The Key to Your Redemption. {8.}

The Key to Your Redemption. {8.}
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“Radhasoami Naam jo gaave soyi thare
Kal klesh sab naash sukh paave sab dukh hare.”

Meaning:

“Radhasoami Name whoever sings gets redeemed
Kaliyuga’s banes destroyed attain bliss of sorrows freed.”

Import: These are the beginning lines of the Paath or sacred hymn with which Satsangis {or followers of the Radhasoami religion of Dayalbagh} commence their daily morning Aarti. The Aarti is the first hymn daily recited as part of the morning Satsang or devotional assembly; the evening Satsang commences with another specific hymn ever day.

These lines form the start of the holiest Sar Bachan {Nazm}, undoubtedly the richest & most important scripture of humanity’s only living religion, & perhaps the ultimate scripture of all scriptures in the world.

Note: The above lines have been {as well as all other lines from the scriptures of the Radhasoami religion included in the subsequent posts shall have been} rendered from Hindi into their simple English translations by this humble writer, Vimal Rai Bhatnagar.
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The Highest Exemplary Human State. {7.}

The Highest Exemplary Human State. {7.}
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“Those who know, do not talk.
Those who talk, do not know.
Keep your mouth shut.
Guard your senses.
Temper your sharpness.
Simplify your problems.
Mask your brightness.
Be at one with the dust of the earth.
This is primal union.
S{h}e who has achieved this state
is unconcerned with friends and enemies
with good and harm, with honor and disgrace;
this is the highest state of the human.

---- Lao-Tzu, the founder of Taoism, 600 B.C. - 531 B.C.
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Perform Your Duty with Care. {6.}

Perform Your Duty with Care. {6.}
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“Perform your prescribed duty, for action is better than inaction.
A person cannot even maintain one’s physical body without work.
---- The Bhagavad Gita.
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The Lord’s Command Governs Existence. {5.}

The Lord’s Command Governs Existence. {5.}
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“By His Hukum or Command, all are created.
By His Command, actions are performed.
By His Command, all are subject to death;
by His Command, they merge in Truth.
O Nanak, whatever pleases His Will comes to pass.
Nothing is in the hands of these beings.”

---- The Guru Granth Sahib; Guru Nanak Dev; Ashtapadiyan or Octets, Siree Raag, 8:4.
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Use Wealth for Pious Ends. {4.}

Use Wealth for Pious Ends. {4.}
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“And spend in the Cause of Allah
and do not throw yourselves into destruction
{by not spending your wealth in the Cause of Allah},
and do good.
Truly, Allah loves Al-Muhsinoon {the good-doers}.

---- The Quran; Surah: Al-Baqara, Verse: 195.
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Just Love the Lord Wholeheartedly. {3.}

Just Love the Lord Wholeheartedly. {3.}
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“Love the Lord your God
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
and with all your strength.”

---- The Bible; The Old Testament, Deuteronomy, 6.4-6.
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