Granth Sahib Quotes (1688 Quotes)


    O Baba, Maya deceives with its illusion. Deceived by doubt, the discarded bride is not received into the Lap of her Beloved.

    At the age of ten, he is a child at twenty, a youth, and at thirty, he is called handsome. At forty, he is full of life at fifty, his foot slips, and at sixty, old age is upon him. At seventy, he loses his intellect, and at eighty, he cannot perform his duties. At ninety, he lies in his bed, and he cannot understand his weakness. After seeking and searching for such a long time, O Nanak, I have seen that the world is just a mansion of smoke.

    True is His Empire, and True is His Command. True is His Seat of True Authority. True is the Creative Power which He has created. True is the world which He has fashioned. O Nanak, chant the True Name I am forever and ever a sacrifice to Him.

    My Lord and Master has saved many, countless beings. I am meek, with little or no understanding, and unworthy

    One who loves the Lord knows this the Lord is very dear to my conscious mind. I am a sacrifice to my Guru, who has re-united me with my Creator Lord I was separated from Him for such a long time


    The One who is pervading everywhere does not die. Says Nanak, the Guru has revealed God to me, and now I see that there is no such thing as birth or death.

    The Guru has applied the true ointment of spiritual wisdom to my eyes.

    The Companion of my breath of life shall always be with me.

    Without destiny, the True Guru is not found, even though He sits within the home of our own inner being, always near and close at hand. There is ignorance within, and the pain of doubt, like a separating screen.

    Among Yogis, You are the Yogi among pleasure seekers, You are the Pleasure Seeker. Your limits are not known to any of the beings in the heavens, in this world, or in the nether regions of the underworld.

    After looking around in the four directions, I looked within my own self. There, I saw the True, Invisible Lord Creator. I was wandering in the wilderness, but now the Guru has shown me the Way. Hail to the True, True Guru, through whom we merge in the Truth.

    Through devotional worship of the Lord, and service to the Guru, one swims across. Then, one is not born again, and is not subject to death.

    False is other reading, and false is other speaking, in the love of Maya. O Nanak, without the Name, nothing is permanent those who read and read are ruined.

    Renounce sexual desire, anger, falsehood and slander forsake Maya and eliminate egotistical pride.

    To praise You is to follow Your Command and Your Will. That which pleases You is spiritual wisdom and meditation. That which pleases God is chanting and meditation to be in harmony with His Will is perfect spiritual wisdom.

    The fool establishes his bonds only when he is slapped in the face. Nanak says this after deep reflection, through the Lord's Praise, we establish a bond with His Court.

    O Lord, I acknowledge the True Guru as the Supreme Lord God. I am foolish and ignorant, and my intellect is impure.

    Abandoning meditation, penance and self-restraint, and the wisdom of good actions, you do not worship and adore the Lord's Name.

    No one is mine, and I am no one else's. The True Lord and Master of the three worlds is mine.

    O my mother. Night and day, I practice true devotional worship I am united with the True Lord

    The pursuit of worldly affairs comes to an end, when you embrace love for the True One. Those who are attuned to Truth - their faces are radiant in the Court of the True Lord.

    The Creator Himself inspires us to work what can anyone else do What can be done by our doing

    The genuine are assayed, and accepted in the Court of the All-knowing Lord.

    The counterfeit coins are not put into the Treasury they do not obtain the Blessed Vision of the Lord-Guru.

    Without the Lord's Name, liberation is not obtained, and you are drowned in the love of duality. Says Nanak, in the first watch of the night, O mortal, you shall be saved by remembering the Lord.

    Through His Light, God is revealed. Without the True Guru, understanding is not obtained. The True Guru comes to meet those who have such pre-ordained destiny.

    O mind, love the Lord, as the fish loves the water. The more the water, the more the happiness, and the greater the peace of mind and body. Without water, she cannot live, even for an instant. God knows the suffering of her mind.

    Serving the Lord is the most excellent action.

    When the pitcher of the body bursts, there is terrible pain those who are caught by the Minister of Death regret and repent.

    When He bestows His Glance of Grace, then they sing the Glorious Praises of the Lord by His Grace, they merge in Truth.

    By great good fortune, the Guru is found embrace love for the Lord, day and night.

    I have found the Perfect Guru, through great good fortune He has given me the Mantra of the Lord's Name, and my mind has become quiet and tranquil.

    The soul's desires are fulfilled, upon meeting the Master, our Husband Lord. Nanak lives by chanting the Lord's Name all sorrows have been erased.

    If I could live for millions and millions of years, and if the air was my food and drink, and if I lived in a cave and never saw either the sun or the moon, and if I never slept, even in dreams - even so, I could not estimate Your Value. How can I describe the Greatness of Your Name

    O body, I have seen you blowing away like dust on the earth.

    Only a few cross over the world-ocean, by Guru's Grace.

    Those who chant are sanctified. All those who listen are blessed, and those who write save their ancestors.

    That person, upon whom the Lord bestows His Grace, receives His Mercy.

    I have done this, and I will do that - I am an idiotic fool for saying this I have forgotten the Doer of all I am caught in the love of duality. There is no pain as great as the pain of Maya it drives people to wander all around the world, until they become exhausted.

    You are present everywhere. I had thought that You were far away. Whatever I do, I do in Your Presence. You see all my actions, and yet I deny them. I have not worked for You, or Your Name.

    When the True Guru is merciful, you will never grieve. When the True Guru is merciful, you will know no pain.

    Just as the tongue, made of flesh and blood, is protected within the scissors of the thirty-two teeth - who thinks that the power lies in the flesh or the scissors Everything is in the Power of the Lord. In just the same way, when someone slanders the Saint, the Lord preserves the honor of His servant.

    Those who meditate on the True Guru are satisfied and fulfilled. Those who meditate on the True Guru are not afraid of the Messenger of Death.

    The love of Maya makes this mind dance, and the deceit within makes people suffer in pain.

    The terrifying world-ocean is difficult and dreadful there is no shore on this side or the one beyond. There is no boat, no raft, no oars and no boatman.

    The world is deceived and plundered by riches, youth, greed and egotism. The drug of emotional attachment has destroyed me, as it has destroyed the whole world.

    The Guru has cut away my bonds. I shall not have to dance in the wrestling arena of life again. Nanak has searched, and found this opportunity.

    Unite me with the True Guru, Your Advisor, O my Lord of the Universe through His guidance, He shall lead me to the Lord.

    Follow the Guru's Teachings, and recognize your own self the Divine Light of the Lord's Name shall shine within.

    Those who attain the True Lord and chant His Name are pleasing to the Lord. They worship the Lord and bow at His Throne. They fulfill their pre-ordained destiny.


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