THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

upon anyone. Never allow your independence to be encroached upon. Don’t expect anything from
anyone. Don’t allow affluence to affect you and don’t go after it. Never allow temporary happiness
to gain the upper hand. Never go beyond the confines of ethics and morals. Don’t be shy of people.
Don’t break the traditions by yourselves. While doing Sadhana never bid adieu to your pursuit of
real knowledge. Despite of your Vairagya don’t shed your necessary karmas. Sadhana and worship
of the God should in no case be forgotten. Never argue with anyone. Don’t do anything in a fit of
anger. Don’t try to tell anyone anything that he is not ready to listen. Your talk should never be
boring.
Never be distracted by anything. Never think that you are someone
very special or great. Never expect to be honored anywhere and everywhere. Never be proud under
any given circumstance, be as simple as you can. Never give any uncalled for advice, never ask for
any and never tell anyone anything which is beyond his capability. Your Vairagya should be of the
highest order and same is true for the pursuit of real knowledge. Never vent your anger on anyone.
Never lose your courage. Never be involved in anything; never tell others to do something which
you haven’t done. Don’t ask for anything from your disciples except Sadhana.
Never be arrogant to anyone. Don’t remember the so called happiness
derived from the sense organs. Don’t behave like an animal without inhibitions. Never be ashamed
of doing any type of work. Don’t go on cloud nine if you get lot of money. Always behave
properly. Whatever is not understood by you or is just imagined by you shouldn’t be told to
anyone. Learn from others without grieving about your lack of knowledge. Be careful every time
and in every thing. Have a big heart. Never feel happy in idleness. Never be doubtful about all. Ask
for only those things which will be helpful for all. Talk only when necessary and at the correct time
and place. Always be thoughtful. Always help others. Never harm anyone. Always remember that
you don’t have all the knowledge. Never be proud of whatever you know and have. Never try to
deceive others. Never argue with anyone.
You should always be selfless. Never assure anything to anyone just
for the sake of it. Don’t indulge in fixing marriages and in becoming mediator for any dealing. If
you have guests and you are invited somewhere don’t go along with them. Never sing the praise of
God by charging money. Don’t go on pilgrimages with others’ money. As far as possible, try to
avoid any types of rewards or awards. Don’t form any sect and become the chief of it. You should
try to do everything without your “Me” coming in to it. Make the people pious but with the same
condition. You should be a workaholic and never allow idleness to even stand before you. The
same is true for the Sadhana. Worship the God with form but from deep within never lose contact
with the ultimate one without any form.
Don’t sleep too much but don’t remain awake for too long. Never be
in the crowd for too long but never be in the forest for too long too. Don’t care for the body too
much but don’t neglect it to an extent that it will vanish. Don’t be in the company of the bad but
choose that of the Saints. Don’t behave contrary to traditions but don’t follow them blindly. Don’t
love anyone too much but don’t be without love. Never be too doubtful. Never try to do Sadhana
which is beyond your reach but do that much which is within the reach. Don’t try to experience
each and everything but some things have to be experienced. The enlightening experience shouldn’t
be revealed but keeping mum about that is also wrong.
You have to conquer your mind to an extent that it ceases to exist.
But at the same time you have to show the others that you are mindful of things as much as they
are. The Parbrahma doesn’t come under the spectrum of meditation but this doesn’t mean that you
should forego meditation. Parbrahma is beyond the mind and the intellect but if you don’t apply