Introductory - Global Sikh Studies

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False is the wisdom of the perverse; their acts produce strife.
In the impure man is pride; he obtaineth not the flavour of the Lord.
(Macauliffe, i, p. 379)
The lowliest of the lowly, the lowest of the low-born,
Nanak seeks their company. The friendship of the great is vain.
For, where the weak are cared for, there doth Thy Mercy Rain.
(Guru Granth, p. 15; trans. by Gopal Singh, Vol. i, p. 19)
Be not proud of thy Caste:
For, he alone is Brahmin who Knoweth Brahma, the only God.
O unwise one, be not proud of thy caste.
For, a myriad errors flow out of this pride.
Everyone sayeth, “There are but four castes,
But it is from God’s sperm that everyone is Born.
The same is the clay which fashions the whole world:
Yea, the same day the Potter Moulds into Vessels of all kinds.
The five elements make up the body’s form,
And who can say who hath less of these or more?
(Guru Granth, p. 1128; trans. by Gopal Singh, Vol. iv, p. 1077)
The Vedas have given currency to the myths that make men reflect
upon (human values of) good and evil;
. . . . . . . .
The sense of high and low, and of caste and colour; such are the
illusions created in man,
(Guru Granth, p. 1243; trans. by Gopal Singh Vol. iv, p. 1188)
6. Gods, Goddesses and Avtaras
At God’s gate there dwell thousands of Muhammads, thou­sands of
Brahmas, of Vishnus, and of Shivs;
Thousands upon thousands of exalted Rams, thousands of spiritual
guides, thousands of religious garbs;
Thousands upon thousands of celibates, true. men, and Sanyasis;
Thousands upon thousands of Gorakhs, thousands upon thousands
of superiors of Jogis;­
Thousands upon thousands of men sitting in attitudes of
con­templation, gurus, and their disciples who make supplications;