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are the same, Pūjā and Nimāz (muslim prayer) are one, all men are one, but many in manifestation; so Gods and demons are one, Yakshas and Gandharvas. Hindūs and Turks are due to the different nature of the garbs of various lands. The eyes, the ears, the body, the make is one, a combination of earth, air, fire, water; the signless Allah is the same; Puranas and Quran are the same; one is the nature and one is the make. As from one fire a crore of sparks arise, and becoming separate merge again into the (same) fire; as from one (heap of) dust many particles fill (the sky) and these particles again disappear in the same dust; as in one river many ripples are formed, but these ripples of water are called but water, so from the Universal Form conscious and unconscious beings have manifested, but they shall lose themselves into That from which they have come.
[Guru x. Kavitu.]
Surely there is nothing in all these to which the heart of every one of us cannot answer, which the heart of every one of us cannot echo, only longing that we had the same passion and devotion and only longing that our devotion might be as clear as his.
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Such is the teaching and such is the heart of Sikhism. Is there anything in it which can serve but to bind together, to draw hearts close each to each, to bind men together in love? When you
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