Guru Nanak Quotes

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

The highest religion is to rise to universal brother hood; aye to consider all creatures your equals. ~ Guru Nanak

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. ~ Guru Nanak

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

Be the wisdom your support. Be the compassion your guide and listen to the Divine Music that beats in every heart. ~ Guru Nanak

Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, the Immaculate, Almighty Lord God, meeting Him, I meditate on the Name of the Lord. ~ Guru Nanak

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. ~ Guru Nanak

Those who have loved are those that have found God ~ Guru Nanak

I am a song bird, I am a meek song bird, I offer my prayer to the Lord. ~ Guru Nanak

From its brilliancy everything is illuminated. ~ Guru Nanak

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

In this world
when you ask of happiness
Pain steps forward ~ Guru Nanak

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God. ~ Guru Nanak

Realization of Truth is higher than all else. Higher still is truthful living. ~ Guru Nanak

Asceticism doesn't lie in mere words; He is an ascetic who treats everyone alike. Asceticism doesn't lie in visiting burial places; it lies not in wandering about nor in bathing at places of pilgrimage. Asceticism is to remain pure amidst impurities. ~ Guru Nanak

I am in constant bliss, day and night, egotism has been dispelled from within me. ~ Guru Nanak

There, where neither your children nor your spouse shall accompany you, the Name of the Lord shall emancipate you. ~ Guru Nanak

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. ~ Guru Nanak

False is the body, false are the clothes; false is beauty. ~ Guru Nanak

He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God. ~ Guru Nanak

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

He who regards all men as equals is religious. ~ Guru Nanak

What should the yogi have to fear? Trees, plants, and all that is inside and outside, is He Himself ~ Guru Nanak

Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind, marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it. ~ Guru Nanak

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

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

With your hands carve out your own destiny. ~ Guru Nanak

There is but one God. True is His Name, creative His personality and immortal His form. He is without fear sans enmity, unborn and self-illumined. By the Guru's grace He is obtained. ~ Guru Nanak

Emotional attachment to Maya is totally painful, this is a bad bargain. ~ Guru Nanak

God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form. ~ Guru Nanak

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

The world is a drama, staged in a dream ~ Guru Nanak

The soul bride shall never be a widow, she shall never suffer sorrow. ~ Guru Nanak

Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form. ~ Guru Nanak

Imhotep never attended university,
but was the father of medicine.
Nimrod never attended military academy,
but was the father of conquests.
Noah never attended seminary,
but was the father of prophecy.

Guru Nanak never attended university,
but inestimable admire him.
Mohammed never attended university,
but innumerable honor him.
Buddha never attended university,
but incalculable praise him.

King David never attended university,
but numberless respect him.
King Solomon never attended university,
but endless celebrate him.
King Jesus never attended university,
but countless worship Him. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

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 ... ~ Guru Nanak

The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause. ~ Guru Nanak

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

If there is one God, then there is only His way to attain Him, not another. One must follow that way and reject the other. Worship not him who is born only to die, but Him who is eternal and is contained in the whole universe. ~ Guru Nanak

Your Mercy is my social status. ~ Guru Nanak

Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living. ~ Guru Nanak

There are worlds and more worlds below them, and there are a hundred thousand skies over them. No one has been able to find the limits and boundaries of God. If there be any account of God, then alone the mortal can write the same; but God's account does not finish, and the mortal himself dies while still writing. ~ Guru Nanak

I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way. ~ Guru Nanak

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. ~ Guru Nanak

Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets. ~ Guru Nanak

Nanak's encounter of God and God's court was in fact a profound hallucinatory Near-Death Experience caused by drowning that strengthened his pre-conceived notion of a rational, compassionate and unorthodox society. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar's bowl. ~ Guru Nanak

Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truely die. ~ Guru Nanak

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

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

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

Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion. ~ Guru Nanak

For each and every person, our Lord and Master provides sustenance. Why are you so afraid, O mind? The flamingos fly hundreds of miles, leaving their young ones behind. Who feeds them, and who teaches them to feed themselves? Have you ever thought of this in your mind? ~ Guru Nanak

The entire Granth Sahib, which is the central scripture of Sikhism, is basically an elaboration of the Mool Mantar. ~ Abhijit Naskar

