Some religions believe that you can cleanse your soul by bathing at holy rivers etc. A Sikh must bath once a day for hygiene and to keep clean. How ever our bath is just to keep our body clean (it is a physical thing). But to clean our soul, we are given Gubani and Gurmantar
After bathing, the Muslims recite their prayers, and after bathing, the Hindus perform their worship services. The wise always take cleansing baths. Ang 150 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Guru Ji has told us that physical bathing is important to look after the body, otherwise diseases start occurring and you start stinking. Always wash you hands and face before picking up a gutka Sahib.
You have not cleansed the filth from within yourself, although outwardly, you wear the dress of a renunciate. Ang 525 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
But what is the use of bathing at sacred shrines of pilgrimage, when the filth of stubborn pride is within the mind? Ang 61 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
But you do not remember the Fearless, Formless Lord - you are like an elephant bathing in the mud. Ang 213 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
O Siblings of Destiny, filth is washed away by bathing in the Pure Water of the Name. Ang 57 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
The True Guru is the True Pool of Nectar; bathing in it, the mind is washed clean of all filth. Ang 113 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
The Guru is the ocean, and all His Teachings are the river. Bathing within it, glorious greatness is obtained. Ang 150 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
The True Guru, the Primal being, is the Pool of Ambrosial Nectar. The very fortunate ones come to bathe in it. Ang 40 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
Taking my cleansing bath in the Name of the Lord, Har, Har, I have been purified. Ang 197 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
One who calls themselves a Sikh of the Guru, the True Guru, shall rise in the early morning hours and meditate on the Lord's Name. Upon arising early in the morning, they are to bathe, and cleanse themselves in the pool of nectar. Following the Instructions of the Guru, they are to chant the Name of the Lord, Har, Har. All sins, misdeeds and negativity shall be erased. Then, at the rising of the sun, they are to sing Gurbani; whether sitting down or standing up, they are to meditate on the Lord's Name. One who meditates on my Lord, Har, Har, with every breath and every morsel of food - that GurSikh becomes pleasing to the Guru's Mind. That person, unto whom my Lord and Master is kind and compassionate - upon that GurSikh, the Guru's Teachings are bestowed. Servant Nanak begs for the dust of the feet of that GurSikh, who themselves chants the Naam, and inspires others to chant it. Ang 305 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
One who praises his God, receives honor. He drives out egotism from within himself, and enshrines the True Name within his mind. Through the True Word of the Guru's Bani, he chants the Glorious Praises of the Lord, and finds true peace. He is united with the Lord, after being separated for so long; the Guru, the Primal Being, unites him with the Lord. In this way, his filthy mind is cleansed and purified, and he meditates on the Name of the Lord. Ang 791 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
One who cleanses himself within, knows the True Lord. Ang 414 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
