In English
External and internal are both essential
Mere gymnastics will not do; the (the Song of God) can be used as a (Messenger from God) if only you welcome It into your heart. Once a famous was expounding the before a massive gathering; he gave an elaborate explanation of the (verse) recounting the Glory of the Lord, through the media of different epithets. The Lord, he said, is (He knows the past, the present and the future), (the Ageless One, the effulgent light and life-spirit in all beings), (He who lays down the Law which regulate the Mind and lead it on to its source and sustenance, the Universal Spirit). The audience was amazed at his encyclopaedic scholarship; but, that was all. He had no experience of the God whom he was delineating in such attractive colours. He had only learnt it from books, parrot-like from teachers. You must be guarded against pride that infects the scholar who has mastered a certain number of ancient texts. Do not judge others as inferior, because they do not participate in (group devotional singing), (public devotional singing by moving groups), or your type of Study Circles. You can be very wrong, if you estimate a person's spiritual development, by mere externals. Inner purity cannot express itself through pompous show. Only He who sees into every heart can know who resides therein: or (God or selfish desire). Of course, disciplines like bhajan, Nagarasankeerthan and (silent repetition of God's name) are needed for cleansing the mind; to cure the terrible malady of birth and death, the external medication of these (spiritual practices) and internal medication of and (meditation and virtuous conduct) are both essential. External discipline is (the acquisition of righteousness as a way of living); internal discipline is (the acquisition of spiritual experience as a perpetual treasure). That is why the command "" - "Always speak Truth. Always do Right." This is. the way to God.