PRECIOUS PEARLS
(SAYINGS OF BABA GURBACHAN SINGH JI)

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GLORIFICATION
Whoso is glorified by the True Master is glorified by one and all.

 

GLORY: TRUE
True glory can be attained only by dedication to a divine cause.

 

GOD: ONE AND MANY
Unfortunately, different names of God often lead to communal conflicts and clashed. Actually, God is one, the Supreme Father of the entire creation. Hence, we must know the One and become one.

 

GOD: FOUNDATION
A building rests on its foundation. God is the foundation of the edifice of the universe.

 

GOD’S MYSTERIOUS WAYS
At times, God gives a rude jolt to rouse His complacent devotees out of their torpor, forthwith. Such a drastic and mysterious operation of redeeming His devotees is, however, misconstrued by the ignorant as a punitive and cruel act of God.

 

GOD: PROTECTIVE UMBRELLA
As a married woman feels secure in the company of her husband, a God-realised person, being conscious of the protective umbrella of the Almighty God, knows no fear.

 

GOD: SEEING
Mere written account of anything fails to satisfy our curiosity unless we have actually seen it. This is true of God, as well.

 

GOD-GLORIFICATION: FOOD
Glorification of the Lord is the food and feast for the soul.

 

GOD-GLORIFICATION: VOCAL
Being ever God-conscious, a true saint glorifies God with his heart and not merely vocally.

 

GOD-KNOWLEDGE: A MEANS
God-knowledge is the means and God-realisation, the end.

 

GOD-KNOWLEDGE: BASIC BEGINNING
God-knowledge is the basic beginning. One must also practice it to experience peace, bliss and happiness.

 

GOD-KNOWLEDGE: BLOOMING
A seedling grows and blooms only if watered regularly. Similarly, God-knowledge is nurtured and blossoms only in the company of saints.

 

GOD-KNOWLEDGE: FRUITFUL
God-knowledge can be fruitful only if one reposes one’s unflinching faith in God and feels His immediate presence everywhere.

 

GOD-KNOWLEDGE: LIVING
Mere God-knowledge does not bestow bliss, unless one lives up to it.

 

GOD-KNOWLEDGE: PANACEA
The whole world is plagued by pride and prejudice, hatred and violence. God-knowledge alone enables us to rise above such perverse impulses. What is direly needed is a True Master or a Preceptor to bestow God-knowledge, a panacea for all human maladies.

 

GOD-KNOWLEDGE: PRACTICE ESSENTIAL
If one goes to a teacher, reposes his faith in him and acts as per his instructions, one learns; not otherwise. So is the case with God-knowledge; it must be practiced.

 

GOD-KNOWLEDGE: STRENGTH
God-knowledge imparts wisdom and strength to endure and overcome all obstacles and opposition.

 

GOD-KNOWLEDGE SUPERSEDES RITUALS
One, who has attained knowledge, need not carry the books around. Similarly, a person, who has attained God-knowledge, can dispense with all rites and rituals.

 

GODMEN
Though godmen may not be scholarly in the popular parlance, yet they possess and dispense the highest knowledge i.e. God-knowledge.

 

GOD-REALISATION: BLISS
They, who have realised God, are ever blissful even in this dark age–Iron Age.

 

GOD-REALISATION: BROTHERHOOD
On realizing Father God, we treat one another as brothers and all divisive tendencies vanish automatically.

 

GOD-REALIZATION: FEARLESSNESS
God-realization dispels all fear.

 

GOD-REALISATION: FIRST PRIORITY
Generally, people think that God-realisation is a pursuit for the old age when one is free from the worldly responsibilities. But who knows when the end may come. One must, therefore, avail oneself of the first opportunity to realise God forthwith.

 

GOD-RELISATION: LIGHT AND LOVE
Tension and turmoil prevails everywhere. Such turbid environment can be transformed into an era of love, light, fellow-feeling and selfless service, only through God-realisation.

 

GOD-REALIZATION: MUCH TALK
It seems that nothing has been talked about more than God. Yet, how many care to realize Him?

