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Hari Instructs
“He is the highest devotee who will not forget the Lord even for the sake of the wealth of the three worlds and who will not forget even for half a minute or half a second the lotus-like feet of the Lord which are sought after by the gods and others who have not conquered their mind.
“How could any affliction arise in the heart of a devotee from which it is all removed by the moon-light of the gem-like finger-nails of the feet of the Lord which measured the universe in three steps? How could there be the heat of the sun when the moon has risen? Just as one never remembers the heat of the sun after the moon has risen and flooded the world with its cool rays, so the devotee who meditates on the lotus-like feet of the Lord, never again remembers the pains of Samsara, his desires having vanished never again to return.
“He is the greatest of all devotees whose heart is tied to the lotus-like feet of Hari by the cords of love and devotion. He is never left by Hari Himself who destroys all his sins even though He is unconsciously remembered by name.
“The name of the Lord, if uttered even unconsciously in pain or distress, by force of habit even, removes all sins. If such is the case, it can easily be understood that he is the highest devotee in whose heart the Lord ever dwells, rooted there by the cord of affection.”
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