20 Popular Guru Gobind Singh Quotes
Guru Gobind Singh (1666 – 1708), was the tenth Sikh Guru, warrior, poet, and philosopher. He founded the Sikh warrior community called Khalsa in 1699 and introduced the Five Ks (Kesh, Kangha, Kara, Kirpan, and Kacchera), the five articles of faith that Khalsa Sikhs wear at all times. He declared Guru Granth Sahib as the last and eternal Guru of Sikhs.
He is best known for rising against Mughal rulers and safeguarding the interest of the people. He preached justice, peace, and equality for all. He lives the life of a saint and inspired millions of Sikhs with his writings that depict the way he led his life. He had strict principles, which he and his followers followed and still follow religiously. His lifelong battle against the plundering Mughals ensures the survival of Sikhism.
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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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If you are strong, torture not the weak, and thus lay not the axe to thy empire.
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I fall at the feet of those who meditate on the Truest of the True.
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Chidiyan te mein Baaz tudaun, Giddran toh mein sher banaun,
Sawa lakh se ek ladaun, Tabe Gobind Singh Naam kahaun.
(It is when I make sparrow fight hawks, it is when I make lions out of wolves, it is when I make one fight with one hundred thousand that I am called Gobind Singh)
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Do as much as possible to serve and aid foreigners, those in need, or in trouble.
- The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates selfishness from within.
- 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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Those who call me God, will fall into the deep pit of hell. Regard me as one of his slaves and have no doubt whatever about it. I am a servant of the Supreme Being and have come to behold the wonderful drama of life.
- Those who worship and adore the Lord through the Guru’s Word forget all their pain and suffering.
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I came into the world charged with the duty to uphold the right in every place, to destroy sin and evil… the only reason I took birth was to see that righteousness may flourish, that good may live, and tyrants be torn out by their roots.
- The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates selfishness from within.
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Karta (The Creator) and Karim (The beneficient) are the names of the same God. Razak (The provider) and Rahim (The merciful) are also the names given to Him. Let no man in his error wrangle over differences in names. Worship the One God who is the Lord of all. Know that his form is one and He is the One light diffused in all.
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Day and night, meditate forever on the Lord
- Recognize the whole human race as one.
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I tell the truth; listen everyone. Only those who have loved will realize the Lord.
(Sach Kaho Sun Leho Sabhe, Jin Prem Kio Tin Hee Prabh Paio!!) -
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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Donate a tenth of your earnings.
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He who regards all men as equals is religious.
- Meeting the True Guru, hunger departs, hunger does not depart by wearing the robes of a beggar.
- Egotism is such a terrible disease, in the love of duality, they do their deeds.
Suggested Read: Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti
