Guest guest Posted August 23, 1999 Report Share Posted August 23, 1999 Verse #12 discusses the renunciation of enjoyment: The objects of enjoyment, even after staying with us for a long time, are sure to leave us sometime. Then what difference does their privation make to men, that they do not of their own accord discard them? If the enjoyments leave us on their own initiative, i.e. if they tear themselves from us, they produce great affliction of the mind: if men voluntarily renounce then, they conduce to the eternal bliss of self-possession. What a wonderful way to encourage letting go... Edith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 1999 Report Share Posted August 23, 1999 Edith, could you give a little background on this text? i am not familiar with it. it is very poetic as well as instructive. Thanks, Karen EDTipple wrote: > EDTipple <edtipple > > The 2nd verse I would like to share is #10: > > Hope is like a flowing river of which the ceaseless desires constitute > the waters; it rages with the waves of keen longings, and the > attachments for various objects are its animals of prety; scheming > thoughts of greed are the aquatic birds that abound on it, and it > destroys in its course the big trees of patience and fortutude; it is > rendered impassable by the whirlpools of ignorance, and of profound > depth of bed as it is, its banks of anxious deliberation are > precipitous indeed. Such a river the great Yogis of pure mind pass > across to enjoy supreme felicity. > > What wonderful word pictures! > > Edith > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > > Transfer your big list to ONElist and earn $500! > For program details, go to > <a href= " http://clickme./ad/biglist1 " >Click Here</a> > > ------ > Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah > Vivekananda Centre London > http://www.btinternet.com/~vivekananda/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 1999 Report Share Posted August 23, 1999 Thank You very much for your extraordinary postings from Vairaagya Shathakam! EDTipple <edtipple Ramakrishna <Ramakrishna > Monday, August 23, 1999 10:11 AM [ramakrishna] 100 Verses >EDTipple <edtipple > >Verse #12 discusses the renunciation of enjoyment: > >The objects of enjoyment, even after staying with us for a long time, >are sure to leave us sometime. Then what difference does their >privation make to men, that they do not of their own accord discard >them? If the enjoyments leave us on their own initiative, i.e. if they >tear themselves from us, they produce great affliction of the mind: if >men voluntarily renounce then, they conduce to the eternal bliss of >self-possession. > >What a wonderful way to encourage letting go... >Edith > >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > >GET WHAT YOU DESERVE! A NextCard Platinum VISA: DOUBLE Rewards points, > NO annual fee & rates as low as 9.9 percent FIXED APR. >Apply online today! /ad/nextcard1 > >------ >Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah >Vivekananda Centre London >http://www.btinternet.com/~vivekananda/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 1999 Report Share Posted August 24, 1999 Karen has asked about the background of the " 100 Verses of Renunciation " . According to the publisher (Advaita Ashrama, 1981), Bhartrhari was a Mediaeval poet -- and was perhaps the elder brother of the renowned King Vikramditya of Ujjain, though it is impossible to know for certain. According to the editor, he belonged to a royal family and renounced the world later in life. A cave bearing his name, near Ujjain, is pointed out as the place he practised austerities. In John Garrett's " Classical Dictionary of India " he is mentioned as a Sanskrit grammarian. I believe there is very little known about him that is certain. The importance of Bhartrihari is his 100 verses on renunciation, which stand alone. But perhaps someone else knows more about him than I, and will respond. Edith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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