tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99152162024-03-13T06:44:28.527+05:30hermit's chroniclesThe Truth is simple.
Sadly, the mind isn't.shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.comBlogger194125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-536014344796570912024-02-16T11:59:00.007+05:302024-02-16T11:59:50.193+05:30What is meditation? Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche's answer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir636FIA92Em5QF1vuGWs3w2Cac4EClPDSHgJikdnNKYUc7pceh1hpn_-Zu1wpVlxG6-NrstSQPdlaabb7RMY81yy-JWTwKXcWzQZ_SaVfOpLRqBEYP7U-YWbhGjCs20xCIARP9UGuvOpvMbnNGIAQ8xzTDaAHSDEb-4RFBLJowzBokn07IJ5Y/s600/315628726_10157774675407168_2317542543633819849_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir636FIA92Em5QF1vuGWs3w2Cac4EClPDSHgJikdnNKYUc7pceh1hpn_-Zu1wpVlxG6-NrstSQPdlaabb7RMY81yy-JWTwKXcWzQZ_SaVfOpLRqBEYP7U-YWbhGjCs20xCIARP9UGuvOpvMbnNGIAQ8xzTDaAHSDEb-4RFBLJowzBokn07IJ5Y/s320/315628726_10157774675407168_2317542543633819849_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Sogyal Rinpoche recounts this episode in <i>The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying</i>:<p></p><p>Apa Pant told me this story. One day our master Jamyang Khyentse was watching a ‘Lama Dance’ in front of the Palace Temple in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, and he was chuckling at the antics of the atsara, the clown who provides light relief between dances. Apa Pant kept pestering him, asking him again and again how to meditate, so this time when my master replied, it was in such a way as to let him know that he was telling him once and for all:</p><p>“Look, it’s like this: When the past thought has ceased, and the future thought has not yet risen, isn't there a gap?”</p><p>“Yes,” said Apa Pant.</p><p>“Well, prolong it: That is meditation.”<br /><br /></p>shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-72572986509304299982024-02-16T11:24:00.005+05:302024-02-16T11:54:33.483+05:30What is meditation? Ramana Maharshi's answer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7uZygFB6PcqiYb4I-FNi5K4pgWezj6yW0HgaC-lxOibJ_pBGDRdS8KBcJN_vL43bNbBwxKFmFopXdhBJeqq32RE-bqNo14nTfctaL7SB5A7OdDtUIEMep5PrRpsUPotRxZq2JkqA5tAnRuYcVrBIgkHIPjFg77nLtJ6PLpoikL5OY41tAYGq/s266/285573771_10157537531732168_2025390258264977502_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="194" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7uZygFB6PcqiYb4I-FNi5K4pgWezj6yW0HgaC-lxOibJ_pBGDRdS8KBcJN_vL43bNbBwxKFmFopXdhBJeqq32RE-bqNo14nTfctaL7SB5A7OdDtUIEMep5PrRpsUPotRxZq2JkqA5tAnRuYcVrBIgkHIPjFg77nLtJ6PLpoikL5OY41tAYGq/s1600/285573771_10157537531732168_2025390258264977502_n.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><br />This was a question haunting a small boy. His parents were at wit's end, as they could not explain it in a simple language the boy could comprehend.<br /><br />Once the family went for a darshan to Shri Ramana Maharshi. The boy put forward his question to Ramana Maharshi.<br /><br />Shri Ramana laughed to himself. Then with smiling face, he asked his devotee to serve the boy a dosa from the kitchen. <br /><br />So, on a plain leaf, a dosa was served. Shri Ramana looked at the boy and said,<br /><br />"Now I will say 'Hmm.' Then only you should start eating. Then again I will say 'Hmm.' After that no piece of dosa should be left on your plate."<br /><br />The boy agreed. He was so excited. Others were watching expectantly. Now the boy was eagerly waiting for the signal by looking at Shri Ramana's face. When he gave the signal "Hmm" the boy started eating. Now his attention was on Shri Ramana. He wanted to finish the dosa before the second signal. <br /><br />The boy was eating the dosa in a hurry, tearing big chunks of dosa, but all the time keeping his attention on Shri Ramana. The dosa was reducing in size gradually. There was a small piece left. <br /><br />The boy was looking anxiously at Shri Ramana for the second signal. The moment he gave the signal, the boy immediately put the dosa in his mouth. <br /><br />Now Shri Ramana asked him, "Where was your attention till now? On me or on dosa?"<br /><br />The boy replied, "On both."<br /><br />Shri Ramana said, "Yes. You were actively involved in finishing dosa, with your attention on me. You were not distracted at all. Like this when you do your daily activities with your attention or thoughts on God in the back ground, it is known as meditation."<br /><br />The two signals "Hmm" are birth and death. Within these two events, one can engage in meditation, as demonstrated by Shri Ramana Maharshi. But to understand this we all need divine grace to mellow and mature.<p></p><p>We all differ from each other and hence take different time to comprehend this great truth.</p>shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-29929627192005753292024-02-16T11:12:00.006+05:302024-02-16T11:16:25.847+05:30Close encounters of the Guru kind<div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLvI3mrVFrVULm_ojcsFB7oVRmOKoDsqsoj7xQLE1BtFpuC3-0otgRsPqE94UFnTMNZc6W6oDm11f3n0H5qrANV-6DNh3bx3ttMZDRKC7a8AMr5WKvT6L9pMLWSw5CznC0YT6IxCajjmlQRIhyoeunhe5xzdv_-pu7_zJyUUX2HhdRFWqyUiy/s512/411676475_10158372501052168_1703479449668844017_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="346" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLvI3mrVFrVULm_ojcsFB7oVRmOKoDsqsoj7xQLE1BtFpuC3-0otgRsPqE94UFnTMNZc6W6oDm11f3n0H5qrANV-6DNh3bx3ttMZDRKC7a8AMr5WKvT6L9pMLWSw5CznC0YT6IxCajjmlQRIhyoeunhe5xzdv_-pu7_zJyUUX2HhdRFWqyUiy/w238-h366/411676475_10158372501052168_1703479449668844017_n.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><p> Somehow, right from day one, I had very few questions for my Guruji,
Ramesh Balsekar. This is not to imply that I was wise or knew
everything; it simply means that I was in love and for some reason
questions did not arise. However I did have some interactions with him
that left a deep imprint on my memory.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The first one happened the day I met him. I had been blown over by his book 'Consciousness Speaks'. And then by an interesting chain of circumstances I was led to meet him at his Gamadia Road home in Mumbai. (I have narrated the entire sequence of events in <i>How I Met Ramesh</i> published by Zen Publications. This is a compilation of accounts by a large number of spiritual seekers who mysteriously landed up at Rameshji's doors).<br /><br />Those days the satsangs were yet to begin and you met him one-on-one. So we three – my spiritual mentor Guru Dayalji, his dear friend solicitor Mahendra Patel, and yours truly – trooped into the small room and sat at his feet. Once we had settled down, Rameshji turned to Guru Dayalji and with that trademark twinkle in his eyes, asked, ‘So Guru Dayal, you still have a question?’ Dayalji laughed and said, ‘No sir, I have no question. But he (pointing to me) has a question.’ So now Rameshji turned to me. ‘So what is your question?’ I gathered up courage and began, ‘When I sit down to do Vipassana…’ And then an amazing thing happened. The question dissolved! All four of us were laughing so much we had tears in our eyes. When we stopped laughing, Rameshji asked me, ‘Do you still have a question?’ I shook my head. And that was that. <br /><br />The second encounter. This was a few months after I met Rameshji. Life had suddenly encountered very severe turbulence on all fronts – work, business, finance, relationships. I happened to bump into a friend and former colleague at Churchgate railway station. ‘Hey what’s happened?! Why are you looking like this?!’ I told him all that had happened. Then my friend (his father had been one of India’s best-known tantrics) held me by my shoulders and shepherded me to the counter of the tiny chemist store at the station. There he borrowed a ballpoint pen from the sales person and compassionately jotted down three mantras for me on a scrap of paper. ‘You must chant these every single day. Trust me, everything will be fine.’ <br /><br />I took the paper and thanked him. Now the problem was that, intellectually, the idea of volitionally doing something to achieve a desired objective, posed a problem. So the next day I went to my Guruji, sat at his feet and told him exactly what had happened and how the friend had asked me to chant some mantras. ‘Now, the question is, if everything is just happening and nobody is doing anything... well, the question is, WHO is doing the mantra?!” Barely had the words come out of my mouth when, in a spontaneous burst of energy, Rameshji almost propelled himself from his chair, his eyes blazing wide and round, and exclaimed: “The one who is afflicted is doing the mantra!”</p><p></p><p></p>shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-86148282848112393032024-02-16T11:02:00.005+05:302024-02-16T11:55:46.850+05:30Inexplicably happy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0W4yX9gjoUneS43Siyx5aVCJHESYg_0eoeyc-fS5z_xR8E_1uYbpV1vvuQnTQuV1Wk9YGgTGqx4ObDcmFuBglKLl865ZUoU2RV34kSH5eEs9y1dOx4r9wwvvtNl8uiO2Y0JeglA612v5UsCYRMk9fvfVY2Vta77VmFEddpO1-1ylxmB43o-Zw/s701/281370301_10157510149397168_8869828911684956027_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0W4yX9gjoUneS43Siyx5aVCJHESYg_0eoeyc-fS5z_xR8E_1uYbpV1vvuQnTQuV1Wk9YGgTGqx4ObDcmFuBglKLl865ZUoU2RV34kSH5eEs9y1dOx4r9wwvvtNl8uiO2Y0JeglA612v5UsCYRMk9fvfVY2Vta77VmFEddpO1-1ylxmB43o-Zw/w428-h571/281370301_10157510149397168_8869828911684956027_n.jpg" width="428" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Wherever she looks<br />She finds reason to smile<br />In farce, beauty, peace, celebration<br />Sheer joy bursts forth from trivia<br />She’s inexplicably happy.<br /><br />The black cat meditates<br />Unblinking, with remarkable poise<br />The Gulmohar blooms <br />Setting the drab street on fire<br />She’s inexplicably happy.<br /><br />The frowning child in the pram<br />The chatty mother<br />Prattling on in English<br />Early introduction to education<br />She’s inexplicably happy.<br /><br />Giant tetrapods lie<br />Spread-eagled on the shrinking shore<br />Crabs crawling in crevices<br />Empty beer bottles the new flotsam <br />She’s inexplicably happy.<br /><br />A crowded lift<br />Three giggling teens<br />Keds, kneelength tees, mobiles<br />Torn jeans, breathless gossip<br />She’s inexplicably happy.<br /><br />The doubting mind asks<br />Is this temp? Will this last?<br />Her eyes sparkling<br />She smiles and shrugs, Who cares?!<br />This moment, here and now<br />I’m inexplicably happy.<br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><br />shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-57556765115788671402024-02-02T15:34:00.000+05:302024-02-02T15:34:20.850+05:30The background drone of ‘I Want’<p>At a Hindustani musical concert, the tanpura comes in first and exits last. The musician/vocalist begins after the tanpura and performs using the steady drone of the tanpura as the reference point. After a duration s/he exits but the tanpura carries on.</p><p>The tanpura denotes the <i>ananta</i>, the one without a beginning and end. The drone of the tanpura is called a <i>shruti</i>, a steady repetitive note. The musician stays constantly aware of the <i>shruti</i> running in the background to structure his or her performance.</p><p>In our lives too there is a constant <i>shruti</i> running in the background: “I want, I want…” I want to acquire something that will make me complete or I want to get rid of something and become complete. The desire to acquire something is called <i>pravritti</i>; the desire to shed off something is called <i>nivritti</i>.</p><p>You say to yourself, “I have a lovely family, a wonderful home, a steady career. If only I can get a large SUV my life will be complete.” Well, that is <i>pravritti</i> operating. Now you go to the car showroom with your family and buy the perfect car. As you are driving home in the brand new car you suddenly cock your ears and say, “What’s that ticking sound I hear?” And <i>nivritti</i> has begun. Something that was expected to make you complete is already making you feel less than complete.</p><p>You think, “If only I could get rid of my intolerable wife my life will be complete.” (<i>Nivritti</i>). And maybe there’s someone out there who is thinking about the same lady, “If only I could marry her, my life will be complete.” (<i>Pravritti</i>).<i> </i></p><p><i>Pravritti</i> and <i>Nivritti</i> are interrelated polar opposites. Every single <i>pravritti</i> is accompanied by a <i>nivritti</i> and vice versa. Zero exceptions. Much like a seesaw: when one end goes up, the other end has no choice but to go down.</p><p>Check it out. Think of anything external that you believe will make your life complete and you will be able to perceive the accompanying <i>pravritti</i> or <i>nivritti</i>. If you keep examining this <i>pravritti / nivritti </i>game you will come to a very interesting conclusion: You are complete by yourself. Nothing external can make you complete – no object, no place, no person.</p><p>Obviously you cannot stop the arising of either <i>pravritti</i> or <i>nivritti</i>. So what to do?! If you have watched the interplay of <i>pravritti / nivritti</i> chances are you will drop into the acceptance of What Is.</p><p>When a desire arises to acquire something or to get rid of something, you are already aware it will not make you ‘complete’ in any way. You are also aware of the accompanying opposite. Knowing both, you go ahead and do whatever needs to be done and graciously accept the consequences.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7kpCDPo5s1VyNJqWEhjtSXXu2TEKQbsX3VbTJAHRu9zQIQhSWn1oBwbIsv1XpYE9MKTSQb3S5P1ycRBclx4fct8YpMfjUg3LL4CQfqpQziWRQwlfwgbigyF5br-8_7w3b-J9qqxppL9ex7dffLCRP7l343KfG0PyXGiKgHP5qTjsJqR9RKwV/s768/419652186_10158400791667168_4513438793369923919_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="768" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7kpCDPo5s1VyNJqWEhjtSXXu2TEKQbsX3VbTJAHRu9zQIQhSWn1oBwbIsv1XpYE9MKTSQb3S5P1ycRBclx4fct8YpMfjUg3LL4CQfqpQziWRQwlfwgbigyF5br-8_7w3b-J9qqxppL9ex7dffLCRP7l343KfG0PyXGiKgHP5qTjsJqR9RKwV/w580-h214/419652186_10158400791667168_4513438793369923919_n.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><p>(Pic from the internet)</p>shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-1777318040597199592024-02-01T16:45:00.004+05:302024-02-02T15:09:14.912+05:30Santosham<p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><i>Santosham</i> was a word used often by Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi. In fact just before he dropped his body Bhagavan looked to his assistant and uttered just one word, <i>“Santosham”</i>.<p><i>Santosham</i> translates to Happiness. The meaning could be extended to include Contentment or to Feeling Complete.</p><p>Many years ago, as a child, I heard Swami Chinmayananda say something that stuck in my head. It was at his very first public talk in Mumbai, at the Indian Gymkhana in Matunga. He said, “Unhappiness is Desires divided by Desires Fulfilled.” Basically he meant that, unless you understood the game, the gap would never be filled. By implication it meant that the gap would ensure there was no <i>santosham</i>. <br /><br />It automatically follows that with true <i>santosham</i> there are no expectations about the future, no clinging desires in the present and no complaints about the past. In other words, total acceptance of What Is. And that according to most Masters is the surest sign of total understanding. A sign of <i>‘purnata’</i>(completeness). <br /><br />With <i>santosham</i> one lives one’s life with easy spontaneity… in what science would aptly describe as “dynamic equilibrium”.