Mystic Verses of Sant Dadu Dayal of Rajasthan - Light and Sound on The Path

 

Mystic Verses of Sant Dadu Dayal of Rajasthan

Do the repetition of God [God's Name] and forget

Him not.

Fulfill the purpose of thy birth

by practicing concentration.

Be steadfast in the remembrance of God.

Practice meditation with love, and sing

the glory of God.

The human body is the door to salvation.

Do the repetitions of God, the Creator

of the universe.

Recognize the Path to your Beloved, O travelers and

take the route of the anguished lover in separation.

Keep the Master's grace in your thoughts, and reflect

upon his pure teachings. Develop love and devotion

with endearment, and keep the thought of the Creator

always before you. Try to merge yourself into God

like water and water. Fix your mind within by

following the Path of the Sound Current. A yearning

will arise; make then an intense and anguished call.

Repeat the Name of your Beloved, day and night,

again and again. With care in thought, word and deed,

you will cross to the other shore.

Nothing to Fear

The all-knowing, almighty Lord is always within us. 

He knows all our needs and is constantly taking care of us. 

With this realization and faith, lovers of 

God have no worries at all.

The perfect Fulfiller is close by;

He is not far off, O foolish one.

He knows all, O deluded one,

And prompt He is in giving.

God is concerned for us, O Dadu;

The Almighty One knows all.

Turn to God, O Dadu, and worry not.

That almighty Companion keeps company

with you

amidst danger and dread.

Hold steadfastly to that Beloved, O valiant mind,

and forsake Him not.

The Provider stands ready with provisions, 

And readily does He provide.

The perfect Fulfiller is close by, 

ever present within us.

Mirabai Mystic Verses

Mirabai Mystic Verses

LONGING FOR THE LORD

I am struck with longing to meet the Lord,

To meet that dear One, and reach

      my true Home.

Worldly entanglements and fear of slander,

I'll give up in pursuit of true Knowledge.

The door is unlocked, my soul

      shines bright,

And longs for the mansion within the sky.

A dazzling flame appears before me,

Like a flash of lightening in days of rain.

Mira yearns now to behold her dear Lord

And sing His glory in blissful ecstasy.

THE LORD AND HIS NAME

I am attached to the Lord's Name;

His Name alone I now love and cherish.

My loving Friend has entered my heart,

As the string runs through a necklace.

He is within all, yet ever apart,

Not near, not far, is the Mighty One.

Mira now abides in the Lord's shelter;

The fear of birth and death is set aside.

BE STEADFAST

Engage in the Lord's devotion;

Persist in your meditation;

Be steadfast.

Far is the abode of the Lord,

Like the fruit of the date-palm tree.

He who climbs and reaches the top

Tastes the sweet fruit of love;

They come to ruin

Who slip and fall.

Why don the armor?

Why seek the safety of a shield?

He is the true warrior who,

Unarmed, charges with all his might;

For the Master is his armor and his shield.

With the poniard of Knowledge,

With the Master's grace as the scimitar,

And with the lance of detachment,

Take to the field, wage the war;

Never will you face defeat.

Remember, your body is but fragile,

Composed of flesh, bones and nerves,

And endowed with ten senses.

Mira's Lord alone is everlasting;

To Him she is firmly tied

By the delicate twine of love.

Origins of the Sant Tradition and Saints of the South, by James Bean

Origins of the Sant Tradition and Saints of the South, by James Bean

Referring to Sant Tulsi Sahib's origins: "He came from the south, and was popularly known as Dakhani Baba, which means 'Sage from the South'". (Tulsi Sahib, Saint of Hathras, J. R. Puri and V. K. Sethi, page 3, second edition, 1981)

With the Sant tradition of India the most famous Sants by far are the northern ones like Kabir, Nanak, Goswami Tulsi Das, Mirabai, etc... Lesser-known is the Sant tradition of Maharashtra as represented by Eknath, Namdev, Tukarama, Jnanadeva, and Samartha Ramadasa. There is however an even more obscure history of Sants in south India. The book, Saints of South India, Part One: Karnataka, by Dr. N. Subrahmanyam, P. Aravinda Rao, and K. G. Ramaprakash, published by the Beas satsang, features three prominent Sants of the south: Purandaradasa, Kanakadasa, and Shishunala Sharif Sahib. These were part of the Haridasas, the Haridasa branch of the Bhakti movement. More about them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haridasa 

