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HISTORY OF THE SIKHS
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business be set about, nor should food be eaten, without first remembering or calling on God. A Sikh should enjoy the society of his own wife only. He should not desire other women. He who. sees a poor man and gives him not something, shall not behold the presence of God. He who neglects to pray, or who abuses the holy, or who gambles, or who listens to those who speak evil of the Gurus, is no Sikh. Daily, some portion of what is gained is to be set aside in the name of the Lord, but all business must be carried on in sincerity and truth. Flame should not be extinguished with the breath, nor should fire be put out with water, a portion of which has been drunk. Before meals the name of the Guru should be repeated. The society of prostitutes is to be avoided, nor is adultery to be committed with the wife of another. The Guru is not to be forsaken, and others followed. No Sikh should expose his person; he should not bathe in a state of nudity, nor when distributing food should he be naked.^ His head should always be covered.
He is of the Khalsa, Who speaks 6vil to none.
Who combats in the van, Who gives in charity, W^ho slays a Khan, Who subdues his passions. Who burns the 'Karms',-
Who does not yield to superstitions,-^ Who is awake day and night, Who delights in the sayings of the Gurus, And who never fears, although often overcome. Considering all as created by the Lord, Give offence to none, otherwise the Lord will Himself be offended.
He is of the Khalsa,
Who protects the poor, Who combats evil, Who remembers God, 1
The practices of many Hindu ascetics are mainly aimed at.
who despises the ceremonial forms of the Brahmans. Hindi Aan, said to correspond with the meaning of the Arabic Aar one who does not affect to be in any way protecThe same term is applied to the ted by saints or others. brotherhood or mutual dependence of a chief and his followers. - i.e. •*
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346
^PP.
XX
business be set about, nor should food be eaten, without first remembering or calling on God. A Sikh should enjoy the society of his own wife only. He should not desire other women. He who. sees a poor man and gives him not something, shall not behold the presence of God. He who neglects to pray, or who abuses the holy, or who gambles, or who listens to those who speak evil of the Gurus, is no Sikh. Daily, some portion of what is gained is to be set aside in the name of the Lord, but all business must be carried on in sincerity and truth. Flame should not be extinguished with the breath, nor should fire be put out with water, a portion of which has been drunk. Before meals the name of the Guru should be repeated. The society of prostitutes is to be avoided, nor is adultery to be committed with the wife of another. The Guru is not to be forsaken, and others followed. No Sikh should expose his person; he should not bathe in a state of nudity, nor when distributing food should he be naked.^ His head should always be covered.
He is of the Khalsa, Who speaks 6vil to none.
Who combats in the van, Who gives in charity, W^ho slays a Khan, Who subdues his passions. Who burns the 'Karms',-
Who does not yield to superstitions,-^ Who is awake day and night, Who delights in the sayings of the Gurus, And who never fears, although often overcome. Considering all as created by the Lord, Give offence to none, otherwise the Lord will Himself be offended.
He is of the Khalsa,
Who protects the poor, Who combats evil, Who remembers God, 1
The practices of many Hindu ascetics are mainly aimed at.
who despises the ceremonial forms of the Brahmans. Hindi Aan, said to correspond with the meaning of the Arabic Aar one who does not affect to be in any way protecThe same term is applied to the ted by saints or others. brotherhood or mutual dependence of a chief and his followers. - i.e. •*
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