One day, when Spring, the abode of love, had come, the Lord went to a garden to please his retinue. There in a bower of flowers, the Master of the World, adorned with ornaments of flowers, sat like Spring personified. The Laksmi of Spring, as it were, gave welcome to the Lord of the World by humming bees intoxicated by the juice of blossoming mango-trees. An overture, as it were, being performed by cuckoos singing the fifth note, the wind from Malaya, the leader of the dance, showed the dance of the creepers. Continue reading “A Spring Festival” »
A Spring Festival
Mērī tuṁ mērī tuṁ kānhī ḍarēra
Mērī tuṁ mērī tuṁ kānhī ḍarēra, mērī
Kahē cētana samatā suni ākhara,
aura daiḍha dina jūṭha larērī.
…Mērī.1
Neither love, nor hate
सव्वं जगं तु समयाणुपेही,
पियमप्पियं कस्स वि नो करेज्जा
पियमप्पियं कस्स वि नो करेज्जा
One who sees the entire world with equanimity, he neither favors nor disfavors anyone
Maharshi and restraint
अणुए नावणए महेसी,
न यावि पूयं, गरिहं च संजए
न यावि पूयं, गरिहं च संजए
One who does not get conceited even when venerated and does not feel low when censured; he is restraint, maharshi
Doubt not
वितिगिच्छासमावेणं अप्पाणेणं
नो लहइ समाहिं
नो लहइ समाहिं
Doubtful can never get liberated
Do not talk ill behind someone’s back
पिट्ठिमंसं न खाएज्जा
One should not talk ill of others in their absence
Causes of violence
कुद्धा हणंति, लुद्धा हणंति, मुद्धा हणंति
Angry, greedy and the attached commit violence
Panthaḍō nihāḷuṁ rē
Śrī Ajitnātha Jin Stavan
Rāga: Āśāvarī – ”māruṁ mana mōhyuṁ rē śrī sid’dhācalē rē…” Ē dēśī
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Association with the sadhu
कुज्जा साहूहिं संथवं
Contacts must be maintained with the Sadhus
