The Gospel of Dadu Sahib

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Dadu's Classic Gospel of the Sants <br><br>So

priceless is birth, O brother,<br>That in it, the Supreme

Lord can<br> be met.<br> <br>The human body is the

Door<br> to salvation.<br> <br>If the meeting is not

accomplished<br> while alive,<br>If the contact is not made while

alive,<br>If the Lord of the universe is not found<br> while

alive,<br>Then one is simply drowned.<br> <br>The One who has

made this temple<br> of our hearts,<br>He alone dwells

in this temple.<br>None else but our Beloved is in

our<br> hearts.<br> <br>With thee is thy Friend. Let

thyself<br> recognize Him.<br>Look not at a distance. Know

Him<br> as thy reflection, O Dadu.<br> <br>God is within

all beings. He accompanies<br> all and is close

by.<br>Musk is in the musk deer, and yet<br> it goes around

smelling grass.<br> <br>The self knows not God, although

God<br> is with the self.<br>Being deaf to the Holy Sound

of the<br> Master, sadly does he wander.<br> <br>He

for whom thou searchest in the world<br> dwells

within thyself.<br>Thou knowest Him not, because the

veil<br> of 'mine' and 'thine' is there.<br> <br>He dwells

within all beings, yet rarely<br> anyone knows

Him.<br>He alone who is a devotee of God<br> will know

Him.<br> <br>By rendering service within the heart,<br>See

thou the One who is indestructible<br> and

boundless,<br>Having no limit either on this end<br> or on that end,

sayeth Dadu.<br> <br>After entering within, let one, O

Dadu,<br> bolt the doors of the house.<br>Let one, O Dadu,

serve the Lord at the<br> Door of Eternity.<br> <br>God

is within the self, His worship alone<br> is to be

done.<br> <br>Search thou for the Beloved close to the<br>

place<br>Wherefrom the Sound emerges, and thou<br> shalt find Him,

sayeth Dadu.<br>There is solitude there, and there is

luster<br> of Light.<br> <br>One who, turning the attention

inward,<br>Brings it within the self,<br>And fixes it on the

Radiant Form of<br> the Master,<br>Is indeed wise, O

Dadu.<br> <br>Where the self is, there is God; all is<br>

filled with Him.<br>Fix thine attention within, O

valiant<br> servant.<br>So does Dadu proclaim.<br> <br>Fix

thine attention within, and sing<br> always within the

self.<br>This mind then dances with ecstasy, and<br> beats with

pleasure the rhythm.<br> <br>God is within the self; He is

close<br> to the worshipper.<br>But leaving Him aside, men

serve<br> external constructions, lameteth<br> Dadu.<br>

<br>This is the true mosque, this is the true

temple.<br>So hath the Master shown.<br>The service and worship

are performed<br> within.<br><br>-- Sant Dadu Sahib

<br><br>-- <br>Namaste,'<br><br>James<br>Sant Mat

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