</p><p><br /></p>shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-62387559482448793062024-02-01T16:36:00.000+05:302024-02-01T16:36:48.897+05:30Making God laugh<p>Mom decided we ought to pay a visit to the temple town Nathdwara during our Christmas holidays. Dad made a fuss about the expense but Mom was firm: we hadn’t gone to pay our respects to the family deity, Shreenathji, for quite a while and we couldn’t put this off forever. Finally dad gave in and sent somebody from the factory to queue up at the railway station to buy the tickets for the family – which meant my parents and we three boys, the youngest of them being me and I was nine at that time. </p><p>Cut to Nathdwara. </p><p>The Nathdwara temple has eight <i>darshans</i> – which means, the temple gates are opened eight times a day to allow devotees to have a glimpse of the deity. The deity is adorned differently for each <i>darshan</i> hence each <i>darshan</i> is unique. </p><p>Now, if you are devout, and in love with the deity, even with its form, you would like to have as many <i>darshans</i> as you can. So I announced to my mother, “Tomorrow I will have all eight <i>darshans</i> of Shreenathji.” </p><p>“Hush!” said my mother. “You can’t say that. Say that and you’ll never be able to have all the eight. Only His wish prevails.” </p><p>“Just you watch. I will squat on the temple steps, right outsides the gates, all through the day and let’s see who stops me from having all the <i>darshans</i>!” </p><p>My mother shrugged. “Let’s see.” </p><p>The next day, I accompanied my family to the temple very early morning for the first <i>darshan</i>. After that, the family checked out the notice board for the timing of the next <i>darshan</i> and we left for breakfast. </p><p>I was edgy and kept checking the time on my dad’s wristwatch. But we were back in time for the next <i>darshan</i>. Then we hung around in the market street outside the temple for the one after that. It was close to noon when we emerged from that <i>darshan</i>, and the family decided to go back to our room for lunch and rest. </p><p>The family decided to skip the afternoon <i>darshan</i> and instead take a short nap. But I was adamant. I had vowed to myself that I would have all eight <i>darshans</i> and I would be damned if I didn’t. I quarrelled with my mother, who wanted me to sleep a while, and returned to my post on the temple steps. </p><p>I squatted there on the steps with the dogged alertness that comes from the reluctance to lose a bet. As soon as the temple gates would open I would scurry in, dash into the gaps amidst the adults and work my way into the front row for the <i>darshan</i>. This way I got two more <i>darshans</i> under the belt. Now there were just three more to go. It was a cinch. My location was perfect, my determination rock solid. </p><p>Now picture this. It is late afternoon. The town’s sleepiness has affected pilgrims too. There are fewer of them to been seen in the streets. There is a somnolent breeze wafting across the narrow lane leading to the temple. On both sides of the lane are pavement stalls selling flowers, sweets, picture frames and trinkets. There are a handful of beggars near the temple steps, getting ready for the anticipated conversion of piety into alms. I am sitting there on the temple steps, watching all this. The temple gates are closed and the notice board clearly shows that there is still half an hour to the next <i>darshan</i>. I turn to watch the street scene. A few minutes later I turn back towards the notice board to give a confirmatory glance and I see a temple functionary, standing with his back to me, changing the timing on the board. I bounce up to look at the change he has made. Aw shucks! The <i>darshan</i> has been postponed by another fifteen minutes! I sigh and resume my vigil on the somnolent steps. </p><p>I suddenly notice a small crowd gathering in the narrow street. They are watching a <i>madari’s</i> monkey tricks. I stand up to see the show from the vantage height of the steps. Soon the growing audience blocks my view so I gingerly go down the steps. I can hear the sound of the <i>‘dumroo’</i> but I can’t see the monkey perform so I work my way through the crowd to get to the inner line of the circle. </p><p>Wow! What a performance! The monkey has such intelligent eyes he almost seems human. And he is so smart he seems to understand everything the <i>madari</i> tells him! I laugh at his antics, I guffaw when he mimics a spectator scratching his head, I shudder when he lunges at us, I clap enthusiastically along with the audience when he takes a bow. </p><p>All of a sudden I give a start. <i>Darshan! </i>I elbow my way desperately out of the crowd and dash up the steps. </p><p>The temple doors are slowly closing. I have just missed a <i>darshan</i>.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUx1JvhXK2B6bVdwS4-8n2mry3tKKnlII3MIVWRyUDODkDSTWvF9zDkAHqMS7tOvdrD04k4z6APOn8zzQh1tSbZ0VFvdNaRK40REOZfP2cHwGW9BxQAPlPXMj2IC3xDEtKMxg6LxP6-CPbPCUM8HOvIwTVZsbM8fzqruAlxQkLCqOzjRjchzY9/s640/99117267_10156247422832168_5418751884204703744_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="510" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUx1JvhXK2B6bVdwS4-8n2mry3tKKnlII3MIVWRyUDODkDSTWvF9zDkAHqMS7tOvdrD04k4z6APOn8zzQh1tSbZ0VFvdNaRK40REOZfP2cHwGW9BxQAPlPXMj2IC3xDEtKMxg6LxP6-CPbPCUM8HOvIwTVZsbM8fzqruAlxQkLCqOzjRjchzY9/w590-h740/99117267_10156247422832168_5418751884204703744_n.jpg" width="590" /></a></div><p></p>shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-62507210487931577852024-02-01T16:24:00.002+05:302024-02-02T15:13:21.519+05:30Philosophy In Bollywood Songs<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjES_ynO7LuylFCEH5i12mfYxy9izulQBmS6kqDEdfkxZq7w50VKc9uCFUjP5areDe9qWd8Y8YC0Ci9GEgzaCf-lNOPttPtoIIEnC15laKFjNP-Jx6bG5ENrKVCA1ybEWClyP8j8jkoNCZcsJQc-ro8AjzRvO5uxUh3xXNaLLjp3g8SsGeNtmv7/s960/91911953_10156108871977168_5691862626854764544_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjES_ynO7LuylFCEH5i12mfYxy9izulQBmS6kqDEdfkxZq7w50VKc9uCFUjP5areDe9qWd8Y8YC0Ci9GEgzaCf-lNOPttPtoIIEnC15laKFjNP-Jx6bG5ENrKVCA1ybEWClyP8j8jkoNCZcsJQc-ro8AjzRvO5uxUh3xXNaLLjp3g8SsGeNtmv7/w514-h289/91911953_10156108871977168_5691862626854764544_n.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><p><br />When you listen to a Bollywood song, you generally relate to its melody or beat and rarely to the deep meaning lurking in their lyrics. An occasional Hindi film song can make a deep impact. I am sure each of you has his own favourite philosophical song or a verse that has touched your heart. Here are some of my favourite lyrics from Hindi film songs, with my translations.<br /><br />For instance, here is lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi’s take on the Sufi/Taoist attitude to life in ‘Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya’ (from the film <i>Hum Dono</i>).<br /><br /><i>Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya<br />Har fikr ko dhuen mein udata chala gaya</i></p><p><i>Barbadiyon ka shok manana fizul tha<br />Barbadiyon ka jashn manata chala gaya<br />Har fikar ko dhuen mein uda… </i></p><p><i>Jo mil gaya usi ko muqaddar samajh liya<br />Jo kho gaya maein usko bhulata chala gaya<br />Har fikar ko dhuen mein uda… </i></p><p><i>Gham aur khushi mein farq na mehsoos ho jahan<br />Main dil ko us muqaam pe laata chala gaya<br />Har fikar ko dhuen mein uda…<br /></i><br />I kept going with the flow<br />Puffing away all anxieties up in smoke</p><p>’Twas pointless to grieve over every tragedy<br />Instead I kept celebrating each misfortune<br />Puffing away all anxieties up in smoke…</p><p>What came my way I considered my destiny<br />What was lost I took to forgetting<br />Puffing away all anxieties up in smoke…</p><p>I kept bringing my heart to the point<br />Where you couldn’t distinguish pain from joy<br />Puffing away all anxieties up in smoke…<br />----<br />Then look at this classic verse from another song ‘Kabhi Khud Pe’ from the same movie, once again by Sahir Ludhianvi:<br /><br /><i>Kaun rota hai kisi aur ki khatir ai dost<br />Sabko apni hi kisi baat pe rona aaya</i><br /><br />Who grieves for anybody else, my friend<br />Everybody cries for some remembered sorrow of his own<br />----<br />In the movie <i>Guide</i>, it is lyricist Shailendra’s turn to make us ponder, in the song ‘Wahan Kaun Hai Tera’.<br /><br /><i>Tu ne toh sabko raah dikhayee<br />Tu apni manzil kyon bhula?<br />Tu apni manzil kyon bhula?<br />Kyon nache sapera?<br /></i><br />You showed the path to everyone else<br />Why did you forget your own destination?<br />Why does the snake charmer dance, instead of the snake?<br />----<br /><br />In a more recent song, Irshad Kamil touched our hearts with his Sufi lyrics for ‘Kun Faya Kun’ from the film <i>Rockstar</i>.<br /><br /><i>Ho mujhpe karam sarkar tera<br />Araz tujhe, karde mujhe, mujhse hi riha<br />Ab mujhko bhi ho, deedaar mera<br />Karde mujhe, mujhse hi riha<br />Mujhse hi rihaaaaaaaa<br /></i><br />Bestow your grace on me my Master<br />I urge you, release me from ‘me’<br />May I too behold my Self<br />Release me from ‘me’<br />Release my true Self from its misidentification with ‘me’.</p><p></p>shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-12267467255075489012024-02-01T16:15:00.005+05:302024-02-02T15:15:43.417+05:30Genes plus Conditioning<p>In W. Somerset Maugham's iconic bestseller <i>The Razor's Edge</i>, the enigmatic protagonist, Larry Darrell, makes this observation:</p><p>"I'd known bad men in Paris, and when I got back to Chicago I knew more, but for the most part their badness was due to heredity, which they couldn't help, or to their environment, which they didn't choose. I'm not sure that society wasn't more responsible for their crimes than they were. If I'd been God I couldn't have brought myself to condemn one of them, not even the worst, to eternal damnation... After all He created men: if He so created them that it was possible for them to sin, it was because He willed it. If I trained a dog to fly at the throat of any stranger who came into my backyard, it wouldn't be fair to beat him when he did so."</p><p>In <i>Srimad Bhagavatam</i>, we come across the story of Lord Krishna and Kaliya Naag:</p><p>Shri Krishna overpowers Kaliya, the dreaded multi-hooded venomous snake in the Yamuna River, who had killed several cattle and other animals with its poison. He then begins to dance on Kaliya's various hoods while playing his flute.</p><p>The vanquished Kaliya has a question for Krishna: "O Lord! You are the creator. You are the one who created a venomous snake like me. As the creator you determined my <i>swabhāv</i> (inherent programming). What is my fault in this? I am poisonous because Nature has made me so."</p><p>As per the account in <i>Srimad Bhagavatam</i>, Lord Krishna falls silent upon hearing this.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7k_0IT_ANtM1weCatn-QOCZTk52C2xkzvqrRUFgG_xHqh-4xf7Ul-Hb80wrQ21Vxc9_Odxo-0Uy5AdRWcDy2zF0zKXlUl6H5_cugWuO6Fu2fpII7CFFqxOdhCA7WOkofo8n4ohpbG8iKZVbNETMeinxShwfc4xCEltdFBZbyT3cbNArEElIq/s774/310902847_10157701232212168_7140356590418377775_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="526" height="652" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm7k_0IT_ANtM1weCatn-QOCZTk52C2xkzvqrRUFgG_xHqh-4xf7Ul-Hb80wrQ21Vxc9_Odxo-0Uy5AdRWcDy2zF0zKXlUl6H5_cugWuO6Fu2fpII7CFFqxOdhCA7WOkofo8n4ohpbG8iKZVbNETMeinxShwfc4xCEltdFBZbyT3cbNArEElIq/w442-h652/310902847_10157701232212168_7140356590418377775_n.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><p></p>shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-70625767387939740142024-02-01T16:11:00.001+05:302024-02-02T15:17:32.881+05:30Facebook is Maya<p>Maya is Divine Hypnosis. Facebook is virtual hypnosis.</p><p>Maya manifests <i>lila</i>, a play, an illusion of the phenomenal world. The play includes love and hate, mountains and streams, modernism and tradition, conflicts and attachment, success and failure, smiles and tears, pleasure and pain.</p><p>Check out life on Facebook: the happy people and those that have hit a patch, the pouting selfies, the pets and the grandkids, the arrivals and the passings, the virtual friendships, the passionate activism, the gorgeous foods, the breathtaking locations, the envy-evoking trips to fancy lands, the political slugfests, all the trolling and the trolling of the trollers, the hate and the caring, the Likes and Loves, the heartening news and the scams, the genuine sharing and the vain, and of course the ‘stories’ and the ‘reels’… You see? A whole new manifestation, entirely virtual.</p><p>Facebook’s game is ‘engagement’: the duration of time it can entice you to stay engaged in its virtual allurements. Same as Maya. In fact, you may spend years of hectic living and then wake up one day to see how Maya kept you ‘engaged’.</p><p>Maya’s game is ‘forgetting’. Distracting you so much with its sleight of hand, its conjuring and its manifold lures that you forget all about reality.</p><p>And the ultimate irony? Take this very piece. I have spent five minutes writing this and you have been engaged for five minutes reading this note purporting to show a mirror to the very delusion it is exposing! <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTl2Dsvybtj8DnV7noEGn49DPVKpl8jP9oRKH_aOZKM23iL08G9cLq15MqHm-VVEK6CrAQ4RrN3UyuNYUMiiT3MG_pijLGnvKMImucuOyw32MAr-AqtWI4Qbonw2_d7eVv-7z_9nXtcbxbKK-lBcZjDkzcUeUrgwDSYDEzAHtq6z6QcRUtXtAq/s843/292714908_10157576831377168_5327894868974900416_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="843" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTl2Dsvybtj8DnV7noEGn49DPVKpl8jP9oRKH_aOZKM23iL08G9cLq15MqHm-VVEK6CrAQ4RrN3UyuNYUMiiT3MG_pijLGnvKMImucuOyw32MAr-AqtWI4Qbonw2_d7eVv-7z_9nXtcbxbKK-lBcZjDkzcUeUrgwDSYDEzAHtq6z6QcRUtXtAq/w583-h365/292714908_10157576831377168_5327894868974900416_n.jpg" width="583" /></a></div><br />shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-33986719969567235772024-02-01T16:02:00.003+05:302024-02-02T15:21:09.497+05:30Science pointers to Reality<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Even at the elementary level, Science was teaching us more about Spirituality then we realized at the time we were being taught… but I guess we weren’t interested in either at that point.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Take Geometry, for instance. Remember the theorem we were taught at school? ‘The smallest arc of a circle is a straight line’. That, if you ask me, is the finest pointer to Zen. <br /><br />In the circle of Life this moment is a straight line. If you can live this moment (the What Is) with acceptance, then the next moment and the next…you would find that you have lived the cycle of life effortlessly.<br /><br />Take Chemistry. We were taught about static equilibrium and dynamic equilibrium.<br /><br />Let’s make this simple. Let’s take a chemical reaction where Molecule A is combining with Molecule B to form Molecule C. At some point all Molecule A’s would have combined with Molecule B’s to form Molecule C’s and the reaction would reach a dead end. That is, the reaction would have reached a stable equilibrium.<br /> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Now let’s take another reaction. Here Molecule A is combining with Molecule B to form Molecule AB. However, in this case, Molecule AB is splitting back into Molecule A and Molecule B. At some point, the rate at which A and B are forming AB will balance the rate at which AB is splitting into A and B. In chemistry terms, reactants and products are being formed at such a rate that the concentration of neither changes. That is, the reaction does not die but continues in exquisite balance. This is called dynamic equilibrium.<br /><br />In spirituality, a Master or a Sage is by definition Self-realized. However, to me, in chemistry terms, a Sage is someone in dynamic equilibrium: constantly alive, constantly active but yet incessantly in exquisite poise.<br /><br />Take Physics. In analog days we would do experiments using physical instruments to take all types of measurements. However before we began each experiment we had to determine the ‘zero error’ of the instrument we were about to use. This was the error inherent in the instrument, the error it came with. We had to do this so that we could add or subtract the ‘zero error’ from our final readings to get an accurate reading from the experiment.<br /> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">There are several conclusions from this: One, all of us come with a ‘zero error’. A wise man takes the ‘zero error’ into account to read an individual correctly. Two, perfection belongs only to the Perfect Being. All else come with a ‘zero error’. Three, in engineering terms the ‘zero error’ defines ‘tolerance’ – the allowable gap between perception and reality. If man did not have tolerance for ‘zero error’, while shaving he would agonize over equally leveling his two sideburns! <br /><br />And we haven’t even begun talking of spiritual pointers from Black Holes, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and umpteen other examples from Quantum Physics…<br /> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The fact remains that every single thing in manifestation is a pointer to Reality.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHGGxJN1AxpOAfH20sFF_KRcy-YFT76nd18DNX2lxzEx5B29yqSmEvVpBrqdlZXL9QyawiYd3IC3mAkwJ4VJpxuvjzFEvMNgru4M13Zhbq12gDQ9tDNrCujjvEKjFRnXPeE2KhHgV4SQNpH1hUbnN5SkXcNSAO9NNQWqzZiuP4QQVSPCnGJ5e/s960/93418536_10156127749587168_2255074713363546112_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHGGxJN1AxpOAfH20sFF_KRcy-YFT76nd18DNX2lxzEx5B29yqSmEvVpBrqdlZXL9QyawiYd3IC3mAkwJ4VJpxuvjzFEvMNgru4M13Zhbq12gDQ9tDNrCujjvEKjFRnXPeE2KhHgV4SQNpH1hUbnN5SkXcNSAO9NNQWqzZiuP4QQVSPCnGJ5e/w571-h322/93418536_10156127749587168_2255074713363546112_n.jpg" width="571" /></a></div><br />
shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-29930757488191349812024-01-30T15:15:00.003+05:302024-01-30T15:15:59.979+05:30Bhagavan's satsang with animals<p> The Setting: <br /><br />TRA Narayana of Chennai, Branch Manager of a large British firm, visits Sri Ramanasramam in Tiruvannamalai on a hot April day, along with his colleague Parathasarathy. It is about five in the evening and Bhagavan is not on his couch so the two men decide to explore the ashram. As they are returning to the thatched verandah from the other side they stumble upon this scene. They stand affixed, watching the scene unfold without making a sound.<br /><br />The Scene:<br /><br />They hear a childish voice say, “<i>Chee, asatthe</i> (Fie, you creature).” They see no children around. Therefore they look around to find the source of the voice. They observe some movement among the leaves of the vegetable plant in the kitchen garden near the thatched verandah. <br /><br />At a closer look, they see a small goat, a little monkey and a squirrel and Bhagavan! Bhagavan is sitting with his legs semi-folded. The goat is nestled between his knees, the monkey has its head on his right knee and the squirrel is perched on his left knee. <br /><br />Holding a packet of paper in his left palm, Bhagavan picks up groundnuts from the packet with his right hand, and one by one, he feeds the goat, the monkey, the squirrel and himself turn by turn. <br /><br />His remarks of “<i>Chee, asatthe</i>” appear to have been addressed to the monkey, which had tried to snatch the nut away just as Bhagavan was going to place it between the squirrel’s lips. It was like a doting grandfather censuring the grandchild for its naughtiness. <br /><br />As the two men watch quietly, the four companions go on enjoying their picnic, ‘The Satsang’. <br /><br />The visitors stand there transfixed, watching and enjoying this wonderful divine state quite oblivious of the world around. The four companions in the scene before them seem to be equally happy. The way they look at each other and stay so close together. The goat, the monkey and the squirrel and Bhagavan have obviously forgotten their differences in species! <br /> <br />The groundnuts are finished. Bhagavan throws the paper away and says, “<i>Pongoda</i> (Go away fellows),” just as an old man would speak lovingly to his grandchildren. The goat, the monkey, and the squirrel leave. Bhagavan also gets up to go to his couch in the thatched verandah. <br /><br />Later, Narayana recalled, “I did not see four different forms, but one all-pervading Lord running in and through all four of them. Words are inadequate to describe the feeling that passed through my being at the sight. The vision of Transcendence appeared as a flash of lightening, which revealed to me the essence of ‘Being-Awareness-Bliss’, the ‘Sat-Chit-Ananda’.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccki9LO1UGxvXjE0Ur_dRTZtf2dhgiUoh3cfontPxS_rCC-Fr8RoVy6mSxEDvZKBcaUuvaoSOn5bNqB2BrStdGRllmx0kw8AwFFfIy-3l_RHpYa8UJ_5S96JHQQyPT0f10KhwM-iCTLt70lGm_7ERjyEFhJSEj2k97JbWZA7lpzm32e9nU1mY/s239/283486172_10157516676197168_4028721757303239985_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="239" height="565" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccki9LO1UGxvXjE0Ur_dRTZtf2dhgiUoh3cfontPxS_rCC-Fr8RoVy6mSxEDvZKBcaUuvaoSOn5bNqB2BrStdGRllmx0kw8AwFFfIy-3l_RHpYa8UJ_5S96JHQQyPT0f10KhwM-iCTLt70lGm_7ERjyEFhJSEj2k97JbWZA7lpzm32e9nU1mY/w640-h565/283486172_10157516676197168_4028721757303239985_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-25576574636410227802024-01-30T15:10:00.000+05:302024-01-30T15:10:42.996+05:30Grace is ever present<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"I realized that those who totally live on the grace of the Almighty receive the necessary food to eat and shelter to live. Worrying for food and shelter is not complete faith. I will believe till the last breath of my life that God alone is my property and depending on any other thing except God's will bring disaster in my life. I find my Lord always walking before me, providing all the things that I need."<br />
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– Swami Rama in <i>Living With The Himalayan Masters</i></div>
shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-21243850865565300662024-01-30T15:09:00.002+05:302024-02-01T15:53:04.982+05:30Abhayam!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_ZlLtMeDdzhdZUVPa7uLRv5lwye8Qs0oMozbJu-dUJGrjO8VSZs7aiamrv8JfTkYqBWCfMblpqMfgGX4Qt80qAvI7lwIf7G5XG3xXoQYI2vtg0V7BA-HG5H22rldSP6AFvyZi2kaK8FOK-AHeFKHCIe4tcxiYLeIUFx53-nixkybCEe1nqID/s919/IMG_7787.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="908" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_ZlLtMeDdzhdZUVPa7uLRv5lwye8Qs0oMozbJu-dUJGrjO8VSZs7aiamrv8JfTkYqBWCfMblpqMfgGX4Qt80qAvI7lwIf7G5XG3xXoQYI2vtg0V7BA-HG5H22rldSP6AFvyZi2kaK8FOK-AHeFKHCIe4tcxiYLeIUFx53-nixkybCEe1nqID/w486-h492/IMG_7787.jpeg" width="486" /></a></div><br />When Vibhishana had ethical issues his all-powerful brother Ravana and crossed over to Ram's camp, he was scared stiff about the consequences. But Lord Ram welcomed him saying, "Abhayam!" Fear Not!<br /><br />When Ashwathama let loose a mantra weapon to kill all the Pandava progenies, Abhimanyu’s pregnant wife Uttara came rushing for help to Lord Krishna, praying that he somehow save her unborn child. Moved by her plea, Krishna raised his right palm and blessed her saying, “Abhayam!” Fear Not!<br /><br />When Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi was in the last lap of the time in his mortal frame, a devotee humbly approached him with a request. He asked Bhagavan to liberate him from fear. Bhagavan smiled weakly and said, "Granted." Again, Abhayam! Fear Not!<br /><br />Swami Samarth's most quoted proclamation is, "<i>Bhiu nako mi tujhya pathishi ahe!</i>" Fear not! I have your back! Once again, "Abhayam!"<br /><br />Look at the image of any avatar, sage or prophet, be it Guru Nanak, Buddha, Shirdi Sai Baba, Durga, Hanuman or Krishna. You will find them displaying the Abhaya Mudra… their right palm benignly open, offering you reassurance. "Abhayam!"<br /><br />Every body-mind organism carries within it an unknown, amorphous fear… the fear of Death. Hence "Abhayam!" is the most powerful reassurance you can get from your Guru or spiritual mentor.<p></p>shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-24226125355548185572024-01-30T15:04:00.002+05:302024-01-30T15:04:43.810+05:30The enchanting Fr. Anthony (Tony) De Mello<p> Fr. Anthony (Tony) De Mello, a spiritually evolved priest from Bandra in Mumbai, was one of the remarkable spiritual teachers I wish I had met in person. Tony happily adapted concepts and devices from all spiritual traditions, including Vipassana, to create potent spiritual workshops which helped thousands of people. His books, mostly comprising brief teaching parables, were translated into a dozen foreign languages, becoming bestsellers around the world. They had enticing titles like <i>Song Of the Bird, One Minute Nonsense, One Minute Wisdom</i> and <i>Prayer Of the Frog.</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_G5fcpdHgnQebroTC6xgqMWO6rsWDbLOa_l4Cb9_Nqp31faGRtGDx_46SqbcB1NQ9LF3rbKVrk3WqYb8Cgqa2KmK0W452TwcJ2f3X6TSgvE2x-5wOBoCsDyJaXA40KLPS_-jt7iDZ7OQDjGRuiHWpnRwqX7-iN_eBG3p-LNcmlhFM_dFSeMbh/s320/Fr%20Tony%20de%20Mello.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="230" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_G5fcpdHgnQebroTC6xgqMWO6rsWDbLOa_l4Cb9_Nqp31faGRtGDx_46SqbcB1NQ9LF3rbKVrk3WqYb8Cgqa2KmK0W452TwcJ2f3X6TSgvE2x-5wOBoCsDyJaXA40KLPS_-jt7iDZ7OQDjGRuiHWpnRwqX7-iN_eBG3p-LNcmlhFM_dFSeMbh/s1600/Fr%20Tony%20de%20Mello.jpg" width="230" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i>The Church apparently was unhappy with the spiritual ‘pollution’ of foreign traditions and the Vatican sent an advisory to the Bishops to discourage Fr. De Mello’s books and techniques. However the Bishops, who had witnessed the amount of good both were doing to their flock, broadly ignored the advisory, which I understand was finally withdrawn.<br /><br />Fr. Tony De Mello died at a relatively young age in the US, some say under suspect circumstances. His remains were released to his brother only after some persuasion, and were finally placed in a simple vault at the Mount Carmel Church in Bandra. <br /><br />Here are two nuggets from Tony De Mello:<br /><br />DON’T CHANGE <br /><br />Don't change. Desire to change is the enemy of Love. Don't change yourselves: love yourselves as you are. Don't change others: love all others as they are. Don't change the world: it is in God's hands, and He knows. And if you do that...change will occur marvelously in its own way and in its own time. Yield to the current of life...unencumbered by baggage. - Tony De Mello <br /><br />(from the book <i>Unencumbered By Baggage </i>by Father Carlos G. Valles S.J.)<br /><br /><br />HAD ENOUGH?<br /><br />There’s the story of little Johnny who, they say, was mentally retarded. But evidently he wasn’t, as you’ll learn from this story.<br /><br />Johnny goes to modelling class in his school for special children and he gets his piece of putty and he’s modelling it. He takes a little lump of putty and goes to a corner of the room and he’s playing with it. The teacher comes up to him and says, “Hi, Johnny.” And Johnny says, “Hi.” And the teacher says, “What’s that you’ve got in your hand?” And Johnny says, “This is a lump of cow dung.” The teacher asks, “What are you making out of it?” He says, “I’m making a teacher.”<br /><br />The teacher thought, “Little Johnny has regressed.” So she calls out to the principal, who was passing by the door at that moment, and says, “Johnny has regressed.”<br /><br />So the principal goes up to Johnny and says, “Hi, son.” And Johnny says, “Hi.” And the principal says, “What do you have in your hand?” And he says, “What are you making out of it?” And he says, “A principal.”<br /><br />The principal thinks this is a case for the school psychologist. “Send for the psychologist!”<br /><br />The psychologist is a clever guy. He goes up and says, “Hi.” And Johnny says, “Hi.” And the psychologist says, “I know what you’ve got in your hand.” “What?” “A lump of cow dung.” Johnny says, “Right.” “And I know what you’re making out of it.” “What?” “You’re making a psychologist.” “Wrong. Not enough cow dung.” And they called him mentally retarded! <br /><br /><br /><p></p>shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-8909914325705846562018-03-19T12:33:00.003+05:302018-03-19T14:07:18.846+05:30The Guru's compassion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 15pt;">At Skandashram there is a little platform facing Tiruvannamalai town -
there was only a stone at that time. Bhagavan would sit on it and brush his
teeth. It used to be very cold and Bhagavan wore only a loin cloth. Kunju Swami
felt that he should not sit there in the early morning cold, yet Bhagavan
continued to do so. He found the reason for this only later: There was a lady
called Sowbhagyamma who used to come to Skandashram every day. She had become
old but had taken a vow that she would not cook, eat or even bathe, without
having Bhagavan‟s darshan first. She did not come one day and Bhagavan asked
her, “Why did you not come yesterday?” She replied, “Bhagavan, I had the great
fortune of having your darshan from my house. When you were seated outside on
the stone slab, I could see you.” From that day onwards, whether it was raining
or cold, Bhagavan sat on that rock so that Sowbhagyamma could have his daily
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">This is a gem from
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putty and he’s modelling it. He takes a little lump of putty and goes to a
corner of the room and he’s playing with it. The teacher comes up to him and
says, “Hi, Johnny.” And Johnny says, “Hi.” And the teacher says, “What’s that
you’ve got in your hand?” And Johnny says, “This is a lump of cow dung.” The
teacher asks, “What are you making out of it?” He says, “I’m making a teacher.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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says, “What do you have in your hand?” And he says, “What are you making out of
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The psychologist is
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psychologist says, “I know what you’ve got in your hand.” “What?” “A lump of
cow dung.” Johnny says, “Right.” “And I know what you’re making out of it.”
