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 NANAKFood sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge, for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood.
More Guru Nanak Quotes
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Do not wish evil for others. Do not speak ill of others. Do not obstruct anyones activities.
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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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False is the body, false are the clothes; false is beauty.
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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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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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Be kind to all beings, this is more meritorious than bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage and donating money.
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The True One was there from time immemorial. He is there today and ever there you will find. He never died nor will he ever die. … Look within, you will see Him there enshrined.
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My mind and body, my mind and body I cut my body into pieces, and I dedicate these to Him.
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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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Conquer your mind and conquer the world.
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I am a song bird, I am a meek song bird, I offer my prayer to the Lord.
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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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Those who conquer their minds are beings of renunciation and detachment. They are beings of renunciation and detachment they are lovingly focused on the True One, they realize and understand themselves.
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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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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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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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One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.
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Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion.
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That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, a plant of that kind even comes forth.
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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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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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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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Those who have loved are those that have found God.
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With your hands carve out your own destiny.
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I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.
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As 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.
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