Guest guest Posted September 3, 1999 Report Share Posted September 3, 1999 Again, from " 100 Verses on Renunciation " by Bhartrihari: Verse #49 The life of man is limited to one hundred years. Half of it is spent in night and out of the other half, one-half again is passed in childhood and old age. The rest has its illness, bereavements and trouble spent in serving others. What happiness can there be for mortals in a life which is even more uncertain than the ripples on the surface of water? Very beautifully delineated here, the tiny amount of time one really has at one's disposal. Does it not whip the fire of determination for this spiritual journey! There IS no time to waste! Edith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 1999 Report Share Posted September 4, 1999 Dear Edith, I am enjoying them. Plz continue posting these. love On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, EDTipple wrote: > EDTipple <edtipple > > From Bhartrihari's " 100 Verses on Renunciation " > > Verse #62: > > Why dost thou, my mind, wander about in vain? Rest thyself somewhere. > Whatever happens in a particular way, happens so by itself, and not > otherwise; so not thinking over the past or resolving about the > future, I realize enjoyments that come without engaging my thoughts. > > There have been no comments on these verses for some time. If anyone > is enjoying them and wishes them to continue, please take a second to > say so. Thank you, > Edith > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 1999 Report Share Posted September 4, 1999 The first song Swami Vivekananda sang when he visited Sri Ramakrishna was some what like this: 'O mind, why are you wandering in foreign land in foreign clothes! Come, let us go back to our original place where we actually belong!...' ================================= EDTipple wrote: > > EDTipple <edtipple > > >From Bhartrihari's " 100 Verses on Renunciation " > > Verse #62: > > Why dost thou, my mind, wander about in vain? Rest thyself somewhere. > Whatever happens in a particular way, happens so by itself, and not > otherwise; so not thinking over the past or resolving about the > future, I realize enjoyments that come without engaging my thoughts. > > There have been no comments on these verses for some time. If anyone > is enjoying them and wishes them to continue, please take a second to > say so. Thank you, > Edith > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > > Show your ONElist SPIRIT! > <a href= " http://clickme./ad/tshirt2 " >Click Here</a> > With a new ONElist SHIRT available through our website. > > ------ > Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah > Vivekananda Centre London > http://www.btinternet.com/~vivekananda/ -- ==================================== E-magazine on science and spirituality. Visit: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/1704/index.html http://members.xoom.com/drcsshah/neovedanta/index.html ==================================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 1999 Report Share Posted September 5, 1999 Thanks, Jay, for responding. And I am happy it was a positive response. Will continue. Edith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 1999 Report Share Posted September 5, 1999 Dear Ramana, Thank you for responding, and thank you for your comment as well. It is so true: all the mental activity in either the past or the future. This was what Buddha was concerned with, was it not? Another point of Verse #62 that I enjoyed was the statement, " Whatever happens in a particular way, happens so by itself. " Cause and effect, cause and effect, a ripple of karma is all that is going on. The task: to stand away and be the witness, and not the practioner, of it all. Edith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 1999 Report Share Posted September 5, 1999 Thanks, Anurag, for responding. They shall continue then. Best, Edith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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