This video is based on excerpts from a talk by Dr Harbhajan Singh on 27 October 1989 in St. Gilgen
Sant Kirpal Singh — The Lion of Mercy by Dr Harbhajan Singh (12:56)
In the heart of the beloved Master
remains the lover, in no way He leaves him.
Sant Kirpal Singh said that a time will come,
when those who have met Him will weep
and those who have not met Him, they will also weep!
Because that Power will remain too near to them.
They will not be able to see Him physically,
but they will realize His presence all the time
with them — that was His wish.
He has left the body, but He has not left the work.
His competency, His grace has started to flow more and more.
— Harbhajan Singh
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Whenever Masters come in the world, They are liberated, and They come to liberate us.
They put away the shackles, which we are wearing and then for certain people They are very beneficial — for those, who become conscious, for those, who follow Their way. They solve all the problems of their life and they become happy in the world as well as in the beyond — their purpose (of life) is fully established.
It was the wish of Sant Kirpal Singh to develop each one of His children. I tell you from heart, He is very close to each one of us. But these are the thoughts of the disciple, these are the thoughts of the child, which keeps him separate, or which keeps him away from the Master.
Otherwise this Master Power is very near — too close to the disciple and this is but natural, this is to be understood.
Because you feel His remembrance — He is there.
You become receptive — He is there.
He has not to come from outside — he is already there.
It is spoken — these words are spoken,
but now these words are practical.
You do it — and He is there!
What a big grace!
Really it is a very big grace.
So this credit goes to the Master and only that one can know His competency, whom He wishes, though He loves everybody.
His purpose in the world was to bring a flood of Spirituality — an awakening in the world. Once someone has understood even a little bit about the Master and with the grace of the Master — it is a big thing in the world.
In higher planes and even everywhere in the world, truth or consciousness is the main weapon, to overcome all worldly problems, even all the riddles of our life, whereas you cannot solve those problems — even if you may come million times into the world.
What a big grace!
With only right understanding and with consciousness you could do, whatever was impossible — it was the grace of the Master.
This is such a subject, which nobody except that of the Saint or that Saint, who reveals this truth to the other, could solve it — it is the biggest thing in the world, it is the biggest grace in the world. This grace, which is working now, it wants to work more and more. It wants to give you very steady and constant vibration.
We are living in the body, but there is really no life in it.
The real life is not there — it is superficial life.
We are controlled by the God Power, Master Power —
He had initiated us, and His purpose is
to bless us with the very real life.
Life is a determination.
Without determination there is no life!
Once this determination comes in you and start to work for you,
you can be helped by the Master Power within.
What He used to say?
He said, “Man making is difficult, but to realize the God is not difficult”, because He is too near. He wants the child, He comes for the child, He loves the child, He has no other purpose in the world.
You have the remembrance,
you have the sweet remembrance —
your body becomes the abode of the Master —
you dwell in Him and He dwells in you!
What beautiful life it is!
Kabir says,
“People remember Him, or meditate in Him,
when they are in troubles —
when they are happy, they do not remember Him.”
He says,
“If you remember Him, while you are happy —
why the trouble would come to you?”
The trouble won’t come to you!
— Kabir
“Truth is above all but true living is still above truth”, mean to say without true living there is no truth.
I tell you, “Without the sweet remembrance of the God, without the sweet remembrance of the Master, there is no true living.” In reality true living is that factor, which keeps you in constant touch with Master, in constant sweet remembrance with Master, so that you don’t forget Him and He does not forget you.
This love is very reciprocal.
This vibration, we don’t have to get it
from anywhere else — it is already there.
You have been given this living contact
by the grace of the Master —
make the best use of it. He is there.
So His purpose is very unique in the world, and it is that purpose, which will detach you from the world once for all — then, why you come (again) into the world? He may have to take a lot of work from you! But once He detaches you from the world, He won’t let you come back. I tell you, this thing you won’t get anywhere in the world! This is your heritage — you have got it.
Whatever we can do in this very physical body
that is not so easy and possible after leaving the body —
here are the hours — there are the years!
Such big difference!
If there is only a little bit difference, then there is no need of any concession, but the difference is very big! So this is why, Masters always tell us, that (the physical body) is a Golden Opportunity for you.
For how long you will like to live in the world?
Yes we should have a wish to live in the world with Master, not alone! If you are alone in the world — then you will be affected (by the mind and Maya) here, somewhere there, somewhere there — you will be affected — definitely!
Kabir says, throughout His life He missed (to remember) the name of His Master only two times — in thoughts.
He never missed His Master even in thoughts and this two times seems to be like 50 years, as if He was away from the Master 50 years.
When you remember the Master —
Master remembers you.
You belong to Him and He belongs to you.
Then where is the world?
To whom the world belongs?
This is what used to happen in our life.
We sometimes forgot
that there is world or there is no world.
It was so much grace of His love —
all the moments we used to feel in His Mission.
It was very beautiful.
— Harbhajan Singh
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The Lion of Mercy
Question: But does it not have a meaning? Singh means something and Kirpal means . . . ?
Master: Kirpal means Merciful.
Question: And Singh?
Master: Singh means Lion. When the two are put together: Lion of Mercy. So, His ways are full of mercy. He is very strict, mind that. He has got an iron hand, but His gloves are very smooth-like.
— From the book “Light of Kirpal” — chapter 87 “Don’t Forget Him”
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Kirpal, the Saviour and Sustainer of the child,
Bless all, who still need Your help and guide.
— Harbhajan Singh
(from poem “Master’s Grace” — in book “Forever with Master, vol. 1” — PDF page 68)