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Letter "G" » Guru Nanak Quotes
«Between sons born of wives equal ,in caste ,and without ,any other distinction no seniority in right of the mother exists, seniority is declared ,to be according to birth.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Grass, room for resting , water, and fourthly a kind word, these things never fail in the houses of good men.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Those foolish householders who constantly seek to live on the food of others, become, in consequence of that baseness , after death the cattle of those who give them food.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«A guest who is sent by the setting sun in the evening, must not be driven away by a householder, whether he have come at supper time or at an inopportune moment, he must not stay in the house without entertainment.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Let him not eat any dainty food which he does not offer to his guest, the hospitable reception of guests procures wealth, fame, long life, and heavenly bliss.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Even to others, personal friends and so forth, who have come to his house out of affection, he may give food, garnished with seasoning according to his ability, at the same time with his wife.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«But the foolish man who eats first without having given food to these persons does, while he crams, not know that after death he himself will be devoured by dogs and vultures.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«He who prepares food for himself alone , eats nothing but sin, for it is ordained that the food which remains after the performance of the sacrifices shall be the meal of virtuous men.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Let him feed even one learned man at the sacrifice to the gods, and one at the sacrifice to the manes, thus he will gain a rich reward, not if he entertains many who are unacquainted with the Veda.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge, for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
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