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Sri Guru Granth Sahib

  • He is called the Most Perfect of the Perfect. He sits upon His Perfect Throne. He looks so Beautiful in His Perfect Place. He fulfills the hopes of the hopeless. O Nanak, if one obtains the Perfect Lord, how can his virtues decrease?... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Those feet which walk in the Lord's Way are beautiful.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Some enjoy their Husband Lord; unto whose door should I go to ask for Him? I serve my True Guru with love, that He may lead me to Union with my Husband Lord.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • She who knows her Husband Lord to be always with her, enjoys His Constant Presence.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Coming and going are very difficult for that bride who is abandoned and forgotten by her Husband Lord.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The True Guru has shown me my Husband Lord; He has placed His Hand upon my forehead.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The soul's desires are fulfilled, upon meeting the Master, our Husband Lord. Nanak lives by chanting the Lord's Name; all sorrows have been erased.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • My Husband Lord dwells on this shore, and on the shore beyond; I would still meet Him, and hug Him close in my embrace.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Filth does not stick to those who are true, but filth attaches itself to those who love duality. This filth cannot be washed off, even by bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The day of my wedding is pre-ordained. Come - let's gather together and pour the oil over the threshold.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Let mercy be your mosque, faith your prayer-mat, and honest living your Koran.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Her marriage is eternal; her Husband is Inaccessible and Incomprehensible. O Servant Nanak, His Love is her only Support.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • O Siblings of Destiny, just like this, see death hovering over your own heads!... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Meeting with the humble beings, O Siblings of Destiny, the Messenger of Death is conquered.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The Messenger of Death will not touch you; in this way, you shall cross over the terrifying world-ocean, carrying others across with you.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • By His Grace, His devotees become famous and acclaimed. Joining the Society of the Saints, I chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har; the disease of laziness has disappeared.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • O Siblings of Destiny, become the dust of the feet of the humble Saints. In the Society of the Saints, the Guru is found. He is the Treasure of Liberation, the Source of all good fortune.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • When our Lord and Master, the ocean of mercy, grants His Grace, one finds honor in the Society of the Saints.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The True Lord, his Beloved, is always with him; the rounds of birth and death are ended for him... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • One cannot break free from the bondage of loving attachment, and so the Messenger of Death will torture you... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • In the City of Death, you will be caught by the noose of the Messenger of Death.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • In the City of Death, he is attacked with massive swords. Then, even if he asks for it, he will not receive the Lord's Name... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Body and soul and all riches are Yours. Yours is the Power, O Lord of the World.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • If some sinner speaks evil of lord, the Messenger of Death chews him up... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Death does not even approach the Lord's servant.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Mind is engrossed in false pursuits; he shall endure beatings in the City of Death... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Life and death come to all who are born. Everything here gets devoured by Death. He sits and examines the accounts, there where no one goes along with anyone. Those who weep and wail might just as well all tie bundles of straw.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Administering the intoxicating drug of love, I have won over the Lord of the Universe; I have fascinated His Mind.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The Lord blesses His devotees with His Love; He sides with them and saves them.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • By Guru's Grace, the inner being is touched by the Lord's Love.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • As it pleases Him, people embrace love for the Lord, and doubt and delusion are dispelled from within. Intuitive peace and poise well up within, and the intellect is awakened to spiritual wisdom.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Gazing upon the tiny bodies of your children, love has welled up within your heart; you are proud of them, but you do not understand.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • O my Love, Sustainer of the World, Merciful, Loving Lord, Profoundly Deep, Infinite Lord of the Universe, Highest of the High, Unfathomable, Infinite Lord and Master, continually remembering You in deep meditation, I live.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • O my mind, vibrate and meditate forever on the Lord, with single-minded love. He is contained deep within each and every heart. He is always with you, as your Helper and Support.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • He draws us to His Touchstone, to test our love and consciousness. The counterfeit have no place there, but the genuine are placed in His Treasury.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The ointment of spiritual wisdom is the destroyer of fear; through love, the Pure One is seen.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • At the Lord's Door, none of his requests are denied. Nanak is attuned to the Love of the Lord, whose Light pervades the entire Universe.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Let your minds be imbued with His Love, O blessed and fortunate ones. By His Pleasure, the Guru bestows His Gifts.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Your All-pervading creative nature cannot be estimated.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Lord is all-powerful, the Master of all virtues... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • By His Creative Power, He created the world. Whatever pleases Him, O Nanak - that Command is acceptable.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • O Dear Lord, You are the Truest of the True. All things are in Your Power. The 8.4 million species of beings wander around searching for You, but without the Guru, they do not find You.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • O my Beloved, I have no one except You. Without You, nothing else pleases me. Loving You, I am at peace.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The Messenger of Death imposes his tax on those who are attached to duality.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • This emotional attachment to Maya and family, and the love of duality, is a noose around the neck.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • In love with duality, they waste away their lives in vain. They drown themselves, and drown their entire family; speaking lies, they eat poison.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Through the Guru's Teachings, some embrace love for the Lord, and are saved. They remain detached and unaffected, and they find the Sanctuary of the Lord. They keep death constantly before their eyes; they gather the Provisions of the Lord's Name, and receive honor.