The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.
GURU NANAKAs with cows, mares, female camels, slave girls, buffalo cows, she goats, and ewes, it is not the begetter, or his owner who obtains the offspring, even thus, it is with the wives of others.
More Guru Nanak Quotes
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Death would not be called bad, o people, if one knew how to truly die.
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God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.
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There, where neither your children nor your spouse shall accompany you, the Name of the Lord shall emancipate you.
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As a father ,supports his sons, so let the eldest support his younger brothers, and let them also in accordance with the law behave towards their eldest brother as sons ,behave.
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An adopted son shall never take the family, name and the estate of his natural father, the funeral cake follows the family, name and the estate, the funeral offerings of him who gives, his son in adoption cease, as far as that son is concerned.
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See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.
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I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.
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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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False is the body, false are the clothes; false is beauty.
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Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.
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Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.
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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.
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Build the raft of meditation and self-discipline, to carry you across the river. There will be no ocean, and no rising tides to stop you; this is how comfortable your path shall be.
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Dwell in peace in the home of your own being, and the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you.
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Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.
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The soul bride shall never be a widow, she shall never suffer sorrow.
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With your hands carve out your own destiny.
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Speak only that which will bring you honor.
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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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The word is the Guru, The Guru is the Word, For all nectar is enshrined in the world Blessed is the word which reveal the Lord’s name But more is the one who knows by the Guru’s grace.
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I don’t die, He who is merged with the omnipresent is never gone.
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Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form.
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O my heart! Love God as the chatrik loves the rain drops, Who even when fountains are full and the land green, Is not satisfied as long as it cannot get a drop of rain.
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If an appointed daughter by accident dies without, leaving a son, the husband of the appointed daughter may, without hesitation, take that estate.
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Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don’t understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non vegetarian
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Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar’s bowl.
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