Sunday, September 28, 2008

Verses 64-65

Is it possible
To be ignorant of
that which does not exist?
Would you be ignorant of
What you see in front?
How then that ignorance
Of what exists?
There is sleeping
beyond sleep
There is an awakening
beyond waking up.
Jnanadeva says, tried I have
To run a thread through them.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Verses 62-63

It was like Jnanadeva
sitting face to face with
Lord Shrikrishna,
two mirrors
Facing each other
Discovering both
can see with eyes.
Where is the separateness?
Same way
Make these verses
a mirror unto you.
And rejoice in the joy
Of the Being.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Verses 60-61

Dear Changya
When the whole wealth
Of knowledge is unloaded
In front of your house,
sweep all questions
to the backyard.
Changya
This reply is only an indulgence
of my Guru;
Like a mother to her child,
he feeds me with these
delicacies with so much
Fondness.