Guru Nanak: [Japji 38] Discipline is the workshop;

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[Japji 38] Discipline is the workshop;

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by Guru Nanak
(1469 - 1539) Timeline

English version by
John Stratton Hawley and Mark Juergensmeyer

Original Language
Punjabi

Sikh

16th Century

Discipline is the workshop;
     patience, the goldsmith;
          the anvil, one's thinking;
               wisdom, the hammer;
Fear, the bellows;
     austerities, the fire;
          and feeling, the vessel
               where the deathless liquid is poured.
In such a true mint
     is forged the Word,
          and those on whom He looks
               do their rightful deeds.
Nanak says:
     the One who sees,
          sees.
               He observes.

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

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Themes

Eternal Life

Fire

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

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