"D"
"DASS"
(SLAVE)
"Dass" signifies a person who has voluntarily and humbly surrendered
himself to the True Master. He is honoured and revered for this reason.
DEVOTEE: BENEFACTOR
A true devotee, wherever placed, shares the burden of the poor and the
distressed, and dispenses justice tempered with compassion and mercy.
DEVOTEE DOES NOT
UNDERRATE
Some say that while addressing, one should imagine the audience to be ignorant.
However, a devotee does not underrate others.
DEVOTEE: EQUABLE
The flow of a river is always directed towards the ocean, its ultimate goal.
Likewise, a devotee is always in communion with God and is equi-poised in pain and
pleasure. He maintains his faith in God even in all troubles and tensions.
DEVOTEE: FOCUS
Like a sage, a devotee should always focus on his goal i.e. God-realization.
DEVOTEE: GUARDIAN OF
DIVINE LAW
A true devotee is always conscious that the one, who knows the divinity and the
divine law, has a far greater responsibility. He is, in fact, the guardian of the divine
law. One, who is ignorant of the law, may be forgiven, but not the one, who
‘knows’ it.
DEVOTEE: HALLMARK
Total surrender and obedience is the hallmark of a devotee.
DEVOTEE:
MASTER’S DARLING
A humble and sincere devotee is dear to the Master even if he has never sung a
song or delivered a speech.
DEVOTEE: NOT
BOASTFUL
If one harps on the good or favour done by him to another, he is not a true
devotee. A true devotee is never boastful.
DEVOTEE: NOT TRUE
A devotee always behaves as a devotee, whether in the congregation or in the
worldly affairs. In case, he behaves as a devotee in the congregation but otherwise in the
worldly affairs, he is not a true devotee.
DEVOTEE:
PRE-REQUISITE
True devotion is the pre-requisite of a true devotee.
DEVOTEE: REFLECTION
The personality of the teacher is reflected in the disciple. Similarly, a devotee
reflects the teachings of the True Master.
DEVOTEE SERVES
SELFLESSLY
In a game, a player never bothers why he was hit or who hit him. Despite his
injury, he continues to play and never flees form the field. Similarly, a devotee does not
flee from the field of selfless service despite all hassles and adversities. He, rather,
plays his game with redoubled zeal and gusto.
DEVOTEE: SIMMERING
If a devotee himself simmers in the fire of enmity and hatred, how can he soothe
others?
DEVOTEE SURRENDERS
A devotee’s life is comparable to walking on a razor’s edge, because it
demands total surrender and shedding of ego.
DEVOTEE: TRUE
DISCIPLE
To be a devotee means to be a true disciple, ever eager to learn, imbibe and
serve.
DEVOTEE TRUSTS GOD
A worldly person thinks that he himself has to safeguard his interests, but a
devotee trusts in God alone.
DEVOTEES: COMPANY OF
SAINTS
The devotees are not ruffled by ups and downs. They never lose faith in God but
keep company with saints, imbibing love, humility and the spirit of service.
DEVOTEES: DEDICATED
TO GOD
The devotees should also excel in every field, but above all, they should
dedicate themselves to God.
DEVOTEES: EQUAL
VISION
With their equal vision, the devotees of God rise above all distinctions and
discriminations and regard all humans as equal.
DEVOTEES EVOLVE
Instead of eluding criticism, the devotees invariably introspect to evolve
themselves. They endeavour to save themselves from the evils of pride, prejudice and
avarice.
DEVOTEES:
IDENTIFICATION WITH
After marriage a girl so identifies herself with her in-laws that she does not
like going back to her parents. Similarly, the devotees who are wedded to and have
identified themselves with God, relish Him alone.
DEVOTEES LOVE ALL
The devotees firmly believe that God dwells in all and therefore they love and
honour all.
DEVOTEES: NOT CYNICS
The devotees do not find fault with others, rather they discern and imbibe
virtues from all quarters. They are not cynics.
