harsharan000

"However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?"
- Buddha
"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials."
- Chinese proverb

"However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?"
- Buddha
"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials."
- Chinese proverb

ਗੁਰਿਪੂਰੈਮੇਲਾਇਆਮੇਰੀਜਿੰਦੁੜੀਏਹਰਿਸਜਣੁਹਰਿਪ੍ਰਭੁਪਾਸੇਰਾਮ॥ The Perfect Guru has united me, O my soul, with the Lord, my best friend, the Lord God. ਧਨੁਧਨੁਗੁਰੂਹਰਿਦਸਿਆਮੇਰੀਜਿੰਦੁੜੀਏਜਨਨਾਨਕਨਾਮਿਬਿਗਾਸੇਰਾਮ॥੪॥੧॥ Blessed, blessed is the Guru, who has shown me the Lord, O my soul; servant Nanak blossoms forth in the Name of the Lord. ||4||1||

ਹਰਿ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਾਮਿ ਪਤੀਜਿਆ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਿੰਦੁੜੀਏ ਸਭਿ ਝਖ ਮਾਰਨੁ ਦੁਸਟ ਕੁਪਤੇ ਰਾਮ ॥
Har Nirabho Naam Patheejiaa Maeree Jindhurreeeae Sabh Jhakh Maaran Dhusatt Kupathae Raam ||
One who has faith/love in the Fearless Name of the Lord, O my soul - all his enemies and attackers speak against him in vain.

"With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity."
- Keshavan Nair
 
"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
- Buddha
 
"A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart."
- Goethe

ਅਗਮ ਅਗੋਚਰੁ ਨ ਜਾਈ ਹਰਿ ਲਖਿਆ ਗੁਰੁ ਪੂਰਾ ਮਿਲੈ ਲਖਾਵੀਐ ਰੇ ॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Agam Agochar N Jaaee Har Lakhiaa Gur Pooraa Milai Lakhaaveeai Rae || Rehaao ||
The Inaccessible, Unfathomable Lord cannot be seen; meeting with the Perfect Guru, He is seen.

ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਰਾਧਹਿ ਸੇ ਧੰਨੁ ਜਨ ਕਹੀਅਹਿ ਤਿਨ ਮਸਤਕਿ ਭਾਗੁ ਧੁਰਿ ਲਿਖਿ ਪਾਵੀਐ ਰੇ ॥
Har Naam Araadhhehi Sae Dhhann Jan Keheeahi Thin Masathak Bhaag Dhhur Likh Paaveeai Rae ||
Those humble beings who worship and adore the Lord's Name, are said to be blessed. Such is the good destiny written on their foreheads.

ਹਰਿ ਹਰਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਅਮੋਲਕੁ ਹਰਿ ਪਹਿ ਹਰਿ ਦੇਵੈ ਤਾ ਨਾਮੁ ਧਿਆਵੀਐ ਰੇ ॥
Har Har Naam Amolak Har Pehi Har Dhaevai Thaa Naam Dhhiaaveeai Rae ||
The Name of the Lord, Har, Har, is priceless. It rests with the Lord. If the Lord bestows it, then we meditate on the Naam.

Some tuchh mahima of Guru Jee:
ਏਹੁ ਜੀਉ ਬਹੁਤੇ ਜਨਮ ਭਰੰਮਿਆ ਤਾ ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਸਬਦੁ ਸੁਣਾਇਆ ॥
Eaehu Jeeo Bahuthae Janam Bharanmiaa Thaa Sathigur Sabadh Sunaaeiaa ||
This soul wandered through countless incarnations, until the True Guru instructed it in the Word of the Shabad, and made it possible to listen to it.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਦਾਤਾ ਕੋ ਨਹੀ ਸਭਿ ਸੁਣਿਅਹੁ ਲੋਕ ਸਬਾਇਆ ॥
Sathigur Jaevadd Dhaathaa Ko Nehee Sabh Suniahu Lok Sabaaeiaa ||
 
There is no giver as great as the True Guru; hear this, all you people.
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਿ ਮਿਲਿਐ ਸਚੁ ਪਾਇਆ ਜਿਨ੍ਹ੍ਹੀ ਵਿਚਹੁ ਆਪੁ ਗਵਾਇਆ ॥
Sathigur Miliai Sach Paaeiaa Jinhee Vichahu Aap Gavaaeiaa ||
 
Meeting the True Guru, the True Lord is found; He removes self-conceit from within,

"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude."
- Colin Powell

"Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?"
- Confucius.
Note: this same applies to those who proudly profess being religious, but then commit atrocities against mankind.... Sheer madness

"Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, Something is out of tune."
- Carl Jung
 
"The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
- Chalmers

"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it."
- Buddha
Note: in our case as sikhs, our main duty is to be consciouss of the supreme importance of Nam Bhakti as per Gurmat, and then deeply engage ourselves into it . 

"Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgement of others."
- Wayne Dyer    
 
"Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that."
- Jean Lacordaire