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Far from wife and son am 1, far from land and wealth and other notions of that kind. I am the Witness, the Eternal, the Inner Self.

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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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That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen whatever seed is sown, a plant of that kind even comes forth.
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Neither ancients nor moderns who were good men have done such ,a deed that, after promising ,a daughter to one man, they have her to another, Nor, indeed, have we heard, even in former creations, of such ,a thing as the covert sale of a daughter for a fixed price, called a nuptial fee.
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The word is the Guru, The Guru is the Word, For all nectar is enshrined in the world Blessed is the word which reveal the Lord's name But more is the one who knows by the Guru's grace.
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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.
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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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Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.
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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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The True One was there from time immemorial. He is there today and ever there you will find. He never died nor will he ever die. ... Look within, you will see Him there enshrined.
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By twice born men a widow must not be appointed to ,cohabit with any other ,than her husband , for they who appoint ,her to another ,man , will violate the eternal law.
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I am in constant bliss, day and night, egotism has been dispelled from within me.
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He who, having lost his parents or being abandoned, by them without ,just cause, gives himself to a ,man , is called a son self given.
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An adopted son shall never take the family, name and the estate of his natural father, the funeral cake follows the family, name and the estate, the funeral offerings of him who gives ,his son in adoption cease, as far as that son is concerned.
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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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The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.
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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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