Gurudwaras of World
Gateway to Sikhism proudly launches
Gurudwaras of World @ www.worldgurudwaras.com
Gateway to Sikhism proudly launches Gurudwaras of World @ www.worldgurudwaras.com on auspicious day of Khalsa Sajna Divas , Vaisakhi April 14th 2012. Worldgurudwaras.com will strive to be most comprehensive directory of Historical Gurudwaras and Non Historical Gurudwaras around the world.
The etymology of the term 'gurdwara' is from the words 'Gur (ਗੁਰ)' (a reference to the Sikh Gurus) and 'Dwara (ਦੁਆਰਾ)' (gateway in Gurmukhi), together meaning 'the gateway through which the Guru could be reached'. Thereafter, all Sikh places of worship came to be known as gurdwaras.
It is a work in progress and We strongly urge the Sikh Cyber Community to contribute to this project by submitting contact information, details, images of Gurudwaras around the world to make this a comprehensive directory.
Quotations from Adi Granth
Quotations from Adi Granth :
Yoga |
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1. Thy earrings: Contentment, Humility thy bowl, thy wallet,
'Intent on God' -- the Ashes thou smear, 'And thought of Death,' the Coat
thou wear. Chastity thy Way and Faith, thy Staff. And, if thou seekest
the Ayee's path, The One in each and all thou hast to see, And conquer
the self in thee. The world then would thine be.
(Guru Nanak, Jap)
2. If only the Lord Abides within thee, And thou keepest all else without, Thou practisest Yoga in the midst of thy kinggly state. (Asa M. 5)
3. Yoga is neither int he patched coat, nor in the Yogi's staff, nor in
smearing oneself with ashes, Nor in wearing the ear-rings, nor close cropping
the head, nor in
blowing the horn; Only if one remains Detached in the midst of attachments,
one attains to the (True) state of Yoga. One becomes not a Yogi by mere
talk. If one looks upon on the creation alike, he is acclaimed as a true
Yogi. Yoga is not in abiding at the tombs or the cramatoriums, nor in
entering into a pseudo-trance.
Yoga consists not in roaming the world, nor in bathing
at the pilgrim-stations. Only if one remains Detached in the midst of
attachments, one attains to the (True) state of Yoga.
If one meets with the Perfect Guru, one's Doubt is dispelled, and cease
the outgoings of one's mind;
And then oozes (Nectar) out of the (mind's) Spring, and one is Attuned
to the Music of Bliss, and one Sees one's Lord in one's very home. Yea,
if one remains Detached in the midst of attachments, one attains to the
(True) state of Yoga.
Says Nanak: "Die thou to thy self while yet alive;
practise thou such a Yoga: That without being blown, the Horn rings (within
thee) and thou Attainest to the state of Fearlessness.
For, if one remains Detached in the midst of attachment, then alone one
attains to the (True) state of Yoga.
4. Some there are, the ascetics, wrapt in their trance, Who are renowned as Yogis, Pundits and men of Wisdom. But whether they abide in homes or the crematoria or the forests, Maya clings to their skirts. (Maru M. 5)
