SPIRITUAL SPARKS
(SAYINGS OF BABA AVTAR SINGH JI)

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TEACHINGS
For a devotee, the teachings of the saints and sages are blessings and assets.

 

TOLERANCE
Tolerance, ultimately, triumphs.

 

TONGUE
A bitter tongue makes life bitter.

 

TRUE
To win over the Lord, one must be true, within and without.

 

TRUE MASTER
The True Master awakens man from the slumber of ignorance by blessing him with God-knowledge.

A True Master is kind, especially to the humble; he is also their stay and refuge.

Prostration at the feet of the True Master bestows the fruit of holy dips at all the places of pilgrimage.

One, who chants the glory of God in the company of a True Master, attains the abode of God.

We should ever remember and contemplate the True Master, who has endowed us with a new life and spiritual wealth i.e. God-knowledge.

A self-styled True master is just a pond of mire, while a genuine one is an ocean of elixir.

The True Master is God-incarnate. Not his body but his knowledge is God, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. As such, one should pray to him for the fulfillment of one’s whishes, wherever one may be.

It is a divine law that whenever God manifests Himself as a True Master, He does so in a human body. However, the latter must not be mistaken for the body.

God dispenses divine justice and stays unconcerned while awarding punishment or reward. The True master, however, shares the joys and sorrows of his devotees. As a reservoir of mercy and compassion, he forgices the sinners in the name of God.

A wayfarer feels bewildered and helpless without the knowledge of the route and destination. A hint from the guide, however, dispels his delusion. Similarly, a hint from the True master dispels the spiritual delusion and bewilderment of a God-seeker.

A True Master is the master of the world. He does not need anything. However, he accepts even the smallest offering, because he is like the soil which yields fruit of the seed sown therein.

The True Master, who is God-incarnate, overlooks our shortcomings and ferries us across the worldly ocean.

None except the True Master can foster concord in the all-pervading discord.

True Master and congregation are one. The one forgiven by the congregation, is forgiven by the True Master.

Whoso equates himself with the True Master, suffers.

A True master honours the wishes of the devotees.

As water, air and sun are for the whole humanity, so is a True Master.

The True Master pulls down all dividing walls of castes and creeds, so that the people may sit and worship together.

God is Truth. One, who ‘deals’ in Truth, is a True Master.

A True Master removes man’s veil of Ignorance, unites him with God and thereby strengthens his faith in God.

The True Master is not the body and never dies. He is the God-knowledge, which is immortal. Those, who regard the body as the True Master, are sadly mistaken.

A True Master is formless as well as of form.

A True Master cleanses in a moment the aspirant’s mind of all ‘dross’ accumulated in the past and the present.

The True Master is God incarnate. One should devote oneself heart and soul to his service.

Life, without the True Master, is no life.

A living True Master is indispensable to correctly interpret the scriptures and reveal God. On one’s own, none can either truly comprehend nor realize God by merely reading them.

The key to the Kingdom of God is with the True Master. Pray to him in all humility and faith to dwell therein.

The True Master is fathomless. None can fathom his greatness.

The puzzle of good and evil can be solved only by a True Mater.

One, who cannot unveil the Creator and Sustainer of the universe in His infinite and all pervading dimensions, is not a True Master.

In ‘dealing’ with the True Master, one should dissolve one’s egoism. This will save one from the consequences of one’s actions.

One, who has pleased the True master, crosses the whirlpool of the world and attains his true abode, even at his home.

A True Master is a ‘place of pilgrimage’, where one is rid of one’s sins.

The True Master is an ocean of nectar. Only the fortunate take a dip in it and enjoy solace and bliss.

The True Master provides the matchstick, which ignites the fire of God-knowledge that blasts all one’s doubts and delusions.

Like a watchman, the True Master awakens those, who having forgotten God, slumber in ignorance. If they doze off again and forget God, they are themselves to blame for their doom.

By revealing God standing beside ourselves, the True Master liberates us from the birth-death cycle.

The water in a tank is warm on the surface but cool underneath. A thirsty person pushes the surface-water aside and drinks the cool water. Similarly, pushing the creation aside, the True Master   reveals the Creator, enabling the thirsty soul to satiate its age-long thirst for re-union with God.

 

TRUE MASTER’S BLESSINGS
Grace and blessings of a True Master make even a wretched sinner worthy of worship by all.

 

TRUE MASTER’S “DARSHAN”
“Darshan” (glimpse) of a True Master means not “Darshan” of his body, but of God in him.

 

TRUE MASTER’S FEET
A touch of the True Master’s feet cuts asunder all fetters.

 

TRUE MASTER’S GRACE
The grace of a True Master is potent enough to make an outcast of yesterday worthy of worship today.

To be worthy of True Master’s grace, one should shed the pride of one’s body, mind and riches.

The grace of the True Master overcomes all crisis. It also elevates and liberates.

The grace of a True Master can do even the impossible in a moment i.e. manifest God. God-vision is not attainable by craft, scholarship, artifices and loud calls.

 

TRUE MASTER’S GUIDANCE
Guidance of a True master is a must for God-knowledge and God-realisation.

 

TRUE MASTER’S HALLMARK
The hallmark of a True Master is that he establishes an instant communion between God and God-seeker.

 

TRUE MASTER’S HINT
A True Master drops a hint. Whoso catches it, is redeemed.

 

TRUE MASTER’S REFUGE
To take refuge in the True Master Means to repose faith in him.

Taking refuge in the True Master means to be spiritually enlightened by him.

TRUE MASTER’S SHELTER
Shelter of a True Master makes one indifferent to the world and drives away the notion of ‘l and mine’.

 

TRUE MASTER’S TEACHINGS
Life is a course of spiritual living with the True Master as the teacher. Those, who understand and assimilate his teachings, pass out with flying colours.

 

TRUE MASTER’S WORD
The Word of the True Master reveals God and grants liberation i.e. life eternal.

The Word of the True Master thrills the mind and relieves it of all delusions.

The Word of the True Master is the Word of God.

True Master’s Word is Truth and bestows perennial peace of mind.

The Word is one and eternally the same. So is the True Master.

Just as darkness is dispelled by a lighted lamp, the ignorance of a soul is dispelled by the Word of a True Master, enabling one to see God all around.

 

TRUST
Trust in God bestows peace of mind.

 

TRUTH
The Gita, the Bible, the Quran, the Adi Granth, all unfold and uphold one and the same Truth.

Those, who ‘deal’ in truth, should first know what truth (Reality) is.

When the sun rise, the darkness, automatically, vanishes. We should unfold Truth, Falsehood would vanish, automatically.

 

TRUTHFUL
The truthful identify themselves with and live up to Truth.