Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 OM fellow travellers Sahajo Bai was an 18th century Hindu poet and a disciple of the great Delhi Guru, Charandas. Here is one of her poems: "The play was charming While watching it, the saints were happy, it appealed to their hearts and minds. You created good qualities, the universe, and suspended the world in mid-air. We were amazed! In an instant, using all sorts of colours, you created the seven continents, the nine regions, heaven, and the mortal and nether realms. You made wish and they came into being. Your Maya is inaccessible, unfathomable, even the Vedas can not describe it. The three gunas reach as far as the intellect, beyond that is the mystery you do not reveal. The world was created in an instant, the world is destroyed in an instant, whatever you want, happens at once. Guru Charandas knows what lies beyond the gunas. Sahajo worships him." Jaya Guru Omprem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 dear ompremji, thank you for psoting this beautiful poem ! i love poetry specially spiritual poetry (romantic too ! like shakespeare kalidasa etc) because 'mother shakti is a form of poetry too! tha is why Our beloved adi shankara was able to compose such a beautiful verse on her - 'dsaundaeya lahari- every limb of hers is beautiful!! She is beauty and she is truth!! a Thing of beauty is a joy for ever!!! here is a kabir poem on maya... Maya Mari Na Man Mara, Mar Mar Gaye Shareer Asha Trishna Na Mari, Keh Gaye Das Kabir Translation Neither illusion nor the mind, only bodies attained death Hope and delusion did not die, so Kabir said. yes, devi creates in an instanraTo understand this doha correctly, one must understand first the word 'Maya'. This word is like an unsolved riddle and hard to translate. For want of a proper word, it is loosely translated as illusion. In its depths, 'Maya' perhaps means, Nature on the go...ever changing...hence an illusion. In this doha, Kabir says while the physical body that is born, lives and eventually dies, the world of Maya goes on as does the Mind (that intelligent governing Self). Hope and the deceptive greed or delusion does not die either. Even in his death bed, one continues to cling with the perishable - the body, with one's aspirations, desires - and the cravings, the urges, the yearnings (trishna) dies not. In fact, the play of the world "leela" goes on because of this. In his typical mystic style, Kabir compels the reader to contemplate and realize the Truth. –( Rajender Krishan-boloji.com) yes, our devi creates in an instant and destroys in an instant... that is why it is said , devi is (sree lalita is) om unmesa nimisotpanna vipanna bhuvan duvalyai namaha salutations to her the opening of whose eyes results in creation and closing in destruction! that is why our madurai meenakshi devi's eyes are like a fish - a fish never closes its eyes because mother wish always wants to protect her young ones- so is goddess meenakshi she knows if she closes her eyes even for one second, there will be prayala or destruction!!! so, she keeps it wide open to take care of her children!! love !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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