 

GOD-REALIZATION: NOW OR NEVER
A wise ruler ever keeps his army well-prepared for any eventuality. It is vain to organize an army after an attack. Death is certain and may strike any moment. Man should not, therefore, dilly-dally in attaining the real goal of life i.e. a living relationship with God.

 

GOD-REALIZATION: ONLY KEY
No one scripture is holier than another; no one prophet is greater than another; no one religion is superior to another. All the Great Masters have taught God realization as the only key to peace and salvation.

 

GOD-REALIZATION: PRECIOUS MOMENT
In fact, the most precious and important moment of our life is that of God-realization.

 

GOD-REALIZATION: THROUGH GOD-REALIZED
A God-realized seer alone can bestow God-realization. One, who is ridden with religious rites and rituals, cannot go beyond these shells.

 

GOD-REALIZATION: TORCH
With the torch of God-realization in hand, we can not only avoid the pitfalls but also guide others lost in the dark alleys.

 

GOD-REALIZATION: ULTIMATE GOAL
A farmer toils for his harvest. A servant serves for wages. What except God-realisation is, after all, the goal of those who perform rites and rituals for years? If so, they should approach a True Master, as enjoined by all the scriptures.

 

GOD-REALIZATION: UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD
Religious scholars may command a lot of scriptural knowledge, but they have no perception of God. Though they preach universal brotherhood, they neither know nor have seen the Father. Our Mission does not merely preach human brotherhood, but also reveals the Father. Consciousness of common Father spontaneously fosters brotherhood of all humans, irrespective of caste, colour, creed, sect, race and nationality.

 

GOD-REALIZED: ABOVE DOGMAS
A God-realized soul is not wedded to any particular dogma or rigid creed.

 

GOD-REALISED: ADORNMENTS
Those, who have realized God, regard all comforts and conveniences as His blessings. Love, humility, service, respects and regard for others, are their coveted adornments.

 

GOD-REALISED: ALTRUIST
A God-realize soul lives and strives for the well-being and welfare of others, including even those who malign or maltreat him. He is like a cloud which showers rain on cottage and castle alike.

 

GOD-REMEMBRANCE
Saints believe not so much in lip-service, as their hearts pulsate with God-remembrance.

 

GOD-REVELATION: LATENT AND PATENT
Wood embodies fire in a latent state, but it is not visible. As soon as we apply a match-stick, it manifests. This is also true of God, who pervades everywhere, but becomes patent (manifest) only through enlightenment by a True Master.

 

GOD-REVELATION: SCIENTIFIC TEMPER
Today, the youth possess a scientific temper. Unless God, who is universally glorified, is actually revealed and observed, young men are not impressed by mere cliches about God.

 

GOLDEN MEAN
The saints and devotees have all reverence and regard for the eternal and universal values. They, however, follow the golden mean between materialism and spiritualism.

 

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
A golden opportunity comes but once in a life-time. Those, who avail of it, are indeed fortunate. Today such an opportunity to realise God is knocking at the door. The fortunate few, who avail of it, will experience spiritual bliss and beatitude.

 

GOOD DEEDS
We lay much store by good deeds. In truth, good deeds are those that are performed according to the teachings of the True Master in a spirit of selflessness and with the realisation that God is in and all around us.

 

GREAT: HUMBLE
Be humble, be great.

 

GREAT: NOT BELITTLING
No one can become great by belittling others.

 

GREATNESS: BEHAVING
Man’s greatness lies in behaving as a man.

 

GREATNESS: SOW
Sow humility, reap greatness.

 

GREAT MASTERS: FOR WHOLE HUMANITY
Religious zealots put communal stamp on a Great Master, who actually belongs to the whole of humanity. Unwittingly, they belittle instead of glorifying the Great Master.

 

GREAT MASTERS MANIFEST
Some contend that after the exit of a particular Great master, no more Great Master would manifest. Their contention, apparently, emanates out of their utmost reverence and regard for their Great Master. They, however, forget that so long as mankind survives, there will be a need for the Great Masters to redeem it.