Granth Sahib Quotations

The One who is pervading everywhere does not die. Says Nanak, the Guru has revealed God to me, and now I see that there is no such thing as birth or death.

The One, who holds all creatures in His Hands, is never separated from them; He is with them all. Abandon your clever devices, and grasp hold of His Support. In an instant, you shall be saved.

The Perfect Transcendent Lord is spiritual wisdom and meditation. God is All-powerful to do all things.

Wherever He sends them, there they go. By His Command, the Lord, Har, Har, abides within our minds; by His Command we merge in Truth.

Where the path is difficult and the street is narrow, there the Lord shall liberate you

There is no other way to know His Worth.People read and recite until they grow weary, but they do not find peace.

There is no other as Great as the Guru. I have come and collapsed in the Guru's Sanctuary. In His Kindness, He has united me with God.

There is none other than the lord at all

Unto whom can we turn and cry? By one's own actions, nothing can be done; destiny was pre-determined from the very beginning.

What actions have the happy soul-brides performed? They have obtained the fruit of their pre-ordained destiny. Casting His Glance of Grace, the Lord unites them with Himself.

With my mouth I speak slander, day and night. I spy on the houses of others - I am such a wretched low-life! Unfulfilled sexual desire and unresolved anger dwell in my body, like the outcasts who cremate the dead. I live as a wild hunter, O Creator!

Through devotional worship of the Lord, liberation and bliss are obtained.

Through countless lifetimes and incarnations, I was separated from Him. O Lord, you are my Friend and Companion - please unite me with Yourself.

Throughout the other seven watches of the day, it is good to speak the Truth, and sit with the spiritually wise. There, vice and virtue are distinguished, and the capital of falsehood is decreased. There, the counterfeit are cast aside, and the genuine are cheered.

Throughout the ages, You have been the merciful and generous Lord. Without You, liberation cannot be attained.

There are five prayers and five times of day for prayer; the five have five names. Let the first be truthfulness, the second honest living, and the third charity in the Name of God. Let the fourth be good will to all, and the fifth the praise of the Lord.

The Pandit, the religious scholar, proclaims the Vedas, but he is slow to act on them

When the mind is cleaned with the jewel of spiritual wisdom, it does not become dirty again.

When the king makes a demand, and it is met, the bond is established. When the hungry man eats, he is satisfied, and the bond is established. In the famine, the rain fills the streams to overflowing, and the bond is established.

When the Husband does not enjoy His bride, then her youth passes away in vain.

Life is useless, as long as one does not know the Lord God.

Like a child, I ask for everything. God is Bountiful and Beautiful; He never comes up empty.

Lord,Protector of the World; the Inaccessible Lord God; the Guru abides there as well.

Lord is all-powerful, the Master of all virtues

Lord has purified the sinners in an instant;one cannot express His Glorious Praises

Lord and Master is lofty and exalted, grand and infinite

Let all your affairs be resolved, by continually worshipping the Feet of the Guru.

Serving the True Guru, they become stable forever, and they obtain their dwelling in the home of the self.

Serving the Guru, the Name is obtained, and one remains absorbed in the True Lord.

Serving at the Feet of the Holy Saints, all desires are fulfilled.

She who serves the True Guru is forever a happy soul-bride. She is absorbed in the true teachings.

O Nanak, without the True Name, all this paraphernalia shall disappear.

O Nanak, when the Guru makes one perfect, one's weight does not decrease.

O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, you shall be saved, contemplating the True Name.

O Nanak, those who do not walk in the ways of sin, shall be exalted in the world hereafter.

O Nanak, they are forever the happy soul-brides, whose light merges into His Light.

O Nanak, the True Guru is always kind and compassionate, unto those whom the Lord Himself has blessed with His Mercy.

O Nanak, the shaven-headed ones are devils. They are not pleased to hear these words. When it rains, there is happiness. Water is the key to all life. When it rains, the corn grows, and the sugar cane, and the cotton, which provides clothing for all.

O Nanak, the one who is blind shows others the way, and misleads all his companions. But, going to the world hereafter, he shall be beaten and kicked in the face; then, it will be obvious, what sort of guide he was!

O Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Appraiser, who distinguishes the counterfeit from the genuine.

O Nanak, the filthy ones become clean only when they meet and surrender to the True Guru.

O Nanak, the devotees are happy and peaceful forever. They are absorbed in the True Name.

O Nanak, the Boat of Truth will ferry you across; contemplate the Guru. Some come, and some go; they are totally filled with egotism.

O Nanak, that Primal Color which the Lord has applied, shall never fade away.

O Nanak, no one else is truly alive; those who merely live shall depart in dishonor; everything they eat is impure. Intoxicated with power and thrilled with wealth, they delight in their pleasures, and dance about shamelessly. O Nanak, they are deluded and defrauded.

O Nanak, make the True Guru your friend; going to His Court, you shall obtain the True Lord.

O Nanak, know this well, everything is in accordance with His Will.

O Nanak, know Him as the True Guru, who unites all with the Lord.

O Nanak, if the shaven-headed ones do not bathe, then seven handfuls of ashes are upon their heads.

