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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.

Guru Nanak

See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.
GURU NANAK

Conquer Kind Man World Yourself
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.
GURU NANAK

God Grace Shrine Word
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.
GURU NANAK

Finding See Time True Yourself
Death would not be called bad, o people, if one knew how to truly die.
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Bad Death People True
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
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 NANAK

Kind Plant Production
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 NANAK

Avoid Desire Offend Pain Sacred Wealth
The soul bride shall never be a widow, she shall never suffer sorrow.
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Bride Sorrow Soul Suffering
Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.
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Alone Bliss Meditation Soul Supreme
Speak only that which will bring you honor.
GURU NANAK

Respect Talk Willing
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.
GURU NANAK

Companion Creature Hill Pain Raise Slow
My mind and body, my mind and body I cut my body into pieces, and I dedicate these to Him.
GURU NANAK

Body Dedication Himself Mindset Pieces
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 NANAK

Death God Husband Light Praise Soul
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 NANAK

Emperor Forget King Ocean Wealth
The world is a drama, staged in a dream.
GURU NANAK

Drama Dreams One Liner Stage World
Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.
GURU NANAK

Live Man Teacher World
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.
GURU NANAK

Adversity Auspicious Burnt Care Follow Purity
With your hands carve out your own destiny.
GURU NANAK

Carve Destiny Hands Inspirational Yourself
Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.
GURU NANAK

High Live Truth Virtue
Blessed, blessed is that body horse which meditates on the Lord God.
GURU NANAK

Blessing God Meditation
Far from wife and son am 1, far from land and wealth and other notions of that kind. I am the Witness, the Eternal, the Inner Self.
GURU NANAK

Forever Land Oneself Wealth Wife
Dwell in peace in the home of your own being, and the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you.
GURU NANAK

Death Existence Home Peace Touch Yourself
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 NANAK

Herself Husband Loyalty Man Punishment Sick Sin
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
GURU NANAK

Argument Eat Fools Lying Meditation Plant Sin Truth Understand
I am a song bird, I am a meek song bird, I offer my prayer to the Lord.
GURU NANAK

Bird God Offering Prayer Song
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.
GURU NANAK

Animal Herself Himself Wife
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.
GURU NANAK

Body Bride Growth Ignorance Love Old Pain Suffering Widow

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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