God is there in every human being.  Until man acquires this vision, he will never tread the path of humanity.  And without treading the path of humanity, how can he be called a saint, a seer or religious for that matter?

Saints and sages established only the religion of humanity.  All the saints and prophets who appeared on this earth, glorified humanity only and described the path of humanism as the path of religion.

Humanism in its right sense would only be established if we move towards the source (the Almighty) first.  If we are hoping for humanism to prevail, it is essential to realize first its source i.e., God.  It is imperative to establish a link with Him.  Without knowing God, humanism will not be possible.

A Guru�s disciple (Gursikh) is the one who obeys what the Master says.  He always moulds himself in such a way that he treats every word of the Master as a command which he obeys with full sense of submission.  In fact, he becomes identified with his obedience towards the Master. 

We can serve the Formless One - God, only by serving the mankind, by showing respect to the mankind.  This is what all the saints and sages have said and taught. 

Kingdom of God (Ram-Rajya) is not the name given to a building.  It means a place where all will start living as true human beings, wishing well of each other and giving love to one another. The place might be any part of this earth, it will become the Kingdom of God (Ram-Rajya).  This is the aim of Nirankari Mission.

Those who tread the right path, who march on the path of Truth, who live while constantly aligned with God, who cherish good wishes for the whole mankind, who do not have the feelings of envy or animosity towards anyone in their mind, are the ones who redeem the mankind.

Let us realize this truth that we are the children of the One Supreme Father.  None is a stranger or an alien.  We must give up the false pride and stop trying to prove our superiority over others.

Man must align himself with the Truth, the Ultimate Reality. Instead of indulging in pride and vanity and considering himself superior as compared to others, he may constantly have an equality of vision which brings man closer to man.

If man is guided by this true feeling in his mind as well as heart, he will use his body, his physical strength for good or welfare of others and not harm anyone.  Moreover, he will not build or use the weapons which may harm others. 

If we attain the light of Truth, if we get linked with the Truth, we will not believe anymore in erecting the walls of hatred, jealousy and animosity.  Saints and sages have always brought down such walls and removed the darkness.  Today, let us also adopt this light of God-knowledge and keep constantly removing this darkness of ignorance and thus bring down these strong walls. 

This earth is being described as hell.  Often it is said, "What kind of earth is this? What kind of world is this?  It is a hell only.  Why do we name it as hell?  It is because man today has ceased to be man.  He has started behaving like animals.  Saints, however, offer a means to convert it into heaven.  When man imbibes human qualities, he converts this earth into heaven.

When a drain gets merged with the Ganges, it becomes worthy of worship.  However, if the drain says that it should stay as a drain and still be worshipped, it is not possible.

Just as the trees move when the wind blows.  It is not that the wind blows when the trees move.  The existence of sea is not because of the presence of waves.  The waves are there because of the sea.  O� man, you should also give preference to this Ultimate Truth - God, the Almighty.  Rely on Him so that all your thoughts, plans as well as actions are useful for the welfare of mankind.

You are welcome to celebrate the days commemorating the saints and sages.  This will, however, be auspicious when we start following what they taught.

A bird was flying. It was holding a piece of meat in its beak.  Several kites and hawks started chasing it.  They followed the bird wherever it went.  The bird was extremely frightened.  It was disturbed because of the fear.  Suddenly, the piece of meat fell from its beak.  The moment it fell down all the kites and hawks swooped down towards the piece of meat.  As a result, the bird heaved a sigh of relief.  What it means is that so long as we are not ready to give up such feelings as bring us bad name and misery.  If we are not ready to give up our narrow - mindedness, we just cannot find peace and tranquility.

Unity is essential for man�s peace of mind and happiness.  In the absence of this unity, mankind will continue to have the dreadful face as it is having today.

Saints provided man with the means of God-knowledge to bring down the walls, the sword of God-knowledge to cut the shackles, so that man could be truly liberated and thus enabled to lead a happy life in this world.

Saints consciously feel for each and every human being inhabiting this earth and try to awaken all, irrespective of the place they belong to, the language they speak, the social status they have.  Devoid of this awakening, man gets degraded to the category of what we call animals.

