Introductory - Global Sikh Studies

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I am not a worshipper of stones,
Nor am I satisfied with any religious garb.
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I will pay no regard to anyone but God.
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I will not repeat any other name,
Nor establish any other God in my heart. (Macauliffe, V, p. 300)
7. Idolatory and Ceremonialism
O Brahman, thou worshippest and propitiatest the sala­gram, and
deemest it a good act to wear a necklace of sweet basil.
Why irrigate barren land and waste thy life? (Macauliffe, i, p. 61)
Man See-eth not the Lord within his Self,
and displays the stone-god upon his neck.
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The stone that he calleth his god,
That stone in the end drowns him along with itself.
(Guru Granth, p. 739; trans, by Gopal Singh, Vol. iii, p. 706)
The Hindus have forgotten God, and are going the wrong way.
They worship according to the instruction of Narad.
They are blind and dumb, the blindest of the blind.
The ignorant fools take stones and worship them.
O Hindus, how shall the stone which itself sinketh carry you
across? (Macaulifle, i, p. 326)
Some fasten an idol firmly to their breasts; some say that Shiv is God;
Some say that God is in the temple of the Hindus; others
believe that He is in the mosque of the Musalmans;
Some say that Ram is God; some say Krishan; some in their
hearts accept the incarnations as God;
But I have forgotten all vain religion and know in my heart
that the Creator is the only God. (Macauliffe, V, p. 318)
The world is smeared with the dirt of Ego and Duality. If one goes to
wash it off at the holy places, the Impurity goes not.