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be woken up. That’s the reason the wise guru will not attempt to wake people
up. I hope I’m going to be wise here and make no attempt whatsoever to wake you
up if you are asleep. It is really none of my business, even though I say to
you at times, “Wake up!” My business is to do my thing, to dance my dance. If
you profit from it, fine; if you don’t, too bad! As the Arabs say, “The nature
of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the
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shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-81059004708498318432016-01-19T15:24:00.003+05:302017-12-31T13:12:15.614+05:30Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi and his “favourite daughter” Cow Lakshmi …Part 3 and last<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">20th July, 1948</span></b></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">In my letter to you under the caption “Worship of the Cow”, I described to you the grandeur of Lakshmi, the queen of the cows, and the amount of regard Sri Bhagavan had for her. To that queen, as for His own mother, Sri Bhagavan on Friday the 18th instant gave Videha Mukti (deliverance from the body). That morning when I went to the Asramam, I was told that Lakshmi was seriously ill and would not survive the day. So, I went straight to the cow shed, without seeing Sri Bhagavan even. The room built for the calves was vacated, cleaned and Lakshmi was given a bed of straw to lie down upon. As it was Friday, she was as usual decorated with turmeric paste, vermilion mark on the forehead and a garland of flowers round the neck and horns. Venkataratnam was sitting by the side fanning her. Lakshmi was lying down with her majestic look spreading lustre all round. She reminded me of Kamadhenu going to Kailas to do Abhishekam with milk over the great Lord Shiva.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ten minutes later, Sri Bhagavan came into the shed saying, “Is it all over?” and squatted by her side, took her face in both His hands as though she were a little child, and lifted it and said, “Oh Lakshmi, Lakshmi,” and then, to us, controlling His tears, He said, “Because of her, our family (i.e. Asramam) has grown to this extent.” When all were praising Lakshmi, Sri Bhagavan asked, “I suppose the Doctor has not troubled her much, did he? How did her life cease?” We told him all that had happened. “That is all right. Did you notice this? The right ear is uppermost now. Till yesterday she was lying down on her other side. Because of the boil she was turned over to this side. So this ear had to come up. Look, in the case of people who die in Kasi, people say Lord Shiva will whisper into the right ear. Lakshmi too has her right ear up,” said Sri Bhagavan, and showed that ear to all people there. By that time, crowds gathered. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At 4 O’clock yesterday afternoon, a Tamil youth came into the Hall. On seeing him, a devotee said that the youth was the grandson of the man who had presented Lakshmi the Cow to the Asramam. “I see,” said Sri Bhagavan. “Does he know that Lakshmi passed away?” That youth said, “I have just heard it, Swami. When I went to the cow-shed to see Lakshmi I was informed of it. I have come here after seeing the tomb.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On enquiry, the youth said, “I belong to a village called Kannamangalam. It is about 40 miles from here. My grandfather Arunachalam Pillai wanted to present a good milch cow to Sri Bhagavan and so, in 1926, he brought Lakshmi here along with her mother. Lakshmi was then barely six months old. I also came along with them. I was quite young then. From that time onwards I always look up Lakshmi whenever I come to this place on business. I have now heard this sad news.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“You know what happened when they came here with the cow and the calf. ‘Why all this for us?’ I asked. Arunachalam Pillai replied saying, ‘I have for a long time been thinking of presenting Sri Bhagavan with a cow. I am now in a position to do so. I have brought it after a good deal of trouble on boat and rail. Please keep it, Swami.’ I said: ‘You have done your duty in presenting it to us. Who is there to look after it? Please keep it with you on our behalf.’ The owner of the cow replied, ‘I will not take it away even if you cut my throat.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Hearing this Ramanatha Brahmachari was piqued and said with great zest that he himself would look after the cow. ‘All right. Hang it round your neck!’ I said. As the calf came to us on a Friday, we named her Lakshmi. Ramanatha somehow tended the cow and the calf for two or three months. Lakshmi was very playful, jumping about as she pleased and, while so doing, she ruined all the vegetable plants we were growing. If anyone chided her, she used to come to me for protection. I used to tell the Asramites that if they so desired, they could put up a fence to protect their plants. Poor chap! Ramanatha could not put up with all these troubles from the other inmates of the Asramam and so handed over the cow and the calf to a keeper of cattle in the town with some stipulations. I do not remember his name.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sri Bhagavan said, “That might be so. About a year after that, he came here with Lakshmi and her calf for a bath on an eclipse day. He saw me first, had a bath in the Pali Tank along with the cow and its calf and then they went home together. At that time Lakshmi saw the whole of this Asramam. Remembering the route carefully she began coming here everyday. She used to come in the morning and go away in the evening. She used to lie down by the side of my couch. She insisted that I myself should give her fruit. She would not take any other than the hill plantain.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sri Bhagavan replied, “That is the thing. We had no bell in the dining hall then. We do not know how she did it but everyday exactly at the appointed time for meals she used to come and stand before me. We used to look at the clock and find that that was just the time for meals. Her coming was the signal for us. She used to return to town daily, but only most reluctantly.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On further enquiry, I came to know that Lakshmi came away permanently to the Asramam in 1930, that she had three calves by then – all males –and that, as per agreement, all the calves had been given to the Asramam. When she was pregnant for the third time, one evening she was unwilling to leave Sri Bhagavan and go home – like Nandini of Vasishta – she was shedding tears and lay close to the couch. Sri Bhagavan was visibly affected and softly passing his hand on her face said: “What! You say you can’t go away, and want to stay here alone? What am I to do?” and, looking at the others, said, “Look, Lakshmi is weeping saying she cannot go away. She is pregnant and may have confinement any moment. She must go a long distance and again come here in the morning. She cannot refrain from coming here. What is she to do?” At last Sri Bhagavan somehow coaxed her and sent her away. That very night she delivered. About the same time Pasupati had some domestic difficulties. Unable to bear the burden of this Lakshmi with all her vagaries, he brought her and her three calves and presented them to Sri Bhagavan. Lakshmi lay at Sri Bhagavan’s feet and would not rise. Placing his right hand on her head and pressing it, he asked if she would like to stay here permanently; she closed her eyes and lay still as in a trance. Noticing that, Sri Bhagavan pointed out to the others that she appeared as though her responsibility for her calves were over for they had been placed in Sri Bhagavan’s charge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I narrated this story to Sri Bhagavan he agreed. “Yes,” he said. “That was so. After Mother came to stay with me, regular cooking and meals started, and after Lakshmi came, cattle and dairying became established. Subsequently for three or four years Lakshmi was presenting us with a calf every year on the Jayanthi day. Afterwards, that practice stopped. Altogether she had nine deliveries. After Lakshmi came here to stay, cows from different places were brought by devotees and left here. So the cattle shed grew in size. In the beginning they were tied up here and there under a thatched shed. When Salem Sundaram Chetty (Judge) came here, he decided to construct a Gosala (cowshed) and fixed an auspicious time for the laying of the foundation stone. Half-an-hour before appointed time, when everything was being got ready, Lakshmi broke loose from her tether and came to me running as though to tell me that a house was being constructed for her and that I should be there. When I got up, she led me on to the spot. She did the same for her house-warming ceremony also. Somehow she used to understand everything. Very smart indeed!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">16th January, 1946</span></b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">(23) WORSHIP OF THE COW</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">You know yesterday was the
animal Festival of Cows (Mattu Pongal). On that day, all over the country,
domestic animals are decorated and fed with Pongal. In the Asramam also
yesterday morning, several varieties of sweetmeats were prepared and, with
garlands made of those sweetmeats, puja to Nandi was performed by
drawing ornamental lines with lime powder before the cowshed, by tying plantain
trees around the pillars, by hanging garlands of green leaves, by bathing all
the cows, by placing <i>tilakam</i> (vermilion
marks) on their foreheads and garlands around their necks, and by feeding them
with Pongal. Finally puja was performed to the chanting
of mantras and the breaking of coconuts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Cow Lakshmi is the queen amongst
the cows, is she not? You must see her grandeur! Her forehead was smeared with
turmeric powder, and adorned with <i>kumkum</i>.
