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

Guru Nanak

False is the body, false are the clothes; false is beauty.
GURU NANAK

Beautiful Body Clothes Fake
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.
GURU NANAK

Appointment Born Forever Law Men Widow
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
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
Those who have not obtained the Blessed Vision, the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the True Guru, the Almighty Lord God they have fruitlessly, uselessly wasted their whole lives in vain.
GURU NANAK

Blessing Live Vain Vision Wasted Whole
Emotional attachment to Maya is totally painful, this is a bad bargain.
GURU NANAK

Attachment Emotional Illusion Pain
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.
GURU NANAK

Ancestor Faith Heaven Performance Religious Service Wife
God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.
GURU NANAK

Creation Form God Himself Human
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.
GURU NANAK

Appointment Daughter Each Other Father Purpose Widow
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
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
If one of the brothers, being able ,to maintain himself by his own occupation, does not desire ,a share of the family property, he may be made separate ,by the others receiving a trifle out of his share to live upon.
GURU NANAK

Brother Family Himself Live Occupation Property Share
Blessed, blessed is that body horse which meditates on the Lord God.
GURU NANAK

Blessing God Meditation
One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.
GURU NANAK

God Reason Time
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.
GURU NANAK

End Heart Limitation Love Pen World Writing
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

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

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