The one who holds the rope of the Formless One, gets rescured from the mire, gets saved from drowning, gets saved from falling into a bottomless ditch and thus succeeds in leading his life in a simple and easy manner.

Those who are ignorant and have fallen into a ditch themselves, how can they save others?  Therefore, saints make us conscious through every method in every respect so that we possess such thinking that we do not get carried away by others and follow them blindly.  If we are carried away by what others say, we would move so far away that it would not be possible to return or to be saved.  We can hold ourselves firm before we are carried away.

Through God-knowledge only we come to realize God.  Only then we realize His presence in every particle of the universe and thus get rid of all our doubts and delusions.  Once we perceive Him in every living being, we wish for the welfare of all.    This knowledge can neither be attained by reading or reciting nor by making numerous efforts by way of rites and rituals.  Rather it is an act of divine grace that we find the company of saints and then receive this precious gift.

We cannot find peace of mind if we are guided by the feelings of hatred.  That is why it is said that if man desires happiness, peace, bliss and love then he should definitely get linked with this Formless One.  Once the soul gets united with God, it gets liberated from the bondages of birth and death.

The person who awakens in time and approaches the saints, can make his life fruitful.  If he loses this precious life time and keeps distancing himself from the company of saints because of petty discriminations, he remains deprived of this priceless gem.  This keeps him deprived of happiness here and hereafter.

Any person, whether rich or poor, educated or uneducated, believing in any religion, born in any caste, will remain wandering if he is not aware of his destination.   Man keeps wandering without knowing this destination, i.e. God.

Whenever this life has been fruitful, it was only through linking it with this Formless One - God.

The company of perfect saints and Gursikhs (disciples) is always a source of happiness for us as they help us in treading the path of devotion.

Man should not lead his life while remaining entangled in delusions in this world.  Man can never attain peace of mind or happiness nor can he redeem himself till the time he suffers from delusions. 

There is your hand.  There is your palm.  Now would you like to place a flower or sandalwood on it or a burning charcoal?

Until we remove the lid of ignorance from the soul, it cannot become one with the Super-Soul.

O� man, God is not far from you.  He is ever-present with you.  He is omnipresent, all-pervading.  He is present in each and every particle of the universe.  He is there in each and every leaf as well as branch.

Have you ever found peace of mind where there is hatred?  Peace does not exist where there is hatred.

Mere reading and reciting is of no use.  You gain only by realizing the object mentioned there.  A poor man cannot become rich by merely mentioning the name of wealth of the world.

We are leading our life in the present, how can then our redemption take place in the future or in the past?  Redemption too has to be take place in the present.  The age in which a person was born was the present for him.

Once the mind attains beauty, the hand engaged in murder starts serving others.  This tongue which uttered bitter words, starts speaking sweetly and providing solace to the hearts.

The words of the saints and sages are always real.  They are never useless.  However, many hear them but few ponder over them, and out of those who ponder, very few accept them, and out of those who accept them, very few put them into practice.

O� mind! Whenever you imbibe these words (of saints and sages), you would be redeemed.  The mind�s becoming pure means the life has become pure.

By adopting the Truth, this mind became magnanimous, because the One who has been accepted is not limited, He is vast.  He cannot be confined anywhere.

Flowers remain flowers even though surrounded by thorns.  A saint has linked his mind with the One who is perfect, so he too remains perfect (contented) under all circumstances.  He is ever thankful and contented.  If contentment is there then how can bliss be far behind?  In other words, it is the contentment which maintains the bliss and the devotee stays submerged in the devotion of God.

It is one thing to hear and another to speak and make others hear.  It is for the ears to hear and the tongue to speak.  Saints, however, do not remain confined to these senses. They think beyond and hear through their mind and speak through their action.

If the mind carries bitterness, the words uttered by the tongue are bound to be bitter.  If mind is saturated with the feelings of service, the hands too will move towards serving others, helping the fallen to rise and wiping the tears of others.

If the mind is concentrated where it should not be really concentrated, then it keeps getting filled more and more with dirt.

