Gurpurab or Guru Nanak Jayanti is celebrated all across the globe on the birth of the first of the ten Sikh gurus and the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev Ji. This year, Gurpurab will be celebrated on November 23. People from the Sikh community celebrate this day with great zeal and enthusiasm. To honor the teachings of Guru Nanak, Sikh people put stalls at various places in their cities and treat other people with food. This is one of the most common ways of celebrating this auspicious day. Since Guru Nanak Dev Ji was the flag bearer of virtue, equality, goodness, and love, he is considered as one of the most religious thinkers ever. Other than being a great preacher of love and goodness, he was also a great poet and his thoughts, views and words have been cataloged in the form of 974 poetic hymns in ‘Guru Granth Sahib’, the holy text of Sikhism. He traveled a lot and spent a life full of wisdom. Following are some of his thought that perfectly depict how much he valued equality and goodness in the society.
Here are 10 Inspiring quotes by Guru Nanak Dev Ji-
As reflection is within the mirror, So does your Lord abide within you, Why search for him without?
I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.
He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God.
Dwell in peace in the home of your own being, and the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you.
Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die.
Nanak, the whole world is in distress. He, who believes in the Name, becomes victorious.
One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.
The lord can never be established nor created; the formless one is limitlessly complete in Himself.
He who regards all men as equals is religious.
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