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Guru Nanak Dev

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You shall everywhere mind the book of the Granth-Sahib as your Guru; whatever you shall ask it will show you.
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As quoted in Religious Thought and Life in India : An Account of the Religions of the Indian Peoples, Based on a Life's Study of Their Literature and on Personal Investigations in Their Own Country (1883) by Monier Monier-Williams

 
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