29 Enlightening Quotes By Guru Gobind Singh

He alone is a man who keeps his word: Not that he has one thing in the heart, and another on the tongue.

  

If you are strong, torture not the weak, And thus lay not the axe to thy empire.

  

The ignorant person is totally blind he does not appreciate the value of the jewel

  

The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates selfishness from within.

  

I came into the world charged with the duty to uphold the right in every place, to destroy sin and evil... the only reason I took birth was to see that righteousness may flourish, that good may live, and tyrants be torn out by their roots.

  

Shed not recklessly the blood of another with thy sword, Lest the Sword on High falls upon thy neck.

  

Those who call me God, will fall into the deep pit of hell. Regard me as one of his slaves and have no doubt whatever about it. I am a servant of the Supreme Being; and have come to behold the wonderful drama of life.

  

In egotism, one is assailed by fear, he passes his life totally troubled by fear.

  

In the City of Death, there is pitch darkness and huge clouds of dust, neither sister nor brother is there. This body is frail, old age is overtaking it.

  

Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, who has given the supreme gift of the Name of the Lord.

  

Meeting the True Guru, hunger departs, hunger does not depart by wearing the robes of a beggar.

  

Egotism is such a terrible disease, he dies, to be reincarnated he continues coming and going.

  

Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who goes and falls at the Feet of the True Guru. Blessed, blessed is that Sikh of the Guru, who with his mouth, utters the Name of the Lord.

  

I tell the truth; listen everyone. Only those who have Loved, will realise the Lord

  

It is nearly impossible to be here now when you think there is somewhere else to be.

  

I fall at the feet of those who meditate on the Truest of the True.

  

Day and night, meditate forever on the Lord.

  

For this purpose was I born, let all virtuous people understand. I was born to advance righteousness, to emancipate the good, and to destroy all evil-doers root and branch.

  

Karta (The Creator) and Karim (The beneficient) are the names of the same God. Razak (The provider) and Rahim (The merciful) are also the names given to Him. Let no man in his error wrangle over differences in names. Worship the One God who is the Lord of all. Know that his form is one and He is the One light diffused in all.

  

Blessed, blessed is the Knower of the Lord, my True Guru, He has taught me to look upon friend and foe alike.

  

I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism. Glorious and great are the virtues of the Guru, who has eradicated evil, and instructed me in virtue.

  

Those who worship and adore the Lord through the Guru's Word forget all their pain and suffering.

  

The Lord Himself reveals the Path, He Himself is the Doer of deeds.

  

He who trusts, however, in an oath on God, His Protection also in He; in need, He shows the Path.

  

Whosoever assumes a religious garb pleases not God even a bit. O ye men, understand this clearly in your minds, that God is attained not through showmanship. They who practice deceit, attain not Deliverance in the Hereafter. They do so only to accomplish the affairs of the world and even the kings worship them for their appearance! But through showmanship, God is attained not, howsoever one searches. He who subdues his mind alone recognizes the Transcendent God.

  

Blessed, blessed is their Guru, whose mouth tastes the Ambrosial Fruit of the Lord.

  

Egotism is such a terrible disease, in the love of duality, they do their deeds.

  

Fruitful is the entire life of those, who feel hunger for the Name of the Lord in their minds.

  

Without the Name, there is no peace.