If we turn our back towards the sun, our face too becomes dark, and if we face the sun, our face gets fully illumined with its light.

Important and wise are the ones who give up the �I and Mine� and adopt �Thou and Thine�.

Take any saint, Guru or prophet appearing in any age, everyone of them declared one and the same thing that this soul can be salvaged only by attaining the knowledge of the Supreme Father - God.  To realize the wealth of Divine Name (Ram Rattan Dhan) and to attain spiritual enlightenment (God Knowledge) is one and the same thing.

Ram Rajya (the Kingdom of God) can exist only at the place or in the heart where this light of Rama (the Divine Light) does dawn, where there is this light of God-knowledge.

We know that the camel is a tall animal.  Its back is quite high.  It finds the other animals as dwarfs as compared to itself.  It thinks that it is the tallest.  But the moment it stands by the side of a hill, it realizes that it is nothing but a dwarf as compared to the huge hill.  In the same manner we realize our insignificance only after seeing this Almighty, the Formless One.

To extinguish fire, we pour water on it.  Fire cannot be extinguished by fire. 

The one who is himself short-lived, his support too would be temporary.  Only the support of the Formless One is permanent.  Only this Formless One has been described as the Supreme Power which is eternal.  Therefore, we should take the support of this Supreme Power, the Eternal, the Formless One.

Those who have attained this state of mind, stay so for ever.  They are like a flower.  A flower might disappear from the sight, it might be trampled under the feet, yet its fragrance stays on.

When we get linked with this Supreme Truth, realize it, our way of looking at others based on discrimination too gets changed.    

First of all, we have to recognize this beloved One.  We have to marry this Bridegroom.  We have to establish our relationship with Him.  After that we have to offer Him our complete devotion.  While glorifying Him, seeing Him pervade each and every being and while wishing well of everyone and having goodwill for everyone, we have to cherish the feeling of giving happiness to everyone.  When we adopt this kind of attitude towards every human being in the world, this will be our real devotion to God. 

Devotees always wish that the on going journey of their life may be full of devotion to God.

Only the company of saints has been described as the source of welfare.  Whosoever has adopted it, has redeemed himself.  Whosoever has sought the company of saints with this feeling, has imbibed divine qualities.

Saints have always had this prayer that each and every breath of theirs may be spent in God-remembrance.  Whatever glory of God they sing, they may consider it insufficient, whatever company of saints they attend, they may feel it is too little, whatever service they do to others, they may consider that they have done nothing so far.

A perfect boat reaches the other shore even after facing storms.  Those boarding it too reach the destination.  But the boat which has a hole in its bottom, will find it sufficient for its sinking, whether there is a storm or not.

Those who are narrow- minded can never be saints.

Only a true human being can be a god.

If this Formless One is not made to dwell in the heart, not contemplated upon, then we cannot attain the happiness and the bliss that we cherish.

Those who are proud of their caste, spread many other evils such as hatred, violence, envy etc.  These evils produce such thorns as keep on pricking us causing pain day and night.

By not giving the Formless One - God a place in our mind, we suffer from ego, we suffer from pride.

Men can never be happy if they forget this Almighty, the Formless One and remain engrossed in worldly desires and avarice.  Those who give the Almighty a place in their mind, become contented.  

It is the soul which has to seek salvation and the salvation is not possible without God-realisation.  The soul will get rid of the shackles of transmigration only after meeting its Lord  -  the Almighty.

By becoming greedy we must not fall from the lofty pedestal of humanism. Instead, we should concentrate on the wealth of Divine Name and give it importance.

There are the distinguished few only who seek the wealth of Divine Name and only these distinguished few are great indeed.

On the one side there is attachment so deep, so extreme. On the other side, there is complete detachment.  The saints, however, advise to have the attitude of detached attachment.

The state of Yoga (contemplation) is to fulfill one�s responsibilities towards the family, the society, the country and towards the world while staying in the family, in the world and enjoying all material comforts and showing one�s devotion to God at the same time.  And this is the real devotion.

Without the company of saints, wisdom cannot be attained because it is the saints who teach us the difference between Truth and untruth.  Only their company bestows wisdom upon us. 

