GAUTAM BUDDHA

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GAUTAM BUDDHA

 

On a full moon night

Beautiful and bright,

A charming prince

With fame and fragrance

Renounces this worldly life,

Leaving behind his son and wife,

And embraces poverty,

And embarks on a difficult journey

Into the jungles and mountains,

And suffers agony and pain

To find out joy and ecstasy

Sans sorrow, behold and see !

He suffers hardships of life

With a smile to end his strife

Permanently and control the mind,

And break the chains that bind !

Lo ! divine love springs in his heart

And he plays a noble part,

Loving equally one and all,

The rich and poor, the big and small

The Virtuous and the sinner,

Perceiving God in all; what a wonder !

He becomes nonviolent in thought, word and deed,

And becomes an angel, indeed !

Lo ! the dacoits turn into saints under his influence;

Oh ! What a magic in his non-violence,

Again on a full moon night

He beholds the eternal Light,

Making him happy and bright,

And ending his fear and fright !

We salute Buddha, the Beloved,

Who attracts like a magnet !

 

—Bakht N. Moolcbandan

 

(Source Shri Sai Leela April 1974)