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
blessing lord bless
O Lord, You bless all with Your bountiful blessings.
leaving mind flamingos
For each and every person, our Lord and Master provides sustenance. Why are you so afraid, O mind? The flamingos fly hundreds of miles, leaving their young ones behind. Who feeds them, and who teaches them to feed themselves? Have you ever thought of this in your mind?
illusion deceiving tricks
Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion.
night bliss egotism
I am in constant bliss, day and night, egotism has been dispelled from within me.
girl wife female
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.
rain heart past
...O my heart! Love God as the chatrik loves the rain drops, Who even when fountains are full and the land green, Is not satisfied as long as it cannot get a drop of rain...
letting-go prayer compassion
Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct. Let modesty be compassion, good manners fasting, you should be a Muslim the like of this. Let good deeds be your Kaaba and truth be your mentor. Your Kalma be your creed and prayer, God would then vindicate your honour.
song prayer bird
I am a song bird, I am a meek song bird, I offer my prayer to the Lord.
soul solitude bliss
Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.
men giving may
May liberal men abound with us! May our knowledge of the Vedas and our progeny increase! May faith not forsake us! May we have much to give to the needy.
kings ocean mountain
Even kings and emperors, with mountains of property and oceans of wealth - these are not even equal to an ant, who does not forget God.
ignorance self snakes
Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.
kind plant should
That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, a plant of that kind even comes forth.
religious wife faithful
Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone.