The Sacred Vow of the Society of Advocates
(4th Congregation, or beginner’s vow)
Beloved Bhagavan Avatar Adi Da Samraj,
Having studied and “considered” Your Word and Leela, I recognize that Your Divine Instruction, Demonstration, and Blessing-Transmission are an incomparable Gift. I therefore choose to make this vow of a free and direct devotional relationship to You as a fourth congregation member of the Transnational Society of Advocates of the Adidam Revelation. I accept Your Graceful Offering to live and serve as Your devotee. I understand that my responsive relationship to You is the sacred Means whereby I am Blessed by the Divine Freedom and Happiness that is Your own Love-Blissful Condition and Your Supreme Gift to Your devotees. I enter into this relationship with respect and love, knowing that it is not in any sense a conventional or worldly matter. Rather, I understand that my relationship to You is a profound and serious commitment that obliges me to resort to You consistently and to serve You steadfastly and energetically. I understand that by these means I become progressively more and more available to Your Transforming Grace.
As a fourth congregation member of the Society of Advocates, I understand that my primary obligation is to practice Ruchira Buddha Yoga (the Yoga, or practice, of devotional love of You, the Ruchira Buddha). I will do this by practicing the technically “simplest” practice of feeling-Contemplation of You, in which I simply Invoke You, feel You, breathe You, and serve You.
You have Said, “The technically ‘simplest’ practice is a profound practice. Although it does not include all the technical details of the more elaborate forms of practice, it is the same process and the same opportunity that I Offer to all My devotees. I can Awaken to Myself any being who really practices the technically ‘simplest’ practice. It is simply a matter of surrendering to Me, and becoming utterly combined with Me through that devotional surrender. You must simply do that, in direct relationship to Me, such that I am making My connection to You.”
I also understand that my sadhana as a fourth congregation member of the Society of Advocates is to be principally expressed through my offering of consistent service to You, including (but not limited to) service to the publications missions (which is the particular responsibility of all members of the Society of Advocates), as well as a consistent monthly or regular pledge according to my means. I promise that through this direct, energetic, and always heartfelt service, I will do my utmost to advance Your Circumstance and Divine World-work, guided by Your Instructions, and in cooperation with my fellow devotees. I vow to consistently maintain and enlarge my service to You so that I may increasingly receive and be transformed by Your Blessing-Grace.
Beloved Bhagavan Adi Da, I thank You from my heart for the Gift of this free and most sacred relationship. I embrace You as Divine Guru, Giver of Truth and Heart-Blessing to all beings. I bow down to You with love and devotion.
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