From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

Guru Nanak Dev

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

Those who have loved are those that have found God

Those who have loved are those that have found God

Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.

Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.

The world is a drama, staged in a dream

The world is a drama, staged in a dream

If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food.

If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food.

I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.

I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.

Your Mercy is my social status.

Your Mercy is my social status.

Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truely die.

Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truely die.

Riches cannot be gathered without sin and evil means.

Riches cannot be gathered without sin and evil means.

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.

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.

Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct.

Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct.

Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme 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.

Asceticism doesn't lie in mere words; He is an ascetic who treats everyone alike. Asceticism doesn't lie in visiting burial places; it lies not in wandering about nor in bathing at places of pilgrimage. Asceticism is to remain pure amidst impurities.

Asceticism doesn't lie in mere words; He is an ascetic who treats everyone alike. Asceticism doesn't lie in visiting burial places; it lies not in wandering about nor in bathing at places of pilgrimage. Asceticism is to remain pure amidst impurities.

One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.

One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.

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.

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.

The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.

The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.

There are worlds and more worlds below them, and there are a hundred thousand skies over them. No one has been able to find the limits and boundaries of God. If there be any account of God, then alone the mortal can write the same; but God's account does not finish, and the mortal himself dies while still writing.

There are worlds and more worlds below them, and there are a hundred thousand skies over them. No one has been able to find the limits and boundaries of God. If there be any account of God, then alone the mortal can write the same; but God's account does not finish, and the mortal himself dies while still writing.

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.