Guest guest Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Thank you for sharing that beautiful poetry from Hafiz. A good one for our collection. BTW, I also love the witticisms/inspirational sayings that you have in your signatures at the bottom of your emails. Here is my all time favorite poem/devotional song. It is dedicated to Lord Venkateshwara who is an avatar of Lord Vishnu. (His temple is on the Venkata/Tirumala hills at Tirupathi in South India) The poem is titled " I have no complaints" and was composed by a great man/freedom fighter of India affectionately called Rajaji. Hope you and every one like it as much as I do. KURAI ONDRUM ILLAII have no complaints, my LordNoneLord of Wisdom Kanna ! Though you stand Where I cannot see You,My light, my very eyes, Protector of all beings,I know You sustain me O Lord of the pure Venkata hill!You meet my hunger, my thirst My hope, my prayer You keep me from harm, I need nothing else Father of the Seven Hills, Govinda! Govinda!You stand veiled by a screen Which only the learned can part For they are wiseWhich I am not But no, no complaints have I. You stand as the crown of VenkataGiver of Boons Immutable God Father to these hills I have no complaintsGovinda! Govinda!In this KaliyugaYou have entered the sanctum You have come to stay at TirumalaWhere, though I see you not, I have no complaints. Keshava!When Mahalakshmi is there with YouTo stay on Your chest,Why should I have any complaints? I have no complaints, none at all KannaI have no complaints, no complaints GovindaGovinda! Govinda! Govinda! Govinda! JAI GOVINDA !!!! Nanda Start your day with - make it your home page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 -Jai Maa, Egyirbaji! i love this poem, too! Wouldn't you know, dear friend and sister? We who are in synch so often? Hafiz is one of my very favorite poets, too! Jai Maa! Jai Swamiji! Jai Thakur! muktimaa -- In , Devi's Daughter <devi.daughter@g...> wrote: > so far, this is my favorite. this piece is by hafiz: i hope this is > what you meant. > > even after all this time > the sun never says to the earth > you owe me. > look at what happens with a love like that. > it lights the whole sky. > > > -- > "Naan Amme Snehikkunnu" > > Be Love, > Egyirba (Berijoy) > http://www.egyirba.net > > The fool sees difficulty in every opportunity; the intelligent sees > opportunity in every difficulty. ~Nahsti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Only you my good and God You and only you are my vine and vindicator, though all else pale, pall, and pass away You and only you remain my essential witness my life, lover, conscience, compass, road, goad and God. Only you, my good and God! Jai MaaDo You ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 i love this! and amen. Kali Kali wrote: > This poem was offered in prayful homage to Ramprasad's muse, Goddess > Kali, Mother of the Universe at Kali Puja, in November 1993. Hope you > enjoy it also. > > > Only you my good and God > > You and only you > are my > vine and vindicator, > though all else > pale, pall, > and pass away > You and only > you remain > my essential > witness > my life, lover, > conscience, compass, > road, goad > and God. > Only you, my good and God! > > > Jai Maa > > ____________________ > -- "Naan Amme Snehikkunnu" Be Love, Egyirba (Berijoy) http://www.egyirba.net A self of all things one and eternal are behind the appearances of the Universe. All things are united in that One Self and Spirit. These are divided by an ignorance of their true Self, Reality in the mind, life and body. A certain psychological discipline can remove this thin layer that distinguishes consciousness and become aware of the true self, the Divinity within all of us. --Sri Aurobindo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 Namaste' I don't think I can find a single most favorite poem, but this one is definitely up at the top of my list. OM Shanti Morningsong The Prayer of St. Francis Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 2"> On earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.Do You ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2005 Report Share Posted August 14, 2005 i love this! and amen.Kali Kali wrote:> This poem was offered in prayful homage to Ramprasad's muse, Goddess > Kali, Mother of the Universe at Kali Puja, in November 1993. Hope you > enjoy it also.>>> Only you my good and God> > You and only you> are my> vine and vindicator,> though all else> pale, pall,> and pass away> You and only> you remain> my essential> witness> my life, lover,> conscience, compass,> road, goad> and God.> Only you, my good and God!> > > Jai Maa>> ____________________>-- "Naan Amme Snehikkunnu" Be Love,Egyirba (Berijoy)http://www.egyirba.netA self of all things one and eternal are behind the appearances of the Universe. All things are united in that One Self and Spirit. These aredivided by an ignorance of their true Self, Reality in the mind, life and body. A certain psychological discipline can remove this thinlayer that distinguishes consciousness and become aware of the true self, the Divinity within all of us. --Sri AurobindoDo You ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 oh this is one of my favorites, too, morningsong! Cynkay Morningsong wrote: >Namaste' > >I don't think I can find a single most favorite poem, but this one is >definitely up at the top of my list. > >OM Shanti >Morningsong > > >The Prayer of St. Francis > >Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. >Where there is hatred, let me sow love; >where there is injury, pardon; >where there is doubt, faith; >where there is despair, hope; >where there is darkness, light; >and where there is sadness, joy. >O, Divine Master, >grant that I may not so much seek >to be consoled as to console; >to be understood as to understand; >to be loved as to love; >for it is in giving that we receive; >it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; >and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. > > -- Be Love, Egyirba (Berijoy) http://www.egyirba.net -=-=- .... Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. ~Harriet Braiker, American Psychologist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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