Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 Note from List Moderators to Sri Alan: ================================ Please send your messages to the email address: advaitin instead of sending it to advaitins. Thanks for sharing your insights from - Nirvana Shatakam. "Athmashtakam" or "Nirvana Shatakam" the most exalting creation - commonly known as "Shivoham Shivoham...." is composed by Jagatguru Adi Shankaracharya. Adi Shankaracharya says that the root cause of birth and death was ignorance. That has been dissolved and no longer exists. After this supreme endeavor we reach the Sahasrar-Chakra. We look out into the cosmos and these thoughts and feelings come to us that are expressed in the song with stanza ending "........ Chidananda Rupah Shivoham. Shivoham". We welcome Sri Alan and we look forward to his active participation in the list discussions. ====================================== --- Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs wrote: > Sun, 7 Sep 2003 08:38:47 +0100 (BST) > TOWARDS NIRVANA* > > > AUM , > > I'm not intelligence ,ego , memory,or clever mind. > Neither ears, tongue or senses of smell and sight, > do I find, > Neither water, air, fire, ether nor earth I > possess, > I am not made up of these elements in juxtoposition > I know nothing moves except by Thy permission , > > So I feel " I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness , > I am Shiva,I am Shiva ,with all of my might ." > > I'm not vital force or the five breaths , > Water, blood, flesh, fat,or fragile bone, > Marrow or semen, belonging to this body alone. > Neither force, food,mind, intellect, bliss, and > their sheaths > Nor active hands, walking feet, or wide wagging > tongue, > Even organs of action like these, I am not among. > > So I say"I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness, > I am Shiva,I am Shiva ,with all of my might ." > > Neither greed nor delusion > I have no such stupid illusion, > Nothing of ego nor pride > Nor Dharma nor Moksha beside, > Neither liking nor disliking have I > Neither mental desire ,nor aim of desiring > Whether it is better to live or to die. > > So I think "I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness > I am Shiva,I am Shiva,with all of my might." > > I know nothing about pleasure or pain > Or so called virtue or vice > Of Mantras or any sacred place about which to > explain, > Or books like the Vedas or sacrifice. > I am neither the eater of food > Be it bitter , sweet or with spice > Or act of eating be it nasty or nice . > > So I believe "I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness > I am Shiva,I am Shiva,with all of my might." > > Of death and fear have I none, > Nor distinction of castes under the Sun , > Neither Father ,Mother, nor any birth, > No friends or companions for what they are worth. > Neither disciple nor Guru > All this I know , to be true . > > So I know" I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness > I am Shiva,I am Shiva ,with all of my might." > > I have neither fancy nor form > All pervading am I,that is my norm > Whether in stillness or storm > Everywhere I AM but beyond all the senses, > Nor in time , with its present, past and future > tenses , > With nothing left to be known or with which to > conform, > > So , I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness > I am Shiva,I am Shiva, . > > > > *based on Nirvana Hymn of Adi Shankara ===== Advaitin List Moderators Suggestions/comments from members are always welcome. Please forward them to the email address: advaitins Webspace: advaitin Bulletin Board: http://www.escribe.com/culture/advaitin/bb/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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