Tuesday, January 17, 2017

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ THE POEMS OF LALLA OF KASHMIR JK/NKK 133

JK/NKK 133
abyö:sy savika:s layi vvathu:,
gaganas sagun myu:l sami tsraTa:     |
Su:ny gôl tay ana:may mvatu:,
yahoy vvapàdi:S chuy baTa:     ||

By constant practice
(of yoga)
the manifested universe
rises to absorption
in the universal
Self.
The limited world
of qualities
gets merged into one,
homogeneous,
ethereal Whole.
When the Void melts away,
only the Supreme,
in its purity,
remains.
This is the true teaching,
O Brahmin.

Note: Lalla could state that this was "the true teaching," because she had experienced it herself. Lalla is the teacher for that time, for this time, and for all times, because her teaching, rather than being a mere continuation of tradition, is based on her own actual experience. As a mystic who shares her experience (and that, with the skill of a poet), Lalla probably has no equal in the world.

ॐ नमः शिवाय ॐ


 

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