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R ender thou such service, as may bring thee some profit.

quote 8665 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 474

O f women are we born, of women conceived To woman betrothed and wedded; Women we befriend, by her continues the human race; When woman dies, woman is sought, for it is she who maintains world order; Why revile her of whom are born the great? Of woman is born another woman; none exists without her; The Eternal God, says Nanak, is the only One not born of her.

quote 8664 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 473

T he sinner, like the deer-hunter, bows twice as much What can be achieved by bowing the head, when a man goes with a filthy mind?

quote 8663 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 472

S ays Nanak, mediate thou on True Lord. If thou art pure, then alone shalt thou obtain the True One.

quote 8662 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 472

I f thou desirest thy good, O Man, perform virtuous deeds and be humble.

quote 8661 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 465

D ivine knowledge is not acquired by mere words. To describe it, is hard like iron. If one becomes the recipient of Lord’s grace, then alone he obtains it. Other contrivances and orders are but ruinous.

quote 8660 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 465

Y ou are the embodiment of light. O Man recognize thy essence.

quote 8659 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 441

T he mind is greedy king and is enamored of avarice. Under Guru’s instruction greed is removed and man arrives at an understanding with God.

quote 8658 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 419

W hen man abandons desire, then alone does he become a true renouncer.

quote 8657 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 356

I f we serve humanity in this world, then we would be welcomed in the court of God.

quote 8656 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 26

H e alone is learned and educated who gains self knowledge through self enlightenment.

quote 8655 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 25

W ealth, youth and flowers are so short-lived as the leaves of water lily; they whither, fade and finally die away.

quote 8654 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 23

H e, who restrains his mercurial mind, slays (restraints) his five evil passions.

quote 8653 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 226

A ll are subject to his will and none is exempt from it, Nanak! If man were to understand Lord’s will, then no one would take.

quote 8652 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 2

A void such food which cause pain to the body and arouse passion in the mind. Avoid such dresses which cause pain in body and arouse passion in the mind.

quote 8651 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 16

M ake wisdom thy mother, contentment thy father, and truthfulness thy brother. These are thine good relations.

quote 8650 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 151

T he evil-doer is a demon, who knows not the Master. He is a mad-cap, who understands not his ownself.

quote 8649 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 142

I f one goes on living the life of indignity, Such life is not worth living For such a life, all eating, is eating in shame.

quote 8648 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 142

N anak, without the Guru, there is no spiritual honour and without this honour one cannot ferry across the worldly ocean.

quote 8647 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 138

C ruelty, worldly love, avarice and wrath are the four streams of fire. By falling into them, the mortal is burnt O’Nanak! Emancipation is obtained by clinging to a living of truthfulness.

quote 8646 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 137

T he Lord first created the light; From the Lord’s play all living creatures came, And from the Divine Light the whole creation sprang. Why then should we divide humans into high and low creatures. Brother, be not in error; Out of the Creator the creation comes; Everywhere in the creation the Creator is; The Lord’s spirit is all-pervading! The Lord, the Maker, has molded one mass of clay into Vessels of diverse shapes. Free from taint are all the vessels of clay Since free from taint is the Divine Potter.

quote 8645 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 1349

T he body is the temple of God in which are revealed precious pearls of knowledge.

quote 8644 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 1346

T he merit of routine deeds and ritualistic religion, acts of piety and self control and pilgrimages, austerities and meditations are contained in the (Guru’s) word.

quote 8643 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 1332

M an is carved in the image of God. The drop is contained in the ocean, the ocean in the drop.

quote 8642 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 1318

I have forgotten to speak ill or think ill of any one, Ever since I learnt to live in the company of good and holy saints, No one is my enemy nor any one stranger to me, I get on well with one and all.

quote 8641 | The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Siri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 1299

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Sikhism