10 Inspirational Quotes by Guru Nanak Devji on his 554th Birth Anniversary

Today marks a very important day in the history of Sikhism as it’s the birth anniversary of the first Guru of Sikh- Guru Nanak Devji. Across the world Sikh disciples comes together and pray in gurudwara for the wellbeing of their family.

The occasion is celebrated with great happiness and prabhat pheri, akhand path, langar , kirtan etc is carried out on this day.

Here are 10 Inspirational Quotes by Guru Nanak Devji that can motivate and inspire you to lead a life of peace, harmony and spiritual bliss:

“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.”

“There is but one God. His name is Truth; He is the Creator. He fears none; he is without hate. He never dies; He is beyond the cycle of births and death. He is self-illuminated.”

“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.”

“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?”

“The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained when one eradicates selfishness from within.”

“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.”

“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.”