 

I've always been curious about when the Path of the Sants emerged in Indian history. Often people assume the Sants or Sant Mat began with poet-mystics such as Kabir or Nanak but clearly they were not the first Sants. Kabir is believed to have been born in 1440, Nanak 1469. Previous to the 15th century Sants and much earlier in the Sant tradition was Sant Jayadeva, born in east India during 1170, author of the Gita Govinda. Some of his compositions were also eventually included in the Sikh scriptures, the Adi Granth compiled in 1604. In Maharashtra were significant Bhakti Sants such as Jnaneshwar (1275-1296). A disciple and spiritual successor of Jnaneshwar was Visoba Khechar (unknown - 1309 CE), and Sant Namdev (1270-1350) was a famous disciple of Visoba Khechar.

Tracing the Sant tradition much further back in time I am rather intrigued by this statement in this book about the Saints of south India: "The Bhakti movement is thought to have originated in Tamil Nadu during the seventh century and eventually spread through Karnataka, Maharashtra, and then across India during the sixteenth-century." (Saints of South India, page 2) Tamil Nadu is the southernmost state of India.

This Wikipedia entry for the Bhakti movement pushes the date back to the 6th century: "The Bhakti movement was a significant religious movement in medieval Hinduism[1] that sought to bring religious reforms to all strata of society by adopting the method of devotion to achieve salvation.[2] Originating in Tamilakam during 6th century CE,[3][4] it gained prominence through the poems and teachings of the Vaishnava Alvars and Shaiva Nayanars in early medieval South India, before spreading northwards.[1] It swept over east and north India from the 15th century onwards, reaching its zenith between the 15th and 17th century CE." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhakti_movement 

The above paragraph at Wikipedia cites some credible sources that one may consult for further exploration of the history of Nirguna Bhakti Sants (devotees of the Formless Supreme Being) including: A Storm of Songs: India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement, John Hawley, Harvard University Press, 2015; Bhakti Religion in North India: Community Identity and Political Action, David Lorenzen, State University of New York Press, 1995; and, The Sants: Studies in a Devotional Tradition of India, Karine Schomer, W.H. McLeod, Motilal Banarsidass, 1987)

I will have to research possible poet-Saints of the Tamil Nadu Sant tradition and explore what might be published in English from this earlier period.

Can we date the Sant tradition even earlier in the history of India? It's certainly the case that some ancient Upanishads taught about a Formless Purusha (Supreme Being), and have references to inner Light and Sound (Nada Yoga) meditation practices. In the Wiki entry cited above on the Bhakti movement is this paragraph: "Klaus Witz, in contrast, traces the history and nature of the Bhakti movement to the Upanishadic and the Vedanta foundations of Hinduism. He writes that in virtually every Bhakti movement poet, 'the Upanishadic teachings form an all-pervasive substratum, if not a basis.'"

As I wrote in my paper, The Origins Of Sant Mat, there are a few rare tantalizing references to Sants of antiquity:  

 

Seeing references in Krishna/Vaishnava Hindu scriptures, Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras was of the opinion that the Sant movement dates back to the time of Krishna thousands of years ago, that Krishna knew of Sants during his day.

An Example of Sants Mentioned in a Hindu Scripture Called the Bhagavad Purana

"Such individuals who have achieved the unity of atman (soul) and Param-atman (Supreme Soul, God) are known as Sants. According to the Bhagavad Purana there is no one greater than a Sant in the eyes of the Divine. Lord Krishna says to his disciple Uddhava Ji: 'All devotees like you are very dear to me. They are dearer to me than Lord Brahma, Lord Shankara, my brother Bal Ram, Goddess Lakshmi and even my own soul. Therefore, I walk behind these Sants hoping that the dust arising from their holy feet would touch my body and purify me.'" (Hindu scripture quoted by Swami Vyasanand of the Tulsi Sahib/Maharshi Mehi Sant Mat lineage in his book, The Inward Journey of the Soul, Amazon Kindle e-book)

