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GURU NANAK CHAMATKAR PART-II 283
So, the first medicine is singing the praises of the Lord.
For that a saint is required who should keep on putting in your mind that
the medicine is not the sinhring and dancing but it is singing the praises of the
Lord and recitation of the Lord's name with love.
When the mind is turned towards the love of the Lord, one has faith in
the presence ofthe Lord. One is lonhring to reach the Lord and has craving to
meet the Lord. When one sings the praises ofthe Lord, the dirt of the mind is
washed. The vices and passions run away from the mind. One gets a sensation
ofthe presence ofthe Lord in the mind and body. The mind becomes sublime.
The fact is that as the people in general are entangled in ego and worldly
desires, similarly, those who are piOUS but in forgetfulness of the Lord, they
are also in desires and ego. They do not meet the Lord. So, they are also in
despair. On listening to this their mind got dented because even after so much
endeavour in sinhring and dancing they were in despair. That is why they
came to the Guru for advice.
The Guru immersed in the love ofthe Lord was miraculous. He continued
his discourse and after telling them that their sinhring and dancing was a
lifeless practice he turned to their dress and said: 0 dear Bhagats, when the
dirt of the mind is washed and the mind becomes crystal then the despair
goes. A snow-white robe that you are wearing cannot make the mind crystal.
When one has the life-hriving Lord's name in the mind, then the forehead
shines as if a saffron mark is put. One does not have to put a saffron mark
from outside. The shine comes from inside. The saffron mark that you put on
the forehead cannot give the life-hriving sensation of the Lord's name.
The prime worship is remembrance ofthe Lord in the mind and recitation
of the Lord's name by the tongue. The rosary that you are wearing is not
taking you towards love of the Lord. Because it is seen that those who are
wearing these without the love of the Lord, they have the evil of anger in
them. How will the outward cleanliness help? If you say they are reading
Ramayan and staying in hermitages and learning other scriptures from learned
sadhus, then what is the value of that learning? It is the same as learning
dancing in dancing schools. After learning sinhring and dancing they stage
dramas for the sake of money. Because when they do it for making money,
then the greed for more money comes to the mind as a poison.
There is only one antidote that one gets from the true Guru that is the
Lord's Name. That, they do not have. So, from where will they get spiritual
beatitude? So, 0 dear Bhagats, without the blessings of the true Guru who is
the Lord's beloved one cannotget spiritual beatitude. The true Guru does not
let the disciple become a dramatic performer. He does not teach acting, singing
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