Guest guest Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Guru Vachaka Kovai (The Garland of the Guru’s Sayings) by Muruganar , tr: Sadhu Om & Michael James Getting Rid of Miseries 367 If the jiva, who is ever deluded and is always suffering from a feeling of deficiency, wants to get rid of all his miseries and to be happy, he need only know the Supreme One, his Lord, to be his own Self. 368 Not even the least of one’s miseries will cease unless one knows That, by forgetting Which one becomes deluded by the mighty agent – worldly Maya. 369 Let him who weeps over the death of his wife and children, weep first for the death of [his] ego – ‘I am the body’ – and attend to his own Self, then all his miseries will die completely. 370 If you love others only for their bodies or their souls [i.e. their egos], you will suffer from grief when their bodies die and their souls depart. Therefore, in order to be free from such grief, have true Love towards Self, which is the real Life of the soul. Michael James: A person’s soul is nothing but his ego, the identification ‘I am the body’. The true Life is Self, and not the soul or ego. http://www.davidgodman.org/rteach/gvk_intro.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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