DEVOTEES: PATH
Notwithstanding all heavy odds, the devotees tread the path of love, humility and
faith.
DEVOTEES: REALIST
The devotees are realists, not merely idealists. They are Karam Yogis
(action-oriented), imbued with the spirit of self-sacrifice.
DEVOTEES RELY ON GOD
The devotees are not affected by pain or pleasure, because they always submit to
the divine will and rely exclusively on God Almighty.
DEVOTEES: SELFLESS
When we rise above our individual interests and identify our interests with those
of others, we are true devotees.
DEVOTEES SERVE
SILENTLY
The enlightened devotees serve mankind silently like the sun, water and air, who
do not boast of their service. That is why they are ever revered and glorified in all
quarters.
DEVOTEES: STOICS
The devotees endure excesses with a smile.
DEVOTEES: WEDDED TO
GOD
Personal embellishment by a married woman is considered graceful and justified
but that by an unmarried one may even invite sneers. This is true of the devotees who are
wedded to God.
DEVOTION BEGINS
Devotion (Bhakti) begins where power (Shakti) ends.
DEVOTION: GOD-ROOTED
As only a rooted flower can bloom and spread its fragrance, one, who is 'rooted'
in God, alone can enjoy and spread spiritual bliss.
DEVOTION: INTRINSIC
WORTH
Just as a jeweller values an ornament by its intrinsic gold and content,
regardless of its shape and design, a True Master values the devotion of a devotee,
irrespective of his caste, colour, creed or social status.
DEVOTION: SUBMISSION
Devotion demands complete submission and total surrender to the True Master, who
knows what is best for a devotee.
DEVOTION: SURRENDER
Devotion signifies self-surrender, self-effacement and self-sacrifice.
DIFFERENCES:
EPHEMERAL
Differences among human beings are natural. However, among the worldly people
these are indelible like a mark on a rock, while among the saints and devotees these are
ephemeral like a mark on water: love and affection of saints and devotees are like the
permanent mark on a rock.
DIFFERENCES:
RESOLUTION THROUGH DIALOGUE
Human blood must not be shed under any circumstances. Differences of opinion,
religious or secular, should be resolved peacefully and amicably by dialogue, discussion
and reconciliation.
DIFFERENCES:
RESOLUTION THROUGH UNDERSTANDING
All differences can be resolved peacefully by imbibing and extending the spirit
of understanding, tolerance and accommodation.
DIFFERENCES: SAINTLY
PATH
Peace and non-violence has always been the path of saints and devotees to resolve
differences.
DISTINCTIONS:
MAN-MADE
When a child is born, it bears no distinctive mark of any caste, creed or
religion. Only subsequently it is 'stamped' as a Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian. The
saints and sages erase such divisive marks by tracing man's ultimate fatherhood to God,
who is sans any mark or distinction.
DIVINE CODE
As a lock fitted with a number device can be opened by the specific code,
obstacles that come in the way of propagation of Truth can be removed by the divine code.
DIVINE LIGHT:
DIFFUSION
A lit lamp should not be hidden, but kept in the open so that it may spread its
light far and wide. So should the Divine Light be diffused all around.
DIVINE LIGHT DISPELS
DARKNESS
The darkness enveloping an ignorant soul can be dispelled only by the Divine
Light.
DIVINE LIGHT DISPELS
GLOOM
As darkness can be dispelled by light, spiritual gloom can be dispelled by Divine
Light.
DIVINE RADIANCE
As a faint colour is eclipsed by a bright one, all worldly shines pale before the
divine radiance.
DOOMED
In case a student wastes the whole year and tries to cover the whole course on
the last night, he is doomed. Similarly, if we have not fulfilled the prime aim of life
i.e. God-realisation, certainly doom awaits us in the final reckoning.
'DUST OF FEET'
Not water but the 'dust of feet' of the saints can cleanse one's mind and heart.