Guru Nanak Jayanti 2024 Quotes and WhatsApp Status: Guru Nanak Jayanti also called Nanak Dev Ji Gurpurab or Guru Nanak's Prakash Utsav?is celebrated today, November 15. This is one of the most significant occasions in Sikhism, marking the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first of the ten Sikh Gurus and the founder of Sikhism.
On this sacred day, Sikhs honour Guru Nanak Dev Ji by reciting verses from the Guru Granth Sahib, holding spiritual gatherings, and participating in acts of deep devotion. The celebration pays tribute to his teachings and guidance and reinforces the core principles of Sikh philosophy: equality, harmony, and selfless service.
As we celebrate Guru Nanak Dev Ji's 555th birth anniversary today, let us take a moment to reflect on some of his most inspiring quotes with images that you can share with your loved ones or use as WhatsApp statuses and Instagram posts.
1. "Burn worldly love, rub the ashes and make ink of it, make the heart the pen, the intellect the writer, write that which has no end or limit."
2. "Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God."
3. "Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore."
4. "Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth, nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant? Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian?"
5. "If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food."
6. "Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self."
7. "If there is one God, then there is only His way to attain Him, not another. One must follow that way and reject the other. Worship not him who is born only to die, but Him who is eternal and is contained in the whole universe."
8. "There are worlds and more worlds below them, and there are a hundred thousand skies over them. No one has been able to find the limits and boundaries of God. If there be any account of God, then alone the mortal can write the same; but God's account does not finish, and the mortal himself dies while still writing."
9.?"Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean."
10. "Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss."
11. "Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants."
12. "Nanak, the whole world is in distress. He, who believes in the Name, becomes victorious."
13. "By singing the Guru's hymns, I, the minstrel spread the Lord's glory. Nanak, by praising the True Name, I have obtained the perfect Lord."
14. "Asceticism doesn't lie in ascetic robes or in walking staff nor in the ashes. Asceticism doesn't lie in the earring nor in the shaven head nor blowing a conch. Asceticism lies in remaining pure amidst impurities."
15. "That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, a plant of that kind even comes forth."
16. "Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind, marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it."
17. "Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct."
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