Mind Lost
Mind, Oh my mind! What have you lost
that took away the peace of thy whole life!
Have you now forgotten the path
back to where you travelled down once? Oh! How would you return
to that doorway, my mind?
I tune my ears to the river water,
my heart resonates to the rustle of leaves;
I know I'll find, if only I could understand
the language of a flower!
The road which goes beyond the
Morning Star! - Song of Tagore
Infinite Life
There is suffering, there is death, there is the burning pain of
being apart!
Yet there is peace, there is joy and there is eternity awake!
Life flows forever, the Sun and Moon keep smiling;
Spring arrives in the groves in all colors!
Waves disappear, Waves arise
Flowers fall away, flowers bloom
The place where nothing fades away, nothing dies and no lack at
all exists
In that wholeness of thy feet, mind seeks refuge! -
Song of Tagore
"The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept
is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is nonconforming
with the world's ways. The greatest action is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not
concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through
appearances." - Atisha
