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SIKHISM
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Gurudeva the maker is the destroyer of all evil. Gurudeva is the purifier of all fallen ones. Gurudeva is primal, before ages, in every age; by
repeating his Hari-Mantra (we) are saved (lit.
uplifted from the ocean of Samsāra). O Lord, favor us with Gurudeva's company, so
that linked (attached) to him we deluded sin
ners may swim (across). Gurudeva, the true Gurn, is Parabrahman, Supreme Lord; Nānak bows to Gurudeva Hari.
[Gurn v. Bavanakhari.]
O mother! I rejoice, for I have found the true Guru.
[Guru iii. Rāmkali.]
Let him fix the Guru's word in his heart. And cease to associate with the five persons (de
sire, wrath, etc.) Keep the ten organs mder control. Then in his self the light shall shine forth.
[Guru r. Gauri.
To conclude these perhaps too numerous quotations, I will give some miscellaneous ones, full of beauty: Think thou on the great qualities of the true Name at the ambrosial time (morning).
[Guru i. Japa.]
Even if we rub and scrub our body with water,
still, O Brother ! it is impure;
