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THE SIKH RELIGION

Shall be acceptable in God's court.
The Khatri who practiseth greed, covetousness, and falsehood,
Shall suffer for his misdeeds.

The Guru required complete self-sacrifice from his disciples:—

If thou desire to play at love with me,
Come my way with thy head in the palm of thy hand.
Put thy feet on this road;
Give thy head and regard not human opinion.

The Guru, faith, truth, and the capital of God's name are necessary for salvation:—

Without the Guru there is no divine knowledge, without faith no meditation;
Without truth there is no credit, and without capital no balance.

If Ram had been God he would not have lost his queen Sita, and he would himself have healed his half-brother Lachhman instead of calling on Hanuman to do so:—

Ram Chandar mourned in his soul for Sita and Lachhman:
He remembered Hanuman,[1] and he came to meet him.
The misguided demon Rawan did not know it was not Ram but God who did this.
Nanak, God is independent: Ram could not erase his destiny.

A purse-proud person addressed improper language to the Guru. When the Guru's disciples took this amiss, the Guru uttered the following:—

Impute not blame to the Rai;[2] his intellect is forsaking him in his old age.
  1. See the story of Hanumān going for a plant to heal Lachhman, in Dowson's Dictionary of Hindu Mythology.
  2. This word means a nobleman.