Some poetry from a biography of Dadu Dayal: "There is no end to the number of Sants who appeared in the Yugas [Epochs] of Sat, Treta, Dvapar, and Kali [Yuga]. I sing of the celebrated one I have heard of, and bow my head to all the others." (Jan Gopal, disciple of Sant Dadu Dayal of Rajasthan in, The Life Story of Dadu Dayal -- The Book of Janma Lila, translated into English by the scholar Winand M. Callewaert, in, The Hindi Biography of Dadu Dayal, Motilal Banarsidass)

For more see, The Origins of Sant Mat:   

https://archive.org/details/the-origins-of-sant-mat/page/n1/mode/2up 

Back to the recently published book on Sants of south India: "Purandara Dasa and Kanaka Dasa, lived in the sixteenth century, and are quite well known all over South India... Shishunala Sharif [19th century Sant], is not as well-known as the other two, but his teachings are nevertheless very profound. His background and poetry reminds one of Kabir." (Saints of South India - Part 1- Karnataka, 2024:  https://scienceofthesoul.org/books-EN-279-1.html  )

And, as the title implies, there likely will be a Part 2 volume exploring more southern Sants.

Baba Somanath of South India

A recent Sant based in south India was Baba Somanath (1885-1976) of the Radhasoami Satsang. "Baba Sawan Singhji was very pleased with Somanathji’s seva and behaviour and initiated him into the path of Surat Shabd Yoga in January 1928. He stayed at Beas for three and a half years, practicing Surat Shabd Yoga and achieved his cherished goal. In 1932, He sought the gracious permission of his Satguru to return to Mumbai. Sawan Singhji blessed him and commanded him to propagate the principles of Santmat in South India, where it was almost unknown." (from the Gurus section of the Sawan Durbar Ashram website: http://sdakengeri.org/Gurus.htm  )

For the details of this see, The Life of Baba Somanath - Saint and Sage of South India, by Christopher McMahon, 2023:  https://babasomanathji.org/biography/baba-jis-life-story 

PDF: 

https://babasomanathji.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Life-Story-of-Baba-Somanath-Ji.pdf 

And this biography is also available as a 323 page hardcover book by Christopher McMahon:

https://babasomanathji.org/for-further-information-contact

 

Baba Somanath was also one of the greatest bhajan singers of the 20th Century. You can hear recordings of many of his rather moving hymns here: 

https://babasomanathji.org/bhajans

Says Kabir: Now What To Fear?

 

Says Kabir: Now What To Fear?

Now what to fear?

Fear merged in Fear,

I know the secret of duality.

Fears always afflicted me,

when I isolated

you from me.

One is he with the One

who sees

the inner-outer as one. 

But brute is he

who led by delusion 

makes low-high division.

Freed from my 'I',

says Kabir,

I saw Ram in all.

-- Kabir, Says Kabir... A Collection of One Hundred and Ten Poems of Kabir

Swami Santsevi Ji Maharaj, the Great Scholar Sant, on the Occasion of His Jayanti — Birthday Commemoration

 

 

Swami Santsevi Ji Maharaj, the Great Scholar Sant, on the Occasion of His Jayanti — Birthday Commemoration

We Remember Swami Santsevi Ji Maharaj (12–20–1920 — 6–4–2007)

The Goal of Sant Mat Spirituality and Meditation: Our Path Back to the Source — The Inward Journey Back to God

“Sant Mat (the path and teachings as taught and practiced by Saints [Sant Satgurus]) delineates the path of union of soul with God. The teachings of the saints explain the re-uniting as follows:

“The individual soul has descended from the higher worlds [the Realm of the Divine] to this city of illusion, bodily existence. It has descended from the Soundless State to the essence of Sound, from that Sound to Light, and finally from the realm of Light to the realm of Darkness. The qualities (dharmas, natural tendencies) of the sense organs draw us downward and away from our true nature.

