ABOUT BISHNOISM

• Bishnoism is the most practical, simple,eco-friendly and living being caring sect of Hindu Dharma founded by great visionary  Guru Jambheshwar Ji in year 1485AD(Vikram Samwat 1542, Kartik month, Krishna 8th) on a sand dune called SAMRATHAL DHORA in Thar desert of Rajasthan, India.
  •  Based on 29 principles(tenets/commandments/rules) Bishnoism was the first sect/religion emphasizing love, peace & harmony among not only human beings but also with mother nature, wild animals & trees.
  • Guru Jambheshwar used religion to convey his message of living peacefully with love, and harmony with other faiths and nature
  
  
  • Bishnoism teaches love, peace, kindness, simple life, honesty, compassion, forgiveness, hard work, good moral character, internal & external purity.
  
  
  • Bishnoism is a sect with difference which does not believe in statue worshiping, unnecessary rituals, man worshiping, castism but believe in karma, one God(Vishnu) and equal rights.
  • Guru Jambheshwar Ji gave such a simple way which ensures, “JEEYAN NE JUKTI AUR MARIYAN NE MUKTI” means an art of living for this life and then Moksha/heaven after this life.
  
  
  • In addition to 29 rules, Guru Ji’s teachings are a blend of best practices of all faiths & religions and are covered by 120 shabads which he said to different people at different time & location in various contexts.
  
  
  • The people who follow Bishnoism are called Bishnoi
  
  
  • Bishnois are nature lover people and are first environmentalists of India