I have searched in vain, and I am so confused; in this darkness, I cannot find the path. In egotism, they cry out in pain. Says Nanak, how will they be saved?


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The True Guru has shown me my Husband Lord; He has placed His Hand upon my forehead.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
In intuitive balance, love is balanced and detached. In the state of intuitive balance, peace and tr...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
It is of You, O my True and Wondrous Lord, that I sing forever. Yours is the True Court. All others ...
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All my affairs are arranged, and the hunger of my mind is appeased.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
As the inner vision is awakened, one comes to know one's own home, deep within the self.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
The One Name, the One Lord, and His One Light pervade the three worlds
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
Those who meditate on the True Guru shall not be burnt to ashes.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
Without the One Lord, there is no other at all. Unto whom should they complain? Some are destitute, ...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
Emotional attachment to Maya is shed with intuitive ease, through the Guru's Teachings.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
After cutting away its branches, its feet are bound together into bundles, and then, it is placed be...
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Chop off that head which does not bow to the Lord.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
O Nanak, they swim across with the True Name of the Lord, the King above the heads of kings.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
Through the Perfect Guru, one becomes perfect; O Nanak, meditate on the True One.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
All that is seen is You, Lord, the expansion of the expanse. Says Nanak, the Guru has removed my dou...
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And yet, they go out to teach others. They are deceived, and they deceive their companions. O Nanak,...
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Becoming Merciful, my Lord and Master has ended my comings and goings in reincarnation. Meeting with...
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O Nanak, he alone serves the Lord, whom the Lord attaches to Himself.
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The soul's desires are fulfilled, upon meeting the Master, our Husband Lord. Nanak lives by chanting...
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With each and every breath, Nanak sings the Lord's Praises. The True Guru has covered my sins.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
When the True Guru is pleased and satisfied, O Nanak, the True Name is obtained.
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My Husband Lord dwells on this shore, and on the shore beyond; I would still meet Him, and hug Him c...
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Just as the tongue, made of flesh and blood, is protected within the scissors of the thirty-two teet...
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The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is Excellent and Sublime. He created everyone. The Lord cherishes al...
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With him,i have found the juice, the sublime essence
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One who obtains the Sublime Essence of the Lord is satisfied and fulfilled. One who obtains this Fla...
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The genuine merchandise is found only in one shop - it is obtained from the Perfect Guru.
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With pen and paper, I have written clever things. I have seen what it is to be a chief, a king, and ...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
The fish did not notice the net in the deep and salty sea. It was so clever and beautiful, but why w...
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As long as the Lord and Master dwells in the mind, no obstacles are encountered
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Those who meditate on the True Guru are satisfied and fulfilled. Those who meditate on the True Guru...
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Those who have not met the Guru, the True Guru, are foolish and insane - they are faithless cynics.
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In so many incarnations, you were a worm and an insect; in so many incarnations, you were an elephan...
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O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, you shall be saved, contemplating the True Name.
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Call everyone exalted; no one seems lowly. The One Lord has fashioned the vessels, and His One Light...
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Those who meet the True Guru implant devotional worship to the Lord, and listen to this devotional w...
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Blessed, blessed is the Guru, the True Being, who has blessed me with devotional worship of the Lord...
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Burnt by egotism, one forgets the Lord from his mind
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It all worked out - I was saved, and the egotism within my heart was subdued. The evil energies have...
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In egotism, all must account for their actions. In this accounting, there is no peace.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
Through self-realization, people dwell within the home of their inner being; egotism and desire depa...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
Those who go around acting in egotism are struck down by the Messenger of Death with his club.
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When egotism and duality are eradicated, one intuitively merges in peace.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
That scholar who is full of greed, arrogant pride and egotism, is known to be a fool. So read the Na...
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God, the Merciful, has Himself bestowed His Mercy. He has totally removed the poisonous pollution of...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
Subduing egotism, the rigid doors are opened.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
By Guru's Grace, the Lord comes to abide in the mind, and the filth of egotism is dispelled.
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
As he submits to God's Will, and surrenders to the Creator, he is rid of selfishness and conceit. An...
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I am egotistical and conceited, and my intellect is ignorant. Meeting the Guru, my selfishness and c...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
I serve my True Guru, and meditate on Him all day and night. Renouncing selfishness and conceit, I s...
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Everything happens according to the Lord's Will; what can the poor people do? Attached to self-conce...
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O servant Nanak, through the karma of good actions, the treasure of devotional worship and the Name ...
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Those who go to see the Guru obtain all treasures. Those whose minds are attached to the Guru's Feet...
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The world is polluted with the filth of egotism, suffering in pain. This filth sticks to them becaus...
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Engrossed in egotism, the world perishes. Without the Guru, there is utter darkness. In emotional at...
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The world is drunk, engrossed in sexual desire, anger and egotism. Seek the Sanctuary of the Saints,...
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Nanak builds his house upon that site where there is no death, no birth, and no old age.
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Blessed, blessed is the Guru of servant Nanak; meeting Him, all my sorrows and troubles have come to...
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I am Your slave, Your bonded servant, and so I am called fortunate.
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The bumble bee is the teacher who continually teaches the lesson. But how can one understand, unless...
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You alone are Eternal and Unchanging, Inaccessible and Infinite.
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Everything we receive is a gift from Him - the thirty-six delicious foods to eat, cozy beds, cooling...
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