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The Name alone is the Truth

Ravidas, Ravidas poetry, Yoga / Hindu, Yoga / Hindu poetry,  poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Sikh poetry by Ravidas
(1398? - 1448?) Timeline

Yoga / Hindu
Sikh
15th Century

The Name alone is the Truth,
O Ravidas, It was true in the beginning and
shall remain true in the end. It destroyeth all
sins and sufferings, and is, indeed, the mine of
all true Bliss.

Steeped in meditation with one-pointed
attention, practice devotion to God, O Ravidas.
Let the automatic repetition be continued within,
reverberating Sat Naam.

When surat merges into the Shabda,
and becomes one with It, then one obtains the
Supreme Bliss. The lamp burns inside, O
Ravidas, and Divine Bliss arises within.

 

 

 

Themes

  Bliss
 
 
 
 


Recommended Books


Guru Ravidas: Life and Teachings (Mystics of the East series) , by K. N. Upadhyaya
Songs and Saints from the Adi Granth, Translated by Nirmal Dass
Songs of the Saints of India, Translated by John Stratton Hawley / Translated by Mark Juergensmeyer
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Translated by Gurbachan S. Talib
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Translated by Winand M. Callewaert

 

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