Like a boat in the ocean of fear; like a lamp which illumines the darkness; like fire which takes away the pain of cold – just so, chanting the Name, the mind becomes peaceful.
– Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
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- Let the Fear of God be the boat to carry your soul across. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- He is not obtained by mouthing mere words, but by rooting out ego from within. Meeting the True Guru, one is permeated forever with the Fear of God, who Himself comes to dwell within the mind. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- The darkness of ignorance has been dispelled, and my mind has been awakened; within the home of my inner being, I have found the genuine article. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- If I dressed myself in fire, and built my house of snow, and made iron my food; and if I were to drink in all pain like water, and drive the entire earth before me. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- O Nanak, the Boat of Truth will ferry you across; contemplate the Guru. Some come, and some go; they are totally filled with egotism. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- That which is sung intuitively is acceptable; without this intuition, all chanting is useless. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- The Divine Light shines in their hearts who have good destiny, and like the sun which removes the darkness of night, it dispels the darkness of ignorance. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- This mind is very powerful; we cannot escape it just by trying. In the love of duality, people suffer in pain, condemned to terrible punishment. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
- Krishna consciousness is not something imposed on the mind. On the contrary, it’s already inside of each of us, waiting to come out, like fire in a match. Chanting Hare Krishna brings out that natural, pure state of mind. – Lord Krishna
- When chanting, austere meditation and self-discipline become your protectors, then the lotus blossoms forth, and the honey trickles out. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji