Guest guest Posted October 13, 2001 Report Share Posted October 13, 2001 Preamble: The root of the cycle of births is but the desire of the body. This is also the source of our fall. Swamiji now teaches us the way to escape from the fall. This teaching is in the form of singing the glory of the Guru. Verse 42 Samsaara vriksha maaroodaah Patamto narakaarnave / Sarve yenoddhritaa lokaah Tasmaih Shri Gurave namah // Obeisance to Sadguru, the uplifter of all the worlds sinking into the sea of hell from the TREE OF SAMSARA (life.) Our body is nothing but our SAMSAR. We go about our daily affairs with that feeling. Our elders compare this SAMSARA to a TREE. You might have heard the terms 'Samsara Vriksha' and the 'Vamsa Vriksha' (pedigree.) The tree of samsara grows rapidly. An infant grows before our eyes and wears skirts, begets children, enters into old age, loses teeth. This is the tree. It does not stop there. One day it dies. But which dies? Not the tree, but the being; that is 'falling from the tree.' Guru alone can save us from this. So the attention must be directed towards Guru. Every man must pay obeisance to Him with folded hands. Make a great connection at Personals. http://personals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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