O Nanak, if someone judges himself, only then is he known as a real judge.

O Nanak, I am forever a sacrifice to the one who beholds, and inspires others to behold Him.

O Nanak, I am a sacrifice to those who are found to be true in the True Court.

O Nanak, chant the Name of God, with heart-felt devotion. Everything else is just a pompous worldly show, and the practice of false deeds.

O Nanak, blessed is the coming of those who follow the Guru's Teachings and meditate on the Lord.

O my mother. Night and day, I practice true devotional worship; I am united with the True Lord

O my mind, praise the Creator. Give up all your clever tricks, and fall at the Feet of the Guru.

O my Lord, these are my lowly actions, O my Lord. O Lord, Har, Har, Treasure of Virtue, Merciful Lord, please bless me with Your Grace and forgive me for all my mistakes.

O my Fearless Lord, with my tongue, I chant Your Name.

O mind, love the Lord, as the lotus loves the water. Tossed about by the waves, it still blossoms with love.

O mind, dwell in the balanced state of your own inner being. Praise the Lord's Name, and you shall no longer come and go in reincarnation.

O Lord, Life of the World, please shower me with Your Mercy; grant me the Sanctuary of the Guru

Some come, and some arise and depart. They give themselves lofty names. Some are born beggars, and some hold vast courts. Going to the world hereafter, everyone shall realize that without the Name, it is all useless.

Some call him a ghost; some say that he is a demon. Some call him a mere mortal;

Sin is a stone which does not float.

Since I found the Company of the Holy and met the Guru, the demon of pride has departed.

Since I am no one, what can I say? Since I am nothing, what can I be? As He created me, so I act. As He causes me to speak, so I speak. I am full and overflowing with sins - if only I could wash them away!

Mentally, we are impure and black, but outwardly, we appear white. We imitate those who stand and serve at the Lord's Door. They are attuned to the Love of their Husband Lord, and they experience the pleasure of His Love. They remain powerless, even while they have power; they remain humble and meek.

Meeting with worshippers, one's face becomes radiant and bright, chanting the Name of the Lord.

Meeting with the True Guru, one comes to know; by this meeting, one comes to chant the Name.

Meeting the True Guru, we are shown the way to die. Remaining alive in this death brings joy deep within. Overcoming egotistical pride, the Tenth Gate is found.

Meeting the True Guru, I enjoy the Sublime Essence of the Lord.

Meditating, meditating in remembrance on the Divine Guru, one's fears are erased and dispelled.

Meditate on your Dear Lord, and be dead to the world; renounce your love of duality

Meditate on that Lord, our True Lord and Master, who gives sustenance to all.

Meditate and listen to the Name of the Lord, and give it to everyone. In this way, the filth of lifetimes of karma shall be removed, and egotistical pride shall vanish from your mind.

My Lord and Master Himself has saved me completely; I am comforted by meditating on the Lord.

My Lord and Master has summoned me, His minstrel, to the True Mansion of His Presence. He has dressed me in the robes of His True Praise and Glory.

My life has been lost, wasted in vain! I am totally miserable! O Baba Nanak, no one cares for me at all!

one shall have to leave maya in an instant, but again and again, one chase after it.

One may beat upon and play all sorts of instruments, but no one will listen, and no one will enshrine it in the mind.

one does not even know how long you will stay here; you have no hint of when you shall leave

No one is mine, and I am no one else's. The True Lord and Master of the three worlds is mine.

No one offers the rice dishes at their last rites, and no one lights the lamps for them.

No one else can save you - don't look for anyone else. I have searched in all four directions; I have come to find His Sanctuary. O Nanak, the True King has pulled me out and saved me from drowning!

One who serves the Immaculate Lord becomes immaculate.

One who recognizes the Guru practices Truth; why should he be afraid?

One who obtains the Sublime Essence of the Lord is satisfied and fulfilled. One who obtains this Flavor of the Lord does not waver. One who has this destiny written on his forehead obtains the Name of the Lord, Har, Har.

One who merges his own self into Him understands, and so becomes pure.

One who lives righteously is known as righteous; one who commits sins is known as a sinner. You Yourself enact the entire play, O Creator.

One who has no Guru, dies over and over again, only to be re-born.

One who has grasped the hem of the robe of the Lord, the True Friend - no one can keep him in bondage.

One who forgets the Name in this world, shall not find any place of rest anywhere else

One who does not remember her Husband Lord in this world is being cheated by duality; she shall weep bitterly in the end. She is from an evil family; she is ugly and vile. Even in her dreams, she does not meet her Husband Lord.

One who contemplates his own self is truly wise.

One who believes in the Name of the Infinite Lord, attains the Court of the Lord. I humbly bow to the Creator Lord; I am a minstrel singing His Praises.

My condition, O my True Guru - that condition, O Lord, is known only to You. I was rolling around in the dirt, and no one cared for me at all.

My God is pervading and permeating all places.

My God is forever Immaculate and Pure; with a pure mind, He can be found.

My God sits deep within the self; He watches over us.

My farming and my trading are by the Support of the Name.