19 October 2010

Satguru

People say they have a guru but they don't see Light. If you aren't seeing Light then what good is such a guru? The definition of Guru is, "the one who reveals Light." As Tulsidas said, "I offer my obeisance to my Guru, who is an ocean of mercy and God in human form. His word, like sunbeams, has dispelled the darkness of ignorance and attachment for me." If you want True Knowledge, then you will have to find Satguru and take shelter in him.
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18 October 2010

Satsang

Satsang tells us about Knowledge. Satsang is the medium for determining what Truth is. So, dear friends, God is your Eternal Companion. Know Him.
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17 October 2010

The real Name

Whatever people do - business, a job, even stealing or cheating - they do to make a profit, they do it in their own interest. Likewise, devotion is in your own interest, but what you call devotion won't profit you at all: "There are thousands of names in this world but they won't liberate you and only a rare person knows the Original Name which is remembered in silence within," and "Tantras and mantras are not the real thing, so don't be fooled. You cannot cross the ocean of life if you don't know the Name which is the Universal Essence."
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16 October 2010

Remember God Non Stop

"If your mind is running all over the place, what you are doing is not meditation." As you are breathing your last, you won't be able to perform rites and rituals or go on a pilgrimage, etc. Your mouth will be shut tight and your hands and feet rigid. You will no longer hear nor see. Before we were born, what did we do in the way of devotion? We have forgotten our original devotion and involved ourselves in artificial methods. So know what genuine devotion is and remember God non-stop. You ask how it is possible to continually meditate and yet do your daily tasks. But for example, while you are riding a bicycle or driving a car, you do other things at the same time. Animals can wiggle their ears or wag their tail while they do other things and you are human beings! But until you focus your mind in the real devotion (remembering the Name) you will not get salvation.
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15 October 2010

Name

What Name could dry up the ocean of life and death? . It cannot be expressed in alphabetical letters: "O Nanak, remember the Name which sustains earth and water. Why remember another which has a beginning and end?"
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14 October 2010

Divine Light

Unbroken devotion to God happens through the heart, not through the senses. His form is beautiful Light that frees from all sorrow. "Devotion is like a beautiful crown-jewel. The Divine Light shines day and night, needing neither lamp, oil, nor wick." When you know this devotion, you will be purified, you will cross the ocean of existence. It is written in the Ramayana, "Rama gathered an army and built a bridge with great effort, whereas simply remembering the Name dries up the ocean of birth and death. The wise should think about this." It also says, "How can the Name be glorified adequately? Even Rama couldn't praise it enough."
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13 October 2010

Meditate

God is omnipresent, and is in you too. Meditating on God is devotion. Anything else you may do is not. For instance, you throw water at the sun and call that devotion. But it is devotion to the sun. How can it be called devotion to God? The saints and sages meditated within themselves - "Remembrance is through focusing your attention, it is not verbal. Close the outer doors and open the inner..."
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12 October 2010

Liberation

Lord Rama explained that one is most fortunate if born as a human being, because the human form is just right for meditation and is the doorway to liberation. If, having got such an opportunity one fails to realise his Self, he will bitterly regret it, wrongly blaming circumstances, karma, and God.
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11 October 2010

Think

Krishna also explained (in the Gita). "If a person remembers Me as he dies he will surely come to me." But if you don't even know yet what it is you have to be aware of as you die, how will you do it when the time comes? Think about it. 
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