Guru Nanak Quotes on God (32 Quotes)

Those who have not obtained the Blessed Vision, the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the True Guru, the Almighty Lord God they have fruitlessly, uselessly wasted their whole lives in vain.

Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge, for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood.

When he has paid, according to the law, his debts to the great sages, to the manes, and to the gods, let him make over everything to his son and dwell ,in his house , not caring for any worldly concerns.

The Lord God, the Giver of peace, has granted His Grace, I am rid of pain, sin and disease.

Meditation of the Lord is the highest of the deeds, through which myriads obtain release, through which the thirst (of desires) is quenched, through which one becomes all knowing, through which the fear of death goes away, through which all the desires are fulfilled, through which the dirt of the mind is cleansed and the Nectar of the Name of God is absorbed in the mind

They are intuitively embellished with priceless virtues, they have come to save the world. God s Feet are the boat, which carries many across the terrifying world ocean.

During fifteen years the manes do not eat ,the food of that man who disdains a ,freely offered gift , nor does the fire carry his offerings ,to the gods .

I will fully declare what result the giver obtains after death, if he gives food, destined for the gods or manes, to a man who is unworthy to sit in the company.

Oblations to the manes ought to be carefully presented to those devoted to knowledge, but offerings to the gods, in accordance with the reason of the sacred law , to men of all the four above mentioned classes .

Who could prosper, while he injures those , men who provoked to anger, could create other worlds and other guardians of the world, and deprive the gods of their divine station.

Blessed, blessed is that body horse which meditates on the Lord God.

The virtuous soul brides dwell on the virtues of God, they keep their Husband Lord in their remembrance, and they never suffer separation from Him.

The Lord Himself causes us to meet the Guru, meeting the Almighty True Guru, peace is obtained.

The death of brave heroes is blessed, if it is approved by God.

The messenger comes, when it pleases God, and the mourners begin to mourn. Sons, brothers, nephews and very dear friends weep and wail.

The Lord s humble servant begs for the Lord s Name, for the Lord s Praises, and for devotional worship of the Lord God.

O God, my mind is fascinated with Thy lotus feet as the bumble-bee with the flower night and day I thirst for them.

The husband receives his wife from the gods, ,he does not wed her according to his own will, doing what is agreeable to the gods, he must always support her ,while she is faithful.

O Lord, please, let me not even have to look at those who do not meditate on the Name of the Lord and who have not obtained the Blessed Vision, the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the True Guru, the Almighty Lord God.

The heart s desires are obtained by meditating on God, and the fear of death is dispelled.

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

God is the all powerful Creator, the Cause of causes. He preserves the whole world, reaching out with His hand.

God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.

Blessed and acclaimed is that body horse which meditates on the Lord God, it is obtained by the merits of past actions.

As many mouthfuls as an ignorant man swallows at a sacrifice to the gods or to the manes, so many red hot spikes, spears, and iron balls must the giver of the repast swallow after death.

Some have wandered away from the Name of God they have lost the Path.

What man, desirous of life, would injure them to whose support the ,three worlds and the gods ever owe their existence, and whose wealth is the Veda

This is the chief rule to be followed in offering sacrifices to the gods and manes, know that the virtuous always observe the following subsidiary rule.

There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, he is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True, He is also True now.

Food given to a seller of Soma becomes ordure, that given to a physician pus and blood, but that presented to a temple priest is lost, and that given to a usurer finds no place in the world of the gods .

God is the Destroyer of pain, suffering and doubt.

Five are the Muslim prayers five their appointed hours, Five their names. These be the true prayers The first is Truth, the second is lawful earning and the third is to beg the Graces of God for all, The fourth is the right intention in the mind and the fifth is the praise of the Lord.