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The mind is very attracted to sensory objects; even if many means are employed, the mind does not desist, as its nature is to love the senses. Mind is engrossed in duality and experiences many kinds of suffering. It gives much hardship to the inner self.
Conquer this mind and then meet the Divine. After meeting the Divine there will be no suffering left.
*** Oh mind, why are you so engrossed in the body and attached to the ego? Consider that this body is filled with foul smells and is most impure. Whatever things you may be delighted by in the body are all marked for destruction (at the time of death).
*** Meditate on the form of God, repeating the Divine name while keeping the holy feet of your spiritual preceptor fixed in your heart (surrender yourself in the feet of the Guru]. Show reverence to the preceptor as though he were the Lord himself.
*** Those who have performed the repetition of God's name live naturally within the will of God. Even the god of death and the god of time are slaves at their holy feet
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If you keep the form of your spiritual preceptor (God) in your heart then you will have all your desires fulfilled.
Oh wandering deranged mind, remain at the guru's feet and repeat the name of God, meditating on the holy Name. Only then the god of death (Yama) will be fearful of you, and suffering will also cease to exist.
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