Granth Sahib Quotes on Death & Dying (80 Quotes)

Chant the Name of the Supreme Lord, O my mind. Otherwise, in the world hereafter, you will have to face the awesome and cruel army of Death.

While you are alive, conquer death, and you shall have no regrets in the end.

Life and death come to all who are born. Everything here gets devoured by Death. He sits and examines the accounts, there where no one goes along with anyone. Those who weep and wail might just as well all tie bundles of straw.

Those who turn their faces away from the True Guru shall have their faces blackened. Night and day, they suffer in pain they see the noose of Death always hovering above them. Even in their dreams, they find no peace they are consumed by the fires of intense anxiety.

You may observe the thirty fasts, and say the five prayers each day, but 'Satan' can undo them. Says Nanak, you will have to walk on the Path of Death, so why do you bother to collect wealth and property

Acting in evil and corruption, people are immersed in corruption. Without the Name, they find no place of rest. In the City of Death, they suffer in agony.

O Nanak, she commits sins for their sake she shall go, bound and gagged, to the City of Death.

You have no wisdom at all, no meditation, no virtue or self-discipline in falsehood, you are caught in the cycle of birth and death.

Enjoy ecstasy forever with the Lord, and do away with the pains of birth and death.

The wise always take cleansing baths. At the time of death, and at the time of birth, they are purified, when water is poured on their heads.

Death, O Mullah - death will come, so live in the Fear of God the Creator.

Death does not even approach the Lord's servant.

The day dawns, and then it ends, and the night passes away. Man's life is diminishing, but he does not understand. Each day, the mouse of death is gnawing away at the rope of life.

The humble servants of the Lord are absorbed in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. The pain of birth and the fear of death are eradicated.

One cannot break free from the bondage of loving attachment, and so the Messenger of Death will torture you

Meeting your Best Friend, you shall find peace the Messenger of Death shall take poison and die. I dwell deep within the Name the Name has come to dwell within my mind.

In the City of Death, he is attacked with massive swords. Then, even if he asks for it, he will not receive the Lord's Name

When he falls into the hands of the Messenger of Death, what good does it do to cry out

Following the Guru's Teachings, I cannot be touched by the Messenger of Death. I am absorbed in the True Name.

God, the Great Giver, has given me His Hand. He has erased all the sickness of birth and death.

Death strikes her down with his rod, the shackles are placed around her neck, and now the five have left.

You are not allowed a moment's delay, O my merchant friend the Messenger of Death seizes you with firm hands.

Think of the Lord, or else you shall be led to the City of Death. Why are you wandering around, out of control

Meeting with the humble beings, O Siblings of Destiny, the Messenger of Death is conquered.

You may have a body free of disease and deformity, and have no worries or grief at all you may be unmindful of death, and night and day revel in pleasures you may take everything as your own, and have no fear in your mind at all but still, if you do not come to remember the Supreme Lord God, you shall fall under the power of the Messenger of Death.

The Messenger of Death will not touch you in this way, you shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean, carrying others across with you.

From birth to death, everything is for You. You bestow greatness upon those whom You have forgiven.

Whatever is in harmony with His Will, he accepts as True the noose of Death is loosened from around his neck

The Messenger of Death imposes his tax on those who are attached to duality.

Join the Society of the Saints, and you shall not have to go down the path of Death.