Guru Nanak Quotes

"Greed, worldly entanglements and Maya deceive the world."

"When a king punishes an innocent ,man , his guilt is considered as great as when he sets free a guilty man, but ,he acquires merit when he punishes ,justly ."

"A king who thus duly fulfils his duties in accordance with justice, may seek to gain countries which he has not yet gained, and shall duly protect them when he has gained them."

"Let him not insult those who have redundant limbs or are deficient in limbs, nor those destitute of knowledge, nor very aged men, nor those who have no beauty or wealth, nor those who are of low birth."

"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."

"Let him always delight in truthfulness, ,obedience to the sacred law, conduct worthy of an Aryan, and purity, let him chastise his pupils according to the sacred law, let him keep his speech, his arms, and his belly under control."

"Thus has been declared to you the law for a husband and his wife, which is intimately connected with conjugal happiness, and the manner of raising offspring in times of calamity, learn ,now the law concerning the division of the inheritance."

"Property ,acquired by learning belongs solely to him to whom ,it was given , likewise the gift of a friend, a present received on marriage or with the honey mixture."

"Others die, to be reincarnated, they continue coming and going, and in the end, they depart with regret."

"He may accept from any ,man , fuel, water, roots, fruit, food offered without asking, and honey, likewise a gift ,which consists in a promise of protection."

"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."

"Between sons born of wives equal ,in caste ,and without ,any other distinction no seniority in right of the mother exists, seniority is declared ,to be according to birth."

"That boy equal ,by caste whom his mother or his father affectionately give, ,confirming the gift with ,a libation of water, in times of distress ,to a man as his son, must be considered as an adopted son."

"Through their loving service, those very fortunate ones meet Him, their minds are attached to the Guru s Feet."

"The seeds planted on this path do not sprout, bearing the load of sin on his head, he regrets and repents."

"She who shows aversion towards a mad or outcast ,husband , a eunuch, one destitute of manly strength, or one afflicted with such diseases as punish crimes, shall neither be cast off nor be deprived of her property."

"I am a sacrifice to such a humble being."

"All the Sikhs and servants partake of them, I am a sacrifice to the True Guru."

"For each part is particularly qualified for ,the accomplishment of certain objects, ,and thus each is declared to be the most important for that particular purpose which is effected by its means."

"O my mind, obtaining the blessing of this human birth, some are engaged in the trade of Truth."