The unparalleled Guru who met respected Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji was none other than the creator of the entire universe, whose name is Kavir Dev. He resides in Sachkhand/ Satlok. The very first meeting of the same Akaal Purush with Shri Nanak Dev Ji was held on the banks of the river Bein in Sultanpur when Shri Nanak Dev Ji, as per his routine, went to take a bath early morning on the Bein river and was sitting meditating on God.
At that time, God Kabir disguised His original identity and appeared in Jinda Baba form. He had to take His beloved soul back to His refuge who was His disciple in previous births, but slipped due to Kaal’s inspiration.
God Kabir, intending to enlighten His beloved soul, started discussing the devotion Nanak Dev Ji does and told him that his existing religious practices are insufficient in providing him salvation.
Nanak Dev Ji, a pious soul, got curious to know all about the right way of devotion. Then Akaal Purush/ Shabad Swaroopi Ram/ Param Akshar Brahm Kabir Sahib in Jinda Baba form preached Nanak Dev Ji true spiritual knowledge. After listening to the entire creation of the universe from God Kabir, Shri Nanak Ji acquired Him as his Guru. Then, God Kabir asked Shri Nanak Dev Ji to take a dip in the Bein river.
God Kabir took the body of Shri Nanak Ji in the upstream and from there took His soul to Sachkhand and showed him His marvellous creation.
Shabad Swaroopi Ram/ Kavir Dev showed him Kaal, who is under His subjugation, who misleads naive souls. This entire process took three days, then God Kabir sent back the soul into the body.
The people of Sultanpur, including the family members of Nanak Dev Ji, were delighted to see him alive as they had lost all hope of his survival in those three days.
After returning, Shri Nanak Dev Ji got completely engrossed in remembrance of his Guru/ God Kabir and penned down his experience, glorifying the magnificence of Jinda Baba.
Several sacred speeches of Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji mentioned in SGGS glorify the magnificence of his Guru. One of the evidence is found in the speech about the guru of Guru Nanak Dev Ji as "Baba Jinda" in Janam Sakhi - Bhai Bale Wali - whose publisher is Dr. Jwahar Singh Kripal Singh & Co., Amritsar
Let us go through the sacred speech mentioned in the Pious SGGS
This nectar speech is mentioned on Page 252: Agge sakhi hor challi
ਅੱਗੇ ਸਾਖੀ ਹੋਰ ਚੱਲੀ
ਫੇਰ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ ਪੁਛਿਆ ਜੀ ਤੁਸਾਨੂੰ ਜੋ ਗੁਰੂ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਸੀ ਉਸਦਾ ਨਾਊਂ ਕਿਆ ਹੈ? ਤਾਂ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੀ ਕਿਹਾ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ ਉਸਦਾ ਨਾਊਂ ਬਾਬਾ ਜਿੰਦਾਂ ਆਖਦੇ ਹੈਨ, ਜਹਾਂ ਤੋੜੀ (ਤਕ) ਜਲ ਅਰ ਪਉਣ ਹੈ, ਉਸਦੇ ਹੁਕਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਚਲਦੇ ਹਨ। ਅਤੇ ਅਗਨਿ ਅਰ ਮਿੱਟੀ ਏਹ ਭੀ ਉਸਦੇ ਆਖੇ ਕਿਚ ਹੈਨ। ਜਿਸ ਤਾਈਂ ਬਾਬਾ ਜਿੰਦਾਂ ਮਿਲੇਗਾ ਉਸ ਤਾਈਂ ਬਾਬਾ ਆਖਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਏ, ਹੋਰਸ ਤਾਈਂ ਬਾਬਾ ਨਾਹੀਂ ਆਖਣਾ ਤਾਂ ਮਰਦਾਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਅਸੀਂ ਭੀ ਤਾਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਫਿਰਦੇ, ਆਹੇ ਤੁਸਾਨੂੰ ਕਦ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੀ ਕਿਹਾ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ ਅਜੇ ਤੂੰ ਅਸਾਂ ਥੀਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਯਾ ਸੇਂ ਜਦ ਅਸੀਂ ਮਿਲਣ ਗਏ ਸੇ, ਤਾਂ ਮਰਦਾਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਜੀ ਕਦ ਗਏ ਸੌਂ, ਤਾਂ ਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਦ ਸੁਲਤਾਨਪੁਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਤੁਬਕੀ ਲਾਈ ਸੀ ਤਬ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ ਅਸੀਂ ਤਿੰਨ ਦਿਨ ਓਸੇ ਪਾਸ ਰਹੇ ਸੇ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ ਭਾਈ ਬਾਲਾ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹੈ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ ਓਹ ਐਸਾ ਗੁਰੂ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਜਿਸਕੀ ਸੱਤਾ ਸੰਪੂਰਨ ਜਗਤ ਨੂੰ ਆਸਰਾ ਦੇ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ ਜਿੰਦਾਂ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ ਜੋ ਕਾਲ ਦੇ ਵਸ ਨਾ ਆਵੇ, ਹਥੋਂ ਕਾਲ ਉਸਦੇ ਵਸ ਹੋਸੀ, ਤਾਂ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ ਕਿਹਾ ਜੀ ਉਸਦਾ ਰੰਗ ਕਿਆ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਉਸਦਾ ਆਸਨ ਕਿਥੇ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕਿਹਾ ਉਸਦਾ ਰੰਗ ਲਾਲ ਹੈ ਪਰ ਉਸ ਲਾਲੀ ਨਾਲ ਕੋਈ ਲਾਲੀ ਮਿਲਦੀ ਨਾਹੀਂ ਅਤੇ ਉਸਦੇ ਰੋਮ ਸਵਰਨ ਦੇ ਰੰਗ ਦੇ ਹੈਨ ਪਰ ਉਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਸੋਨਾ ਭੀ ਦੱਖ ਨਹੀਂ ਦੇੰਦਾ ਤੇ ਰਸਨਾ ਥੀਂ ਬੋਲਦਾ ਭੀ ਨਾਹੀਂ ਅਤੇ ਰੋਮ ਰੋਮ ਥੀਂ ਮਰਦਾਨਾ ਏਹੋ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਹੋ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ, ਗਹਿਰ ਗੰਭੀਰ ਗਹਿਰ ਗੰਭੀਰ ਤਾਂ ਮਰਦਾਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ ਧੰਨ ਹੋ ਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਤੁਸਾਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਏਹ ਨਿਸ਼ਾ (ਸ਼ੰਕਾ / doubt) ਅਸਾਡੀ ਕਉਨ ਕਰੇ ਤਾਂ ਮਰਦਾਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ ਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਹੁਣ ਸਮੇਰ ਉਪਰ ਚਲੋ ਤਾਂ ਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ .....
Translation: fer mardana puchiya ji tusanu jo guru milia si usda naam kiya hai? Ta Guru Nanak ji keha mardana usda naam Baba Jinda aakhde hain, jahan todi jal aur pawan hai, usde hukum vich chalde han. atey agni aur mitti eh bhi usde aakhe kich hain. jis taiin baba jinda milega us taiin baba aakhna chahiye, horas taiin baba nahin aakhna ta mardane keha guru ji asi bhi tuhade naal ji firde, aahe tusanu kad milia hai ta Guru Nanak Ji keha mardana ajje tu assa thi nahin aaya se jad asi milan gae se, ta mardane keha ji kad gaye so, ta guru ji keha jad sultanpur vich tubki layi se tab mardana asi tin din ose paas rahe se mardana bhai bala jaan-da hai mardana oh aisa guru hai jo jiski satta sampurn jagat nu aasra de rahi hai atey mardana jinda usnu kehnde han jo kaal de vas naa aavey, hathon kaal usde vas hosi, ta mardana keha ji usda rang kya hai atey usda aassan kithe hai ta guru ji keha usda rang laal hai par us lali naal koi lali mildi nahin atey usde rom swarn de rang de hain par unah de naal sona bhi dakh nahin denda de rasna thi bolda bhi nahin atey rom rom thi mardana eho shabad ho reha hai gehar gambhir gehar gambhir ta mardane kehi dhan jo guru ji tusaan binaa eh nisha asadi kaun kare ta mardane aakhiya guru ji hun smer upar chalo ta guru ji .....
Hindi: फिर मरदाने ने पूछा जी जो आप को गुरु मिला था उनका नाम क्या है? तब गुरु नानक जी ने कहा मरदाना उनका नाम बाबा जिंदा है। जहां तक जल और पवन है, उसके हुकुम में चलते हैं। और अग्नि और मिट्टी भी उसके हुकुम में हैं। जिसको बाबा जिंदा मिलेगा उसको बाबा बोलना चाहिए, और किसी को बाबा नहीं कहना चाहिए। तब मरदाने ने कहा गुरुजी हम तो आपके साथ ही फिरते हैं, फिर आपको वो कब मिला है। तब गुरु नानक जी ने कहा मरदाना जब हम उनसे मिलने गए थे उस वक्त तुम हमे नहीं मिले थे। तब गुरु जी ने कहा जब हमने सुल्तानपुर में डुबकी लगाई थी तब मरदाना हम तीन दिन उसके पास रहे थे। मरदाना वो ऐसा गुरु है जिसकी सता सम्पूर्ण जगत को सहारा दे रही है और मरदाना जिंदा उसको कहते हैं जो काल के वश ना हो बल्कि काल उसके वश होता है। तब मरदाने ने कहा जी उसका रंग क्या है और उसका आसन कहाँ है। तब गुरु जी ने कहा उसका रंग लाल है पर उस लाली से कोई भी लाली मिलती नहीं है और उसके रोम स्वर्ण के रंग के हैं पर उसके साथ सोना भी मेल नहीं खाता। और जुबान से बोलता भी नहीं और रोम रोम में येही शबाद हो रहा है गहर गंभीर गहर गंभीर तब मरदाने ने कहा धन्य हो गुरु जी आपके बिना ये हमारी शंका कौन करे तब मरदाने ने कहा गुरु जी अब सुमेर ऊपर चलो तब गुरु जी .....
