Be kind to all beings, this is more meritorious than bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage and donating money.
GURU NANAKBlessed, blessed is that body horse which meditates on the Lord God.
More Guru Nanak Quotes
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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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Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one’s wife alone.
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Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.
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Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.
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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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Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.
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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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See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.
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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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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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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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Speak only that which will bring you honor.
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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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Death would not be called bad, o people, if one knew how to truly die.
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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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I am not the born; how can there be either birth or death for me?
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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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Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.
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One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.
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When the purpose of the appointment to ,cohabit with the widow bas been attained in accordance with the law, those two shall behave towards each other like a father and a daughter in law.
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Blessed, blessed is that body horse which meditates on the Lord God.
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If the widow of a man who died without leaving issue, raises up to him a son by a member of the family, she shall deliver to that, son the whole property which belonged to the, deceased .
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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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Emotional attachment to Maya is totally painful, this is a bad bargain.
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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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Excluded from all fellowship at meals, excluded from all sacrifices, excluded from instruction and from matrimonial alliances, abject and excluded from all religious duties, let them wander over, this earth.
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