From the Garland of Guru's Sayings WHO Translation

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Dear Yosy,

 

I am glad you like them. Thanks too for the inspiring well formed Poems. Always a joy to read.

 

All love,

 

In Him,

 

Alan--- On Fri, 17/7/09, yosyflug <yosyflug wrote:

yosyflug <yosyflugRe: From the Garland of Guru's Sayings WHO Translation Date: Friday, 17 July, 2009, 6:34 AM

---- Original message ----> Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:34:32 +0000 (GMT)> Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs@ .co. uk> > From the Garland of Guru's Sayings WHO Translation > >> >> From the Garland of Guru's Sayings WHO Translation>> Verse 228. The state of Liberation may be described> as eternal sleep without any waking, or as eternal> waking uninterrupted by sleep. (3)>> (3) The

Transcendental State, called Mukti, is> strictly the only real waking; but, from the point> of view of the ignorant, it is also described as> sleep because he that has reached that State does> not see this (waking)-dream- world as ignorant ones> do; this meaning is cryptically expressed in the> Gita verse:>> "What is night for all (us) beings, is the time of> awakening for the self-realized (sage); and the time> all (other) beings are awake, is night for the> enlightened sage." Gita 2:69>> From the Garland of Guru's Sayings WHO Translation>> This quotation is from the book, Guru--Ramana-> -Vachana- -Mala by "Who, published by Sri> Ramanasramam>> oh yes, how wonderfully simple and true! thank you alan for those pearls of wisdom, this delightful amrita for the spirit!gratfully,

yosy