Selections from Muruganar's Sri Ramana Sannidhi Murail 6

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> From Sri Ramana Sannidi Murail 6

> Homage to the Presence

> A Garland of Adoration

> by Sri Murugana

>

> Professor Swaminathan' s translation

>

> P.38

>

Decad of Possession

>

> 350

 

By the might

of his twin lotus feet*

he saves from sinking

those who have fallen

into the hot, deep sea of births.

 

This Ramana whose grace

Is there for all who pray to him,

The Flame of true Awareness,

Lord of the bright, joyful

Arunachala Hill.

 

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> 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

>