15 Facts About Guru Nanak Dev

1. Guru Nanak Dev walked into the river and disappeared beneath the water.

2. Guru Nanak Dev left his wife and sons with his parents promising to send for them as soon as he could support them.

3. Guru Nanak Dev insisted that doing good deeds for others had earned an excellent profit.

4. Guru Nanak Dev spent all the money feeding homeless, and hungry, holy men that he met on the way.

5. Guru Nanak Dev refused, objecting that the thread had no value because it would eventually wear out.

6. Guru Nanak Dev learned very quickly astounding his teacher with the spiritual nature of his school work.

7. Guru Nanak Dev would slip into deep meditative trances while the cattle grazed.

8. Guru Nanak Dev was the founder of Sikhism, and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.

9. Guru Nanak Dev was the founder of Sikhism and is the first among the 10 gurus of Sikhs.

10. The Guru Nanak Dev stopped the hurled rock with his hand leaving his hand print in the rock.

11. Guru Nanak Dev was raised in a Hindu family and belonged to the Bhakti Sant tradition.

12. Guru Nanak Dev is not an incarnation of God, not even a prophet.

13. At the age of five, Guru Nanak Dev is said to have voiced interest in divine subjects.

14. Guru Nanak Dev had one sister, Bebe Nanaki, who was five years older than he was.

15. Guru Nanak Dev's parents were both Hindu Khatris and employed as merchants.