Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.
GURU NANAKLet 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.
More Guru Nanak Quotes
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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.
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Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.
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Death would not be called bad, o people, if one knew how to truly die.
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Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion.
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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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The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.
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Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, the Immaculate, Almighty Lord God, meeting Him, I meditate on the Name of the Lord.
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The highest religion is to rise to universal brother hood; aye to consider all creatures your equals.
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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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I am not the born; how can there be either birth or death for me?
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May liberal men abound with us! May our knowledge of the Vedas and our progeny increase! May faith not forsake us! May we have much to give to the needy.
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Giving no pain to any creature, let him slowly accumulate spiritual merit, for the sake ,of acquiring a companion to the next world, just as the white ant ,gradually raises its hill.
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O Lord, You bless all with Your bountiful blessings.
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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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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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