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Guru Gobind Singh Quotes

1666–1708 India

Guru Gobind Singh (22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), born Gobind Das, was the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, Guru Gobind Singh was formally installed as the leader of the Sikhs at age nine, becoming the tenth Sikh Guru.

India
Philosophers
Poets

Also known as: Gobind Singh, Govind Singh, Guru Govind, Guru Govind Singh

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"When all other methods fail, it is proper to hold the sword in hand. [22]"

Arun Shourie quotes Govind Singh as declaring: 'Let the path of the pure [khâlsâ panth] prevail all over the world, let the Hindu dharma dawn and all delusion disappear. (...) May I spread dharma and prestige of the Veda in the world and erase from it the sin of cow-slaughter.'

Guru Govind Singh (...) sought inspiration from the deeds of martial Hindu deities like goddesses Chandi, Sri and Bhagwati.

"Someone is Hindu and someone a Muslim, then someone is Shia, and someone a Sunni, but all the human beings, as a species, are recognized as one and the same. [2|15|85]"

"Though you are the king of kings, O Aurangzeb! you are far from righteousness and justice. I vanquished the vicious hill chiefs, they were idol-worshippers and I am idol-breaker. [94-95]"

Let the path of the pure [khâlsâ panth] prevail all over the world, let the Hindu dharma dawn and all delusion disappear. ... May I spread dharma and prestige of the Veda in the world and erase from it the sin of cow-slaughter.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Guru Gobind Singh (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.