Saints are aware that true saints are the ones who constantly teach us to tread the path of Truth, who teach us forbearance, who teach to bear patiently the innumerable wounds inflicted by others.

We generally form our opinion on the basis of outer appearances and other outer factors, which is wrong.

Near ones are those who are near to heart.  The one who is near the body only is never called the near one.

We are called near ones when we respect fellow disciples.  When we scorn them, we get distanced.  When we show respect to the fellow disciples, when we are humble towards them, we become the near ones.

Unlucky are the ones who enjoy the shade of the tree which itself is standing in the sun, but still throw stones at it.

By only wishing and praying for the happiness of others do we get happiness for ourselves.

There is no religion like working for the welfare of others.  Herein lies our own welfare.  Saints always think of the welfare only. 

The time in life which is spent in union with this Formless One is indeed important.  Only that part of life has the highest value.

Do not forget the Almighty God.  Do not ignore Him.  That is the value of our breathing, that is the gain.

If the skin on my body is used to make shoes for a perfect disciple, it would still be less.

The name itself of the Mission is Nirankari Mission.  It means that it gives importance to uniting with this Formless One, Nirankar.  One can hear about social etiquette or moral character for dealing with the world, at many other places but this Mission lays stress upon linking with God so that the soul gets salvaged.

We may pursue religion while living in the field of action and not by running away.  We must follow the religion, render devotion, surrender to God while living in the world and remaining in the field of action.   

It is the soul which has the highest value because it is a particle of the Super-soul - God, and it is the soul which has to know God, which has to realize God.  That is why we have to think of redeeming it.

The one who is flexible is alive, but the one who is absolutely hard or rigid is called dead.  That is why it is said that those who are rigid or egoistic, are like a dead body and the ones who have flexibility or are humble, are really alive.

O� man, establish this Almighty - God, the One who is all-pure, in your heart as well as mind so that your thoughts too become beautiful and pure, so that you are able to distribute the same beauty as well as purity to others through your words deeds.

Until the sun rises, we give a lot of importance to a lamp.  The lamp is significant till the time there is darkness. But the moment the sun rises, the light of the lamp is not even visible.

A devotee does not remain confined to devotion on his own part.  He has another special quality i.e., he is generous.  He redeems others too.

Mind is one only, whether we establish Lord Krishna (God) in it or Kansa (the devil).  Whether we make it appear like Rama (God) or Ravana (the devil), the mind is one only.

The words coming from the saints are extremely significant and valuable.  They carry value because they glorify the Master only.

When we realize the presence of God, then certainly our words become pure and sweet. 

Devotees become full even after surrendering, while the world stays empty even after snatching.

The need of the day is not the oil (to burn) but the water (to extinguish). We do not require the people who are unsaintly, but the saints.

The devotees serve the whole world.  They do not discriminate while serving.

Those who serve, they enjoy the bliss.  Those who talk but do not serve cannot enjoy the bliss.

The one who serves the Almighty, is full of virtues and saves himself from vices.

Even if there is a single lit lamp, the darkness dare not enter that place.

Evil is alert.  If the light of God-knowledge too becomes alert with the same intensity, then it will never get extinguished.

Those who remain hued in the colour of this Formless One, those who are immersed in its intoxication, they attain the bliss.

We do sing the songs by Meera.  Let us also look at her steadfastness in devotion.  Let us appreciate how firm she was in her devotion.

To realise Truth is to realise Self.

Let us read or study as much as we can, but this realization (of Truth) is not possible without the grace of the True Master.

This world is transitory.  It is God alone who is eternal.

The one who truly loves God, he loves His creation - the mankind, also. 

The True Master is pleased only when one disciple loves the other.

The True Master�s eye does not see the evil.  It does not look at even one�s minor shortcomings, while it absorbs even the biggest sins. 

 Who is your biggest friend?  He is the one who takes you to the congregation of saints.

You must close your eyes, you should never indulge in criticizing or defaming others.

We come across human beings at every place, but we seldom find humanity.  Saints desire that the feelings of humanity may also spread corresponding to the increase in population.

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