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Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 2019: 12 inspiring and enlightening quotes by the tenth Sikh guru

TNN | Last updated on - Jan 12, 2019, 23:58 IST
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Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 2019: 20 inspiring and enlightening quotes by the tenth Sikh guru

The tenth guru of sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh was born as Gobind Rai in Patna. His father Guru teg Bahadur was beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam. Guru Gobind Singh was nine years old when he had to overtake the leadership. Guru also gave Khalsa - the warrior community a new surname, Singh. After the first five Khalsa had been baptized, the Guru asked the five to baptize him as a khalsa. This made him the sixth Khalsa, changing his name from Guru Gobind Rai to Guru Gobind Singh. This Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti, you can share these enlightening quotes by the tenth sikh guru which can be shared with your loved ones to inspire them for a good living.
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The religion

"He who regards all men as equals is religious."
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The old age

"In the City of Death, there is pitch darkness and huge clouds of dust, neither sister nor brother is there. This body is frail, old age is overtaking it."
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Dwell in peace

"Dwell in peace in the home of your own being, and the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you."
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The formless one!

"The lord can never be established nor created; the formless one is limitlessly complete in Himself. Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die."
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The creator

God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.
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The ignorant person

"The ignorant person is totally blind he does not appreciate the value of the jewel."
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Keep your word

"He alone is a man who keeps his word, Not that he has one thing in the heart, and another on the tongue."
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Egotism

"Egotism is such a terrible disease, he dies, to be reincarnated he continues coming and going."
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Love

"I tell the truth; listen everyone. Only those who have Loved, will realise the Lord."
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Strength

"If you are strong, torture not the weak, And thus lay not the axe to thy empire."
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The present

"It is nearly impossible to be here now when you think there is somewhere else to be."
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Eradicate selfishness

"The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates selfishness from within."

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