Translation: Then Mardana asked, What is the name of the Guru you met? Then Guru Nanak Ji said, 'Mardana, His name is Baba Jinda. As far as water and wind are concerned, they move with His orders. And fire and soil are also under his command. Whoever meets Baba Jinda should call him Baba, and no one else should be called Baba.
Then Mardane said Guru Ji, we roam around with you, then when did you meet him?
Then Guru Nanak Ji said, ‘Mardana, when we went to meet him, by then you did not meet us’. Then Guru Ji said, ‘Mardana, when I took a dip in Sultanpur, I stayed with him for three days. Mardana, He is such a Guru whose power is supporting the whole world and Mardana, He is called Jinda, who is not under the dominance of Kaal, rather Kaal is under His dominance. Then Mardana asked, 'What is His colour and where is He seated?’ Then Guru Ji said, ‘His colour is red, but that redness does not match with any other red, and His hair is of golden colour, but even gold does not match with it. He does not even speak with His tongue, and this same word is being repeated in every follicle of his body, ‘Gehar Gambhir Gehar Gambhir.’ Then Mardana said, ‘You are blessed Guru Ji, without you, who will clear my doubts?'. Then Mardana said, 'Guru Ji, now let us go up to Sumeru…’
Interpretation: The above-mentioned excerpt from Bhai Bale Wali proves that Guru Nanak Dev Ji met a Guru in Jinda form whom Guru Nanak Dev Ji addresses as "Baba Jinda". He further says that the Guru is the Master of all, and He is not under the subjugation of Kaal; rather, Kaal is under him. Guru Nanak Dev Ji says that he remained with that Guru for 3 days after taking a dip in the river Bein at Sultanpur.
The same Jinda Baba/ God Kabir who met Shri Nanak Dev Ji and provided him emancipation is present in the holy Land of Haryana, India, as Jagatguru Tatvadarshi Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj. He is providing the same true spiritual knowledge that He gave to Shri Nanak Dev Ji on the banks of the Bein river and granting true salvation mantras, chanting which Nanak Dev Ji got liberated. Everyone is requested to take His refuge, for He is God Kabir Himself, doing the welfare of all His disciples. Akaal Purush/ Satpurush has emanated from His eternal world to liberate the whole world and free all souls from the dreadful trap of Kaal Brahm.
Shri Nanak Dev ji considered Kabir Saheb as His first and last Guru because after attaining Him he gained the wealth of true spiritual knowledge by which he could attain salvation which was important for him.
Shri Nanak Dev ji.
No, Shri Nanak Ji used to worship God Kabir. Prior to having God's audience he used to worship Vishnu Ji and used to recite Bhagavad Gita.
The first ever religion a human being and a pious soul should practice is humanity. As per the orders of Supreme God Kabir humanity is the biggest religion, rest all religions are man made.
As per Holy Guru Granth Sahib ji, there are no orders for Sikhs to consume non vegetarian food, hence Sikhs should be vegetarian.
Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji was a pious soul who preached the principles of Almighty Kabir who as his guru told him true spiritual knowledge and granted true salvation mantras.
Guru Nanak ji called God by various names that includes Satpurush, Akaalpurush, Parvardigar, Waheguru.
Consuming meat, alcohol, intoxication, gambling, corruption, cheating and exchange of dowry is banned by the orders of Shri Nanak Dev ji and as well as in the Constitution of God Kabir as followed by Shri Nanak Dev ji.
As per Holy Guru Granth Sahib ji, there are no orders of consumption of meat still Sikh people are seen consuming meat and alcohol in their routines which should be stopped.
Shri Nanak ji used to speak punjabi as their main language.
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Lalit Kumar
Where is the evidence in Sikh scriptures that Guru Nanak Dev Ji had a Guru?
Satlok Ashram
On Page 252: Agge sakhi hor challi in Janam Sakhi - Bhai Bale wali respected Guru Nanak Dev Ji has glorified God and Guru. Almighty KavirDev was his Guru who liberated him from the clutches of Satan Brahm Kaal.
Divya Sharma
How is Guru associated with God as per Sikh belief?
Satlok Ashram
God descends and plays the role of Satguru in this deceased world, imparts true spiritual knowledge to devotees and liberates them from the web of butcher Brahm Kaal. It is true Guru only who helps seekers in the attainment of emancipation.
Tanya Mathur
What is the importance of Guru according to Sikh belief?
Satlok Ashram
After Guru Nanak Dev Ji had an audience of God means Satpurush KavirDev in Jinda Baba form he has said that the Guru is the Master of all and He is not under the subjugation of Brahm Kaal rather its vice versa. Its Evidence is in "Janam Sakhi - Bhai Bale wali on Page 252: Agge sakhi hor challi". Its guru only who guides about attainment of Salvation. How to attain God?