Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Dear Vikas and Ananya, check out this link <http://vivekananda.net/test/index.php?key=Poetry> everything was (is!) wonderful about our dearest Swamiji!! after reading some of the poems i was so enthralled that i wanted to compose one in praise of Swamiji but only ended up groping like a mad man in the dark! my dears, please read this interesting poetic correspondence <http://vivekananda.net/test/index.php?key=Poetry.0.7.1.0.10> i wonder what wud happen if we all started corresponding like this hoping everyone's proceeding towards the divine goal! Onward! Forward! May God bless everyone! love, Shyam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 what luck sir! the site is not opening. please send one or two of his poems dedicated to Ma and Thakur.please sir. mamta - shyamkw Ramakrishna Monday, October 18, 2004 3:02 AM [sri Ramakrishna] Swamiji's Poems Dear Vikas and Ananya,check out this link <http://vivekananda.net/test/index.php?key=Poetry>everything was (is!) wonderful about our dearest Swamiji!! after reading some of the poems i was so enthralled that i wanted tocompose one in praise of Swamiji but only ended up groping like a mad man in the dark!my dears, please read this interesting poetic correspondence<http://vivekananda.net/test/index.php?key=Poetry.0.7.1.0.10>i wonder what wud happen if we all started corresponding like this :)hoping everyone's proceeding towards the divine goal! Onward! Forward!May God bless everyone!love,Shyam.Sri Ramakrishnaya NamahVivekananda Centre Londonhttp://www.vivekananda.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Dearest Mamta, don't be so formal n please don't call me sir!! u see, we r all travelling in the same boat, only our positions in the boat might differ! - have u checked with the homepage<www.vivekananda.net>? but since u r thirsting after Swamiji's poems, i was obliged to post these 2 poems. sorry Jay, cudn't help the length of the mail! ---------------------------- A HYMN TO THE DIVINE MOTHER ---------------------------- Thou most beautiful! Whose holy hands Hold pleasure and hold pain! Doer of good! Who art Thou? The water of existence By Thee is whirled and tossed in mighty waves. Is it, O Mother, to restore again This universe's broken harmony That Thou, without cessation, art at work? Oh! May the Mother of the universe-- In whose activity no respite rests, Incessantly distributing the fruits Of action done, guiding unceasingly All action yet to come--bestow Her boon Of blessing on me, Her child, for evermore. I realise, I know, that it is Thou Who holdest in Thy hands dread Karma's rope. Is it inherent nature? Something uncreate? Or Destiny? Some unforeseen result?-- Who lacking nothing, is accountable, Whose chain of will, untrammelled, grasps the laws, May She, the Primal Guide, my shelter be! Manifestations of Her glory show In power of immeasurable might, Throughout the universe, powers that swell The sea of birth and death, forces that change And break up the Unchanged and changed again. Lo! Where shall we seek refuge, save in Her? To friend and foe Thy lotus-eyes are even; Ever Thine animating touch brings fruit To fortunate and unfortunate alike; The shade of death and immortality-- Both these, O mother, are Thy grace Supreme! Mother Supreme! Oh, may Thy gracious face Never be turned away from me, Thy child! What Thou art, the Mother? the All. How praise? My understanding is so little worth. 'Twere like desire to seize with hands of mine The sole Supporter of the universe! So, at Thy blessed feet--contemplated By the Goddess of Fortune Herself--the abode Of fearlessness, worshipped by service true-- There, at those blessed feet, I take refuge! She who, since birth, has ever led me on Through paths of trouble to perfection's goal. Mother-wise, in Her own sweet playful ways, She, who has always through my life inspired My understanding, She, my Mother, She, The All, is my resort, whether r my work O'erflow with full fruition or with none. ------------------ ---------- A HYMN TO THE DIVINITY OF SHRI RAMAKRISHNA ---------- We salute Thee! Lord! Adored of the world, Samsara's bondage breaker, taintless Thou, Embodiment of blessed qualities, Thou transcendest all Gunas; human form Thus bearest. Thee we salute and adore! Refuge of mind and speech, Thou art beyond The reach of either. Radiance art Thou In all radiance that is. The heart's cave Is by Thy visitance resplendent made. Verily Thou art that which dispelleth The densest darkness of Tamas in man. Lo! In variety of melody Forth-breaking in fine harmony most sweet, Hymns of Thy devotees, accompanied By Mridanga playing with music's grace, Fill the air, in evening worship to Thee. One glancing vision at Thine eyes divine Cleared by the collyrium of Jnana Defies deIusion. O thou blotter-out Of all the taints of sin, Intelligence Pure, unmingled is Thy form. Of the world Thou art embellisher. Self-luminous Art Thou. O Ocean of feeling sublime, And of Love Divine, O God-maddened One, Devotees win Thy blessed feet and cross Safely the swelling sea of Samsara. O Lord of the world, through Thy Yoga power Thou shinest as the Incarnation clear Of this our time. O thou of strict restraint, Only through Thine unstinted grace we see The mind in Samadhi completely merged; Mercy Incarnate! austere are Thy deeds. Thou dealest to the evil of misery Destruction. Kali's binding cords Are cut by Thee asunder. Thine own life Thou gavest freely, O sweet Sacrifice, O best of men! O Saviour of the world! Devoid wert Thou of the idea of sex, Thought of possession charmed Thee not. To Thee Obnoxious was all pleasure. Give to us, O greatest among Tyagis, love intense Unto Thy sacred feet; give, we implore! Fearless art Thou, and past all gloom of doubt; Thy mind is wrapt in its own firm resolve; Thy lovers, whose devotion mounts above The realm of reason, who renounce the pride Of caste and parentage, of name and fame-- Their safe refuge art Thou alone, O Lord! My one true treasure is Thy blessed feet, Reaching which the whole universe itself Seems like a puddle in the hollow made By hoof of passing cow. O offering To Love! O Seer of equality In all! O verily, in Thee the pain And evil of this mortal world escapes, And vanishes, O cherished One. -------------------- May God bless all with strength, knowledge n love! love, Shyam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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