Ang-301 — Chapter 28
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
One who has the Lord as his Master, O Siblings of Destiny
- countless liberations knock at his door. ||1||
If I say now that my trust is in You alone, Lord,
then what obligation do I have to anyone else? ||1||Pause||
He bears the burden of the three worlds;
why should He not cherish you also? ||2||
Says Kabeer, through contemplation, I have obtained this one understanding.
If the mother poisons her own child, what can anyone do? ||3||22||
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
Without Truth, how can the woman be a true satee - a widow who burns herself on her husband's funeral pyre?
O Pandit, O religious scholar, see this and contemplate it within your heart. ||1||
Without love, how can one's affection increase?
As long as there is attachment to pleasure, there can be no spiritual love. ||1||Pause||
One who, in his own soul, believes the Queen Maya to be true,
does not meet the Lord, even in dreams. ||2||
One who surrenders her body, mind, wealth, home and self
- she is the true soul-bride, says Kabeer. ||3||23||
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
The whole world is engrossed in corruption.
This corruption has drowned entire families. ||1||
O man, why have you wrecked your boat and sunk it?
You have broken with the Lord, and joined hands with corruption. ||1||Pause||
Angels and human beings alike are burning in the raging fire.
The water is near at hand, but the beast does not drink it in. ||2||
By constant contemplation and awareness, the water is brought forth.
That water is immaculate and pure, says Kabeer. ||3||24||
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
That family, whose son has no spiritual wisdom or contemplation
- why didn't his mother just become a widow? ||1||
That man who has not practiced devotional worship of the Lord
- why didn't such a sinful man die at birth? ||1||Pause||
So many pregnancies end in miscarriage - why was this one spared?
He lives his life in this world like a deformed amputee. ||2||
Says Kabeer, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord,
Beautiful and handsome people are just ugly hunch-backs. ||3||25||
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
I am forever a sacrifice to those humble beings
Who take the Name of their Lord and Master. ||1||
Those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Pure Lord are pure.
They are my Siblings of Destiny, so dear to my heart. ||1||Pause||
I am the dust of the lotus feet of those
Whose hearts are filled with the All-pervading Lord. ||2||
I am a weaver by birth, and patient of mind.
Slowly, steadily, Kabeer chants the Glories of God. ||3||26||
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the nectar trickles down, distilled from my furnace.
I have gathered in this most sublime essence, making my body into firewood. ||1||
He alone is called intoxicated with intuitive peace and poise,
who drinks in the juice of the Lord's essence, contemplating spiritual wisdom. ||1||Pause||
Intuitive poise is the bar-maid who comes to serve it.
I pass my nights and days in ecstasy. ||2||
Through conscious meditation, I linked my consciousness with the Immaculate Lord.
Says Kabeer, then I obtained the Fearless Lord. ||3||27||
Gauree, Kabeer Jee:
The natural tendency of the mind is to chase the mind.
✦ Connected Across Traditions
The Golden Rule
Matthew 7:12
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Hadith (An-Nawawi 13)
“None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.”
Leviticus 19:18
“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Mahabharata 5.1517
“One should never do to another what one regards as injurious to oneself.”
The Path to Wisdom
Proverbs 4:7
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.”
Dhammapada 20:282
“Wisdom springs from meditation; without meditation wisdom wanes.”
Analects 2:11
“If you study the past and use it to understand the present, you are worthy of being a teacher.”
Tao Te Ching 33
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
Humility & Surrender
Bhagavad Gita 18:66
“Abandon all varieties of dharma and simply surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions; do not fear.”
Matthew 5:5
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
Tao Te Ching 22
“If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become full, let yourself be empty.”
Quran 2:45
“Seek help through patience and prayer. It is indeed exacting, but not for those who are humble.”
Good vs Evil / Light vs Darkness
Yasna 30:3
“Now the two primal Spirits, who reveal themselves as Twins, are the Better and the Bad, in thought and word and action.”
John 1:5
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Dhammapada 1:1-2
“Mind is the forerunner of all actions. If one speaks or acts with a pure mind, happiness follows like a shadow.”
Genesis 1:3
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”