Around her neck and horns were hung garlands made of roses and several other
flowers, as also those made of edibles, and sweets. Besides these, garlands
made out of bananas, sugarcane pieces and coconut kernels, were put around her
neck. Not satisfied with these, the person in charge of the animals brought
from his own house another garland made out of some savoury preparation
like murukku and placed it on the neck of Lakshmi. When
Niranjananandaswami asked him what it was for, he replied with justifiable
pride that that was his <i>mamool</i> (yearly
custom) to do so. When I saw Lakshmi thus decorated like Kamadhenu, I was
overjoyed and felt extremely happy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Sri Bhagavan, who went out at
9-45 a.m., came to the Gosala (cow-shed) at 10 a.m., to shower his
blessings on his children there. While he sat on a chair by the side of
Lakshmi, enjoying the sight of the beautiful decorations on her, the devotees
gave <i>arati</i> with camphor,
chanting Vedic hymns such as “Na Karmana” etc. Some devotees said that they would
take a photo of Lakshmi. She was then led into the middle of
the Gosala after asking the devotees who had gathered into a big
group, to step aside. Lakshmi stood there, tossing her head in a graceful
manner. Sri Bhagavan also got up, came, and stood by the side of Lakshmi,
patting her head and body with his left hand, and when he said, “Steady,
please, be steady”, Lakshmi slowly closed her eyes and remained absolutely
quiet as if she were in a <i>samadhi</i> (trance).
Sri Ramana then placed his right hand on her back, and with his walking stick
in his left, stood in a dignified manner by the side of Lakshmi, when the
photographer took two or three photos. One must see that sight to appreciate
its grandeur fully. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Another photo was taken when Sri Bhagavan was feeding her
with his own hands fruits and sweetmeats. You can see the photos when you come
here. I was reminded of Lord Krishna in Repalle when I saw the grand spectacle
of Sri Bhagavan standing in the midst of the cows in the Gosala. Not only
this, in Brahma Vaivartha Purana it is stated that Lord Krishna is
the Paramatma, the Lord of the cow world, and that Radha is Prakriti.
The theory in that Purana is that Radha and Krishna
are Prakriti and Purusha –the inseparable pair. Standing with
his body bent slightly to the left, and with his left hand on Lakshmi, and with
the walking stick in his right hand, looking as if it was a flute, with a
sparkling smile on the face like the foam on the waves of the ocean of <i>ananda</i>, with a compassionate look
towards the group of devotees that had gathered along with the herd of cows,
Sri Ramana, the embodiment of Grace, it is no surprise if one were reminded of
Lord Krishna Himself standing with crossed legs, resting on his toes and
playing exquisitely on the flute. If that Lord Krishna is Bhagavan Ramana, what
are we to say of our Cow Lakshmi who appears to have been completely oblivious
of this world with her ears hanging down, with her eyes closed and enjoying
transcendental bliss caused by the touch of Sri Bhagavan’s hands on her body?
Shall I say that she is the embodiment of Prakriti in the shape of
Radha? Otherwise, how could she understand human language?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">It is no exaggeration to say
that we, with human eyes, saw in that congregation what is beyond human sight;
a world of cows, and its overlords, Prakriti and Purusha. You
would perhaps laugh at my foolish fantasies but take it from me, that sight was
so lovely. Every year this worship of the cow is being performed, but this year
Sri Bhagavan gave us this blissful darshan by standing by the side of
Lakshmi, because the devotees said that they would take a photo of Cow
Lakshmi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What a great day! I am
writing to you, because I just could not contain my joy!</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Calibri Bold Italic"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">– from Suri
Nagamma's ‘LETTERS FROM SRI RAMANASRAMAM’, pp. 31-33</span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(Reproduced here thanks to the compassionate ‘Spiritual Sharings’ of respected Shri V Ganesan)</span></div>
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shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-29740063528339937192015-01-29T11:10:00.001+05:302015-01-29T11:10:44.522+05:30Uwa-t'uwa<div>Nigerian author Chinua Achebe writes about this wonderful word, made famous by folklore, that resonates so well with Vedantic wisdom.</div><div><br></div><div>Uwa-t'uwa: world inside a world inside a world, without end.</div>shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-2730831928606462682013-07-03T17:01:00.000+05:302013-07-03T17:01:37.567+05:30From Ripe to Rotten<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"Too soon ripe is too soon rotten."<br />
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- Monica Ali in <i>Brick Lane</i></div>
shunyayogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574096015418696930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9915216.post-46561012348180257832012-09-27T13:58:00.000+05:302012-10-31T13:16:50.129+05:30Loony Saint<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">[On the vandalisation of the Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban...]</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Seeing the Buddha statue plundered</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 18px;">The loony saint danced.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">'</span>Sever his head<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Let smile on his fallen face</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">fly away –
eyebrow, chin be blown,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">Let lovely visage turn ugly, the eye turn blind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">who’s it – the one bound in physical form,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">break free.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Break that
wall, which</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Forbids us
from light and air</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Can it make
the bedrock of some water source</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Find out; (No, not for a shrine!)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The stone
which stole our sky from us</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Is not to be
hailed as Guru.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The many
bits of the statue,</span></div>
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the path you tread on</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Annihilate,
humiliate</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">May the
veiled Guru blossom at once.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">From <i>Srinigannda: Contemporary Kannada Writings</i> edited by Vivek Shanbhag</span></div>
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