Ignorant are conceited
Ignorant are conceited
Simplicity and contentment
लोहं सन्तोसओ जिणे
Win deceit with simplicity and greed with contentment
How should the speech be ?
Benevolent and true must be spoken
Viṣayakī kaisē kaṭē mōrī cāha
Rāga: Guru bina kauna batāvē vāṭa vāgēśvarī
Bhāva: Viṣaya lagana nī cāha nē miṭāvavā māṭē nu dardabharyu byāna
Viṣayakī kaisē kaṭē mōrī cāha,
karatī yaha phanāha.
Pān̄ca īndriyō pōṣē isakō,
mana haiṁ īsakā nāha.
Attainment of Disgust with Existence
While the citizens were playing there in this way, the Master thought, “Is there such sport anywhere else?” Then by clairvoyant knowledge the Master knew the very highest pleasure of heaven and that pleasure of Anuttara-heaven formerly enjoyed by himself. His bonds of delusion dropping away, again he reflected thus: “Alas! these people, overcome by sense-objects, do not know their own good. Ah! in this well of samsara, jivas from their karma perform actions that are nothing more than coming and going like a jar on a water-wheel. Alas! alas! for creatures whose minds are blinded by delusion this birth always passes in vain like the night for those asleep. Continue reading “Attainment of Disgust with Existence” »
Old oxen
Like an old oxen on the climh, ignorant men get irritated on the path of realization
Mērē prāna Ānandaghana
Mērē prāna ānandaghana tāna ānandaghana. Ē āṅkaṇī.
Māta ānandaghana, tāta ānandaghana
Gāta ānandaghana, jāta ānandaghana.
Eleventh Incarnation as Vajranabha – Part 2
Vajranabha, like a brother of Dharma, surrounded by munis, brothers in the vow, wandered over the earth. Bahu and the other brothers and the charioteer had their lord in the Master Vajranabha, like the five senses subject to the mind. By the power of their yoga all the magic powers, phlegm, etc., became apparent like mountain herbs by moonlight. The body of a leper, if rubbed with just a particle of their phlegm, became golden like a heap of copper from kotivedha juice. Continue reading “Eleventh Incarnation as Vajranabha – Part 2” »
Description of a Samavasarana
Then the Vayukumaras themselves, purged of pride, cleaned the surface of the earth for one yojana. The Meghakumaras sprinkled the earth with fragrant water; by fragrant vapors it made incense worship, as it were, to the Lord who was to come. The Vyantaras covered the surface of the earth with shining mosaics of gold and jewels like themselves with devotion. Continue reading “Description of a Samavasarana” »