KASI PANCAKA

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Om Namah Sivaya

 

KASI PANCAKA by Bhagavat Adi Sri Sankaracharya

 

" That Kasika am I of the nature of the realisation of

the Self, the sacred manikarnika being supreme peace,

arising from Manonivrtti; and the pure Ganga, the

current of knowledge.

 

That Kasika am i of the nature of the realisation of

Self which is pure existence, knowledge and bliss,

which is of

 

the nature of the Supreme Being, and on whom super-

imposed shines this animate and inanimate world, the

product of Maya's illusion, delightful to the mind.

That Kasika am I of the nature of the realisation of

Self which shines in all the five Kosas, where Bavani

is Buddhi, residing in everybody, and where Siva,the

all pervading witness is the Antaratman--the ultimate

Reality .

 

He has indeed attained Kasi, who has known Kasi, where

 

 

shines the effulgent One, who lights up everything.

 

The body is Kasi. The stream of knowledge is the

pervading

 

Ganga; Bhakti and Sraddha form Gaya. The contemplation

of

 

the Feet of Guru is Prayaga. The Lord of all, the

witness of

 

the minds of everybody is the Antaratman.Thus if in my

 

 

body is everything, what other place of pilgrimage is

there

 

for me? "

 

 

Sri Ramakrishnaya Namah

Vivekananda Centre London

http://www.vivekananda.co.uk