Guest guest Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 > From "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" > > Part I - The Quest > > 3. Allurement of the World > > 71) Like the useless beard dangling in the face of the goat, men of the > world eagerly wander along to pursue activities for the betterment of their > livelihood. They hate and frown at the efforts towards Self-realization. > Alas! What a piteous spectacle are the keen activities of these people! > > 72) Men of the world skim on the surface of the barren land of the mind > struggling and sorrowing in their astounding skills to seek scanty > pleasures, not plowing the fertile ground of the Heart, through subtle > enquiry, "Whence the notion I arises," to reap the Beatitude of > Awareness-Being. What a wonder! > > 73) The frantic search of the moon of the mind after the pleasures > external, leaving the Heart, the Home of Happiness, abandoning the Sun of > Consciousness, its eternal consort, is like the mad folly of a woman in > swerving from her chastity. > > 74) Only on the dissolution of the delusive desire after the world, does > the felicity of Liberation come about. The great assertion of the reality > of the world, for want of strength, to abandon its desires, is like the > chastity foisted on a strumpet by a libertine. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From the book, "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" by Sri Muruganar, Sri Sadhu Om ,Trans. __________ Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger./download/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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