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1469–1539
Guru Nanak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539) also addressed as Baba Nanak or Nanak Shah founded the religion of Sikhism. He was the first of the ten Sikh Gurus, while the Guru Granth Sahib is considered as the eleventh guru.
Also known as: Guru Nanak Dev, Nanak
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Make compassion the cotton, contentment the thread, modesty the knot and truth the twist.
You shall everywhere mind the book of the Granth-Sahib as your Guru; whatever you shall ask it will show you.
The same gold is fashioned into various articles; just so, the Lord has made the many patterns of the creation.
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He Himself spread out the expanse of His Maya, and He Himself beholds it. He assumes so many forms, and plays so many games, and yet he remains distinct and detached from its all.
We come and go. Asa di Var: Make compassion the cotton, contentment the thread, modesty the knot and truth.
O Lallo, as the words of the Lord come to me, so do I express them.
Guru Nanak Dev ji (1469)
If Ganges water will reach your ancestors in heaven, why should the water I throw up not reach my fields in the Punjab, which are far less distant ?
Guru Nanak Dev ji (1469)
There is no Hindu, nor any Mussalman.
I have seen the light of Muhammad (with my mind's eye). I have seen the prophet and the messenger of God, in other words, I have understood his message or imbibed his spirit. After contemplating the glory of God, my ego was completely eliminated.
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