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Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar's bowl.

Guru Nanak

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Guru Nanak
Born: 1469
Born: April 15
Guru
Sikh Guru
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji
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As with cows, mares, female camels, slave girls, buffalo cows, she goats, and ewes, it is not the begetter ,or his owner who obtains the offspring, even thus ,it is with the wives of others.
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For each and every person, our Lord and Master provides sustenance. Why are you so afraid, O mind? The flamingos fly hundreds of miles, leaving their young ones behind. Who feeds them, and who teaches them to feed themselves? Have you ever thought of this in your mind?
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But for disloyalty to her husband a wife is censured among men, and ,in her next life she is born in the womb of a jackal and tormented by diseases, the punishment of her sin.
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Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non vegetarian
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If one of the brothers, being able ,to maintain himself by his own occupation, does not desire ,a share of the family property, he may be made separate ,by the others receiving a trifle out of his share to live upon.
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Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and even lawful acts which may cause pain in the future or are offensive to men.
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From woman, man is born within woman, man is conceived to woman he is engaged and married. Woman becomes his friend through woman, the future generations come. When his woman dies, he seeks another woman to woman he is bound. So why call her bad? From her, kings are born. From woman, woman is born without woman, there would be no one at all.
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I am not the born how can there be either birth or death for me?
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Be the wisdom your support. Be the compassion your guide and listen to the Divine Music that beats in every heart.
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O my heart! Love God as the chatrik loves the rain drops, Who even when fountains are full and the land green, Is not satisfied as long as it cannot get a drop of rain.
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Dwell in peace in the home of your own being, and the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you.
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My mind and body, my mind and body I cut my body into pieces, and I dedicate these to Him.
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Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants.
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God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.
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No calamity happens to those who eagerly follow auspicious customs and the rule of good conduct, to those who are always careful of purity, and to those who mutter ,sacred texts and offer burnt oblations.
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Even kings and emperors, with mountains of property and oceans of wealth - these are not even equal to an ant, who does not forget God.
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Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.
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I am a song bird, I am a meek song bird, I offer my prayer to the Lord.
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