“The nature of the soul (atman) draws us upwards and inwards and establishes us in our own true nature. Returning to our origins involves turning inward: withdrawal of consciousness from the senses and the sense objects in order to go upward from the darkness to the realms of Light and Sound. [We experience this phenomenon of withdrawal as we pass from waking consciousness to deep sleep.] Another way to express this is to go inward from the external sense organs to the depth of the inner self. (Both of these expressions are the metaphors that signify the same movement). The natural tendencies of the soul (atman) are to move from outward to inward. The current of consciousness which is dispersed in the nine gates of the body and the senses, must be collected at the tenth gate.

“The tenth gate is the gathering point of consciousness. Therein lies the path for our return. The tenth gate is also known as the sixth chakra, the third eye, bindu, the center located between the two eyebrows. This is the gateway through which we leave the gates of the sense organs and enter in the divine realms and finally become established in the soul. We travel back from the Realm of Darkness to the Realm of Light, from the Light to the Divine Sound, and from the Realm of Sound to the Soundless State. This is called turning back to the Source.

“This is what dharma or religion really intends to teach us. This is the essence of dharma.” (Swami Santsevi Ji Maharaj, “Harmony Of All Religions”).

Know Yourself and Know God: “Practice ‘Drishti Yoga’ (Yoga of Inner Light) and ‘Nadaanusandhana’ (Yoga of Inner Sound, Surat Shabd Yoga). This will remove the layers of Darkness, Light and Sound (that conceal your Soul from the Supreme Sovereign Soul, i.e. God). You will, thus, get to know ‘Who You Are’. And, when you know yourself, you will also know God.” (Swami Santsevi Ji Maharaj)

Satsang Video: Santsevi Speaks about Qualification of the Guru -- Hindi With English Subtitles: 

https://youtu.be/XD69XRKIGq0?si=OZW-_IXChz2fbMVs

For a Biography of Swami Santsevi Ji Maharaj, See:  

https://medium.com/sant-mat-meditation-and-spirituality/biography-of-swami-santsevi-ji-maharaj-the-great-scholar-sant-on-the-occasion-of-his-96th-jayanti-d47efe871de0

Mystic Poetry Verses of Sant Sahajo Bai

 

Mystic Poetry Verses of Sant Sahajo Bai

“The world is like an army of stars in the dawn sky. Sahajo says: they will not stay. Like a pearl of dew, like water in the hollow of your hands. The mind makes a fortress of smoke and creates a glorious kingdom there. It is a game of hide and seek, Sahajiya, nothing happens. No truth is told. Know that the world is false, only the soul remains. Sahajo says: know the true Self, which time cannot destroy.” (Sant Sahjo Bai)

The Sant Mat Guru Lineage Revealed: From Kabir to Sant Tulsi Sahib and Radhasoami, Compiled by James Bean

 

 

The Sant Mat Guru Lineage Revealed: From Kabir to Sant Tulsi Sahib and Radhasoami, Compiled by James Bean

Image courtesy of, The Anurag Sagar, Sant Bani Ashram Press: Kabir Battles Kal and Sets the Captives Free

"This artwork shows King Ravana attacking Sant Kabir in His Incarnation as Maninder during the Treta Yuga or Silver Age as He approached the palace. The gatekeeper described Kabir's form by saying 'O Ravana, His form is white. He has a white necklace, and His tilak is beautiful. His beauty is as the moon! His clothes are white and everything He has is white.' Maninder held a piece of straw as a shield, and mighty Ravana was striking against that. The Anurag Sagar of Kabir is a great epic and enigmatic poem describing Kabir's battle throughout Eternity which eventually rescued all Souls from Kal, the Negative Power." (Bill Yee)

Big Picture View of the Sant Mat Guru Lineage, the Path of the Masters from Kabir to Modern Times: Kabir to Sant Dharam Das to One of the Successors of Dharam Das to Sat Seheb to Sant Dariya Sahib of Bihar to Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras and Successors Including Sant Girdhari Sahib of Lucknow to Swami Ji Maharaj of Agra

