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Guru Nanak Quotes
«Know that ,the Veda study must be interrupted for a day and a night, when cattle, a frog, a cat, a dog, a snake, an ichneumon, or a rat pass between ,the teacher and his pupil .»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Let him not bathe ,immediately after a meal, nor when he is sick, nor in the middle of the night, nor frequently dressed in all his garments, nor in a pool which he does not perfectly know.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Let him not step intentionally on things used for cleansing the body, on water used for a bath, on urine or ordure, on blood, on mucus, and on anything spat out or vomited.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Let him not show particular attention to an enemy, to the friend of an enemy, to a wicked man, to a thief, or to the wife of another man.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«For in this world there is nothing so detrimental to long life as criminal conversation with another man s wife.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Let him not despise himself on account of former failures, until death let him seek fortune, nor despair of gaining it.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Let him say what is true, let him say what is pleasing, let him utter no disagreeable truth, and let him utter no agreeable falsehood, that is the eternal law.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«What is well, let him call well, or let him say well only, let him not engage in a useless enmity or dispute with anybody.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Let him not insult those who have redundant limbs or are deficient in limbs, nor those destitute of knowledge, nor very aged men, nor those who have no beauty or wealth, nor those who are of low birth.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«If he has touched these, while impure, let him always sprinkle with his hand water on the organs of sensation, all his limbs, and the navel.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)