As fragrance abides in the flower
As reflection is within the mirror,
So does your Lord abide within you,
Why search for him without?

As fragrance abides in the flower As reflection is within the mirror, So does your Lord abide within you, Why search for him without?

Guru Nanak Dev

Asceticism doesn't lie in ascetic robes or in walking staff nor in the ashes. Asceticism doesn't lie in the earring nor in the shaven head nor blowing a conch. Asceticism lies in remaining pure amidst impurities.

Asceticism doesn't lie in ascetic robes or in walking staff nor in the ashes. Asceticism doesn't lie in the earring nor in the shaven head nor blowing a conch. Asceticism lies in remaining pure amidst impurities.

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.

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.

Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form.

Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form.

Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.

Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.

Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.

Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.

I am not the born; how can there be either birth or death for me?

I am not the born; how can there be either birth or death for me?

What should the yogi have to fear? Trees, plants, and all that is inside and outside, is He Himself

What should the yogi have to fear? Trees, plants, and all that is inside and outside, is He Himself

Conquer your mind and conquer the world.

Conquer your mind and conquer the world.

The highest religion is to rise to universal brother hood; aye to consider all creatures your equals.

The highest religion is to rise to universal brother hood; aye to consider all creatures your equals.

With your hands carve out your own destiny.

With your hands carve out your own destiny.

Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.

Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.

Be kind to all beings, this is more meritorious than bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage and donating money.

Be kind to all beings, this is more meritorious than bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage and donating money.

Do not wish evil for others. Do not speak ill of others. Do not obstruct anyones activities.

Do not wish evil for others. Do not speak ill of others. Do not obstruct anyones activities.

Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non vegetarian

Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non vegetarian

Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion.

Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion.

God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.

God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.

From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married. Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come. When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound. So why call her bad? From her, kings are born. From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all.

From woman, man is born; within woman, man is conceived; to woman he is engaged and married. Woman becomes his friend; through woman, the future generations come. When his woman dies, he seeks another woman; to woman he is bound. So why call her bad? From her, kings are born. From woman, woman is born; without woman, there would be no one at all.

Burn worldly love,
rub the ashes and make ink of it,
make the heart the pen,
the intellect the writer,
write that which has no end or limit.

Burn worldly love, rub the ashes and make ink of it, make the heart the pen, the intellect the writer, write that which has no end or limit.