Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak pronunciation was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated world-wide as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on Kartik Pooranmashi, the full-moon day in the month of Katak, October–November...
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth15 April 1469
CityPunjab, Pakistan
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Throughout the ages, know Him as the One.
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Those humble beings engage in the Lord s trade, who have the jewel of such pre ordained destiny upon their foreheads.
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Those who are appointed to guard provinces and his vassals who have been ordered ,to help , he shall speedily punish like thieves, ,if they remain inactive in attacks ,by robbers .
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A son whom a damsel secretly bears in the house of her father, one shall name the son of an unmarried damsel and declare such offspring of an unmarried girl ,to belong to him who weds her ,afterwards .
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You shall enjoy your Husband Lord forever, O perishable bride, and obtain an abode in the home of your own inner being.
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I will fully declare what result the giver obtains after death, if he gives food, destined for the gods or manes, to a man who is unworthy to sit in the company.
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For the wickedness of evil minded thieves, who secretly prowl over this earth, cannot be restrained except by punishment.
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Having detected them by means of trustworthy persons, who, disguising themselves, ,pretend to follow the same occupations and by means of spies, wearing various disguises, he must cause them to be instigated ,to commit offences , and bring them into his power.
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He must be acquainted with the ,proper , wages of servants, with the various languages of men, with the manner of keeping goods, and ,the rules of purchase and sale.
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Nanak knows this Truth, that the Lord is not separate from His Saints.
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I place the saddle on the body horse, the saddle of realization of the Good Lord.
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By the means of clever reformed thieves, who associate with such ,rogues , follow them and know their various machinations, he must detect and destroy them.
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If one marries, either knowingly or unknowingly, a pregnant ,bride , the child in her womb belongs to him who weds her, and is called ,a son received with the bride .
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By the destiny written upon their foreheads, they become truly unattached, and by reflective meditation, they are imbued with Truth.