Guest guest Posted September 30, 2000 Report Share Posted September 30, 2000 I just heard of this story and thought I would pass it on. Harsha Namaste, An interesting anecdote I read related to Ramana Maharshi's introduction to Jnaneshvara's works. An ardent follower of Maharshi, Mr. Athavale from Maharashtra [who was also a a sanskrit & marathi scholar], translated some of Jnaneshvara's marathi works for him into Sanskrit [which Maharshi understood.] Thereupon, he put the book on his head and danced with joy! Regards, s. advaitin , colette <colette@b...> wrote: > Jnaneshwar > > If I am concealed by existence of the world, > Then who is it that blossoms in the form of the world? > Can a red jewel be concealed of its own lustre? > Does a chip of gold lose its goldness if turned into an ornament? > Does a lotus lose itself when it blossoms into so many petals? > When a seed of grain is sown & grows into an ear of corn, > Is it destroyed or does it appear in its enhanced glory? > So there is no need to draw away the curtain of the world > In order to see me, > Since I am the whole panorama. > > Therefore, giving up the conception of difference, > A person should know Me alongside himself. > He should not regard himself as different from Me, > As a speck of gold is not different > From the whole block of gold. > He should understand how a ray of light, > Through proceeding from an origin, > Is continuous with it. > Like molecules on the surface of the earth, > Or flakes of snow on the Himilaya, > All individual souls dwell in Me. > A ripple small or great, > Is not different from water. > So he should know himself as not different from Me. > Such insight is called Devotion. > This is the supreme knowledge the essence of all Yoga. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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