Granth Sahib Quotes on Death & Dying (80 Quotes)


    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.

    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.

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

    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.

    Becoming a true Muslim, a disciple of the faith of Mohammed, let him put aside the delusion of death and life.


    The whole world is bound by death without the Guru, death cannot be avoided.

    Death is pre-ordained - no one who comes can remain here. So chant and meditate on the Lord, and remain in the Sanctuary of the Lord.

    Hearing lord's Name, the Messenger of Death will release you, and yet, you do not enter His Sanctuary

    Those who go around acting in egotism are struck down by the Messenger of Death with his club.

    In the love of duality, the soul-bride is ruined around her neck she wears the noose of Death.

    When the Lord grants His Mercy, the fear of death is conquered.

    The first watch of the night passes away in worthless affairs, and the second passes in deep sleep. In the third, they babble nonsense, and when the fourth watch comes, the day of death has arrived. The thought of the One who bestows body and soul never enters the mind.

    If some sinner speaks evil of lord, the Messenger of Death chews him up

    In the poise of intuitive balance, death is destroyed, entering the Sanctuary of the True One.

    The Great Giver has given the intoxicating drug of falsehood. The people are intoxicated they have forgotten death, and they have fun for a few days. Those who do not use intoxicants are true they dwell in the Court of the Lord.

    The blind go astray, caught by the noose of Death. They see other people's property as their own, and in egotism, they suffer in pain.

    The one who tied me up, has released me what can the Watchman of Death do to me now

    The True Guru is the Deep and Profound Ocean of Peace, the Destroyer of sin. For those who serve their Guru, there is no punishment at the hands of the Messenger of Death.

    Remembering Him in meditation, the home of sorrow is abolished. Remembering Him in meditation, the Messenger of Death shall not touch you. Remembering Him in meditation, the dry branches become green again.

    Win the game of life let your mind surrender and accept death.

    The whole world is caught and held in the mouth of Death. Through the Teachings of the Guru, the True Guru, O Lord, I am saved.

    No one thinks of the time of death people grasp to hold that which shall pass away.

    For a brief moment, man is a guest of the Lord he tries to resolve his affairs. Engrossed in Maya and sexual desire, the fool does not understand. He arises and departs with regret, and falls into the clutches of the Messenger of Death.

    Meditating, meditating, meditating in remembrance on Him, singing His Glorious Praises, the noose of death is cut away.

    Listen, O devotee, who has ever attained liberation after such a death

    In the City of Death, you will be caught by the noose of the Messenger of Death.

    I chant and meditate on the Lord, loading the merchandise of the Lord's Name. The Messenger of Death, the tax collector, does not even approach me.

    One who loves the three qualities is subject to birth and death.

    Mind is engrossed in false pursuits he shall endure beatings in the City of Death

    Those who have not met the Primal Being, the True Guru, are most unfortunate, and are subject to death. They wander in reincarnation over and over again, as the most disgusting maggots in manure.

    From sinful pleasures come sorrow, separation, birth and death. The fools try to account for their misdeeds, and argue uselessly.

    Some do not think of death they entertain great hopes. They die, and are re-born, and die, over and over again. They are of no use at all In their conscious minds, they call themselves good.

    The True Lord, his Beloved, is always with him the rounds of birth and death are ended for him

    Without God, our Husband, our Lord and Master, all friends and companions are like the Messenger of Death.

    Those who lack the Company of the Holy, remain all alone. Their pain never departs, and they fall into the grip of the Messenger of Death.

    People are just like this fish unaware, the noose of death descends upon them.

    The vicious hunters, the faithless cynics, are hunted down by the Messenger of Death. They have not sold their heads to the True Guru those wretched, unfortunate ones continue coming and going in reincarnation.

    Think of the Lord No one knows this secret, of when the Messenger of Death will seize you and take you away. All your weeping and wailing then is false. In an instant, you become a stranger. You obtain exactly what you have longed for. Says Nanak, in the fourth watch of the night, O mortal, the Grim Reaper has harvested your field.

    Calling him, Mine, mine , she fondles him lovingly, while the Messenger of Death looks on and laughs.

    After their death, where will they be sent The sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage give them no place of protection, and no Brahmin will eat their food. They remain polluted forever, day and night they do not apply the ceremonial tilak mark to their foreheads. They sit together in silence, as if in mourning they do not go to the Lord's Court.

    The mind is totally attached to Maya the mortal has forgotten his fear of old age and death. Gazing upon his family, he blossoms forth like the lotus flower the deceitful person watches and covets the homes of others.

    When the powerful Messenger of Death comes, no one can stand against his awesome power.

    Nanak builds his house upon that site where there is no death, no birth, and no old age.

    When the body is filled with ego and selfishness, the cycle of birth and death does not end.

    Bring the twenty-seven elements of the body under your control, and throughout the three stages of life, remember death.

    People wear all sorts of costumes and wander all around, but in their hearts and minds, they practice deception. They do not attain the Mansion of the Lord's Presence, and after death, they sink into manure.

    People shout out loud and move their bodies, but if they are emotionally attached to Maya, then the Messenger of Death shall hunt them down.

    The Guru's Word is eternal and everlasting. The Guru's Word cuts away the noose of Death.

    With intuitive ease, a great peace is found, and the arrow of death shall not strike you.

    The Messenger of Death seizes and holds her, and does not tell anyone his secret. And her loved ones - in an instant, they move on, leaving her all alone. She wrings her hands, her body writhes in pain, and she turns from black to white.


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