"The fact that Dariya refers to several Saints and mystics of the fifteenth, sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, such as Kabir (1398—1518 c.e), Dharmdas (successor of Kabir), Nanak (1469-1538 c.e.), Nam Dev (1398-1518 c.e.), Mira Bai (1498-1546 c.e.) and Goswami Tulsi Das (1532-1623 c.e.), and makes no mention of Saints of the later period, lends support to the above dates (1674—1780 C.E.). This shows that he left this world only thirty-eight years before the birth of the famous Saint of Agra, Seth Shiv Dayal Singh, better known as Soami Ji (1818-1878 c.e.)." (from the Introduction to, Sant Dariya Sahib - Saint of Bihar)

"There are some who claim

To be followers of Guru Nanak and Kabir,

Yet they eat the meat of goats and other animals.

This indeed is an unutterably despicable act."

-- Sant Dariya Sahib of Bihar

The 2017 edition of, Tulsi Sahib - Saint of Hathras published by Beas mentions, "...Dariya Sahib (who may have been Tulsi Sahib's own Guru)", as Sant Dariya Sahib of Bihar is the one-and-only contemporary guru named and quoted by Tulsi Sahib. Dariya was a very obscure figure during the time of Tulsi Sahib and remains so to-this-day but Sant Tulsi put him on the same level as Kabir, Nanak, Mirabai, Namdev, etc... As I argue, this strongly indicates Sant Dariya was Tulsi's guru (if Tulsi Sahib was initiated at a young age), or that Tulsi was initiated by one of Dariya’s immediate successors if he was initiated later in life. Tulsi Sahib's references to Sant Dariya is analogous to someone in the 1930s saying that Hazur Baba Sawan Singh was one of the greatest of masters (the Great Master). Anyone saying that would have very likely been a Radhasoami. So for Tulsi Sahib to be saying this about Sant Dariya, as I argue, strongly suggests some actual connection. Simple as that.

Sant Tulsi Sahib's List of Sants

"Nanak, Dadu, Dariya Saheb, Mira Bai, Soor Das, Kabir and Nabhaji have all reached the Nabh (sky, high region) and have given out the secrets. Their Surats have got across and merged there." -- Sant Tulsi Sahib

"Said Tulsi Saheb ‘Listen, I will now explain what I mean by Sant. To mention a few Sants, I pick up the names of Dadu, Mira, Nabha, Nanak, Dariya Saheb and Soor Das. Kabir’s name, I mention again. And there have been many other Sants."

This is a Shabd (Hymn) of Sant Dariya Saheb embedded in the writings of Sant Tulsi Sahib and it sounds similar in style of Swami Ji's Sar Bachan Radhasoami Poetry:

"The gateway to the August Darbar of the Lord has opened to me.

"Lightning flashes and darts forth like a fast current, illuminating like a shooting star. The veil of clouds over the moon is removed and the dense darkness vanishes.

"When love and yearning are engendered in Surat, it beholds the moon-lit courtyard. Surat moves about happily in the firmament and opens the gate to Bank-nal.

"Like a spider moving along the thread drawn out of itself, Surat, ascending on the bow, rises up like a current. On meeting the Beloved, Surat merges in Him the way a stream merges in river.

"I have seen the Form which, indeed, is formless and beyond all description. It is boundless, having neither beginning nor end. Dariya Saheb says that when his mind became humble and meek, he was able to cross the ocean of existence." (one of many examples of Sant Dariya Sahib being cited by Sant Tulsi Sahib)

In the Radhasoami Faith Sant Tulsi Sahib is also named as one of the greatest of Sants in the history of India:

"A few names of perfect and true Saints and true Sadhs and Faqirs who manifested themselves in the last 700 years are given here. They are: Kabir Sahab, Tulsi Sahab, Jagjivan Sahab, Garib Das ji, Paltu Sahab, Guru Nanak, Daduji, Tulsi Das ji, Nabha ji, Swami Hari Das ji, Sur Das ji and Raidas ji and among Mohammedans, Shams-i-Tabrez, Maulana Rumi, Hafiz, Sarmad, Mujaddid and Alfasani. From a perusal of the discourses and the writings of these Great Personalities one can know how far they had reached and what was the region they had come from." (Sar Bachan Radhasoami Prose, Book I, 39, Huzur Maharaj Rai Saligram's Introduction to Swami Ji, The Essence of the Teachings, Dayalbagh translation)

