Guru Nanak on widow
Guru Nanak76 quotes“By twice born men a widow must not be appointed to ,cohabit with any other ,than her husband , for they who appoint ,her to another ,man , will violate the eternal law.”
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Conquer your mind and conquer the world.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak If the widow of a man who died without leaving issue, raises up to him a son by a member of the family, she shall deliver to that, son the whole property which belonged to the, deceased .
Guru NanakGuru Nanak Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and even lawful acts which may cause pain in the future or are offensive to men.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak Burn worldly love, rub the ashes and make ink of it, make the heart the pen, the intellect the writer, write that which has no end or limit.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak The widow cries out at the door, The light of my mind has gone out, O my mother, with his death. So cry out, O soul brides of the Husband Lord, and dwell on the Glorious Praises of the True Lord.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak But for disloyalty to her husband a wife is censured among men, and ,in her next life she is born in the womb of a jackal and tormented by diseases, the punishment of her sin.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak Excluded from all fellowship at meals, excluded from all sacrifices, excluded from instruction and from matrimonial alliances, abject and excluded from all religious duties, let them wander over, this earth.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak Even kings and emperors, with mountains of property and oceans of wealth – these are not even equal to an ant, who does not forget God.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, a plant of that kind even comes forth.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak The soul bride shall never be a widow, she shall never suffer sorrow.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak When the purpose of the appointment to ,cohabit with the widow bas been attained in accordance with the law, those two shall behave towards each other like a father and a daughter in law.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar’s bowl.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak False is the body, false are the clothes; false is beauty.
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In a study we did of bereavement, we found that rather impressive numbers of widows and widowers had not simply gone back to their pre-loss functioning, but grown.
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O. HenryO. Henry If the widow of a man who died without leaving issue, raises up to him a son by a member of the family, she shall deliver to that, son the whole property which belonged to the, deceased .
Guru NanakGuru Nanak When the purpose of the appointment to ,cohabit with the widow bas been attained in accordance with the law, those two shall behave towards each other like a father and a daughter in law.
Guru NanakGuru Nanak The ignorant soul bride wanders in delusion, in the love of duality, she sits like a widow. She sits like a widow, in the love of duality, infatuated with Maya, she suffers in pain. She grows old, and her body withers away.
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