Vinaya Chalisa

Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram
Vinaya Chalisa

I am ignorant and totally without any Faith or devotion.

I don’t know how to pray to You, still, I offer this prayer in all humility.

  1. Jai Jai Neem Karoli Baba. Purify my heart with your Grace.
  2. How can I sing your praises when I don’t know your name or anything about you?
  3. With one Grace-filled glance you destroy sickness, grief, and suffering.
  4. Only by your Grace can anyone know who you are.
  5. Offering you everything is the way to true happiness.
  6. Just to see and touch you, Lord, fills one’s heart and home with happiness and prosperity.
  7. Jai Jai Oh Saint! You bring happiness to the devotees,
    giving spiritual attainment and wealth.
  8. You are Vishnu, Rama and Krishna. You wander free, like a God,
    satisfying the needs of those you meet.
  9. Again and again I sing Jai to you! You are Hanuman right before my eyes.
  10. Now I know what Vibhishan said is absolutely true.
  11. “No one can meet a saint without God’s grace,
    and with that Grace comes the end of suffering.”
  12. I realized this in my heart the first day I saw you.
  13. The troubles of those who fill their hearts with you are destroyed.
  14. Jai! My beloved Gurudev, in all ways I have become yours.
  15. Bless me now. Let me feel the great peace that destroys suffering.
  16. Please wipe out the sickness, grief and suffering
    that are preventing me from chanting Ram’s name continuously.
  17. Bless me with the boons that will allow me to obtain supreme salvation.
  18. /19. Oh Lord, bless me that in every way I may worship Hari,
    and be freed from jealousy, hatred and confusion,
    so that I can always serve the saints.

 

  1. Give me everything and take me across the ocean of the world.
  2. The fruit of all my past good deeds is refuge in You.
  3. Jai Jai Jai! Beloved Gurudev. Again and again I offer my all to you.
  4. /24/25. Oh Lord, this is how you live: Your way of eating and dressing is so simple,
    no one can tell you are a Sadhu. Your words are deeply mysterious,
    and you know what goes on in every home.

 

  1. You can turn non-believers into believers when, in an instant,
    you give a glimpse of your pure consciousness.
  2. Followers of all religions bow their heads in prayer to you.
  3. Totally free of selfishness, free of desire,
    you wander about only to fulfill the desires of devotees.
  4. Oh Lord, I don’t know how to pray to you. How will I ever get your Grace?
  5. You are the protector of saints and the staff for the devotees to lean on.
  6. You even fulfill the desires of wicked people when they take refuge in you.
  7. Why should anyone be surprised at this? It is the simple nature of a true Saint.
  8. So now have that kind of compassion on me and purify my mind, heart and body.
  9. /35/36. Continually singing your praises brings a whole load of virtues
    as well as happiness and wealth, making it possible for us
    to joyfully fulfill our purpose in life and find true peace at the time of death.

 

  1. The four fruits of life are easy to obtain with your Grace.
  2. Save me! Save me! You are my refuge…remove all my troubles and suffering.
  3. It is the greatest luck we could ever have to see and touch your wonderful form.
  4. I have done no good deeds and am without any intelligence.
    It is only by your Grace that I could describe even this small part of you.

Oh Gurudev! You are an ocean of Grace.
Please accept these flowers of faith that I offer at your feet.

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