[Poetry Chaikhana] Devara Dasimayya - To the utterly at-one with Siva

December 8, 2008

A poem from Ivan Granger posted with his permission.--- On Mon, 8/12/08, Poetry Chaikhana <ivan wrote:

Poetry Chaikhana <ivan[Poetry Chaikhana] Devara Dasimayya - To the utterly at-one with SivaalanadamsjacobsDate: Monday, 8 December, 2008, 4:48 PM

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To the utterly at-one with Siva

By Devara Dasimayya(10th Century)

English version by A. K. Ramanujan

To the utterly at-one with Sivathere's no dawn,no new moon,no noonday,nor equinoxes,nor sunsets,nor full moons;his front yardis the true Benares,O Ramanatha.

-- from Speaking of Siva, by A K Ramanujan

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Hi Alan -Something for this full moon week...Time and the phenomenal experiences that move through time are seen as glimmerings on the surface of the immense, still sea of the Eternal. Days and seasons, action and reaction exist only for the unsettled ego-self. For the true Self, which is "utterly at-one with Siva," there is only Siva, there is only the Eternal. Dawn and sunset, new moon and full moon, time and motion, all of these are simply Siva's ornaments.This is another way of saying there is no separation in Reality. The new moon pours into the full moon, the glow of dawn naturally builds to noon's blaze and fills the sunset with its sleepy glory. They are not separate objects or events, but a single continuity witnessed from different perspectives. They are one, shifting glimmerings upon the surface of the Eternal.Truly realizing this, you recognize that

wherever you are is the holiest place in the universe. There is no fundamental difference or distance between the ground under your feet and the most sacred pilgrimage spot. They are the same. Your "front yard / is the true Benares," or Jerusalem, Rome, Mecca...---Devara Dasimayya was one of the earliest of the Virasaiva poet-saints, a forerunner of later beloved figures like Basavanna and Akka Mahadevi.Dasimayya addressed his poems to Ramanatha, or "Rama's lord," a reference to Shiva as worshipped by the divine hero-king Rama.Tradition says that Dasimayya was performing intense ascetic practices in a jungle when Shiva appeared to him and told him to stop punishing his body. Shiva urged him instead to work in the world. Dasimayya renounced his extreme

practices and took up the trade of a weaver.Ivan

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