Excerpted from the Introduction to, The Anurag Sagar, by Russell Perkins

"The alert reader of Swami Ji's Sar Bachan or the books of Sant Kirpal Singh will notice many points of contact. Tulsi Sahib devoted a major portion of one of his principal books to a detailed commentary on certain aspects of the poem. Baba Jaimal Singh considered it to be the most authoritative book on the teachings of the Masters as the following account by his disciple and successor Sawan Singh shows:

"'On the fourth day I went to attend Satsang. Baba Ji [Baba Jaimal Singh] was at that time explaining the meaning of Jap Ji Sahib. Well, I started my volley of questions-so much so that the audience got tired and began to feel restless at the large number of questions I had put ... Now he wanted to point out the way, but I had read Vedanta. When I read Gurbani, my opinion was different; when I read Gita my opinion was again different, and I was unable to come to a decision. At last I applied for eight days leave to enable me to study the teachings of Baba Ji. He advised me to read Kabir Sahib's Anurag Sagar. I immediately ordered eight copies of this book from Bombay so that I could also give some to my friends...

"'After several conferences with Baba Ji, I was thoroughly convinced and received initiation from him on the 15th day of October in 1894.'

"That Baba Sawan Singh continued to hold Anurag Sagar in high regard after he became Master is shown by the following account, written by one of his secretaries:

"'Hazur [Baba Sawan Singh] one day told Seth Vasdev, whose car is always at Hazur's disposal, that he should read Kabir Sahib's Anurag Sagar (The Ocean of Intense Love). Hazur said that without studying it, one cannot fully understand the difference between Kal (the negative power) and Dayal Mat (the Path of the true and Merciful God), nor can one fully grasp the teachings of Sant Mat.'" ([Rai Sahib Munshi Ram, "With the Three Masters", Vol. 2, p.187, old edition] Anurag Sagar - The Ocean of Love, Sant Bani Ashram)

The writings and hymns of Dariya Sahib's Guru Sat Saheb and Sant Dariya Sahib represent a kind of sequel to, or continuation of, the Anurag Sagar.

“After some time passed in this way, he [Sant Dariya] was blessed with the grace of his Satguru and obtained the gift of the holy Word or the Sound Current. Dariya refers to this fact as follows:

"After some time was spent, knowledge arose

“And I realized that the true Lord [Sat Saheb] had showered his grace.

"He showered his grace with the exceedingly blissful Sound Current,

"And I continued my holy repetition with love and devotion. With the deepening of love, the reflection became pure

“And I obtained the knowledge imparted by the Guru, the true Nam in entirety."

"It was at the age of twenty that Dariya had the full illumination of inner wisdom. As he says:

"After twenty years had passed,

"The reservoir of inner illumination welled up,

"So that I had the inner experience of all

"And I realized the state of emancipation, free from the cycle of the world."

"Dariya took the members of his family into confidence and explained to them the way to obtain the secret wisdom through the Satguru. He emphasized the importance of abstaining from eating meat and fish and of abandoning the worship of various gods and goddesses. He pointed out that sages and Saints alone are worthy of our worship. Dariya's parents, brothers and wife -- all accepted his teachings. It is at this time that he completed his first work, Dariya Sagar."

Rare Words from Sat Saheb, the Guru of Dariya Sahib

“The ultimate Realm is Akah* (Unspeakable)

Which is fully contained within the inner mirror.

The Akah* is the source of true Naam (the Sound Current)

This (Naam) is the truest spiritual technique.”

(Sat Saheb)

[*NOTE: The term “Akah” has been used by Kabir also as the ultimate Abode of Anami Purush.]

“You have been given the seal to imprint the souls,

And you know that the transaction is carried on

through the True Name (SATNAM).

“Whosoever comes, bearing the imprint of your hand

I will take him to the other shore.

“Priceless indeed, is my Name.

Let one hold fast to it with proper concentration.

Near such a person Kal [lord of time, death and illusion] shall not go.

