Those birds which peck at the shore of the pool have played and have departed. In a moment, in an instant, we too must depart.


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The sinful residues of countless incarnations depart, and we receive the fruits of the mind's desire...
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My True Guru is absolutely All-powerful.
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Some enjoy their Husband Lord; unto whose door should I go to ask for Him? I serve my True Guru with...
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Serving the Guru, the Name is obtained, and one remains absorbed in the True Lord.
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I have sold my head to the Guru.
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He is Beautiful in all places; I do not see any other at all. Meeting with the True Guru, O Nanak, t...
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The True Guru, becoming merciful, has fulfilled my desires. He has attached me to the hem of His rob...
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The True Guru has shown me my Husband Lord; He has placed His Hand upon my forehead.
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In intuitive balance, love is balanced and detached. In the state of intuitive balance, peace and tr...
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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.
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As the inner vision is awakened, one comes to know one's own home, deep within the self.
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The One Name, the One Lord, and His One Light pervade the three worlds
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Those who meditate on the True Guru shall not be burnt to ashes.
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Without the One Lord, there is no other at all. Unto whom should they complain? Some are destitute, ...
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Emotional attachment to Maya is shed with intuitive ease, through the Guru's Teachings.
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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.
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O Nanak, they swim across with the True Name of the Lord, the King above the heads of kings.
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Through the Perfect Guru, one becomes perfect; O Nanak, meditate on the True One.
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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Through self-realization, people dwell within the home of their inner being; egotism and desire depa...
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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.
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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...
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Subduing egotism, the rigid doors are opened.
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I have searched in vain, and I am so confused; in this darkness, I cannot find the path. In egotism,...
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By Guru's Grace, the Lord comes to abide in the mind, and the filth of egotism is dispelled.
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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...
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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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