Real Worship that leads to Salvation is that of the Name
Real worship of the Lord is rare. It cannot be adequately described.
Oh Saints, rare is the worship of the Lord; one cannot adequately praise it.
It is so hard to obtain that devotional worship of the Lord, oh Saints. It cannot be described at all.
Guru Amar Das –
Adi Granth, Ramkali M3, Ashtapadi, p. 910
Everything other than the Lord is unclean. What can we offer Him? All the world worships Him, but, as it is worldly, the worship is not fruitful. Those who are absorbed in the Shabd, are pure and blessed. There is no true worship save that of the Name. This is the real worship. The entire world is lost in delusion. So far as worship is concerned, many persons do it, but as they do not know the true method of worship, they are entangled in duality and doubt.
Everyone worships God, but the egotistical man knows not the Reality. If one is absorbed in the Word and his mind becomes pure, he truly worships. People are deluded. A true devotee realizes himself by meditating on the Name.
They who are attuned to the Lord through the Word, are pure beings and they sparkle with Truth. Without the Name, none can worship God. Without It the world wanders in doubt. The God-Conscious being realizes himself. Attuned to the Lord's Name.
He, the Immaculate God Himself, makes us worship Him through Guru's Word and makes it fruitful. If one worships, but knows not the way, His mind is stained with the love of the other. Only a true devotee knows what worship is, within his mind is enshrined the Lord's Name.
Everyone worships Him, oh Saints, but the self-willed Manmukh is not accepted or approved. If someone dies in the Word of the Shabd, his mind becomes immaculate, oh Saints; such worship is accepted and approved.
Sanctified and pure are those true beings, who enshrine love for the Shabd. There is no worship of the Lord, other than the Name; the world wanders, deluded by doubt. The Gurumukh understands his own self, oh Saints; he lovingly centers his mind on the Lord’s Name.
The Immaculate Lord Himself inspires worship of Him; through the Word of the Guru’s Shabd, it is accepted and approved. Those who worship Him, but do not know the Way, are polluted with the love of duality. One who becomes Gurumukh, knows what worship is; the Lord’s Will abides within his mind.
Guru Amar Das –
Adi Granth, Ramkali M3, Ashtapadi, p. 910
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