Satsang

"Shraddhawan labhyate gyanam."

If a person has reverence, he will benefit from the Knowledge. 

Satsang

"Jati pati poochhe nahin koi,

Hari ko bhaje so hari ka hoi."

True-hearted people never bother for caste or creed. Those who remember God, become God's own. Saints do not carry the stamp of caste or religion. They simply want to uplift mankind. If a person accepts the teachings of such spiritually awakened saints, then he will be protected from mental turbulence and he will achieve salvation.

Satsang

"Sant ki vani atpati, jhat pat lakhe na koy,

Jo jhatpat lakhe, to chatpat darshan hoy."

The words of a saint may seem strange and not understood so easily. However, if someone understands right away, then he will see God.

Satsang

"Ved puran sant mat ehu

Sakal sukriti phal nam sanehu."

Vedas, Puranas and saints all agre that one should know and remember the Holy Name of God because it is the fruit of all pious deeds.

Satsang

"Bare bhagya paiye satsang,

Binahi prayas hohi bhav bhanga."

A person is very fortunate to get Satsang. Without any effort it carries him across the worldly ocean.

Akbar

Once emperor Akbar went to hunt in a forest. by chance, he got separated from his attendants. He felt very thirsty. He saw a hut at some distance. He went there and saw a saint sitting in meditation. The emperor, at that time, was in ordinary clothes and so the saint did not recognize him. However, when the emperor asked for water, the saint gave him some. When he was leaving, the emperor requested him, "Please come and visit my hut one day. I live in Delhi. My name is Akbar."


Some time later in the course of his travels, that saint reached Delhi. He asked people there, "Brother, where is the hut of Akbar?" People replied, "Sir, don't call him just 'Akbar'. He is Emperor Akbar of Delhi". The saint said, "He may be the king, but I am not concerned with such things. Please just tell me where he lives." People guided him towards Akbar's palace.


The saint reached the palace. The king saluted him and gave him a seat. After sometime Akbar said, "Sir, Now it is time for my prayers, I will return as soon as my prayers are finished". Akbar started praying and the saint watched him. As he finished praying, Akbar knelt, spread his hands and asked for something. When he returned, the saint asked him why he was spreading his hands. The emperor replied, " I was asking God to bless me with wealth, sons, kingdom and all the pleasures of the world."


The saint stood up and said, " O King, you are in fact a big beggar. I will not eat bread even owned by a beggar and pauper like you". So saying, the saint departed.


In other words, everyone, from king to pauper, is engrossed in the swamp of sensual enjoyments. Only a very rare person asks God for devotion.
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Satsang

"ghoom gham men din gaya,

sochat ho gayi sham.

Ek ghari prabhu na bhaja,

jan janani bhayi banjh."

"A man who does not remember God has in fact wasted the youth of his mother. It would be better for a woman to remain childless than to give birth to a son who has no devotion." What do you gain from believing false things or accumulating more and more wealth through deceitful or unfair means, or from constructing big buildings or from earning respect and holding high rank? What is the benefit in wasting a human birth for such false worldly things? What is the benefit in keeping a cow who will never in her life give milk?

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Proverb

"Kabir darshan sadhu ka, sahib awen yad,

Lekhe me soi ghari, baki din ke bad."

Only that life which is spent remembering God is meaningful. Seeing saints makes one remember God. The time spent listening to satsang and remembering God is what counts because all other time stands wasted.

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Satsang

"Ram bulawa bhejiya, diya Kabira roy.

Jo sukh sadhu sanga men, so baikuntha na hoy."

How will I get the same bliss and pleasure in heaven which I enjoy here in the company of the Holy Saints?