Tuesday, September 19, 2000

Garden: O Kazi, O Pundit...


O, Kazi, O Pundit, consider it well: what is there that is not in the SOUL? The water-FILLED pitcher is placed upon water, it has water WITHIN and without.

Where to next: the FILLING of the pitcher, the being WITHIN... or perhaps the SOUL itself?


[Source: RT 46 (partial); 1.98. sâdho, sahajai kâyâ s'odho]

Kazi = Qadi, a judge in a Shari'a court.

Pundit = Pandit, a Hindu teacher or scholar.

Here is the full poem:

XLVI

I. 98. sâdho, sahajai kâyâ s'odho

  O sadhu! purify your body in the simple way.
  As the seed is within the banyan tree, and within the seed are
    the flowers, the fruits, and the shade:
  So the germ is within the body, and within that germ is the body
    again.
  The fire, the air, the water, the earth, and the aether; you
    cannot have these outside of Him.
  O, Kazi, O Pundit, consider it well: what is there that is not in
    the soul?
  The water-filled pitcher is placed upon water, it has water
    within and without.
  It should not be given a name, lest it call forth the error of
    dualism.
  Kabîr says: "Listen to the Word, the Truth, which is your
    essence. He speaks the Word to Himself; and He Himself is the
    Creator."

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