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Meanwhile the Guru made a journey to the south of India. He wore wooden sandals, took a stick in his hand, twisted a …
His companions, seeing his morning ablutions, thought that he worshipped the river god, Khwaja Khizir, and derived hi…
He who batheth in the immortal water of divine knowledge taketh with him the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage. The Gu…
Through the Guru man obtaineth real life, and through the Guru man departeth to God’s home. Nanak, through the Guru m…
On the same occasion the Guru composed the following:—
They who forget the Name go astray in worldly love and superstition; They let go the stem and cling to the branches; …
Nanak, they who give their lives shall be saved, and shall obtain honour in God’s court.
The Guru arrived at a Saravagi or Jain temple, which was much frequented. Narbhi, the Jain priest, went with his disc…
When the True Guru is merciful, faith is perfected. When the True Guru is merciful, man shall never grieve. When the …
After this the Guru launched out into a satire on the Jains:—
They have their hair plucked out, they drink dirty water, they beg and eat others’ leavings;
They spread out their ordure, they inhale its smell, they are shy to look at water; They have their heads plucked lik…
After ablution the Muhammadans pray; after ablution the Hindus worship; the wise ever bathe. The dead and the living …
The Jain priest asked the Guru why he travelled in the rainy season, when insects are abroad and there is danger of k…
Nanak, if it rain in Sawan, four species of animals have pleasure— Serpents, deer, fish, and sensualists who have wom…
The Jain priest went and fell at his feet and became a convert to his faith. On that occasion the Guru completed his …
It is said that the Guru then went to an island in the ocean, governed by an inhuman tyrant. The name of the island h…
He to whom the Lord is compassionate and merciful, will do the Master’s work. That worshipper whom God causeth to abi…
It is said that on hearing this hymn the tyrant desisted from his intention, and prostrated himself before the Guru. …
The Guru on that occasion met a successor of Pir Makhdum Baha-ul-Din Qureshi, who had an extravagant idea of his own …
The heart which relinquisheth God’s praises and magnification and attacheth itself to a skeleton, Receiveth a hundred…
The Pir then fell at his feet, invited the Guru to abide with him and desist from his wanderings, upon which the Guru…
Rest, sit at home, there is trouble in ever travelling. A place of rest is recognized when men dwell there permanentl…
Upon this the Pir was convinced that the Guru was an exalted spiritual leader.