The Singing Guru
Legends and Adventures of Guru Nanak, the First Sikh
Kamla K. Kapur
- Part
- fiction,
- history,
- and
- mythology,
- this
- unconventional
- retelling
- of
- the
- life
- of
- divine
- spiritual
- master
- Guru
- Nanak,
- founder
- of
- the
- Sikh
- religion
- and
- revered
- by
- Muslims
- and
- Hindus
- alike,
- provides
- an
- intimate
- look
- at
- the
- enlightened
- Guru
- while
- bringing
- his
- ancient
- wisdom
- to
- a
- modern
- audience.From
- the
- best-selling
- author
- of
- Ganesha
- Goes
- to
- Lunch
- and
- Rumi’s
- Tales
- from
- the
- Silk
- Road
- comes
- an
- original
- novel
- about
- the
- life
- and
- travels
- of
- Guru
- Nanak,
- a
- musician,
- enlightened
- thinker,
- and
- one
- of
- the
- most
- beloved
- figures
- in
- Eastern
- spirituality.In
- this
- fascinating
- book,
- Kamla
- K.
- Kapur
- weaves
- together
- facts,
- legends,
- folktales,
- myths,
- and
- over
- forty
- of
- Guru
- Nanak’s
- poems—preserved
- in
- the
- Sikh
- holy
- book,
- the
- Granth
- Sahib—to
- form
- this
- captivating
- depiction
- of
- the
- leader’s
- life.
- From
- being
- seduced
- by
- deadly
- women
- to
- almost
- getting
- eaten
- by
- cannibals,
- the
- exciting
- account
- presented
- in
- The
- Singing
- Guruincludes
- moral
- tales
- without
- being
- proselytizing.
- Factual
- details
- are
- intermingled
- with
- fantasy
- to
- produce
- a
- symbolic
- portrait
- in
- which
- humor
- and
- imagination
- combine
- to
- convey
- a
- profound
- and
- entertaining
- spiritual narrative.
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