In the common perception, faith and reason or religion and science are mutually exclusive, if not actually contradictory. But it is also commonly felt that the greatest challenge before mankind is how to bring about a happy marriage between the two - both being part and parcel of man's eternal search for the truth. The inherent conflict between faith and reason is more actually felt in the Jewish-Christian-Islamic tradition of historical ...
In the 15th century, Indian society was a disturbing picture of rank ritualism, superstition, bigotry and social decay. The birth of Nanak in 1469 in the little village of Talwandi near Lahore, however, came as a miracle. The deteriorating Indian society has now found a redeemer. Nanak grew up in the midst of this orthodox society, more as a victim than as an observer and questioned its merits to the highest source. Intense and spiritually-driven even as a school ...