Jain Journal 1969 07

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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JULY, 1969
Cast aside attachment for things mundane And follow the Right Way. Compare not one earthly pleasure With meditation, austerities or restraint. His mind runs like a mad horse Who is immersed in earthly pleasures. For each one of these pleasures, One has to bear an immense pain. Realising the pure soul in myself I write all these things. Look how loaded with lust An elephant courts the pain of bondage ; Being tempted by the pleasure of the tongue A foolish fish repents in a net ; Being attracted by the smell A bee is caught in the cavil of a lotus, And this in turn is devoured by an elephant ; Being attracted by colour The fly rushes to its death. It is strange that where lies the source of pain Is beautiful at the first sight. A deer who is sensitive to the sound Has its head cut-off soon. If those that are attached to one sense only Bear such an intense pain, What can be said of those That are attached to all the five senses ? Says Cidananda, hearing these words Stay engrossed in thy own Self.
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I have tasted the bliss of Realisation My dear, I have tasted it to the full. Know this for certainAs stone is different from gold So is Matter from Soul. Love and hatred are causes of bondage Know them as alien to thy Self. Says Cidananda, Oh my Lord, From cycles of birth and death Liberate me by thy infinite grace.