Tuesday, September 19, 2000

Garden: Touch his feet...


Kabîr says: "Touch His feet, who is one and indivisible, immutable and peaceful; who fills all vessels to the brim with joy, and whose form is love."

Next: This is the end of a path, but not the end of the garden. Return to the beginning: would you like to follow the FLUTE, or answer the call of the VEENA?


[Source: RT 70 (partial); 3.9. s'îl santosh sadâ samadrishti]

feet. The touching of the feet is a form of pranama, a ritual salutation.

Here is the full poem:

LXX

III. 9. s'îl santosh sadâ samadrishti

  He who is meek and contented., he who has an equal vision, whose
    mind is filled with the fullness of acceptance and of rest;
  He who has seen Him and touched Him, he is freed from all fear
    and trouble.
  To him the perpetual thought of God is like sandal paste smeared
    on the body, to him nothing else is delight:
  His work and his rest are filled with music: he sheds abroad the
    radiance of love.
  Kabîr says: "Touch His feet, who is one and indivisible,
    immutable and peaceful; who fills all vessels to the brim with
    joy, and whose form is love."

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