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Sikh

16th Century

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Timeline (1469 - 1539)

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English version by
John Stratton Hawley and Mark Juergensmeyer

Original Language
Punjabi

[Japji 15] If you ponder it,

Themes

Death

Recommended Books

	The Guru Granth Sahib: CAnon, Meaning and Authority, by Pashaura Singh
	Songs of the Saints of India, Translated by John Stratton Hawley / Translated by Mark Juergensmeyer
	Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Translated by Gurbachan S. Talib
	Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Translated by Winand M. Callewaert
	Sri Guru Granth Sahib Discovered: A Reference Book of Quotations, by Hakim Singh Rahi

If you ponder it,
     there is mindfulness, wisdom of mind;

If you ponder it,
     the whole of the universe is known;

If you ponder it,
     you will never face harm;

If you ponder it,
     you will never walk the way of death.

That name--
     so immaculately clear--
     only the mind that ponders it
                    can truly be aware.

-- from Songs of the Saints of India, Translated by John Stratton Hawley / Translated by Mark Juergensmeyer

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