You are bursting out of me
In all directions
I wake up
And sing out
Your praises
As soon as I know
I have lips
Again. Continue reading
Category Archives: ART & POETRY
Upadesa Saram Verse 1: Comments by Dr. Suryanarayana Raju
Verse1: kartur agyaya prapyathe phalam. karma kim param? karma tat jadam.
Meaning of the words.
kartur: The ordainer of results. God.
agyaya: as per His orders.
prapyathe phalam: The results are obtained.
karma : the actions
kim param : Are they supreme ? [Meaning is the law of karma the ultimate ? Who is the one who makes it happen then? ]
karma tat jadam: Actions are jadam, dead lifeless entities.
English translation of Verse 1:
“Action is insentient. Action is not the ultimate reality so action per se has no ability to confer the fruit of action. Fruit of action occurs according to the whim of the ultimate reality which is usually called God.”
Comments by Dr. Raju:
In his classic work Upadesa Saram (Spiritual Instructions) Bhagavan is questioning the idea of doership in the first verse itself. Bhagawan explains in the first verse why the individual performing the action is not the doer. Continue reading
The Spiritual Secret Of Western Classical Music: By Alan Jacobs
To a degree music is rooted in Nature, that is in bird song, the babbling brook, waves breaking on the sea shore, the rustle of leaves in trees, and certain animal sounds. In man, as part of nature there is the desire to dance and sing when happy.
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See Where You Are Clearly: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar
If nothing is wanted
it matters not
whether you have what it takes
to walk this path. Continue reading
You Forgot Your Lips At My House: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar
Last week you forgot your lips
At my house. Continue reading
Uma Sahasram and Sri Ramana
Bhagavan Ramana as a Classical Sanksrit Poet: Sri Ramana’s Contribution to Uma Sahasram
Bhagavan Ramana
Devotees of Bhagavan are aware only of his famous ‘Upadesa Saram’ and a few isolated verses as His contributions to Sanskrit, the ‘Language of the Gods’. So it is necessary to place on record His contribution to the famous ‘Uma Sahasram’ — thousand verses on Uma, the Divine Mother sung by His great disciple, the learned Sri Kavyakanta Ganapati Muni. This story shows the Maharshi as the joint author of this composition. Continue reading
I Love Your Silence! : By Helene Perrin Averous
Bhagavan Ramana
This world is full of words
spewed out in excitement
creating noise and confusion. Continue reading
Work: By Kheyala
I am in a slightly bewildered state, having just come to the completion of two major projects; which, with my head down, had consumed much of my time and focus over the last two years. One of them is my new website, and the other is the submission of half my life’s work to a publishing company.* Continue reading
Beloved Arunachala! By Helene Averous
There is a secret
In this mountain
Words cannot capture
The magnificence
Of Arunachala
Something mysterious
Flowing from there. Continue reading
In His Grace-Gananjali
“I do not reside in Vaikuntha, or in the hearts of ascetics.
I dwell in the hearts of the devotees who sing about me.” Padma Purana
Back in March of 2009, I wrote about the music of Sundar Narayana in https://luthar.com/in-his-grace/ Continue reading
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