Friday, June 16, 2006

Sikh Scripture on Woman

From Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the sacred scripture of the Sikhs:

From woman, man is born;
within woman, man is conceived;
to woman he is engaged and married.
Woman becomes his friend;
through woman, the future generations come.
When his woman dies, he seeks another woman;
to woman he is bound.
So why call her bad?
From her, kings are born.
From woman, woman is born;
without woman, there would be no one at all.
O Nanak, only the True Lord is without a woman.
That mouth which praises the Lord continually is blessed and beautiful.
O Nanak, those faces shall be radiant in the Court of the True Lord.


Eminently sensible. You can read the relevant passage in context here (page 473).