to be a recluse, or choose
a family, the village job.
If you know the pure Lord within you,
you’ll be That, wherever.
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When my mind was cleansed of impurities,
I recognized the Self in me:When I saw Him dwelling in me,I realized that He was the Everything and I was nothing.
Let not your body suffer
Feed it whenever it feels famished.Fie on your fasts and religious rites;Do good: therein your duty lies.
Whence I have come and by which way,
Wither I shall go and by which way,I do not know.Were I to know the end of it allAnd gain the knowledge of the truth,(it would be well, for otherwise)Life here is but an empty breath.
Though you are wise, be as a fool;
Though you can hear, be as one deaf;Patiently bear with all you meet,and politely talk to eveyone.This practice surely will lead youto the realisation of the Truth.
The sling knots of the load of candy.
My bony frame bentInto a bow;What load can my back bear,Dear Friend?Loss of the Guru’s word added saltTo my suffering:A shepherdless flock becameMy sheep:What can I bear ?
For a moment I suppressed the bellows of respiration,
The light within me sparkled out;In the encompassing darkness, I seized at It and gripped It tightly.