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HIST'^HY OF THE SIKHS
344
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The things which he had placed in the world (viz the Granth and the Khalsa) are to be worshipped. Strange Gods are not to be heeded, and the Sikh who forsakes his faith shall be punished in the world to coine.
He who worships graves and dead men ('gor' and Muhammadans and Hindus), or he who worships temples (mosques) or stones (ima'murri', referring to
ges)
,
not a Sikh.
is
The Sikh who makes obeisance ox bows down to the wearer of a cap (topi)
is
a resident of hell.]
Consider the Khalsa as the Guru, as the very embodi-
ment of the Guru
:
He who wishes to see the Guru will find him in the Khalsa, [Trust not Jogi or Turks. Remember the writings of the Guru only. Regard not the six Darsans (or systems of faith or speculation). Without the Guru, all Deities are as naught. The Image of the Almighty is the visible body (pragat deh) of the immortal Khalsa The Khalsa is everything, other divinities are (Akal) as sand, which slips through the fingers. By the order of God the Panth (or sect) of Sikhs has been established. All Sikhs must believe the Guru and the Granth. They should bow to the Granth alone. All prayers save the prayers of the Guru are idle and vain. He who gives the 'Pahal' to another shall reap innumerable blessings. He who instructs in the prayers and scriptures of the Gurus shall attain salvation. Gobind will reverence the Sikh who chafes the hands and the feet of the wearied Sikh traveller. The Sikh who gives food to other Sikhs, on him will the Guru look with favour. Delivered on Thursday the 5th day of the dark phase of the Moon of Magh in the Sambat year 1752 .
He who heeds these injuncSikh of Guru Gobind Singh. The orders of the Guru are as himself. Depend on God.] (beginning of a.d. 1696).
tions
is
4.
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The Tankha Nama, or Letter of Fines or Restrictions on Sikhs. (Abstract of.)
Written in reply to the question of Bhai Nand Lai, who had asked Guru Gobind what it was proper for a Sikh to do, and what to refrain from.
Nand Lai asked, &c. and the Guru replied that such were to be the acts of the Sikhs. A Sikh should :
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HIST'^HY OF THE SIKHS
344
^^p
^X
The things which he had placed in the world (viz the Granth and the Khalsa) are to be worshipped. Strange Gods are not to be heeded, and the Sikh who forsakes his faith shall be punished in the world to coine.
He who worships graves and dead men ('gor' and Muhammadans and Hindus), or he who worships temples (mosques) or stones (ima'murri', referring to
ges)
,
not a Sikh.
is
The Sikh who makes obeisance ox bows down to the wearer of a cap (topi)
is
a resident of hell.]
Consider the Khalsa as the Guru, as the very embodi-
ment of the Guru
:
He who wishes to see the Guru will find him in the Khalsa, [Trust not Jogi or Turks. Remember the writings of the Guru only. Regard not the six Darsans (or systems of faith or speculation). Without the Guru, all Deities are as naught. The Image of the Almighty is the visible body (pragat deh) of the immortal Khalsa The Khalsa is everything, other divinities are (Akal) as sand, which slips through the fingers. By the order of God the Panth (or sect) of Sikhs has been established. All Sikhs must believe the Guru and the Granth. They should bow to the Granth alone. All prayers save the prayers of the Guru are idle and vain. He who gives the 'Pahal' to another shall reap innumerable blessings. He who instructs in the prayers and scriptures of the Gurus shall attain salvation. Gobind will reverence the Sikh who chafes the hands and the feet of the wearied Sikh traveller. The Sikh who gives food to other Sikhs, on him will the Guru look with favour. Delivered on Thursday the 5th day of the dark phase of the Moon of Magh in the Sambat year 1752 .
He who heeds these injuncSikh of Guru Gobind Singh. The orders of the Guru are as himself. Depend on God.] (beginning of a.d. 1696).
tions
is
4.
a
The Tankha Nama, or Letter of Fines or Restrictions on Sikhs. (Abstract of.)
Written in reply to the question of Bhai Nand Lai, who had asked Guru Gobind what it was proper for a Sikh to do, and what to refrain from.
Nand Lai asked, &c. and the Guru replied that such were to be the acts of the Sikhs. A Sikh should :
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