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SELECTED VERSES FROM SALOKO MOTO ON SREWA

Pir Shams


The true Teacher says that, conduct your worship the satpanth (Sirat-ul-Mustaqeem - Ismaili) way

concentrate on Hazir Imam along with the Jamat

and do not have your mind on slander

because it causes loss of religion ...1 (148)


The true Teacher says our followers are

The ones who submit their dasond

such ones are so humble that if anyone slenders them

Yet they would not utter a word (as a back lash) ...2 (139)


The true Teacher says our followers are those

Who do not slander anyone

The rest are all our followers also

but they will be rejected (for want of this equality) ...3 (140)


The true Teacher says our followers are those

who are detached (blind) from the world

Wherever there is a slander being talked

they do not keep their mind there ...4 (141)


The true Teacher says our followers become so

when they become the souls of satpanth (Sirat-ul-Mustaqeem)

Such are not of satpanth (Sirat-ul-Mustaqeem)

but are thieves ...5 (142)


The true Teacher says life of satpanthi is the best

all accept them as follows (of truth)

Such satpanthi when they utter lies

they know them to be those of unworthy life ...6 (143)


The true Teacher says do not be attached to keeping

aloof (from love of truth)

By being aloof (from truth) no salvation can be attained

Worship the Master with truth (in your hearts)

Then the sins will never approach you ...7 (23)


The true Teacher says the Pir and Imam are both

from the same essence

He dwells in the form of a Muslim

Worship Him with true heart

Do not bring in any falsehood (in your minds) ...8 (28)