Chanting Naam, Yet Still Travelling by Bicycle!

A brief utterance of Revered Maharaj Ji. Watch the video above to hear the full discourse.

Full Discourse

Maharaj Ji, I chant Ram naam, but I still travel only by bicycle. I am not becoming wealthy. How much naam are you chanting now, that your worldly vision still persists? Suppose you were sent to a country where you get a house, a wife, sons, friends, everything, but when you return to your own country, everything will be snatched away. Tell me, would you like to live in such a country? That country is this Mrityu Lok, the mortal world. Here everything is snatched away. When death comes, what goes along? The wealth of naam.

Kabir Das Ji is saying this very thing:

Kabira sab jag nirdhna
Kabira, the whole world is poor,

because when one departs, everything will be snatched away.

dhanvant nahi koi to dhanvant kaun hai
So who is truly wealthy?

dhanvant soi janie jake Ram naam dhan hoe
Know that person to be wealthy who has the wealth of Ram naam,

because when he departs, he takes the wealth of the Lord's name with him, and no one can snatch it away. He may be a devotee of the Lord, and he may not even have a pair of sandals for his feet. He may even have a problem getting food. But even Brahma, the greatest of the wealthy, is not equal to him. The naam jaapak is that wealthy. If the naam jaapak desires these worldly things, they will be fulfilled.

This text has been taken from the video's auto-generated subtitles, so there may be word errors in it. For the authentic discourse, be sure to listen to the video.

Original video: Bhajan Marg (YouTube)