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JAIN JOURNAL
Now use the prajñā, inner eye
To watch the turning wheel ; Samsāra moves ; it spins and changes ;
It carries thy fortunes upon ;
From past unawareness inviting thy karmas,
It brings thee the highs and the lows, But watch from a distance, from center, from here,
Untie thyself from the wheel ;
Observing the link between changing and changeless,
From pain wilt thou liberate Self, The earth will keep spinning but thou wilt not,
The wheel will turn under thy feet;
And body will act and receive and transmit
Until mission of soul is fulfilled ; Throughout the motions of circling samsāra,
Remain thou wilt at the hub,
Untouched by praise, unaffected by blame,
Undisturbed by name or fame, Knowing thy freedom while dwelling in form,
Thy gift from reflecting on truth.
And this brings knowledge of ekatva, the one,
From bahutva, the many, withdraw, By seeing to crave after many is pain
While living in oneness is bliss ;
And bliss is peace and peace is one
And nought else is but this, Uniting living breathing forms
In reverence and peace.
Continue to sift the anya from sva;
The other from Self, from one's own, The unreal from real, the chaff from grain,
The dross from purest of gold,
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