The Realized Sage

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From Mandala Six of Self-Knowledge

 

 

The Realized sage

Has lost his individuality

And abides as Being,

Consciousness, and Bliss.

Not tied to the body,

No idea of an 'I, "

Completely fulfilled,

Happy and free,

Illumined and at peace

Is the Self-Realized being.

Ever silent, even when speaking,

Never doing, even when acting,

Having known what need be known,

Having experienced what need be experienced,

Having realized what need be realized,

Such a one is That,

Brahman alone.

Known by none,

Only by himself,

Knowing the infinite Consciousness

As the perfect fullness

Of his Being,

Never is he born or born again,

Never does he die or lose what he is,

Never is he lonely,

Nor is he ever crowded.

Always is the realized sage

Replete with true Knowledge,

Filled with the Bliss

Of the Absolute, his own Being.

His Self the Self of all,

Neither for the living

Nor for the dead

Do such wise sages grieve.

Action and inaction,

Words and silence,

Thought and non-thought,

Are entirely the same

For the sage who sees.

The ever-sameness of Being

Is ever self-evident to

The Realized sage.

 

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Not two,

Richard