Granth Sahib Quotes (1688 Quotes)

Wealth, the beauty of youth and flowers are guests for only a few days. Like the leaves of the water-lily, they wither and fade and finally die.

Practicing hypocrisy and attaching your mind to worldly objects, your doubt shall never depart.

This world is false, but only a few understand this.

Seek and find those who are imbued with Truth they are so rare in this world

Serve the Guru, the Giver of Peace He shall wash off the residues of all your mistakes.

For me, there is no other like You. By Your Glance of Grace, my body is blessed and sanctified.

The world is a drama, staged in a dream. In a moment, the play is played out. Some attain union with the Lord, while others depart in separation. Whatever pleases Him comes to pass nothing else can be done.

The soul of the man is lured by gold and women emotional attachment to Maya is so sweet to him.

Give me that state of mind, by which I may not forget You.

All are brides of the Husband Lord all decorate themselves for Him.

The clouds pour their rain down upon the earth, but isn't there water within the earth as well Water is contained within the earth without feet, the clouds run around and let down their rain.

What other efforts can anyone make, when You bestow Your blessing

He seeks no advice when He builds He seeks no advice when He destroys. He seeks no advice while giving or taking. He alone knows His Creative Power He Himself does all deeds. He beholds all in His Vision. He gives to those with whom He is pleased.

When you are plagued by great and excessive anxiety, and diseases of the body when you are wrapped up in the attachments of household and family, sometimes feeling joy, and then other times sorrow when you are wandering around in all four directions, and you cannot sit or sleep even for a moment - if you come to remember the Supreme Lord God, then your body and mind shall be cooled and soothed.

The husband is delighted seeing his sons, and his wife upon his bed. He applies sandalwood and scented oils, and dresses himself in his beautiful clothes. But dust shall mix with dust, and he shall depart, leaving hearth and home behind.

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

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.

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.

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

The judgement is in the Hands of the True Guru, who puts an end to the argument. Whatever the Creator does, comes to pass. It cannot be changed by anyone's efforts. Telling lies, they eat dead bodies.

Those who do not remember God - how much pain must they suffer Those who dwell upon their God have great good fortune.

He(God) gave all beings souls, bodies, mouths, noses and water to drink. He gave them corn to eat, clothes to wear, and other pleasures to enjoy. But they do not remember the One who gave them all this. The animals think that they made themselves.

Worship the Guru, the Transcendent Lord, with your mind and body attuned to love. The True Guru is the Giver of the soul He gives Support to all.

My thirst is not quenched, and I can find no peace, without the Blessed Vision of the Beloved Saint.

Between the Lord's devotees and the people of the world, there can never be any true alliance. The Creator Himself is infallible. He cannot be fooled no one can fool Him. He blends His devotees with Himself they practice Truth, and only Truth.

When our Lord and Master, the ocean of mercy, grants His Grace, one finds honor in the Society of the Saints.

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.

The Guru cuts away all his bonds O Servant Nanak, he is absorbed in the poise of intuitive peace.

Focus your mind, and cultivate this crop at the proper time, make this your purpose

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.

The blind and the false have died in their endless wanderings.

O Nanak, hunger is relieved only when one utters the Glorious Praises of the Praiseworthy Lord.

Feel love for the One who created and embellished you

The Lord, Har, Har, dwells close by, all over the world. He is Infinite, All-powerful and Immeasurable. The Perfect Guru has revealed the Lord, Har, Har, to me.

I seek Your Sanctuary, O my Lord, Merciful to the meek, Ocean of Peace, my Guru.

Those who forsake the True Guru, and attach themselves to duality - what will they do when they go to the world hereafter

Those who go to see the Guru obtain all treasures. Those whose minds are attached to the Guru's Feet are very fortunate, O my mother. The Guru is the Giver, the Guru is All-powerful. The Guru is All-pervading, contained amongst all. The Guru is the Transcendent Lord, the Supreme Lord God. The Guru lifts up and saves those who are drowning.

In death and in life, worship and adore the Lord, the Support of all.

The meager, short-lived dream, this thing - you are engrossed in it, over and over again.

In love with duality, they waste away their lives in vain. They drown themselves, and drown their entire family speaking lies, they eat poison.

You play like a child, craving sweets moment by moment, you become more entangled in emotional attachment.

The dogs of greed are with me. In the early morning, they continually bark at the wind. Falsehood is my dagger through deception, I eat the carcasses of the dead. I live as a wild hunter, O Creator

As it pleases the Will of the Husband Lord, peace is obtained, when He Himself casts His Glance of Grace.

There are painted mansions to behold, white-washed, with beautiful doors they were constructed to give pleasure to the mind, but this is only for the sake of the love of duality.

In their dreams at night, people wander around as long as they sleep just so, they are under the power of the snake Maya, as long as their hearts are filled with ego and duality.

By Your Command, human beings are fashioned. You Yourself embellish them, and then again destroy them.

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.

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.