Selections from Muruganar's Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murail 4

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From Sri Ramana Sannidi Murail 4

Homage to the Presence

A Garland of Adoration

by Sri Murugana

 

Professor Swaminathan' s translation

 

P.30

 

Sacred Stanzas on the Sacred Feet

 

279

 

Final refuge, end of sorrows,

Fortress sheltering devotees,

Giver of courage

to motives and deeds

of Devotees.

 

Safe boat

to reach the other shore,

such are the Lotus Feet

Of Ramana, the compassionate.

 

Tiruchitambalam

" Space which is Pure Awareness " .

 

NOTES ON THE LOTUS FEET BY MEMBERS

 

purnimamujumdar wrote:

>

> In Hinduism, the lotus (Sanskrit: padma) primarily represents beauty

> and non-attachment. The lotus is born in the mud but floats on the

> water without becoming wet or muddy shining beautifully in the Sun.

> This symbolizes how how one should live in the world. Enlightened

> Guru is compared to the Lotus. He lives and walks in

the world but

> does not become one of the world. He is completely detached from the

> worldly attachments. Thus his feet are Lotus feet.

>

> Purnima

>

 

indeed, thank you, purnima. as the hindu simile says, the lotus

grows in ths swamp, its root and stem surrounded by dirt, mud

and vermin; yet it remains ever pure, and even water itself cannot

stick to it and spoil the pristine cleanness... so the guru's feet,

even though apparently wallowing in the dust of the world,

remain ever pure and unaffected.

 

padanamaskaram, ramanaji!

 

yosy