Upadesa Saram, Major Alan Chadwick version - verses 6,7,8,9

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UPADESA SARAM

 

Rendered into verse by Major Alan Chadwick

 

 

6. Constant repeating of the Holy Name

Is more than praise, at length the voice will sink

To silent repetition in the Heart,

And in this way is meditation learnt.

 

 

7. Better that meditation that recurs

In broken fits and starts is that which is

A steady ceaseless flow, like to the course

Of falling oil or a perennial stream.

 

 

8. Worship of God as in no way distinct

From him who worships, or in other words

Thinking that "He is I", is better far

Than any other kind of worshipping.

 

9. To rest in the Real Being, that transcends

Our very thought, by reason of the strength

Of our devotion to something conceived;

This of supreme devotion is the truth.

 

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