Thou hast strengthened me with the exhortation of acts ;
Truth.
Do all things faithfully that are necessary to be
Thou hast instructed me with the instruction of
done?
enlightenment.
This also is the true renunciation.
Master. Blessed is he who obeys the Truth,
Sever not thyself from the world,
He shall not remain comfortless, but shall receive But relingnish all love for the world and its the benediction of peace.
pleasures ;
Do thy work in the world without thought of
4. Of Renunciation
personal ends?
This, again, is the true renunciation.
Not by the outer things of the world is a man
Disciple. Teacher divine ! Thy light is breaking in defiled ;
upon my mind,
He is defiled by the low desires of his heart.
To renounce the world, and not to relinguish to
will renounce ;
clinging to self?
I will obliterate them from my mind ;
This is the false renunciation.
I will abolish them from my inmost heart ;
Not from riches or poverty,
For now I see how they lead men into ways of
Not from wife or children,
blindless ;
Not from power and servitude?
That they make snares of suffering for the feet of
Not from these things do afflictions spring.
men ;
From indolence and self - indulgence,
That they dig deep pits of sorrow for men to fall
From lust and coveteousness,
therein.
From hatred and pride?
I rejoice, O Divine One ! in that which thou hast
From these things only do afflictions spring.
revealed to me ;
Renounce the evil within, and the things of the
For thou hast opened unto me the highway of
world will not defile thee ;
holiness ;
Put away all thought of self, and whatsoever thou Thou hast pointed out to me the straight path doest it will bring to thee no suffering;
of peace;
In all thy duties forsake the thought of self, and
Thou hast shown me how to walk the sure way of
sorrow will never overtake thee.
wisdom.
He who quitteth a duty that is irksome,
Thee will I follow; lead me to thy Law.
Seeking happiness thereby ;
Master. Blessed is he who follows where I lead ;
He who fleeth from the scene of temptation.
He shall ascend unto high and Heavenly Places;
Seeking strength thereby;
He shall behold with the vision that is faultless ;
He who abandoneth his obligations,
He shall see with the eye of truth which
Seeking bliss thereby,?
comprehendeth all things.
Such a man, O disciple ! falsely renounces ;
He is deluded, and will not attain to purity of heart. 5. Of Purity of Heart
As a brave soldier, when death is inevitable does
Disciple. While I am undergoing thy discipline and
not desert his post,
purification,
Thinking of duty only, and not of self-preservation, While walking the holy way of renunciation, So he who renounces truely, remains in his place in Let me behold the beauty of thy Purity ;
the world,
Reveal to me the Purity which is divine ;
Performing all his duties steadfastly, not thinking of For I would know the Highest, even Truth : self.
I would gaze upon thy face, O Master !