Food 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. ~ Guru Nanak

He ,who is appointed to ,cohabit with the widow shall ,approach her at night anointed with clarified butter and silent, ,and beget one son, by no means a second. ~ Guru Nanak

Conquer your mind and conquer the world. ~ Guru Nanak

Me, the bard out of work, the Lord has applied to His service. In the very beginning, He gave me the order to sing His praises night and day. The Master summoned the minstrel to His True Court. He clothed me with the robe of His true honour and eulogy. Since then, the True Name had become my ambrosial food. ~ Guru Nanak

By singing the Guru's hymns, I, the minstrel spread the Lord's glory. Nanak, by praising the True Name, I have obtained the perfect Lord. ~ Guru Nanak

Before becoming a Muslim, a Hindu, a Sikh or a Christian, let's become a Human first. ~ Guru Nanak

Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss. ~ Guru Nanak

If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food. ~ Guru Nanak

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. ~ Guru Nanak

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste. ~ Guru Nanak

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 . ~ Guru Nanak

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. ~ Guru Nanak

A sailor is distinguished by the number of storms he has overcome.
A warrior is distinguished by the number of opponents he has conquered.
A doctor is distinguished by the number of patients he has healed.
A preacher is distinguished by the number of sermons he has delivered.
A ruler is distinguished by the number of lives he has improved.
A celebrity is distinguished by the number of hearts he has impressed.
A policeman is distinguished by the number of criminals he has arrested.
A teacher is distinguished by the number of students he has graduated.
An athlete is distinguished by the number of competitions he has won.
An author is distinguished by the number of books he has penned.
An artist is distinguished by the number of portraits he has painted.
An architect is distinguished by the number of buildings he has designed.
A sculptor is distinguished by the number of statues he has fashioned.
A musician is distinguished by the number of songs he has composed.
A lawyer is distinguished by the number of cases he was won.
A scientist is distinguished by the number of discoveries he has made.
A priest is distinguished by the number of souls he has saved.
A guru is distinguished by the number of schools he has established. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It's funny, I see Wendy Kaminer herself as a kind of guru - a guru of the fashionably cynical set. Yet she uses the term "guru" to minimize my career, to marginalize my thoughts and to trivialize my work, as well as those of others. ~ Marianne Williamson

Happiness is.. when someone says I am happy for you. ~ Vikrmn

Holy name alone is sufficient to take you back home back to godhead. However to cultivate the mood of surrender You need a Guru. ~ Bhakti Charu Swami

It is important to reignite our compassion for others because without it we will be lost in the sea of suffering ~ Radhe Maa

GURU is a word that epitomizes knowledge. There is
a tattva (element) of Guru in each of us. Knowingly or
unknowingly, whenever we do something to benefit
another, without expecting anything in return, we bring
alive the Guru element within ourselves. ~ Hingori

Look for God, suggests my Guru. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert

I am really, truly dead serious when I am just joking. But only if you're a joke would you mind my poking. ~ Fakeer Ishavardas

The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why. ~ Warren Bennis

Inheritance adds complexity to a program, and, as such, it's a dangerous technique. As Java guru Joshua Bloch says, "Design and document for inheritance, or prohibit it." If a class isn't designed to be inherited from, make its members non-virtual in C++, final in Java, or non-overridable in Microsoft Visual Basic so that you can't inherit from it. ~ Steve McConnell

The more you love laughter the more you must bear with boredom.
The more you love excitement the more you must bear with monotomy.
The more you love company the more you must bear with loneliness.
The more you love loyalty the more you must bear with distrust.
The more you love pleasure the more you must bear with pain.
The more you love silence the more you must bear with speech.
The more you love solitude the more you must bear with noise.
The more you love knowledge the more you must bear with curiosity.
The more you love truth the more you must bear with conscience.
The more you love vice the more you must bear with guilt.
The more you love virtue the more you must bear with temptation.
The more you love morality the more you must bear with shame.
The more you love freedom the more you must bear with responsibility.
The more you love power the more you must bear with restraint.
The more you love wisdom the more you must bear with learning.
The more you love wealth the more you must bear with risk.
The more you love fame the more you must bear with apathy.
The more you love achievement the more you must bear with fear.
The more you love success the more you must bear with challenges. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You know how some people are unlucky in love? I was always unlucky in exercise. I'd get into a relationship with a workout program or guru, we'd go steady for a few intense months, and then we'd have a really ugly breakup. ~ Alissa Nutting

