1837.] from the Grant has of the Daditpanthi Sect. 485 



17. Ye forget God, who was indefatigable in forming every thing, and 

 who keepeth every thing in order ; ye destroy his doctrines. Remember 

 God, for he endued your body with life : remember that beloved one, who 

 placed you in the womb, reared and nourished you. 



18. Preserve God in your hearts, and put faith into your minds, so 

 that by God's power your expectations may be realized. 



19. He taketh food and employment, and distributeth them. God is 

 near ; he is always with me. 



20. In order that he may diffuse happiness, God becometh subservient 

 to all ; and although the knowledge of this is in the hearts of the foolish, 

 yet will they not praise his name. 



21. Although the people every where stretch out their hands to God ; 

 although his power is so extensive, yet is he sometimes subservient to all. 



22. Oh God, thou art as it were exceeding riches ; thy regulations are 

 without compare, thou art the chief of every world, yet remainest invisible. 



23. Dadu sayeth, I will become the sacrifice of the Godhead ; of 

 him who supporteth every thing ; of him who is able, in one moment, to 

 rear every description of animal, from a worm even to an elephant. 



21. Take such food and raiment as it may please God to provide you 

 with. You require naught besides. 



25. Those men who are contented, eat of the morsel which is from 

 God. Oh disciple ! why do you wish for other food, which resembles 

 carrion ? 



26. He that partaketh of but one grain of the love of God, shall be 

 released from the sinfulness of all his doubts and actions. Who need cook, 

 or who need grind ? Wherever ye cast your eyes, ye may see provisions. 



27. Meditate on the nature of your bodies, which resemble earthen 

 vessels ; and put every thing away from them, which is not allied to God. 



28. Dadu sayeth, I take for my spiritual food, the water and the 

 leaf of Ra'm. For the world I care not, but God's love is unfathomable. 



29. Whatever is the will of God, will assuredly happen ; therefore do 

 not destroy yourselves by anxiety, but listen. 



30. What hope can those have elsewhere, even if they wandered over 

 the whole earth, who abandon God? oh foolish one! righteous men who 

 have meditated on this subject, advise you to abandon all things but God, 

 since all other things are affliction. 



31. It will be impossible for you to profit any thing, if you are not with 

 God, even if you were to wander from country to country ; therefore, oh 

 ignorant, abandon all other things, for they are affliction, and listen to the 

 voice of the holy. 



32. Accept with patience the offering of truth, believing it to be true ; 

 fix your heart on God, and be humble as though you were dead. 



33. He who meditateth on the wisdom which is concealed, eateth his 

 morsel and is without desires. The holy praise his name, who hath 

 no illusion. 



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