our their lives in a virtuous way.