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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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I am in constant bliss, day and night, egotism has been dispelled from within me.
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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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My mind and body, my mind and body I cut my body into pieces, and I dedicate these to Him.
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