What is Guru Ram Das?
{{nosources|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox religious biography|birth_name=Jetha Mal Sodhi|birth_date=24 September 1534|birth_place=Chuna Mandi, [[Lahore]], [[Mughal&nbsp;Empire]]|death_place=[[Goindwal]], Mughal&nbsp;Empire|name=Guru Ram Das}} '''Guru Ram Das''' ({{lang-pa|ਗੁਰੂ ਰਾਮ ਦਾਸ}}) (24 September 1534 in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]] – 1 September 1581, in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India]]) was the fourth of the ten Sikh [[Guru]]s on 26 March 1552. He urged Sikhs to not just sit in peace while [[meditation|meditating]]. He urged them to actively join in with other peoples fun while meditating. Guru Ram Das nominated [[Guru Arjun Dev]], his youngest [[son]], as the next Guru of the Sikhs. == Ramdaspur == Guru Ram helped build [[Ramdaspur]] by digging a second sacred pool after being instructed to do so by [[Guru Amar Das]]. [[Pilgrim]]s came from miles to hear Guru Ram preach or to help him dig the sacred pool. The sacred pool (Holy tank) was named Amristar - which means ''great pool of [[nectar]]''. == Other websites == * [http://www.sikhs.org/guru4.htm Sikhs.org] * [http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak4.html Sikh-History.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124113016/http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus/nanak4.html |date=2006-11-24 }} * [http://allaboutsikhs.com/gurus/gururam.htm AllaboutSikhs.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610005753/http://allaboutsikhs.com/gurus/gururam.htm |date=2008-06-10 }} * [http://www.scys-online.org/site/G4.html Learn more about Sri Guru Ram Das Ji] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121005336/http://www.scys-online.org/site/G4.html |date=2008-11-21 }} ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ram Das, Guru}} [[Category:1534 births]] [[Category:1581 deaths]] [[Category:Spiritual teachers]] [[Category:People from Lahore]] [[Category:Punjabi people]] [[Category:Sikhism]]