I have a different GOD. I see it in the smile of others. My worship to make people happy. Love is my Religion. ~ Vikrmn

It' easy to find information on Google guru but that's not equal to gaining knowledge. ~ Narendra Modi

I fall at the feet of those who meditate on the Truest of the True. ~ Guru Gobind Singh

He alone is a man who keeps his word:
Not that he has one thing in the heart, and another on the tongue. ~ Guru Gobind Singh

Who's your soul's mate? Consciousness. Soul is your conscious mate. Guru keeps you conscious. ~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi

I tell the truth; listen everyone. Only those who have Loved, will realise the Lord ~ Guru Gobind Singh

My soul is my guru; my experience is my guru. ~ Kumar Pallana

The Guru is one who dwells in the Light and the Light dwells in him. ~ Dada J. P. Vaswani

The way to accomplish oneself as Guru Rinpoche Is all rooted in the Seven-Line Prayer. The seven consciousnesses of the basis,215 While on the path, become the seven branches of enlightenment.216 The result is perfected in the seven absolute treasures.217 In this way, with the sound of this vajra melody, The moment you invoke me, I, Padmasambhava, Have no choice but to come to bless you. ~ Thinley Norbu

As the Primal Being, Lord Shiva has neither ancestors, nor caste, neither guru, nor education, for he is the origin of all. ~ Wolf-Dieter Storl

Work to live up to your dreams and fantasies; to hell with them who ask you to come back to reality. ~ Vikrmn

One bee does not make a swarm.
One wasp does not make a nest.
One wolf does not make a pack.
One bull does not make a herd.
One dog does not make a litter.
One sheep does not make a flock.
One lion does not make a pride.

One branch does not make a tree.
One pebble does not make a hill.
One rock does not make a mountain.
One dune does not make a desert.
One spark does not make a flame.
One finger does not make a hand.
One color does not make a rainbow.

One leaf does not make a plant.
One flower does not make a garden.
One seed does not make a forest.
One drop does not make an ocean.
One cloud does not make a sky.
One star does not make a galaxy.
One world does not make a universe. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It's ego – the false self – that exalts the guru and declares the teaching sacred, but nothing is exalted or sacred, only true or not true. ~ Jed McKenna

Happiness is.. rising in LOVE in spite of gravity; falling is old fashioned. ~ Vikrmn

We are all poor in the face of God's majesty. Not all of us realise it. ~ Radhe Maa

May your P&L account of deeds for humanity be in profits; for you have to present the your Balance Sheet on the Judgment Day. ~ Vikrmn

In a battle, some soldiers of Guru Gobind Singh saw a Sikh named Ghanaya giving water to the enemy. They went to the Guru with their complaint. Ghanaya was called and questioned. Ghanaya's response was that he had not helped the enemy: as he went around the battlefield, he saw no friend or foe but only the Guru's face. ~ Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

I can only give you my love and blessings for today. For me, Guru Purnima is thinking about my Guru.
It is an auspicious day for me to think of the Guru and all the Gurus world-wide, in different spheres and planets.
About my Guru, I can only say that without his help I would have been nothing and that today I exist because of him.
What more can I say?
I invoke the blessings of Sri Guru and my Maheshwarnath Babaji and all the parampara, on all of you.Quote by Sri M, author of "Apprenticed To A Himalayan Master ~ Sri M.

Frankly, the only good people who I know are dogs. ~ Fakeer Ishavardas

Challenges in the rear view appear smaller than they are.. But keep your spirits higher than the Challenges are. ~ Vikrmn

The 15 Principles of Life

1.Count your blessings.
2.Read good books.
3.Discover your gifts.
4.Chase your dreams.
5.Learn from everyone.
6.Forgive your enemies.
7.Protect your friends.
8.Love your family.
9.Do good deeds.
10.Harm none.
11.Hone your skills.
12.Work hard.
13.Use time wisely.
14.Take calculated risks.
15.Improve yourself. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

I came into the world charged with the duty to uphold the right in every place, to destroy sin and evil ... the only reason I took birth was to see that righteousness may flourish, that good may live, and tyrants be torn out by their roots. ~ Guru Gobind Singh