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As fragrance abides in the flower As reflection is within the mirror, So does your Lord abide within you, Why search for him without?

Guru Nanak

I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.
GURU NANAK

Existence Identity Myself
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.
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Avoid Desire Offend Pain Sacred Wealth
There, where neither your children nor your spouse shall accompany you, the Name of the Lord shall emancipate you.
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Accompany Children God Yourself
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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Argument Eat Fools Lying Meditation Plant Sin Truth Understand
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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Creation Form God Himself Human
One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.
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God Reason Time
As fragrance abides in the flower As reflection is within the mirror, So does your Lord abide within you, Why search for him without?
GURU NANAK

Flower Fragrance God Himself Reflection Search
If a woman abandoned by her husband, or a widow, of her own accord contracts a second marriage and bears, a son, he is called the son of a re married woman .
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Abandonment Husband Marriage Son Woman
He who, having lost his parents or being abandoned, by them without ,just cause, gives himself to a, man , is called a son self given.
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Abandoned Himself Lost Man Parents
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.
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End Heart Limitation Love Pen World Writing
No calamity happens to those who eagerly follow auspicious customs and the rule of good conduct, to those who are always careful of purity, and to those who mutter, sacred texts and offer burnt oblations.
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Adversity Auspicious Burnt Care Follow Purity
Emotional attachment to Maya is totally painful, this is a bad bargain.
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Attachment Emotional Illusion Pain
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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Appearance Aspect Ignorance Limitation State
Through True Love, she merges with Him. She who does not know her Husband Lord, the Architect of karma, is deluded by falsehood she herself is false.
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Architect Fake Karma Love
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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Companion Creature Hill Pain Raise Slow
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.
GURU NANAK

Faith Knowledge Man Need

As fragrance abides in the flower As reflection is within the mirror, So does your Lord abide within you, Why search for him without?

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