The Master’s Philanthropy

Tulsi Sahib enumerates here the gifts that the Master bestows on his disciple. Not only does he guide the disciple in his daily conduct; he also gives him inestimable help in the spiritual journey within.

Oh think thou deeply and deliberate;
 Without the guidance of a Master
 The way cannot ever be found.
He will dye thee in satsang’s colour,
 Take thy soul to regions celestial,
 And reveal the firmament within.
If thou desirest to revel
 In realms spiritual within thine own self,
 None will help thee except the Saints.
In a short moment wilt thou depart,
 And thy body be reduced to dust.
Thy Master alone, O Tulsi, will show
 The entrance back to thy Home.
_{Tulsi Sahib, Saint of Hathras}