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Those who partake of the Lord's Sublime Essence, through the Guru's Love, are known as great and very fortunate.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Cursed is emotional attachment and love of Maya; no one is seen to be at peace.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • I have entered into the realm of the Lord's Love.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Those who do not have love for the Lord within their hearts, harbor only false intentions and goals.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Those who are not in love with the Lord are foolish and false - they are faithless cynics. They suffer the most extreme agonies of birth and death; they die over and over again, and they rot away in manure.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • One whose heart blossoms forth, is not in love with duality.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The shop-keepers collect poison, sitting in their shops, carrying on their business. Their love is false, their displays are false, and they are engrossed in falsehood.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The farmers love to work their farms; they plow and work the fields, so that their sons and daughters may eat. In just the same way, the Lord's humble servants chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, and in the end, the Lord shall save them.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • O Nanak, in the end, all this vanishes like a dream!... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • 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.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The birds have no money in their pockets. They place their hopes on trees and water. He alone is the Giver. You alone, Lord, You alone.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Make the effort, and chant the Lord's Name. O very fortunate ones, earn this wealth. In the Society of the Saints, meditate in remembrance on the Lord, and wash off the filth of countless incarnations.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The Society of the Guru is not obtained like this, by trying to be near or far away.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • O beloved mind, let the Society of the Saints be your dwelling.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The fish did not notice the net in the deep and salty sea. It was so clever and beautiful, but why was it so confident? By its actions it was caught, and now death cannot be turned away from its head.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • That bride, who is absorbed into the True Guru, shall never become a widow. Her Husband Lord is Beautiful; His Body is forever fresh and new.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • You are wasting this life in the pride of wealth and the splendor of beauty.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • 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.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The Lord Himself gives His Love, and enshrines it within their minds.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • People do not enshrine love for the Truth; they chase after worldly affairs instead.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • By Guru's Grace, intuitive understanding is obtained; subduing the sense of duality, they are in love with the One.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • My mind is imbued with the Lord's Love; it is dyed a deep crimson. Truth and charity are my white clothes. The blackness of sin is erased by my wearing of blue clothes, and meditation on the Lord's Lotus Feet is my robe of honor.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Some do not think of death; they entertain great hopes. They die, and are re-born, and die, over and over again. They are of no use at all! In their conscious minds, they call themselves good.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • 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.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The one who tied me up, has released me; what can the Watchman of Death do to me now?... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Hearing lord's Name, the Messenger of Death will release you, and yet, you do not enter His Sanctuary!... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Whatever is in harmony with His Will, he accepts as True; the noose of Death is loosened from around his neck... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Fulfilled with the Lord's Love, I shall never feel hunger again.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Deep within myself, I would love to see the Lord; the Guru has inspired me to see Him within my heart.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • My heart is filled with love for the Sovereign Lord King; the Guru has shown me the path and the way to find Him.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Servant Nanak is fulfilled, through the Love of the True Guru.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The humble servant of the Lord loves to meditate on the Formless Lord.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • I chant and meditate on the Lord, loading the merchandise of the Lord's Name. The Messenger of Death, the tax collector, does not even approach me.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • As they plant, so do they harvest. They shall not obtain peace, even in their dreams.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • One who loves the three qualities is subject to birth and death.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • When the Lord grants His Mercy, the fear of death is conquered.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Death is pre-ordained - no one who comes can remain here. So chant and meditate on the Lord, and remain in the Sanctuary of the Lord.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Their comings and goings in reincarnation do not end; through death and rebirth, they are wasting away.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Following the Guru's Teachings, I cannot be touched by the Messenger of Death. I am absorbed in the True Name.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • For the sake of Maya, they set the stage and dance, but they are in love with duality, and they obtain only sorrow.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Through the love with duality, no one has found peace. They write falsehood, and they practice falsehood; they are burnt to ashes by focusing their consciousness on falsehood.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The Lord Himself dyes us in the color of His Love.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Come, O sisters - let's make virtue our charms. Let's join the Saints, and enjoy the pleasure of the Lord's Love.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The soul-bride loves her Husband Lord; she is embellished with His Love. She worships Him day and night; she cannot be restrained from doing so.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • When the True Guru is pleased, one receives the Lord's Name, and blossoms forth in His Love.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Those who turn their faces away from the True Guru shall have their faces blackened. Night and day, they suffer in pain; they see the noose of Death always hovering above them. Even in their dreams, they find no peace; they are consumed by the fires of intense anxiety.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • Join the Society of the Saints, and you shall not have to go down the path of Death.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • One who lives righteously is known as righteous; one who commits sins is known as a sinner. You Yourself enact the entire play, O Creator.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}
  • The Great Giver lives; no one dies. O Nanak, those who do not enshrine the Lord within their minds are deluded.... Sri Guru Granth Sahib {view}