Guru Nanak — "Make compassion the cotton, contentment the thread, modesty the knot and truth t…"

Make compassion the cotton, contentment the thread, modesty the knot and truth the twist. This is the sacred thread of the soul; if you have it, then go ahead and put it on me.
Guru Nanak — Guru Nanak Early Modern · Founder of Sikhism

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Response to Hindu priests offering him the Janeu (sacred thread), redefining its meaning radically.

Date: circa 1499

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