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PRINCIPLES OF BELIEF, ETC.
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APP.
Many Brahmas
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wearied themselves with
the study
of the Vedas, but found not the value of an oil seed.
Holy men and Saints sought about anxiously, but they were deceived by Maya. There have been, and there have passed away, ten regent Avatars and the wondrous Mahadev. Even they, wearied with the application of ashes, could Arjun, Adi Granth, Suhi. not find Thee. Surs and Sidhs and the Devtas of Siva; Shaikhs and Pirs and men of might. gone, and others are likewise passing by. Arjun, Adi Granth, Sri Rag.
Have come and have
Krishna indeed slew demons; he performed wondand he declared himself to be Brahm; yet he should not be regarded as the Lord. He himself died; how can he save those who put faith in him? How can one sunk in the ocean sustain another above the waves? God alone is all-powerful he can create, and he can destroy. Gobind, Hazara Shahd. ers,
:
God, without friends, without enemies. Who heeds not praise, nor is moved by curses, How could He become manifest as Krishna ? How could He, without parents, without offspring, be-
come borfi to a 'Devki' ?
Ram
and
Rahim
^
GoBiND, Hazara Shahd. (names repeated) cannot give
salvation.
Brahma, Vishnu and Siva, the Sun and the Moon, all are in the power of Death. GoBiND, Hazara Shahd.
The Sikh Gurus not to he worshipped
3.
He who speaks of me as the Lord. Him will I sink into the pit of Hell Consider me as the slave of God
!
:
Of that have no doubt in thy mind. I am but the slave of the Lord, Come to behold the wonders of Creation.
GoBiND, Vichitr Natak. 4.
Images, and the Worship of Saints
Worship not another (than God) bow not to the Dead. Nanak, Adi Granth, Sorth Ragni. ;
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The Merciful, i.e. the God of the Muhammadans.