The devotee keeps his Beloved clasped tightly to his heart. The fools perform devotional worship by showing off they dance and dance and jump all around, but they only suffer in terrible pain.
Quotes about devotee (16 Quotes)
I was a new devotee of Eastern mysticism and even though I did not join that particular group, I could well have done. They seemed a bit extreme but I regarded myself as not quite ready.
I design for the devotee of Modern classics, a new generation of furniture buyer who is more collector than customer,
Listen, O devotee, who has ever attained liberation after such a death
One who does not hate any creature, who is friendly and compassionate, free from (the notion of) I'' and my'', even-minded in pain and pleasure, forgiving and The yogi who is ever content, who has subdued the mind, whose resolve is firm, whose mind and intellect are engaged in dwelling upon Me such a devotee is dear to Me.
The Lord to his devotee Love me, love me alone. Love yourself in me, in me alone. Attach yourself to me, No one is more inward than I. Others love you for their own sakes, I love you for yourself. And you, you flee from me. Dearly beloved ... if you approach me, It is because I have approached you. I am nearer to you than yourself, Than your soul, than your breath. Who among creatures Would treat you as I do I am jealous of you over you, I want you to belong to no other, Not even to yourself. Be mine, be for me as you are in me, Though you are not even aware of it.
The whole world is engrossed in bad deeds and good deeds. God's devotee is above both, but those who understand this are very rare.
O jackal, leave aside the body of that man at once, whose hands have never given in charity, whose ears have not heard the voice of learning, whose eyes have not beheld a pure devotee of the Lord, whose feet have never traversed to holy places, whose belly is filled with things obtained by crooked practices, and whose head is held high in vanity. Do not eat it, O jackal, otherwise you will become polluted.
Thus the creation as well as the knowledge and the object of knowledge have been briefly described. Understanding this, My devotee attains Me.
A poor devotee points to the sky and says, God is up there. An average devotee says, God dwells in the heart as the Inner Master. The best devotee says, God alone is and everything I perceive is a form of God.
Paraphrased The devotee who is faithful to the divine Name that is His Lord recognizes his Beloved in every Beloved and in every divine Name the totality of Names, because among the divine Names there is a sympathetic union.
What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes neither learned nor a pure devotee of the Lord
He alone is a devotee, who looks alike upon pleasure and pain, he is imbued with the Name of the Lord.
A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On.
For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him.
Know that there is no difference between the Guru, the True Guru, and your Lord and Master. Meeting with Him, take pleasure in the Lord's devotional service. Says Nanak, O mortal, in the fourth watch of the night, the life-night of the devotee is fruitful