illumined man

[barney]

The Paramahamsa Upanishad

1. Narada (Lord of Events) inquired of the Lord of Love:

"What is the state of the illumined man?"

The Lord replied: "Hard to reach is the state

Of the illumined man. Only a few

Attain to it. But even one is enough.

For he is the pure Self of the Scriptures;

He is truly great because he serves me.

And I reveal myself through him always."

 

He has renounced all selfish attachments

And observes no rites or ceremonies.

He has only minimum possessions,

And lives his life for the welfare of all.

 

2. He has no staff nor tuft nor sacred thread.

He faces heat and cold, pleasure and pain,

Honor and dishonor with equal calm.

He is not affected by calumny,

Pride, jealousy, status, joy, or sorrow,

Greed, anger, or infatuation,

Excitement, egoism, or other goads;

For he knows he is neither body nor mind.

 

Free from the sway of doubt and false knowledge

He lives united with the Lord of Love.

Who is ever serene, immutable,

Indivisible, the source of all joy

And wisdom. The Lord is his true home,

His pilgrim's tuft of hair, his sacred thread;

For he has entered the unitive state.

 

3. Having renounced every selfish desire,

He has found his rest in the Lord of Love.

Wisdom is the staff that supports him now.

Those who take a mendicant's staff while they

Are still at the mercy of their senses

Cannot escape enormous suffering.

The illumined man knows this truth of life.

 

4. For him the universe is his garment

And the Lord not separate from himself.

He offers no ancestral oblations;

He praises nobody, blames nobody,

Is never dependent on anyone.

 

He has no need to repeat the mantram,

No more need to practice meditation.

The world of change and changeless reality

Are one to him, for he sees all in God.

 

5. The aspirant who is seeking the Lord

Must free himself from selfish attachments

To people, money, and possessions.

When his mind sheds every selfish desire,

He becomes free from the duality

Of pleasure and pain and rules his senses.

No more is he capable of ill will;

No more is he subject to elation,

For his senses come to rest in the Self.

Entering into the unitive state,

He attains the goal of evolution.

Truly he attains the goal of evolution.

 

O M shanti shanti shanti

 

[maadhav]

this is great, barney.

 

do you ave a CD with upanishads on it?

if so, from where one an get it please?

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whether one is illuminated or on any path that leads to illumination, all need to work together

to kill the asuric ideologies and stop adharma and adharmis.

 

an attitude like "i just want to get illumited and get out of this samsar and dont car for others" is a very selfish attitude, and the upanishad does not favor it.

 

[barney]

Sorry maadhav,

 

In my country sanskrit CD's are scarce. I too would like to get hold of it. May be it could be ordered from India. If I make a trip to in December India I might look for it.

 

Namaskar.