The History of the Sikhs: Containing the Lives of the Gooroos; the History of the Independent Sirdars, Or Missuls, and the Life of the Great Founder of the Sikh Monarchy, Maharajah Runjeet Singh, Volume 1J. Madden, 1846 |
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Page 228 - Fakir; the latter was found covered with a white sheet, on removing which the figure of the man presented itself in a sitting posture; his hands and arms were pressed to his sides, and his legs and thighs crossed.
Page 37 - Nanuk ! I have sent thee into the world in the Kali-yug (or depraved age) — go and bear my name'. Nanuk said, 'Oh God ! how can I bear the mighty burthen ? If my age was extended to tens of millions of years, if I drank of immortality, and my eyes were formed of the sun and moon, and were never closed, still, Oh God ! I could not presume to take charge of Thy wonderful name !
Page 227 - A fakir who arrived at Lahore engaged to bury himself for any length of time, shut up in a box, and without either food or drink. Runjeet naturally disbelieved the man's assertions, and was determined to put them to the test.
Page 38 - Sala. Thou must teach unto thy followers three lessons : the first, to worship my name; the second, charity; the third, ablution. They must not abandon the world, and they must do ill to no being; for into every being have I infused breath; and whatever I am, thou art, for between us there is no difference. It is a blessing that thou art sent into the Kali-yug.
Page 34 - Nanac immediately distributed his money among the hungry Fakirs ; who, after they had gained strength from the refreshment which it obtained them, entered into a long discourse with him on the unity of God, with which he was much delighted. He returned next day to his father, who demanded what profit he had made ? " I have fed the poor," said Nanac, " and have obtained that gain for you which will endure for ever.
Page 42 - Nanac remained tranquil : and when required to exhibit some proof of his powers that would astonish them, he replied : " I have nothing to exhibit worthy of you to behold. A holy teacher has no defence but the purity of his doctrine : the world may change, but the Creator is unchangeable.
Page 111 - was at last produced, his son being seated in his lap. His father was ordered to cut his throat, which he did, without uttering one word. Being then brought nearer the magistrate's tribunal, the latter ordered his flesh to be torn off with red hot pincers ; and it was in those moments he expired : his black soul taking its flight, by one of those wounds, towards the regions for which it was so well fitted.
Page 38 - ... charity ; the third, ablution. They must not abandon the world, and they must do ill to no being ; for into every being have I infused breath ; and whatever I am, thou art, for betwixt us there is no difference. It is a blessing that thou art sent into the Cali Yug." After this, " Wa Guru ! or well done, teacher !" was pronounced from the mouth of the most high Guru or teacher (God,) and Nanac came to give light and freedom to the universe.
Page 33 - Nanac was pleased with the scheme, took the money, and proceeded, accompanied by a servant of the name of Bala, of the tribe of Sand'hu, towards the village where he was to make his purchase. He happened, however, on the road, to fall in with some...
Page 38 - Nanuk believed in metempsychosis, and that really good men would enjoy paradise ; while those who had no claim to the name of good, but yet were not bad, would undergo another probation, by revisiting the world in the human form ; and that the bad would animate the bodies of animals, particularly dogs and cats : but it appears from the Punjabee authors, that Nanuk was acquainted with the Mahomedan doctrine regarding the fall of man and a future state, and that he represented it to his followers as...