Selections from Muruganar's Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murail 5

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> From Sri Ramana Sannidi Murail 5

> Homage to the Presence

> A Garland of Adoration

> by Sri Murugana

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> Professor Swaminathan' s translation

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> P.32

>

Decad of Union

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> 293

 

When, Oh when shall I embrace my Lord

and master Ramana?

and drink in

the heady sweetness

he bestows on devotees who,yearning,

see and find at last His lotus feet*

the home of peace

where their tired

eyes and minds find rest

from the fierce heat of lust,

the sea so hard to swim across

 

> Tiruchitambalam

> " Space which is Pure Awareness " .

>

> NOTES ON THE LOTUS FEET BY MEMBERS*

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> 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

>