"Of Non Attachment"

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(from "The Garland of Guru's Sayings" by Sri Muruganar. Verses 236 - 242)

 

236. O hero stern intent on tapas

Do the world's praise and worship,

Its eager prayers for your favours,

Please your Heart? Know that these are

But maya's golden baits spread out

To entangle you.

 

237. Some fortunate through former deeds

Naturally disdain the pleasures

Of this world and the next. To these

Alone does true Awareness come

With ease.

 

241. Whatever notion may arise,

Never let live or grow,

But to turn it that very instant,

Firm and stern, back to its source

And merge it there, this is robust,

Intense detachment.

 

242. From the mind's fortress held by foes,

Innumerable memories, one be one

They issue. With the wonder-weapon

Of self-inquiry slay each thought

As it comes out into the open,

Till at last you have retrieved

The citadel of your own heart.

 

243. Awareness clear and pure is nothing

But seeing the world as nothing

Other than the perceiver. Mind

Indrawn and planted in the heart,

Deeming this world as a mere seeming,

Not an object, is detachment.