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dharma • devotionCandlelight flickers across the wornpages, and the Sanskrit characters dance rhythmically,like graceful maidens chanting ancient hymns. Transfixed,the young boy follows their motion, and his soulsings in unison with them:A mass of radiance, glowing all around,I see thee, hard to look at, on every side;Glory of flaming fire and sun, immeasurable,without beginning, middle, or end of power.Infinite arms, whose eyes are the moon and sun,I see thee, whose face is flaming fire,burning the whole universe with thy radiance.Quietly another voice enters the song. It is a gentle,beloved voice, calling him, calling “Sundar,” drawinghim out of the chant, away from the dance. Slowlyclosing his inner eyes, he looks up into the candlelitface of his mother. “Come, Sundar! It is past midnightalready. Soon it will be morning. You are only eightyears old, my son. You must rest.”5• dharma • devotion
6• • wisdom of the sadhuObediently, reverently the boy returns the holybooks to their place and seeks his mat. The candleflickers one last time and dies. Later he remembers:Although my family was Sikh, we had great reverencefor the Hindu scriptures. My mother was a livingexample of the love of God and a devoted follower ofHindu teachings. Every day she awoke before dawn,prepared herself with the cold water of the ritual bath,and read either from the Bhagavad Gita or from one ofthe other sacred writings. Her pure life and her completedevotion influenced me more strongly than it did theother family members. From the time of my earliestmemories, she impressed upon me one rule above allothers: when I woke from sleep, my first duty was topray to God for spiritual nourishment and blessings.Only then could I break the night’s fast. Sometimes Iobjected to this rule and insisted on having breakfastfirst, but my mother would never relent. Usually withcoaxing, but when necessary with force, she impressedthis rule deep onto my soul: Seek God first and onlythen turn to other things.At that time, I was too young to recognize thetrue value of this education, and I resisted her. Later,however, I came to appreciate her example. Whenever Ithink back now on her loving guidance, I cannot thank
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and smothered him with kisses. At t
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eceives far greater satisfaction th
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avatara • incarnationSeeker: Sadh
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Sadhu: The Master never wrote anyth
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union with God; then doubts with re
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We may well have the longing to do
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evived and looked up into the dear
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Lover: My beloved, had I taken prid
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the rocks for lack of a guiding lig
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powerless to escape death and dange
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treatment for his disease. Only the
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ighteousness. When the sun rises, s
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dyva vileenam • oneness with godS
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It is pointless to seek peace in th
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114Climate affects the form, color,
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dhyanam • contemplationSeeker: Sa
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and flourish because their roots ha
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PARABLEthree seekersThe story is to
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seva • serviceSeeker: Sadhu-ji, y
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all our gifts and abilities in serv
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crossing a high mountain pass with
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Majesty! Have mercy and spare the c
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thought it was a trap. But when the
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Now, the man’s older son loved hi
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It is the same with us. If we are n
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to shoot at birds with his slingsho
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of life-giving water. Then refreshi
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agony of affliction; the pleasure o
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lives can easily become contaminate
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The Master needs living martyrs who
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Whether we like it or not, we will
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Once, as I traveled through the Him
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PARABLEthe king and the farmerOnce
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poor. I had two sons, and in my old
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unconscious. His clothes were stain
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do not tell His Majesty the whole t
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etter know the condition of his peo
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devout, who cannot live together in
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emain in darkness. Only if we turn
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holy, resplendent palace with all i
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Occasionally our sense of inner pea
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ecoming as lifeless as the stone. S
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Christian: Haven’t you visited Am
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many people in the West do not unde
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have a pure intuition and grasp eas
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PARABLEseeker and masterOnce upon a
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head in his lap. After a short time
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impression on him. It was as if, fo
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Hermit: O Master, I long to be your
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the sincerity with which he lived w
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As a sadhu, Sundar Singh found a re
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I belong to the body of Christ…to
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and into every principal dialect of
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