While rising or sitting, let him fix his attention on it,

And let him develop love for the Divine Light within.

Let him abandon all deceptive worship

of the gods and the goddesses.

Let him be absorbed in his real Lord,

realizing Him to be the Truth.

While rising and sitting, the Supreme Lord

should be the center of his attention,

And let him remain merged into the Sound Current.

By taking refuge under the Truth in such a way,

he will certainly overcome Kal.”

-- Sat Saheb the spiritual master of Dariya Sahib (speaking to Dariya about his future mission as a Sant Sat Guru. The quote is from K.N. Upadhyaya's book, one of the few in English to feature excerpts from the many writings of Sant Dariya. And, via email, Domain Singh of the Sant Dariya Mission has expressed to me his approval of Upadhyaya's book.)

Says Kabir:

"I was being crushed

like seeds in an oil-press --

but the True Guru set me free.

Love, old as all my births,

flickered once again."

(Songs of Kabir in the Adi Granth, Nirmal Dass, SUNY Press, NY)

For much more, see these excerpts from Kabir and Sant Dharam Das (Dharamdasi Kabir Panth) Texts: Anurag Sagar, Sat Saheb (the guru of Sant Dariya Sahib), and links to documents online related to Guru Kabir, Sant Dharam Das literature (Anurag Sagar and other "sagars" like Amar Mul, and, Brahm Nirupan), and Sant Dariya Sahib of Bihar: https://tinyurl.com/KabirSagars

Of all religions, the highest is the contemplation of the Lord's Name and purity of conduct.

 

"Of all religions, the highest is the contemplation of the Lord's

Name and purity of conduct.

Of all deeds, the most righteous is

To cleanse oneself of evil thoughts by keeping the company

of the good.

Of all works, the most noble is

The constant contemplation of the Lord.

Of all the utterances, the sweetest is that by which one hears

the praise of God and utters it to others.

Of all holy places, the most sacred is

Where one dwells on the Name of the Lord."

-- Guru Arjan Dev, Book of Sukhmani, Adi Granth, 

Sikh Scriptures of India, Peace Lagoon translation

Every Day is an Opportunity to Meditate and Study the Teachings of the Masters

 

Every Day is an Opportunity to Meditate and Study the Teachings of the Masters

"If we listen to Satsang every day, and we do Bhajan Simran every day, then we will definitely get success on this Path, and we will be fit for getting the Grace of our Masters." (Baba Ram Singh Ji)

The Third Eye in Meditation: “Close your eyes as in sleep, and look sweetly, lovingly, intently into the middle of the darkness lying in front of you. You will see a dark veil. That which sees the dark veil within, without the help of your physical eyes, IS the inner eye.” (Kirpal Singh)

"The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love." -- Meister Eckhart

"Saints come into this world and They enlighten us. They remind us of our True Home of God Almighty -- our True Father. They encourage us to go back. And They motivate us to go back. So, we are indeed fortunate to get this human body and get this life. And it is with the Grace of God Almighty that we have the company of the Masters. Now, we should make the most of that and follow the Teachings of the Masters and make the efforts to go back to our True Home." (Baba Ram Singh)

"Morning time is ideal for meditation. But anytime is good if we are sitting for meditation." (Baba Ram Singh)

"We cannot do or listen to Satsang once in a fortnight or once a month because our love and affection in the world outside is drawing us all the time. And if we want to get that love and affection towards our Master and towards God Almighty, then we have to bring it into our everyday life."  (Baba Ram Singh)

"That is why we should do our Bhajan Simran every day and we should listen to Satsang every day and fulfill the purpose of the life that has been given to us."  (Baba Ram Singh)

"Recognize the Path to your Beloved, O travelers and take the route of the anguished lover in separation. Keep the Master’s grace in your thoughts, and reflect upon his pure teachings. Develop love and devotion with endearment, and keep the thought of the Creator always before you. Try to merge yourself into God like water and water. Fix your mind within by following the Path of the Sound Current. A yearning will arise; make then an intense and anguished call. Repeat the Name of your Beloved, day and night, again and again and again. With care in thought, word and deed, you will cross to the other shore." (Sant Dadu Dayal)

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