Granth Sahib Quotes (1688 Quotes)

The fire of desire is deep within unsatisfied, people remain hungry and thirsty.

The eyes are asleep in corruption, gazing upon the beauty of another. The ears are asleep, listening to slanderous stories.

This mind wanders around, driven by greed, totally attached to greed.

I offer my mind to those friends, who have met the Guru and found God.

It is of You, O my True and Wondrous Lord, that I sing forever. Yours is the True Court. All others are subject to coming and going. Those who ask for the gift of the True Name are like You.

Under lord's command Sexual desire, anger, greed and emotional attachment are eradicated all my enemies are eliminated.

This world has been deluded by doubt. You Yourself, Lord, have led it astray.

You are the Ocean of Water, and I am Your fish. Your Name is the drop of water, and I am a thirsty sparrow-hawk.

O Siblings of Destiny, let none think that they have any power.

Those who were pre-ordained to have no good karma at all - gazing into the lamp of emotional attachment, they are burnt, like moths in a flame.

O Nanak, those who do not walk in the ways of sin, shall be exalted in the world hereafter.

Practicing egotism and selfishness, they try to impress others by showing off. They perform all sorts of rituals, but they gain no acceptance.

My illness is known only to the Lord and the Perfect Guru.

Within my conscious mind is the constant longing for the Lord. How can I behold the Blessed Vision of Your Darshan, Lord

Without the Name, the body suffers in pain it crumbles like a wall of sand.

Forgetting the Beloved, even for a moment, the mind is afflicted with terrible diseases. How can honor be attained in His Court, if the Lord does not dwell in the mind

My body and my wealth my ruling power, my beautiful form and country - mine You may have children, a wife and many mistresses you may enjoy all sorts of pleasures and fine clothes. And yet, if the Name of the Lord does not abide within the heart, none of it has any use or value.

Those upon whom the Lord showers His Mercy, fall at the Feet of the True Guru. Here and hereafter, their faces are radiant they go to the Lord's Court in robes of honor.

Shedding my ego, I have become free of hate. Twenty-four hours a day, I worship the Guru's Feet.

You are me, and I am You - what is the difference between us We are like gold and the bracelet, or water and the waves.

By Guru's Grace, the Lord comes to abide in the mind, and the filth of egotism is dispelled.

O my father, please give me the Name of the Lord God as my wedding gift and dowry.

O God, I seek Your Sanctuary O my Sovereign Lord King, please unite me with Yourself

Worship the Divine, Supreme Soul, with the intuitive peace and poise of the Guru.

Know that there is no difference between the Guru, the True Guru, and your Lord and Master. Meeting with Him, take pleasure in the Lord's devotional service. Says Nanak, O mortal, in the fourth watch of the night, the life-night of the devotee is fruitful

With the mind encircled by wickedness and evil, people do evil deeds.

One who believes in the Name of the Infinite Lord, attains the Court of the Lord. I humbly bow to the Creator Lord I am a minstrel singing His Praises.

True is the Creator, True is the Doer. True is our Lord and Master, and True is His Support. So speak the Truest of the True. Through the True One, an intuitive and discerning mind is obtained. Nanak lives by chanting and meditating on the One, who is pervading within and contained amongst all.

That which is seen, shall not go along with you. What does it take to make you see this

I am just a poor song-bird, in the Sanctuary of the True Guru, who has placed the Drop of Water, the Lord's Name, Har, Har, in my mouth.

All are Yours, and You belong to all. You are the wealth of all. Everyone begs from You, and all offer prayers to You each day. Those, unto whom You give, receive everything.

Those who meet the True Lord are not separated again they come to dwell in the home of the self deep within.

The One Lord is the Giver of all. He corrects those who make mistakes. He Himself has deceived some, and attached them to duality.

All call themselves Your devotees, but they alone are Your devotees, who are pleasing to Your mind.

I have sold my head to the Guru.

As the inner vision is awakened, one comes to know one's own home, deep within the self.

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

I have obtained the fruits of my mind's desires, O my Lord of the Universe I am transfixed with ecstasy, gazing upon the Perfect Guru.