Granth Sahib Quotes on Name (154 Quotes)

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

They may perform all sorts of religious rituals and good actions, but without the Name, the egotistical ones are cursed and doomed.

Lord of the Universe, what is Your Name, and what is it like

There, where greatness, eternal peace and everlasting joy are bestowed, the faces of those whose minds are attuned to the True Name are anointed with the Mark of Grace. If one receives God's Grace, then such honors are received, and not by mere words.

O my Fearless Lord, with my tongue, I chant Your Name.

Blessed is that time when one sings and hears the Lord's Name. Blessed and approved is the coming of such a one.

The devotees of the Lord have the Wealth and Capital of the Lord with Guru's Advice, they carry on their trade. They praise the Name of the Lord forever and ever. The Name of the Lord is their Merchandise and Support.

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

The farmers love to work their farms they plow and work the fields, so that their sons and daughters may eat. In just the same way, the Lord's humble servants chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and in the end, the Lord shall save them.

The rain has fallen I have found the Transcendent Lord God. All beings and creatures dwell in peace. Suffering has been dispelled, and true happiness has dawned, as we meditate on the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

There are so many places - I have wandered through them all. The masters of wealth and the great land-lords have fallen, crying out, This is mine This is mine They issue their commands fearlessly, and act in pride. They subdue all under their command, but without the Name, they are reduced to dust.

If the Lord were to set me upon a throne, I would still be His slave. If I were a grass-cutter, I would still chant the Lord's Name. Servant Nanak is the slave of the Lord contemplate the Glorious Greatness of the Lord

Make the effort, and chant the Lord's Name. O very fortunate ones, earn this wealth. In the Society of the Saints, meditate in remembrance on the Lord, and wash off the filth of countless incarnations.

O Siblings of Destiny, filth is washed away by bathing in the Pure Water of the Name.

You may practice chanting, penance and austere self-discipline within your mind, but without the Name, life is useless.

Those blessed with the karma of good actions praise the Lord. O Nanak, they make the Guru their spiritual teacher. In the fourth watch of the early morning hours, a longing arises in their higher consciousness. They are attuned to the river of life the True Name is in their minds and on their lips.

Night and day, it wanders around endlessly, deluded by doubt without the Name, it suffers in pain.

O dear beloved mind, my friend, load the profitable cargo of the Lord's Name. O dear beloved mind, my friend, enter through the eternal Door of the Lord.

That is the essence of the scriptures, and that is a good omen, by which one comes to chant the Name of the Lord.

Hundreds of thousands of princely pleasures are enjoyed, if the True Guru bestows His Glance of Grace. If He bestows the Name of the Lord, for even a moment, my mind and body are cooled and soothed. Those who have such pre-ordained destiny hold tight to the Feet of the True Guru.

Night and day, they remain in the Love of the One. They know that God is always with them. They make the Name of their Lord and Master their way of life they are satisfied and fulfilled with the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan.

Spiritual wisdom wells up in the minds of those unto whom the Lord Himself shows Mercy. Those who have such destiny written upon their foreheads obtain the Name of the Lord.

There are five prayers and five times of day for prayer the five have five names. Let the first be truthfulness, the second honest living, and the third charity in the Name of God. Let the fourth be good will to all, and the fifth the praise of the Lord.

If I cut my body into pieces, and burn them in the fire, and if I make my body and mind into firewood, and night and day burn them in the fire, and if I perform hundreds of thousands and millions of religious rituals - still, all these are not equal to the Name of the Lord.

When the True Guru is pleased, one receives the Lord's Name, and blossoms forth in His Love.

The Lord is said to be the Greatest of the Great His Kingdom is the Highest of the High. He has no color or mark His Value cannot be estimated. Please show Mercy to Nanak, God, and bless him with Your True Name.

People are entangled in the enjoyment of fine clothes, but gold and silver are only dust. They acquire beautiful horses and elephants, and ornate carriages of many kinds. They think of nothing else, and they forget all their relatives. They ignore their Creator without the Name, they are impure.

What sort of a resting place is this world Doing deeds of faith, pack up the supplies for your journey, and remain committed to the Name.

Those who praise the True One are true the True Name is their Support. They act truthfully, in love with the True Lord. The True King has written His Order, which no one can erase.

All the rewards which the mind desires are with the True Guru. One whose destiny is so pre-ordained, obtains the Wealth of the True Name.

The soul-bride finds her Husband Lord in the home of her own being she is purified by the True Name.

You fool, chant the Name of the Lord, and preserve your virtue.

O Nanak, the One Name is pervading deep within my mind by Guru's Grace, I receive it. In all colors and forms, You are pervading. People die over and over again they are re-born, and make their rounds on the wheel of reincarnation.

Like a boat in the ocean of fear like a lamp which illumines the darkness like fire which takes away the pain of cold - just so, chanting the Name, the mind becomes peaceful.

The happy soul-brides receive the Lord's Name, O my Lord of the Universe night and day, their minds are blissful and happy.

If my body were cut in half, if a saw was put to my head, and if my body were frozen in the Himalayas - even then, my mind would not be free of disease. None of these are equal to the Name of the Lord. I have seen and tried and tested them all.

Please shower me with Your Mercy, O Lord God, that I may meditate on Your Name, Har, Har. Servant Nanak begs for the dust of the feet of those who have found the True Guru.

Twenty-four hours a day, the wind breathes Your Name.

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.

Praising You, I am never satisfied such is the hunger I feel for the True Name.

My Lord and Master has bestowed His Name, which is everything to me. Nanak instructs the Saints to teach, that the mind is imbued with loving devotion to the Lord.

Happiness is obtained, and sorrow runs far away, when the Saints chant the Lord's Name. The sea, the dry land, and the lakes are filled with the Water of the Lord's Name no place is left empty.

With the True Name, pain shall never afflict you.

Those who meditate on the Name, with one-pointed mind and focused consciousness, remain forever stable in the world.