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Gita Madhurya -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter XII
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How can I become such a devotee, O Lord? Fix your mind on Me and establish your reasoning in Me alone. You will hereafter abide in Me alone. There is no doubt about it. If you can't steadily fix the mind on Me, then seek to attain Me through the Yoga (discipline) of practice. If you are unable even to take to practice. be intent on performing action for Me; you will attain perfection even by performing actions for My sake. If you are unable even to perform action for Me, then taking refuge in Me subduing your mind and senses, relinquish the fruit of all actions.(8—11) But according to You, is the last one, the renunciation of the fruit of actions, not an inferior means, O Lord? No, brother, knowledge (of the scriptures) is better than practice without Yoga (equanimity); meditation is superior to knowledge without Yoga; and renunciation of the fruit of action is even superior to meditation without Yoga; for supreme peace immediately follows renunciation.(12) O Lord, what are the marks of anyone of the above mentioned four types of favourite devotees who have attained You, e.g., what are the qualities found in them? He is free from malice towards all beings, not only this but he is friendly as well as compassionate. He has no feeling of 'I' and 'mine'; to him pleasure and pain are alike; he is forgiving by nature. He is ever content in all circumstances. His body, mind and senses remain under his control and his mind and intellect are surrendered to Me. Such a firm resolved devotee is dear to Me.(13-14) |
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