The Sacred Sword Quotes

“Guru Gobind Singh taught the Khalsa: ‘If you must be a monk Be like this Let your own home be the forest And your own heart, the monastic recluse Eat less, sleep less Teach yourself to love, have mercy and forbearance Be mild, be patient Bear no lust, or wrath Nor be greedy or obstinate.”
― Hindol Sengupta, The Sacred Sword: The Legend of Guru Gobind Singh

“Man stands against even the so-called authority of God. What is God but the best in man? What is God but the highest reason? Why shouldn’t man, then, stand against even the authority of God if it goes against the laws of inquiry and reason?”
― Hindol Sengupta, The Sacred Sword: The Legend of Guru Gobind Singh

“this: What is it that brings the greatest knowledge of life? And the answer: the acceptance that one will die. Nothing clears the mind of its illusions more than this: one must live as if one will die the same day.”
― Hindol Sengupta, The Sacred Sword: The Legend of Guru Gobind Singh