The teachings of Guru Nanak (1469-1539), the first Sikh Guru and founder of Sikh faith, are of perennial importance to the humanity for having a universal appeal. His philosophy of universalism has great relevance today to understand the life and its objectives. The Japji of Guru Nanak shows us the path to adhere to the real meaning of life and understand the human existence within social environment. After 550 years of his birth, while looking at the sufferings of contemporary times, it seems very pertinent to understand the Social ecology through his teachings in Japji Sahib. Social ecology, defined as the study of the relation between the developing human being and the settings and contexts in which the person is actively involved, when cotextualised in socio- religious perspectives of this prayer, offers a comprehensive understanding of relationship of human beings and their surroundings. Social ecology has been described as the conceptual adaptation of plant and animal ecology to the analysis of human communities within the social and behavioral sciences. “Contextualising the social ecology through the Japji of Guru Nanak” is an attempt to comprehend the meaning and nature of this relationship of human beings to their environment. Social ecology which has emerged as the most dynamic interdisciplinary research field can better be understood through his teachings.