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«The worm of poison is addicted to poison, it is immersed in manure.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Those who know the ,rules of recitation declare that in the rainy season the Veda study must be stopped on these two ,occasions , when the wind is audible at night, and when it whirls up the dust in the day time.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«On ,the occasion of a preternatural sound from the sky, ,of an earthquake, and when the lights of heaven are surrounded by a halo, let him know that ,the Veda study must be stopped until the same hour ,on the next day , even if ,these phenomena happen in the ,rainy season.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«But when lightning and the roar of thunder ,are observed after the sacred fires have been made to blaze, the stoppage shall last as long as the light ,of the sun or of the stars is visible , if the remaining ,above named phenomenon, rain, occurs, the reading shall cease , both in the day time and at night.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«In water, during the middle part of the night, while he voids excrements, or is impure, and after he has partaken of a funeral dinner, a man must not even think in his heart ,of the sacred texts .»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«While lying on a bed, while his feet are raised ,on a bench , while he sits on his hams with a cloth tied round his knees, let him not study, nor when he has eaten meat or food given by a person impure on account of a birth or a death.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«The new moon day destroys the teacher, the fourteenth ,day the pupil, the eighth and the full moon days ,destroy all remembrance of the Veda, let him therefore avoid ,reading on those ,days .»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Let him not study near a burial ground, nor near a village, nor in a cow pen, nor dressed in a garment which he wore during conjugal intercourse, nor after receiving a present at a funeral sacrifice.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Let him not recite the Veda on horseback, nor on a tree, nor on an elephant, nor in a boat ,or ship , nor on a donkey, nor on camel, nor standing on barren ground, nor riding in a carriage.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
«Nor without receiving permission from a guest ,who stays in his house , nor while the wind blows vehemently, nor while blood flows from his body, nor when he is wounded by a weapon.»
Author: Guru Nanak
(Spiritual leader)
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